RE: [PATCH v2 2/2] spi: add SPI controller driver for UniPhier SoC

["Keiji Hayashibara" <hayashibara.keiji@socionext.com>]

Hello Andy,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Andy
> Shevchenko
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 10:44 PM
> To: Hayashibara, Keiji/林原 啓二 <hayashibara.keiji@socionext.com>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] spi: add SPI controller driver for UniPhier SoC
> 
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 12:38 PM, Keiji Hayashibara <hayashibara.keiji@socionext.com> wrote:
> 
> >> > +       /* check if requested speed is too small */
> >> > +       if (ckrat > SSI_MAX_CLK_DIVIDER)
> >>
> >> > +               return -EINVAL;
> >>
> >> So, does this critical?
> >
> > If set the value to SSI_MAX_CLK_DIVIDER, the clock frequency will be set high.
> > I don't change it to high frequency, and it is daringly an error.
> > On the other hand, when changing to low frequency, I will change it automatically.
> 
> No. My point is, if somehow user asks for that condition to be happened you bail out, while when using clamp_val()
> you may continue to work at maximum limit, though issue warning to user, for example.

Thank you. I understood what you pointed out. 
However, I found this code unnecessary as pointed out by Radu, 
so I will delete it.

> >> > +
> >> > +       if (ckrat < SSI_MIN_CLK_DIVIDER)
> >> > +               ckrat = SSI_MIN_CLK_DIVIDER;
> >>
> >> clamp_val()  / max() ?
> >
> > I will modify it to use max().
> 
> See above.

This is also the same as above.

> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko

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Best Regards,
Keiji Hayashibara