[PATCH V2 01/10] Documentation: dt-bindings: mailbox: tegra: Add binding for HSP mailbox

[Sivaram Nair]

On Thu, Jul 07, 2016 at 12:35:02PM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 07/07/2016 12:13 PM, Sivaram Nair wrote:
> >On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 05:04:22PM +0800, Joseph Lo wrote:
> >>Add DT binding for the Hardware Synchronization Primitives (HSP). The
> >>HSP is designed for the processors to share resources and communicate
> >>together. It provides a set of hardware synchronization primitives for
> >>interprocessor communication. So the interprocessor communication (IPC)
> >>protocols can use hardware synchronization primitive, when operating
> >>between two processors not in an SMP relationship.
> 
> >>diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/mailbox/tegra186-hsp.h b/include/dt-bindings/mailbox/tegra186-hsp.h
> 
> >>+#define HSP_MBOX_TYPE_DB 0x0
> >>+#define HSP_MBOX_TYPE_SM 0x1
> >>+#define HSP_MBOX_TYPE_SS 0x2
> >>+#define HSP_MBOX_TYPE_AS 0x3
> >>+
> >>+#define HSP_DB_MASTER_CCPLEX 17
> >>+#define HSP_DB_MASTER_BPMP 19
> >>+
> >>+#define HSP_MBOX_ID(type, ID) \
> >>+		(HSP_MBOX_TYPE_##type << 16 | ID)
> >
> >It will be nicer if you avoid the macro glue magic '##' for 'type'. I
> >would also suggest to use braces around 'type' and 'ID'.
> 
> This technique been used without issue in quite a few other places
> without issue, and has the benefit of simplifying the text wherever
> the macro is used. What issue do you foresee?

It improves readability where HSP_MBOX_ID is used (in tegra186.dtsi file
in this case) - but consider this as a cosmetic comment.

> 
> BTW, if this patch does need reposting, I'd suggest s/ID/id/ since
> macro parameters are usually lower-case.