Re: [PATCH 1/3] spi: Add helper functions for setting up transfers

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

On 01/09/2013 08:56 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 01/09/2013 08:20 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On 01/09/2013 05:31 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
>>> Quite often the pattern used for setting up and transferring a synchronous SPI
>>> transaction looks very much like the following:
>>>
>>> 	struct spi_message msg;
>>> 	struct spi_transfer xfers[] = {
>>> 		...
>>> 	};
>>>
>>> 	spi_message_init(&msg);
>>> 	spi_message_add_tail(&xfers[0], &msg);
>>> 	...
>>> 	spi_message_add_tail(&xfers[ARRAY_SIZE(xfers) - 1], &msg);
>>>
>>> 	ret = spi_sync(&msg);
>>>
>>> This patch adds two new helper functions for handling this case. The first
>>> helper function spi_message_init_with_transfers() takes a spi_message and an
>>> array of spi_transfers. It will initialize the message and then call
>>> spi_message_add_tail() for each transfer in the array. E.g. the following
>>>
>>> 	spi_message_init(&msg);
>>> 	spi_message_add_tail(&xfers[0], &msg);
>>> 	...
>>> 	spi_message_add_tail(&xfers[ARRAY_SIZE(xfers) - 1], &msg);
>>>
>>> can be rewritten as
>>>
>>> 	spi_message_init_with_transfers(&msg, xfers, ARRAY_SIZE(xfers));
>>>
>>> The second function spi_sync_transfer() takes a SPI device and an array of
>>> spi_transfers. It will allocate a new spi_message (on the stack) and add all
>>> transfers in the array to the message. Finally it will call spi_sync() on the
>>> message.
>>>
>>> E.g. the follwing
>>>
>>> 	struct spi_message msg;
>>> 	struct spi_transfer xfers[] = {
>>> 		...
>>> 	};
>>>
>>> 	spi_message_init(&msg);
>>> 	spi_message_add_tail(&xfers[0], &msg);
>>> 	...
>>> 	spi_message_add_tail(&xfers[ARRAY_SIZE(xfers) - 1], &msg);
>>>
>>> 	ret = spi_sync(spi, &msg);
>>>
>>> can be rewritten as
>>>
>>> 	struct spi_transfer xfers[] = {
>>> 		...
>>> 	};
>>>
>>> 	ret = spi_sync_transfer(spi, xfers, ARRAY_SIZE(xfers));
>>>
>>> The patch also adds a new cocci script which can detect such sequences as
>>> described above and transform them automatically to use the new helper
>>> functions.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars-Qo5EllUWu/uELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>
>>>
>> Principle looks good to me and some nice little duplication removal
>> savings.
>>
>> My coccinelle isn't really up to checking that, but for the functions
>> Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
>>
>> When all comments are in on the code we'll have to think about how to
>> merge this.  If you have much else planned that will hit those iio drivers
>> then things will get uggly unless it goes through that tree.
>>
>> Guess it all depends on whether others like the patch though ;)
> 
> The IIO patches can easily wait another release until the spi has made it's way
> up into mainline. I just didn't want to send out the helper functions without
> any realworld examples on how they can be used.
> 
Good point, though obviously send them again after this patch has merged
given the fine nature of my memory ;)

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