linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 net-next 1/9] mfd: ocelot: add helper to get regmap from a resource

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VevH4LODkF4AELH=E5tQRZZ8LjbWN62sA14PydLMeDRgA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:50:36 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 net-next 1/9] mfd: ocelot: add helper to get regmap
 from a resource

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 10:17 AM Colin Foster
<colin.foster@...advantage.com> wrote:
>
> Several ocelot-related modules are designed for MMIO / regmaps. As such,
> they often use a combination of devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource and
> devm_regmap_init_mmio.
>
> Operating in an MFD might be different, in that it could be memory mapped,
> or it could be SPI, I2C... In these cases a fallback to use IORESOURCE_REG
> instead of IORESOURCE_MEM becomes necessary.
>
> When this happens, there's redundant logic that needs to be implemented in
> every driver. In order to avoid this redundancy, utilize a single function
> that, if the MFD scenario is enabled, will perform this fallback logic.

> +       regs = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, index, &res);
> +
> +       if (!res)
> +               return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);

This needs a comment why the original error code from devm_ call above
is not good here.

> +       else if (IS_ERR(regs))
> +               return ERR_CAST(regs);
> +       else
> +               return devm_regmap_init_mmio(&pdev->dev, regs, config);
> +}

'else' is redundant in all cases above.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko