linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] iio: add MEMSensing MSA311 3-axis accelerometer driver

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Date:   Fri, 5 Aug 2022 16:20:35 +0000
From:   Dmitry Rokosov <DDRokosov@...rdevices.ru>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC:     "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "stano.jakubek@...il.com" <stano.jakubek@...il.com>,
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        "stephan@...hold.net" <stephan@...hold.net>,
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        kernel <kernel@...rdevices.ru>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] iio: add MEMSensing MSA311 3-axis accelerometer
 driver

On Fri, Aug 05, 2022 at 06:03:12PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 4:04 PM Dmitry Rokosov <DDRokosov@...rdevices.ru> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 08:30:12PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > > > +               dev_err(dev, "cannot %s register %u from debugfs (%d)\n",
> > > > > > > +                       readval ? "read" : "write", reg, err);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You may consider taking [1] as a precursor here and use str_read_write().
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-i2c/20220703154232.55549-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com/
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh, really... Thank you for suggestion!
> > > >
> > > > I have taken it closer, and it's really helpful and nice, but looks like
> > > > it's not merged to linux-next.
> > > > Please advise how I can use it in the driver. Should I provide
> > > > "Depends-On:" tag as I did for my HZ units patchset?
> > >
> > > No, just take that patch into your series.
> >
> > Do you mean include your patch to this reply-thread through the
> > message-id linking?
> 
> No, just take it as a part of your series. Ah, I wrote almost the same
> thing above...
> 
> The idea is you rebase your tree interactively and put a breakpoint to
> the beginning of your series, then you take a link and run `b4 am -s
> ...` (-s is important) followed by `git am ...` (b4 will show you the
> command you need to run). Then you continue your rebasing. Now, when
> you send a new version of the series, take one more patch into it by
> changing depth from 3 (the number of patches in your series) to 4 (+
> my patch).
> 
> Generally speaking the HZ series is something different. It's a series
> which can't be simply taken because it might touch the different
> subsystem(s). Luckily for you the "different subsystem(s)" is the same
> subsystem you are taking these patches with. Hence it might not be a
> problem to attach it as well into a chain.
> 
> Speaking of lib/ code almost any maintainer can take it via their
> trees. So taking a _single_ patch against lib/ is fine in most cases.

Oh, got it. Thanks a lot for detailed explanation. I'll attach both of
them: my HZ units series and your str_read_write() patchset.

-- 
Thank you,
Dmitry