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From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
To: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, gnurou@gmail.com,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] gpiolib: use gpio_chips list in gpio_to_desc
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 19:01:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACRpkdbXvf8mRgpr2MrmcJcT1gTg4mfBOnF8s3=+jS5iAcMtkQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1359822572-26009-10-git-send-email-acourbot@nvidia.com>

On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> wrote:

> Parse the list of chips to find the descriptor corresponding to a GPIO
> number instead of directly picking the entry of the global gpio_desc[]
> array, which is due to be removed.
>
> This turns the complexity of converting a GPIO number into a descriptor
> from O(1) to O(n) where n is the number of GPIO chips in the system.
> Since n is ought to be small anyway, there should be no noticeable
> performance impact. Moreover, GPIO users who care for speed already have
> implemented their own gpio_get_value() and gpio_set_value() with a
> fast path for the GPIO numbers that matter and this change does not
> affect such use cases.
>
> The descriptor-based GPIO API, due to be introduced soon, will make this
> lookup unnecessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>

OK it's a nice stepping stone.

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
To: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gnurou@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] gpiolib: use gpio_chips list in gpio_to_desc
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 19:01:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACRpkdbXvf8mRgpr2MrmcJcT1gTg4mfBOnF8s3=+jS5iAcMtkQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20130205180134.ChV_44rqoaLJqKBZC-pHy0LEkYkaTb9z94LiPECrEXI@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1359822572-26009-10-git-send-email-acourbot@nvidia.com>

On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> wrote:

> Parse the list of chips to find the descriptor corresponding to a GPIO
> number instead of directly picking the entry of the global gpio_desc[]
> array, which is due to be removed.
>
> This turns the complexity of converting a GPIO number into a descriptor
> from O(1) to O(n) where n is the number of GPIO chips in the system.
> Since n is ought to be small anyway, there should be no noticeable
> performance impact. Moreover, GPIO users who care for speed already have
> implemented their own gpio_get_value() and gpio_set_value() with a
> fast path for the GPIO numbers that matter and this change does not
> affect such use cases.
>
> The descriptor-based GPIO API, due to be introduced soon, will make this
> lookup unnecessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>

OK it's a nice stepping stone.

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij

  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-05 18:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-02 16:29 [PATCH 0/9] gpiolib: remove gpio_desc[] static array Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29 ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29 ` [PATCH 1/9] gpiolib: link all gpio_chips using a list Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29   ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-05 17:00   ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-09  9:20     ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09  9:20       ` Grant Likely
2013-02-02 16:29 ` [PATCH 2/9] gpiolib: use gpio_chips list in gpiolib_sysfs_init Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29   ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-05 17:04   ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-09  9:22     ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09  9:22       ` Grant Likely
2013-02-02 16:29 ` [PATCH 3/9] gpiolib: use gpio_chips list in gpiochip_find Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29   ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-05 17:05   ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-09  9:25     ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09  9:25       ` Grant Likely
2013-02-02 16:29 ` [PATCH 4/9] gpiolib: use gpio_chips list in sysfs ops Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29   ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-05 17:15   ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-05 17:15     ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-09  9:37     ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09  9:37       ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09 13:53       ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29 ` [PATCH 5/9] gpiolib: use gpio_chips list in gpiochip_find_base Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29   ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-05 17:21   ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-06  4:48     ` Alex Courbot
2013-02-09  9:47       ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09  9:47         ` Grant Likely
2013-02-02 16:29 ` [PATCH 6/9] gpiolib: use descriptors internally Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29   ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-05 17:53   ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-07  6:57     ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-09  9:17       ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09  9:17         ` Grant Likely
2013-02-11 14:09         ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-11 15:40           ` Paul Mundt
2013-02-11 15:40             ` Paul Mundt
2013-02-11 17:39           ` Stephen Warren
2013-02-12 12:29             ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-12 15:59               ` Paul Mundt
2013-02-12 17:18                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-02-09 13:11   ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09 13:11     ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09 14:15     ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-09 13:24   ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09 13:24     ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09 14:18     ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29 ` [PATCH 7/9] gpiolib: let gpio_chip reference its descriptors Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-05 18:00   ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-09 13:28     ` Grant Likely
2013-02-02 16:29 ` [PATCH 8/9] gpiolib: use gpio_chips list in gpio_to_desc Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-05 18:01   ` Linus Walleij [this message]
2013-02-05 18:01     ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-09  9:58   ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09  9:58     ` Grant Likely
2013-02-09 14:21     ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-09 14:21       ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-09 14:37       ` Grant Likely
2013-02-02 16:29 ` [PATCH 9/9] gpiolib: dynamically allocate descriptors array Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-02 16:29   ` Alexandre Courbot
2013-02-05 18:02   ` Linus Walleij

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