linux-kernel - Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 2/4] ASoC: cx20442: add bias control over a platform provided regulator

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Message-Id: <201112261318.14549.jkrzyszt@tis.icnet.pl>
Date:	Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:18:13 +0100
From:	Janusz Krzysztofik <jkrzyszt@....icnet.pl>
To:	alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...com>,
	Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...mer.com>
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 2/4] ASoC: cx20442: add bias control over a platform provided regulator

On Monday 26 of December 2011 at 12:02:01, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 12:12:22AM +0100, Janusz Krzysztofik wrote:
> 
> > +	case SND_SOC_BIAS_ON:
> > +	case SND_SOC_BIAS_PREPARE:
> > +		if (IS_ERR(cx20442->por.regulator)) {
> > +			err = PTR_ERR(cx20442->por.regulator);
> > +		} else if (!cx20442->por.enabled) {
> > +			err = regulator_enable(cx20442->por.regulator);
> > +			if (!err)
> > +				cx20442->por.enabled = true;
> > +		}
> > +		break;
> > +	case SND_SOC_BIAS_STANDBY:
> > +	case SND_SOC_BIAS_OFF:
> > +		if (IS_ERR(cx20442->por.regulator)) {
> > +			err = PTR_ERR(cx20442->por.regulator);
> > +		} else if (cx20442->por.enabled) {
> > +			err = regulator_disable(cx20442->por.regulator);
> > +			if (!err)
> > +				cx20442->por.enabled = false;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +	mutex_unlock(&cx20442->por.lock);
> 
> You can avoid the mutex and simplify the code by relying on the fact
> that the only possible transitions are:
> 
>    OFF <-> STANDBY <-> PREPARE <-> ON
> 
> which would look a lot more natural - you shouldn't need to remember if
> the regulator is enabled, you should just turn it on in the STANDBY to
> PREPARE transition and turn it off in the ON to PREPARE or PREPARE to
> STANDBY transitions.

OK, will do, thanks for the hint.
Janusz
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