linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/12] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: Add IRQ constants for Exynos850

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Message-ID: <CAPLW+4mPeSOuiQ1iYTVXqTzmPP7o1uPX8Gapzr7Es0wRBpYt6g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 15:58:38 +0300
From:   Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: Add IRQ
 constants for Exynos850

On Sat, 31 Jul 2021 at 11:45, Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> On 30/07/2021 16:49, Sam Protsenko wrote:
> > Add external GIC interrupt constants for SPI[479:0] for Exynos850 SoC.
> > Interrupt names were taken from TRM without change, hence double
> > underscore in const namings.
>
> I am not sure what is the benefit of defining these in header. Unlike
> other DT consts (e.g. clock IDs) drivers do not us them at all. Using
> them in DT does not reduce chance of mistakes in numbers - instead of in
> DTS you can make a mistake here in header file. In the same time, they
> grow the interrupt property in DTS making it more difficult to read.
>
> I also did not see anyone else using this approach, so it's not only me
> (Marc also find it confusing).
>
> If vendor kernel did similar, it's not an argument. Samsung LSI /.
> vendor kernel has terrible code quality so usually it is not a good example.
>

Agreed. I'll use IRQ numbers in dts directly, in v2. I probably
thought that IRQ header might replace missing public TRM, but that's a
poor substitute anyway.

>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof