netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] net/smsc911x: Add regulator support

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Date:	Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:33:16 +0200
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>,
	Mathieu Poirer <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
	Robert Marklund <robert.marklund@...ricsson.com>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] net/smsc911x: Add regulator support

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 22:33, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 02:48:11PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * Request or free resources, currently just regulators.
>> + *
>> + * The SMSC911x has two power pins: vddvario and vdd33a, in designs where
>> + * these are not always-on we need to request regulators to be turned on
>> + * before we can try to access the device registers.
>> + */
>> +static int smsc911x_request_free_resources(struct platform_device *pdev,
>> +             bool request)
>
> I had to look twice at this function name. First I thought "request the
> free resources?", which other resources would you request if not the
> free ones? I think it would be nicer to have two functions instead.
> Just my 2 cents.

i'll add my 2 cents and we'll almost have a nickle.  maybe i'm dense,
but i had to look (more than) twice at both funcs before i could get
my head around what was happening.  no, it's not complicated, but it
is unusual in the kernel world.  either that or i haven't read enough
kernel code to consider this a common paradigm.  hopefully it's the
former ;).
-mike
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