[PATCH RFC v6 2/6] dpll: Add DPLL framework base functions

[Jiri Pirko]

Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 03:28:03AM CET, vadfed at meta.com wrote:

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>+static int
>+dpll_msg_add_pins_on_pin(struct sk_buff *msg, struct dpll_pin *pin,
>+			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
>+{
>+	struct dpll_pin_ref *ref = NULL;

Pointless init.

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>+static int
>+dpll_event_device_change(struct sk_buff *msg, struct dpll_device *dpll,
>+			 struct dpll_pin *pin, struct dpll_pin *parent,
>+			 enum dplla attr)
>+{
>+	int ret = dpll_msg_add_dev_handle(msg, dpll);
>+	struct dpll_pin_ref *ref = NULL;

Pointless init.

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>+struct dpll_pin_ops {
>+	int (*frequency_set)(const struct dpll_pin *pin,
>+			     const struct dpll_device *dpll,
>+			     const u32 frequency,
>+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
>+	int (*frequency_get)(const struct dpll_pin *pin,
>+			     const struct dpll_device *dpll,
>+			     u32 *frequency, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
>+	int (*direction_set)(const struct dpll_pin *pin,
>+			     const struct dpll_device *dpll,
>+			     const enum dpll_pin_direction direction,
>+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
>+	int (*direction_get)(const struct dpll_pin *pin,
>+			     const struct dpll_device *dpll,
>+			     enum dpll_pin_direction *direction,
>+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);


For frequency and direction, why exactly do you need to pass dpll
pointer? For set I can understand you need it to set the same
frequency/direction for all dplls the pin is connected to, but why for
get()?

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