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

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Aug 24 2023 - 09:40:38 EST


On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 03:52:56PM +0300, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> On 8/24/23 14:58, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 11:16:40PM +0200, Mehdi Djait wrote:

...

> > > + 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.

I see. I think my confusion can be easily cured by renaming the callback to

get_amount_bytes_in_fifo()

or

get_bytes_in_fifo()

or alike.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko