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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Aditya Chari <adi25charis@gmail.com>
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, vaibhav.sr@gmail.com,
	mgreer@animalcreek.com, johan@kernel.org, elder@kernel.org,
	greybus-dev@lists.linaro.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] greybus: audio: Split gb_audio_gb_get_topology() into size query and data fetch
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:09:33 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <amTRrR1ly_GuV5Vp@stanley.mountain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260725143721.5908-1-adi25charis@gmail.com>

On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 08:07:21PM +0530, Aditya Chari wrote:
> `gb_audio_gb_get_topology()` combined three separate responsibilities into
> a single call: querying the topology size, allocating a buffer for it, and
> fetching the topology data into that buffer. This left callers with no
> way to perform any of these steps independently, and forced the kzalloc()
> allocation to live inside the protocol‑layer driver rather than the
> caller, as already flagged by a FIXME comment at the call site
> in `audio_module.c`.
> 
> Split the function into two:
> - `gb_audio_gb_get_topology_size()` – queries only the topology size
> - `gb_audio_gb_get_topology()`      – fetches topology data into a
>                                       caller‑supplied buffer
> 				      of a given size
> 
> Update the only caller, `gb_audio_probe()` in `audio_module.c`, to
> query the size first, allocate the topology buffer itself,
> then fetch the data into it, freeing the buffer via the existing
> `free_topology` error path on failure. The topology size is now
> stored as `size_t` and validated in the caller before allocation,
> addressing the earlier TODO and FIXME comments.
> 
> This resolves both the "TODO: Split into separate calls" comment
> above the original function in `audio_gb.c` and the FIXME comment
> at the call site in `audio_module.c`, both of which are removed
> as part of this change.
> 
> No functional change in behavior for the existing probe path.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Chari <adi25charis@gmail.com>

These should be in chronological order.

> ---

Why are you sending a v3 of this?  Presumably I missed some
critical stuff when I reviewed it but I can't be bothered to
search my inbox to find out what...

So partially laziness but also I would hate to miss this
opportunity for SEO so it's also greed.
https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/how-to-send-a-v2-patch/

regards,
dan carpenter


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-25 15:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-25 14:37 [PATCH v3] greybus: audio: Split gb_audio_gb_get_topology() into size query and data fetch Aditya Chari
2026-07-25 15:09 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2026-07-25 15:43   ` Aditya Chari S

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