linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: add spi_sync_single_transfer wrapper for single spi

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Message-ID: <5762CF88.4060800@metafoo.de>
Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:10:48 +0200
From:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
To:	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...sung.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Shyti <andi@...zian.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: add spi_sync_single_transfer wrapper for single
 spi_transfer

On 06/16/2016 01:40 AM, Andi Shyti wrote:
> The spi_sync_single_transfer function calls spi_sync_transfer
> with a single spi_transfer element, instead of an array.

So, what's the advantage of using this as opposed to calling
spi_sync_transfer with a 1 for the number of transfers?