[PATCH v2 02/29] ACPI / PPTT: Stop acpi_count_levels() expecting callers to clear levels

[James Morse]

Hi Jonathan,

On 11/09/2025 11:46, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:42:42 +0000
> James Morse <james.morse at arm.com> wrote:
> 
>> In acpi_count_levels(), the initial value of *levels passed by the
>> caller is really an implementation detail of acpi_count_levels(), so it
>> is unreasonable to expect the callers of this function to know what to
>> pass in for this parameter.  The only sensible initial value is 0,
>> which is what the only upstream caller (acpi_get_cache_info()) passes.
>>
>> Use a local variable for the starting cache level in acpi_count_levels(),
>> and pass the result back to the caller via the function return value.
>>
>> Gid rid of the levels parameter, which has no remaining purpose.
>>
>> Fix acpi_get_cache_info() to match.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron at huawei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi at kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron at huawei.com>


Thanks!

James