Re: [PATCH v8 6/7] iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Add a function to retrieve number of bytes in buffer

From: Matti Vaittinen
Date: Thu Aug 24 2023 - 08:54:23 EST


On 8/24/23 14:58, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 11:16:40PM +0200, Mehdi Djait wrote:
Since Kionix accelerometers use various numbers of bits to report data, a
device-specific function is required.
Implement the function as a callback in the device-specific chip_info structure

...

+ int ret, fifo_bytes;
+
+ ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, KX022A_REG_BUF_STATUS_1, &fifo_bytes);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(data->dev, "Error reading buffer status\n");
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ if (fifo_bytes == KX022A_FIFO_FULL_VALUE)
+ return KX022A_FIFO_MAX_BYTES;
+
+ return fifo_bytes;

This will be called each time ->get_fifo_bytes() called.
Do you expect the fifo_bytes to be changed over times?
Shouldn't we simply cache the value?

I think this value tells how many samples there currently is in the FIFO. Caching it does not sound meaningful unless I am missing something.

Yours,
-- Matti

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Matti Vaittinen
Linux kernel developer at ROHM Semiconductors
Oulu Finland

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