Re: [PATCH 2/2] spi_bitbang: Add support for non-blocking synchronous transfers

[Balaji Rao <balajirrao@openmoko.org>]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:15:24AM +0100, Simon Kagstrom wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:28:48 +0530
> Balaji Rao <balajirrao@openmoko.org> wrote:
> 
> > The master is not spi_s3c24xx but spi_s3x24xx_gpio, whose txrx are
> > very simple code.
> > 
> > Additionally all of this has been tested and found to work. The code,
> > along with the modified new spi based lis302dl driver is all in
> > andy-tracking [1].
> 
> Oh, I didn't notice that. Nice then.
> 
> I see from the git logs that this and some other related patches have
> been added now. Another question I have then is about the name: to me 
> spi_non_blocking_transfer() sounds like it would do the opposite of
> what I guess it does - it would go ahead without blocking on the call.
> 

Yes, isn't that what it's supposed to do ? It's going to complete
without putting current to sleep.

> I guess what the name means is that it will not sleep during the call,
> but for pushing it upstream, could it be better to name it something
> else? Perhaps spi_sync and then rename the existing API name (which I
> think is more than a bit strange), or maybe spi_sync_nowait or
> something?

Yes, even I was not terribly happy with 'non_blocking_transfer'.
But I recommend against changing the behaviour of existing functions.
spi_sync_nowait seems good though. 

I hope to get more comments soon. Let's see what other people have to
say.

Thanks,
Balaji