linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v7 2/7] edac: synps: Add platform specific structures for ddrc controller

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Date:   Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:07:33 +0000
From:   Manish Narani <MNARANI@...inx.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v7 2/7] edac: synps: Add platform specific structures for
 ddrc controller

Hi Boris,

Thanks for the review.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Borislav Petkov [mailto:bp@...en8.de]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 2:37 PM
> To: Manish Narani <MNARANI@...inx.com>
> Cc: robh+dt@...nel.org; mark.rutland@....com; mchehab@...nel.org;
> Michal Simek <michals@...inx.com>; leoyang.li@....com;
> sudeep.holla@....com; amit.kucheria@...aro.org;
> devicetree@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> edac@...r.kernel.org; linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/7] edac: synps: Add platform specific structures for
> ddrc controller
> 
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 01:33:58PM +0000, Manish Narani wrote:
> > Apart from this one, I have covered all the comments from the previous
> review.
> 
> Are you sure?
> 
> Let's see. I said:
> 
> | Kill all that "function pointer" fluff. Here's how I've changed it:
> |
> | /**
> |  * struct synps_platform_data -  synps platform data structure
> |  * @edac_geterror_info: edac error info
> |  * @edac_get_mtype:     get mtype
> |  * @edac_get_dtype:     get dtype
> |  * @edac_get_eccstate:  get ECC state
> 			  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> This is supposed to denote that this function returns whether ECC checking is
> enabled on the controller or not.
> 
> Your patch has:
> 
> + * struct synps_platform_data -  synps platform data structure.
> + * @geterror_info:     Get error info.
> + * @get_mtype:         Get mtype.
> + * @get_dtype:         Get dtype.
> + * @get_eccstate:      Get eccstate.
> 
> So what is "eccstate"? Is it a struct or a variable or ...?
> 
> Do you see my point?
> 
> I know, it is a small thing but documenting our code properly is something
> which people would be thanking us for. Even you will be thanking yourself when
> you look at this months from now after having forgotten it all.
> 
> Please check the rest of your additions for similar discrepancies.
Okay sure. Will be rectified in v8.

Thanks,
Manish