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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@gmail.com>
Cc: bgolaszewski@baylibre.com, vilhelm.gray@gmail.com,
	michal.simek@xilinx.com, arnd@arndb.de, rrichter@marvell.com,
	linus.walleij@linaro.org, yamada.masahiro@socionext.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, rui.zhang@intel.com,
	daniel.lezcano@linaro.org, amit.kucheria@verdurent.com,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] gpio: xilinx: Utilize generic bitmap_get_value and _set_value
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:24:36 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YGHxNFXAjcg4PfnE@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4c259d34b5943bf384fd3cb0d98eccf798a34f0f.1615038553.git.syednwaris@gmail.com>

On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 07:36:30PM +0530, Syed Nayyar Waris wrote:
> This patch reimplements the xgpio_set_multiple() function in
> drivers/gpio/gpio-xilinx.c to use the new generic functions:
> bitmap_get_value() and bitmap_set_value(). The code is now simpler
> to read and understand. Moreover, instead of looping for each bit
> in xgpio_set_multiple() function, now we can check each channel at
> a time and save cycles.

...

> +	u32 *const state = chip->gpio_state;

Looking at this... What's the point of the const here?

Am I right that this tells: pointer is a const, while the data underneath
can be modified?

> +	unsigned int *const width = chip->gpio_width;

Ditto.

Putting const:s here and there for sake of the const is not good practice.
It makes code harder to read.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-29 15:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-06 14:01 [PATCH v3 0/3] Introduce the for_each_set_nbits macro Syed Nayyar Waris
2021-03-06 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] gpiolib: " Syed Nayyar Waris
2021-03-06 14:05 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] gpio: thunderx: Utilize " Syed Nayyar Waris
2021-03-06 14:06 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] gpio: xilinx: Utilize generic bitmap_get_value and _set_value Syed Nayyar Waris
2021-03-08  7:13   ` Michal Simek
2021-03-26 17:27     ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2021-03-31 15:26       ` Srinivas Neeli
2021-04-01 11:15         ` Syed Nayyar Waris
2021-04-01 12:51           ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2021-03-26 17:57   ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-02  9:40     ` Syed Nayyar Waris
2021-03-26 18:02   ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-26 22:12     ` Syed Nayyar Waris
     [not found]       ` <CAHp75VfDZbJjCOEGdHc=-D6W8_7m2=CinXj-itwn6hvoVqdWYQ@mail.gmail.com>
2021-03-27 12:02         ` William Breathitt Gray
2021-03-27 16:35           ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-01 17:50             ` Syed Nayyar Waris
2021-03-29 15:24   ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2021-04-01 17:47     ` Syed Nayyar Waris
2021-04-02 10:07     ` Syed Nayyar Waris

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