linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: arizona: Don't use regmap_read_poll

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Date:   Tue, 3 Jul 2018 10:41:32 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Cc:     andy.shevchenko@...il.com, patches@...nsource.cirrus.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: arizona: Don't use regmap_read_poll_timeout

On Mon, 18 Jun 2018, Charles Keepax wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 07:27:54AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, 04 Jun 2018, Charles Keepax wrote:
> > > @@ -240,18 +241,28 @@ static int arizona_poll_reg(struct arizona *arizona,
> > >  			    int timeout_ms, unsigned int reg,
> > >  			    unsigned int mask, unsigned int target)
> > >  {
> > > +	ktime_t timeout = ktime_add_us(ktime_get(), timeout_ms * USEC_PER_MSEC);
> > >  	unsigned int val = 0;
> > > -	int ret;
> > > +	int ret = regmap_read(arizona->regmap, reg, &val);
> > 
> > I'm not a fan of this type of initialisation.
> > 
> > Also, what's the point of assigning 'ret' if you never check it?
> > 
> 
> It could get checked if the timeout value is very small causing
> the while loop to be skipped and almost certainly will cause
> un-initialised warnings without it.
> 
> I can move it to its own line if you prefer? Would you want a
> comment as well?

Yes please.

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