linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/22] xlink-ipc: Add xlink ipc driver

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Date:   Sun, 06 Dec 2020 18:32:47 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     mgross@...ux.intel.com, markgross@...nel.org, arnd@...db.de,
        bp@...e.de, damien.lemoal@....com, dragan.cvetic@...inx.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, corbet@....net,
        leonard.crestez@....com, palmerdabbelt@...gle.com,
        paul.walmsley@...ive.com, peng.fan@....com, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        shawnguo@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Seamus Kelly <seamus.kelly@...el.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Ryan Carnaghi <ryan.r.carnaghi@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/22] xlink-ipc: Add xlink ipc driver

On Tue, 2020-12-01 at 14:35 -0800, mgross@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> From: Seamus Kelly <seamus.kelly@...el.com>
> 
> Add xLink driver, which interfaces the xLink Core driver with the Keem
> Bay VPU IPC driver, thus enabling xLink to control and communicate with
> the VPU IP present on the Intel Keem Bay SoC.

Trivial style comments:

> diff --git a/drivers/misc/xlink-ipc/xlink-ipc.c b/drivers/misc/xlink-ipc/xlink-ipc.c

[]

> +/*
> + * xlink_reserved_memory_init() - Initialize reserved memory for the device.
> + *
> + * @xlink_dev:	[in] The xlink ipc device the reserved memory is allocated to.
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
> + */
> +static int xlink_reserved_memory_init(struct xlink_ipc_dev *xlink_dev)
> +{
> +	struct device *dev = &xlink_dev->pdev->dev;
> +
> +	xlink_dev->local_xlink_mem.dev = init_xlink_reserved_mem_dev(dev,
> +								     "xlink_local_reserved",
> +								     LOCAL_XLINK_IPC_BUFFER_IDX);
> +	if (!xlink_dev->local_xlink_mem.dev)
> +		return -ENOMEM;

This sort of code, with a repeated struct dereference, generally reads
better using a temporary and is also less prone to typo use.

	struct device *dev = &xlink_dev->pdev->dev;
	struct xlink_buf_mem *lxm = &xlink_dev->local_xlink_mem;

	lxm->dev = init_xlink_reserved_mem_dev(dev, "xlink_local_reserved",
					       LOCAL_XLINK_IPC_BUFFER_IDX);
	if (!lxm->dev)
		return -ENOMEM;

> +	xlink_dev->local_xlink_mem.size = get_xlink_reserved_mem_size(dev,
> +								      LOCAL_XLINK_IPC_BUFFER_IDX);

	lxm->size = get_xlink_reserved_mem_size(dev, LOCAL_XLINK_IPC_BUFFER_IDX);

etc...