linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] hwmon: (pmbus/core): Implement regulator get

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Message-ID: <20221120141432.GA1790249@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Sun, 20 Nov 2022 06:14:32 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Naresh Solanki <naresh.solanki@...ements.com>
Cc:     linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        broonie@...nel.org,
        Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@...ements.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] hwmon: (pmbus/core): Implement regulator get_status

On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 07:25:16PM +0100, Naresh Solanki wrote:
> From: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@...ements.com>
> 
> Add get_status for pmbus_regulator_ops.
> 
> Changes:
> - use lock throughout the function
> - Avoid line continuation upto 100 column
> - Optimize use of & and | operator
> - Check for VOUT, IOUT, TEMPERATURE bit in status word before checking
>   respective status register for fault.
> - Report regulator current status.
> 
Change log should be after '---'

Also, when looking into this, I realized that we already have
pmbus_regulator_get_error_flags() which has somewhat overlapping
functionality. Would it be possible to utilize that function to get
the error status instead of more or less hand-coding it ?

Thanks,
Guenter