Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] iio: adc: ad7476: Limit the scope of the chip_info

[Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@gmail.com>]

On 08/08/2025 00:12, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM Matti Vaittinen
> <mazziesaccount@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The chip_info structure is not required to be accessed after probe.
>>
>> Remove the chip_info pointer from the driver data to reduce the scope
>> and to make driver clearer.
> 
> the driver
> 
> clearer or cleaner? I think you want the latter...
> 

I actually think both :)

> ...
> 
> Not sure how the future of the development of this driver will look
> like, but it might be this patch will be reverted if one wants
> something else from chip_info to have a longer lifetime.
> 

Nuno had the same comment. I kind of like the idea of only having those 
bits of chip_info that are used after probe, stored in the "state 
struct". Or, to reverse this, I don't like having the unused (after the 
probe) data stored in the state struct. For me it is both clearer, and 
cleaner.

But yes, as You and Nuno pointed out, this leads to some data 
duplication. If the opinions were "1 against 1", I would try discussing 
this - but meh, I'll drop this as you both suggested.

Thanks for the review Nuno & Andy.

Yours,
	-- Matti