linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 10/11] watchdog: bd9576_wdt: switch to using devm_fwnode_gpiod

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Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2022 12:47:30 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 10/11] watchdog: bd9576_wdt: switch to using
 devm_fwnode_gpiod_get()

On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 08:49:58AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 9/5/22 08:21, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 6:13 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> > > On 9/5/22 04:09, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 9:33 AM Dmitry Torokhov
> > > > <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > > > +       count = device_property_count_u32(dev->parent, "rohm,hw-timeout-ms");
> > > > > +       if (count < 0 && count != -EINVAL)
> > > > > +               return count;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       if (count > 0) {
> > > > 
> > > > > +               if (count > ARRAY_SIZE(hw_margin))
> > > > > +                       return -EINVAL;
> > > > 
> > > > Why double check? You may move it out of the (count > 0).
> >
> > > Two checks will always be needed, so I don't entirely see
> > > how that would be better.
> > 
> > But not nested. That's my point:
> > 
> > if (count > ARRAY_SIZE())
> >    return ...
> > if (count > 0)
> >    ...
> > 
> 
> The old code has either 1 or two checks if there is no error.
> Your suggested code has always two checks. I don't see how that
> is an improvement.
> 
> > > > > -       if (ret == 1)
> > > > > -               hw_margin_max = hw_margin[0];
> > > > 
> > > > > +               ret = device_property_read_u32_array(dev->parent,
> > > > > +                                                    "rohm,hw-timeout-ms",
> > > > > +                                                    hw_margin, count);
> > > > > +               if (ret < 0)
> > > > > +                       return ret;
> > > > 
> > > > So, only this needs the count > 0 check since below already has it implicitly.
> > > > 
> > > Sorry, I don't understand this comment.
> > 
> > if (count > 0) {
> >    ret = device_property_read_u32_array(...);
> >    ...
> > }
> > if (count == 1)
> >   ...
> > if (count == 2)
> >   ...
> > 
> > But here it might be better to have the nested conditionals.
> > 
> 
> We know that count is either 1 or 2 here, so strictly speaking
> 	if (count == 1) {
> 	} else {
> 	}
> would be sufficient. On the other side, that depends on ARRAY_SIZE() being
> exactly 2, so
> 	if (count == 1) {
> 	} else if (count == 2) {
> 	}
> would also make sense. Either way is fine with me. I'll leave it up
> to Dmitry to decide what he wants to do.

My goal is to drop usage of devm_gpiod_get_from_of_node(), beyond that I
do not have strong preferences either way really. It is probing code, so
performance is not critical, but I'm obviously satisfied with how the
code looks now, or I would not have sent it.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry