linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1 4/5] spmi: pmic-arb: return the value instead of passing by pointer

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2017 23:44:42 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:     Kiran Gunda <kgunda@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap@...eaurora.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Nicholas Troast <ntroast@...eaurora.org>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 4/5] spmi: pmic-arb: return the value instead of
 passing by pointer

On 07/03, Kiran Gunda wrote:
> Returning the output value from a function, when it is possible, is the
> better and cleaner way than passing it by the pointer. Hence, modify
> the ppid_to_apid mapping function to return apid instead of passing
> it by a pointer. While at it, pass the ppid as function parameter to
> ppid_to_apid mapping function instead of passing the sid and addr.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kiran Gunda <kgunda@...eaurora.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>

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