linux-kernel - Re: [Patch V3 12/18] usb: gadget: tegra-xudc: support multiple device modes

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:27:28 +0100
From:   Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:     Nagarjuna Kristam <nkristam@...dia.com>
Cc:     balbi@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jonathanh@...dia.com,
        mark.rutland@....com, robh+dt@...nel.org, kishon@...com,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch V3 12/18] usb: gadget: tegra-xudc: support multiple
 device modes

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:20:09PM +0530, Nagarjuna Kristam wrote:
> 
> 
> On 28-01-2020 23:40, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > >   	struct tegra_xudc_save_regs saved_regs;
> > >   	bool suspended;
> > >   	bool powergated;
> > > -	struct usb_phy *usbphy;
> > > +	struct usb_phy **usbphy;
> > > +	int current_phy_index;
> > Can be unsigned int. It's also very long. It might be better to choose a
> > shorter name so that when you use it, the lines don't get excessively
> > long. Alternatively you could keep this field name and instead declare
> > local variables to reference the current PHY to make lines shorter.
> > 
> > Actually, looking at this a bit more, I don't see current_phy_index ever
> > used by itself (other than the assignment and one check to see if a PHY
> > has been selected). So why not just store a pointer to the current PHY
> > and avoid all the dereferencing?
> > 
> > Thierry
> 
> current_phy_index main purpose is to quickly get which index for USB 2 and 3
> phy's to be used. This is used at mulitple functions. Based on your comment
> above, I believe its good to use 2 pointers for UTMI and USB 3 phy's, which
> are points to current phy index. This ensures to keep line length as less as
> possible.

Yes, I think in general it's preferable to use the objects directly
rather than an index into an array to find the objects.

Thierry

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