linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] regmap: spi-avmm: Fix regmap_bus max_raw

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:58:44 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>
Cc:     Jim Wylder <jwylder@...gle.com>,
        Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rafael@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, matthew.gerlach@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] regmap: spi-avmm: Fix regmap_bus max_raw_write

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 11:36:06AM +0800, Xu Yilun wrote:

> I'm a bit prefer to exclude the reg addr, as it is in stable tree now
> and doesn't see strong reason to change it. And suggest regmap-i2c does
> the same as spi do, that is to reserve space for reg addr/padding by
> reducing the max_raw_read/write value, see:

It seems better to keep things like this in the core since every time a
bus has to open code something that's something that the bus can get
wrong, as we've seen here.  This would mean some churn now but going
forwards it'd be less error prone.

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