linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 10/17] power: sequencing: implement the pwrseq core

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 20:27:47 +0200
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 10/17] power: sequencing: implement the pwrseq core

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 09:03:18PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
> >
> > Implement the power sequencing subsystem allowing devices to share
> > complex powering-up and down procedures. It's split into the consumer
> > and provider parts but does not implement any new DT bindings so that
> > the actual power sequencing is never revealed in the DT representation.
>
> > +++ b/drivers/power/sequencing/core.c
>
> > + * Unit - a unit is a discreet chunk of a power sequence. For instance one unit
>
> s/discreet/discrete/
>
> > +static struct pwrseq_unit *pwrseq_unit_incref(struct pwrseq_unit *unit)
> > +{
> > +     kref_get(&unit->ref);
> > +
> > +     return unit;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void pwrseq_unit_release(struct kref *ref);
> > +
> > +static void pwrseq_unit_decref(struct pwrseq_unit *unit)
> > +{
> > +     kref_put(&unit->ref, pwrseq_unit_release);
> > +}
>
> No existing callers of kref_get() and kref_put() use names that
> include "incref" or "decref".  Many include "get" and "put", so maybe
> there would be some value in using that pattern?

These symbols are not exported and I personally dislike the get/put
pattern. Best I can do is _ref/_unref like what kref does.

Bart