linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 20/20] media: venus: pm_helpers: Use reset

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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:20:55 +0100
From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>
To: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
 Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.k.varbanov@...il.com>,
 Vikash Garodia <quic_vgarodia@...cinc.com>,
 Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>, Andy Gross
 <agross@...nel.org>, Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
 Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@...cinc.com>
Cc: Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>,
 Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
 linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 20/20] media: venus: pm_helpers: Use reset_bulk API

On 14.02.2024 14:31, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> Hi Konrad,
> 
> On Fr, 2024-02-09 at 22:10 +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> All of the resets are toggled together. Use the bulk api to save on some
>> code complexity.
>>
>> The delay between resets is now correctly determined by the reset
>> framework.
> 
> If this is a recent change, could you reference the commit?

It's a series that recently landed in -next [1]

[...]

> 
> Since VIDC_RESETS_NUM_MAX is only 2, I don't think a separate
> allocation is worth it.

It's 2 today, anyway. I wanted to keep it flexible

[...]

>> +	ret = reset_control_bulk_reset(res->resets_num, core->resets);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		dev_err(core->dev, "Failed to toggle resets: %d\n", ret);
>>  
>> -err:
>>  	return ret;
> 
> Could be simplified to:
> 
> 	return reset_control_bulk_reset(res->resets_num, core-
>> resets);

I intentionally kept the if (ret) to print a specific error message
in case the call fails, this driver doesn't go a good job of telling
the user/developer what went wrong.

Konrad