linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 04/10] drivers: qcom: rpmh: add RPMH helper functions

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Date:   Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:06:37 -0600
From:   Lina Iyer <ilina@...eaurora.org>
To:     Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc:     Raju P L S S S N <rplsssn@...eaurora.org>,
        Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
        David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        "open list:ARM/QUALCOMM SUPPORT" <linux-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rajendra Nayak <rnayak@...eaurora.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Evan Green <evgreen@...omium.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 04/10] drivers: qcom: rpmh: add RPMH helper functions

On Mon, Jun 18 2018 at 12:33 -0600, Doug Anderson wrote:
>Lina,
>
>On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Lina Iyer <ilina@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>> +/**
>>>  * struct rsc_drv: the Direct Resource Voter (DRV) of the
>>>  * Resource State Coordinator controller (RSC)
>>>  *
>>> @@ -52,6 +78,7 @@ struct tcs_group {
>>>  * @tcs:        TCS groups
>>>  * @tcs_in_use: s/w state of the TCS
>>>  * @lock:       synchronize state of the controller
>>> + * @ctrl:       controller to handle cases like batch requests
>>
>> This is not only for batch requests.
>> This is handle to the DRV's client. @client might be a better name than
>> @ctrlr.
>
>The name "ctrlr" also matches the name of the structure.  Are you
>suggesting also renaming "struct rpmh_ctrlr" to "struct rpmh_client",
>or you think they should be different names?
>
Just the name of the variable. I was just a nice to have. I wouldn't
block for this though.

I also got a couple Bot reported issues on this and the previous
revision that I have sent to Raju. He is planning to the post the v12
tomorrow his time after fixing them. If you can wait until then, I would
recommend picking up the v12 instead of this.

Thanks,
Lina

>I'm advocating that we should land this patch series to unblock
>everything.  Hopefully you agree that's OK and if we want to change
>the name of this we can do it in a future patch.  Let me know if you
>disagree.  ...if others agree that the series should land and you
>really want the name change, I'm happy to post up a version of the
>series with the fix to help move things along...
>
>
>-Doug