Re: [PATCH -next 1/2] spi: introduce devm_spi_alloc_controller()

[Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 07:57:05PM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote:
> On 2022/9/27 19:21, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 05:45:25AM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 10:29:32PM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote:
> > > >   extern int devm_spi_register_controller(struct device *dev,
> > > >   					struct spi_controller *ctlr);
> > > This doesn't really make sense I'm afraid.  The umbrella term
> > > "spi_controller" can refer to either a master or a slave.
> > > One has to specify on allocation which of the two is desired.
> > > An API which purports to allow allocation of the umbrella term
> > > but defaults to a master behind the scenes seems misleading to me.
> > Yes, we'd need to either have two wrappers using some more appropriate
> > terminology than master/slave or have a parameter which specifies the
> > role.
> Do you mean to introduce two more proper wrappers to instead of
> devm_spi_alloc_master/slave() ?

Honestly I don't think there's room for (or a need for) improvement here.

Thanks,

Lukas