linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/22] firmware: arm_scmi: Dynamically allocate protocols array

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Message-ID: <20220428102730.n65fsfvei7pbwetp@bogus>
Date:   Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:27:30 +0100
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        james.quinlan@...adcom.com, Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, etienne.carriere@...aro.org,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, souvik.chakravarty@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/22] firmware: arm_scmi: Dynamically allocate protocols
 array

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 04:05:34PM +0100, Cristian Marussi wrote:
> Move away from a statically allocated array for holding the current set of
> protocols implemented by the platform in favour of allocating it
> dynamically based on the number of protocols effectively advertised by the
> platform via BASE protocol exchanges.
> 
> While at that, rectify the BASE_DISCOVER_LIST_PROTOCOLS loop iterations to
> terminate only when a number of protocols equal to the advertised ones has
> been received, instead of looping till the platform returns no more
> protocols descriptors: this new behaviour is better compliant with the
> specification and it has been tested to work equally well against an SCMI
> stack running on top of an official SCP firmware on a JUNO board.
>

Nice, no idea why I forgot that we have num_protocols from the another
command when I originally wrote this. I may be carried away with the way
OPP or even the clock rate list works I guess.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep