public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com>
Cc: sre@kernel.org, orsonzhai@gmail.com,
	baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, zhang.lyra@gmail.com,
	felipe.balbi@linux.intel.com, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@opensource.cirrus.com,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, tony@atomide.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: phy: add dedicated notifier for charger events
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:14:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y3JpfDU7T2Ks/H4m@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1668430562-27114-1-git-send-email-ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 02:56:02PM +0200, Ivaylo Dimitrov wrote:
> usb_phy::notifier is already used by various PHY drivers (including
> phy_generic) to report VBUS status changes and its usage conflicts with
> charger current limit changes reporting.

How exactly does it conflict?

> Fix that by introducing a second notifier that is dedicated to usb charger
> notifications. Add usb_charger_XXX_notifier functions. Fix charger drivers
> that currently (ab)use usb_XXX_notifier() to use the new API.

Why not just set the notifier type to be a new one instead of adding a
whole new notifier list?  Or use a real callback?  notifier lists are
really horrid and should be avoided whenever possible.

> Fixes: a9081a008f84 ("usb: phy: Add USB charger support")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com>

You can't have a blank line between there, checkpatch.pl should have
complained.

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-11-14 16:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-14 12:56 [PATCH] usb: phy: add dedicated notifier for charger events Ivaylo Dimitrov
2022-11-14 14:03 ` Charles Keepax
2022-11-14 16:14 ` Greg KH [this message]
2022-11-14 16:46   ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2022-11-16  7:11     ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2022-12-05 20:29       ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2022-12-08 15:39       ` Greg KH

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=Y3JpfDU7T2Ks/H4m@kroah.com \
    --to=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org \
    --cc=baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com \
    --cc=felipe.balbi@linux.intel.com \
    --cc=ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-pm@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-usb@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=orsonzhai@gmail.com \
    --cc=patches@opensource.cirrus.com \
    --cc=sre@kernel.org \
    --cc=tony@atomide.com \
    --cc=zhang.lyra@gmail.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox