linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/11] dmaengine: dw: set polarity of handshake interface

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Date:	Fri, 06 May 2016 13:42:00 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	ismo.puustinen@...el.com,
	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/11] dmaengine: dw: set polarity of handshake
 interface

On Thu, 2016-05-05 at 18:54 +0100, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-04-27 at 16:48 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > 
> > +       bool                    polarity;
> So this variable is not very intuitively named.

There is a help above. This is a property of the Synopsys DesignWare DMA
engine. Anyone familiar with datasheet easily understands this.

> 
> You end up setting somepointer->polarity = true; in a later patch. 
> 
> Since you're respining a V4 I'd suggest a name that describes a little
> bit better than polarity. Setting polarity = true is a little bit
> liked
> being asked "you you like ice-cream or apple pie" and then saying "yes
> please".

It's about handshake interface polarity, so, what about hs_polarity?

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy