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Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:13:18 +0900
From:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
	Sangbeom Kim <sbkim73@...sung.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] ASoC: samsung: pass filter function as pointer

On 18.11.2015 00:55, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> As we are now passing the filter data as pointers to the drivers,
> we can take the final step and also pass the filter function the
> same way. I'm keeping this change separate, as there it's less
> obvious that this is a net win.
> 
> Upsides of this are:
> 
> - The ASoC drivers are completely independent from the DMA engine
>   implementation, which simplifies the Kconfig logic and in theory
>   allows the same sound drivers to be built in a kernel that supports
>   different kinds of dmaengine drivers.
> 
> - Consistency with other subsystems and drivers
> 
> On the other hand, we have a few downsides:
> 
> - The s3c24xx-dma driver now needs to be built-in for the ac97 platform
>   device to be instantiated on s3c2440.
> 
> - samsung_dmaengine_pcm_config cannot be marked 'const' any more
>   because the filter function pointer needs to be set at runtime.
>   This is safe as long we don't have multiple different DMA engines
>   in thet same system at runtime, but is nonetheless ugly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> v2: avoid possibly NULL pdata
> 

Looks good.

I also tested entire patchset on Exynos4412/Trats2 board (custom kernel
with audio working) for regressions and it worked fine. However, since
this was not a S3C24xx/S3C64xx board, I don't find that testing
sufficient for a tag. So only:

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>

Best regards,
Krzysztof

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