linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] gpio: loongson: add firmware offset parse support

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Date:   Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:50:30 +0800
From:   Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@...ngson.cn>, wanghongliang@...ngson.cn,
        loongson-kernel@...ts.loongnix.cn, zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] gpio: loongson: add firmware offset parse support



在 2023/8/10 下午4:27, Linus Walleij 写道:
> Hi Yinbo,
> 
> thanks for your patch!
> 
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 9:41 AM Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn> wrote:
> 
>> Loongson GPIO controllers come in multiple variants that are compatible
>> except for certain register offset values.  Add support for device
>> properties allowing to specify them in ACPI or DT.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>
> 
> (...)
>> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct loongson_gpio_chip_data {
>>          unsigned int            conf_offset;
>>          unsigned int            out_offset;
>>          unsigned int            in_offset;
>> +       unsigned int            inten_offset;
> 
> Consider just changing all of these from unsigned int to u32.


okay, I got it.

> 
> (...)
>> +       if (device_property_read_u32(dev, "loongson,gpio-conf-offset", (u32 *)&d->conf_offset)
>> +           || device_property_read_u32(dev, "loongson,gpio-in-offset", (u32 *)&d->in_offset)
>> +           || device_property_read_u32(dev, "loongson,gpio-out-offset", (u32 *)&d->out_offset)
>> +           || device_property_read_u32(dev, "loongson,gpio-ctrl-mode", (u32 *)&d->mode))
> 
> Because then you can get rid of this annoying forest of cast.


Change offset to u32 and here still need use a (u32 *) cast, because the
chip_data is const type so &chip_data->offset will be (const u32 *) type
and need a (u32 *) cast.

> 
> I'm fine with doing this change in this patch without a need for a separate
> refactoring, as it's just a contained driver and clearly just about typing.


okay, I got it.

Thanks,
Yinbo.