linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 6/7] iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Add a function to retrieve number of bytes in buffer

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Message-ID: <ZOdfeaW6AxE4eeqw@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:47:37 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Mehdi Djait <mehdi.djait.k@...il.com>
Cc:     Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>, jic23@...nel.org,
        krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        lars@...afoo.de, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 6/7] iio: accel: kionix-kx022a: Add a function to
 retrieve number of bytes in buffer

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 03:44:29PM +0200, Mehdi Djait wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 3:39 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 03:52:56PM +0300, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> > > On 8/24/23 14:58, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 11:16:40PM +0200, Mehdi Djait wrote:

...

> > I see. I think my confusion can be easily cured by renaming the callback to
> >
> >         get_amount_bytes_in_fifo()
> >
> > or
> >
> >         get_bytes_in_fifo()
> >
> > or alike.
> 
> or leave it as is. The function is documented:

> + * @get_fifo_bytes: function pointer to get number of bytes in the FIFO buffer

Do you find it unambiguous? I do not.

Still needs more words to explain if it's a capacity of FIFO or is it amount of
valid bytes for the current transfer or what?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko