Re: [PATCHv5 1/2] gpio: sch: Consolidate similar algorithms

From: Alexandre Courbot
Date: Thu Jan 15 2015 - 05:12:17 EST


On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Chang Rebecca Swee Fun
> <rebecca.swee.fun.chang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Consolidating similar algorithms into common functions to make
>> GPIO SCH simpler and manageable.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chang Rebecca Swee Fun <rebecca.swee.fun.chang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I have removed this patch from the tree. It breaks completely
> in build and looks strange:
>
>> +static void sch_gpio_reg_set(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned gpio, unsigned reg,
>> + int val)
>
> Takes struct gpio_chip * as argument...
>
>> +static int sch_gpio_direction_in(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned gpio_num)
>> +{
>> + struct sch_gpio *sch = to_sch_gpio(gc);
>>
>> + spin_lock(&sch->lock);
>> + sch_gpio_reg_set(sch, gpio_num, GIO, 1);
>
> Passes something else as argument.
>
>> static void sch_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned gpio_num, int val)
>> {
>> struct sch_gpio *sch = to_sch_gpio(gc);
>> - u8 curr_vals;
>> - unsigned short offset, bit;
>>
>> spin_lock(&sch->lock);
>> -
>> - offset = sch_gpio_offset(sch, gpio_num, GLV);
>> - bit = sch_gpio_bit(sch, gpio_num);
>> -
>> - curr_vals = inb(sch->iobase + offset);
>> -
>> - if (val)
>> - outb(curr_vals | (1 << bit), sch->iobase + offset);
>> - else
>> - outb((curr_vals & ~(1 << bit)), sch->iobase + offset);
>> -
>> + sch_gpio_reg_set(gc, gpio_num, GLV, val);
>
> Here it is correct.
>
>> @@ -139,18 +123,9 @@ static int sch_gpio_direction_out(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned gpio_num,
>> int val)
>> {
>> struct sch_gpio *sch = to_sch_gpio(gc);
>> - u8 curr_dirs;
>> - unsigned short offset, bit;
>>
>> spin_lock(&sch->lock);
>> -
>> - offset = sch_gpio_offset(sch, gpio_num, GIO);
>> - bit = sch_gpio_bit(sch, gpio_num);
>> -
>> - curr_dirs = inb(sch->iobase + offset);
>> - if (curr_dirs & (1 << bit))
>> - outb(curr_dirs & ~(1 << bit), sch->iobase + offset);
>> -
>> + sch_gpio_reg_set(sch, gpio_num, GIO, 0);
>
> Wrong again. Etc.
>
> Makes me suspect that this patch is not tested at all, so dropped.

IIRC at least one of the previous versions had the same issue and at
that time I already pointed out that *compiling and testing* patches
before sending them in the wild is common sense.

Ironically the cover letter says "The patches has been verifed and
tested working on Galileo Board". One may wonder...
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