Re: [PATCH v2 14/23] counter: Update documentation for new counter registration functions

[William Breathitt Gray]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 06:12:22PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2021 10:45:17 +0100
> Uwe Kleine-König         <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > In order to replace the counter registration API also update the
> > documentation to the new way.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fine either way, but a suggestion below.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > ---
> >  Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst | 10 +++++-----
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
> > index 1b487a331467..991b180c7b47 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
> > @@ -262,11 +262,11 @@ order to communicate with the device: to read and write various Signals
> >  and Counts, and to set and get the "action mode" and "function mode" for
> >  various Synapses and Counts respectively.
> >  
> > -A defined counter_device structure may be registered to the system by
> > -passing it to the counter_register function, and unregistered by passing
> > -it to the counter_unregister function. Similarly, the
> > -devm_counter_register function may be used if device memory-managed
> > -registration is desired.
> > +A counter_device structure is supposed to be allocated using counter_alloc()
> > +and may be registered to the system by passing it to the counter_add()
> > +function, and unregistered by passing it to the counter_unregister function.
> 
> I'd avoid the supposed to and the odd vague use of structure in the origin
> text and just go with
> 
> A struct counter_device is allocated using counter_alloc()...

I like this simpler wording as well.

Acked-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@xxxxxxxxx>

> 
> 
> > +There are device managed variants of these functions: devm_counter_alloc() and
> > +devm_counter_add().
> >  
> >  The struct counter_comp structure is used to define counter extensions
> >  for Signals, Synapses, and Counts.
>

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