Re: [PATCH 2/3] platform: surface: Add surface xbl

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On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 7:48 AM Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

...

> > Capital L will be better to read and understand the
> > abbreviation. Actually usually we do something like this:
> >
> > Extensible Boot Loader (EBL)
>
> nah, this is silly Andy. It's just capitalized as eXtensible Boot
> Loader, very much akin to eXtensible Host Controller Interface.

My point here is to have a full name followed by the abbreviation. and
n(O)t in (F)ancy st(Y)le.

...

> >  +static const struct attribute_group inputs_attr_group = {
> >  +       .attrs = inputs_attrs,
> >  +};
> >  +
> >  +static u8 surface_xbl_readb(void __iomem *base, u32 offset)
> >  +{
> >  +       return readb(base + offset);
> >  +}
> >  +
> >  +static u16 surface_xbl_readw(void __iomem *base, u32 offset)
> >  +{
> >  +       return readw(base + offset);
> >  +}
> >
> > Either use corresponding io accessors in-line, or make first parameter
> > to be sirface_xbl pointer. Otherwise these helpers useless.
>
> I agree with passing surface_xbl point as first parameter, but calling
> the accessors pointless is a bit much. At a minimum, they make it easier
> to ftrace the entire driver by simply ftracing surface_xbl_*

My point is that the above seems half-baked. It's pointless to have a
func(a,b) { return readl(a + b); }. It doesn't add value.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



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