linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] iio: gyro: adxrs290: Add debugfs register access support

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VfReT-EjCV=cW8mV1MmoMPPdY9q1scoPwbD_DEHpQHd3g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Sep 2020 16:25:08 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Nishant Malpani <nish.malpani25@...il.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "Bogdan, Dragos" <dragos.bogdan@...log.com>,
        darius.berghe@...log.com,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-iio <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] iio: gyro: adxrs290: Add debugfs register access support

On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 4:10 PM Nishant Malpani <nish.malpani25@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Extend support to read/write byte data from/to the device using
> debugfs iio interface.

...

> +static int adxrs290_reg_access(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, unsigned int reg,
> +                              unsigned int writeval, unsigned int *readval)
> +{
> +       struct adxrs290_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       if (!readval)
> +               return adxrs290_spi_write_reg(st->spi, reg, writeval);
> +
> +       ret = spi_w8r8(st->spi, ADXRS290_READ_REG(reg));
> +       if (ret < 0)
> +               return ret;
> +
> +       *readval = ret;
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}

Hmm... I would suggest to have it like

adxrs290_reg_access_rw()
{
 ...
 return 0;
}

adxrs290_reg_access()
{
 if (readval)
  return adxrs290_reg_access_rw();
 else // it's redundant, but someone can use for better formatting
  return adxrs290_spi_write_reg();
}

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko