Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] usb: misc: onboard_dev: use device supply names

Matthias Kaehlcke
2024-02-21T21:46:39Z

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:33:53PM +0100, Javier Carrasco wrote:
> On 21.02.24 22:18, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> >>>> +/*
> >>>> + * Fallback supply names for backwards compatibility. If the device requires
> >>>> + * more than the currently supported supplies, add a new one here, and if
> >>>> + * possible, the real name supplies to the device-specific data.
> >>>> + */
> >>>> +static const char * const generic_supply_names[] = {
> >>>> + "vdd",
> >>>> + "vdd2",
> >>>> +};
> >>>> +
> >>>> +#define MAX_SUPPLIES ARRAY_SIZE(generic_supply_names)
> >>>
> >>> This will have to change when support for a device with more than 2 non-generic
> >>> supply names gets added. Please use a literal value for MAX_SUPPLIES instead of
> >>> ARRAY_SIZE. If the literal is 2 it would still need to change for future devices
> >>> with more supplies, but that change would be more straighforward.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I am not completely sure about this. Someone could increase MAX_SUPPLIES
> >> without adding a generic name.
> >
> > That's perfectly fine and intended. MAX_SUPPLIES is a max, any list
> > shorther than that is valid. Any longer list will result in probe()
> > being aborted with a clear error message.
> >
> >> Actually two modifications will be necessary for every addition (name
> >> and MAX_SUPPLIES). If ARRAY_SIZE is used, only new names are required,
> >> and MAX_SUPPLIES is automatically increased.
> >
> > As per above it's not necessary to add a new name when MAX_SUPPLIES is
> > increased to support more non-generic names. It would only be necessary
> > if more generic names were added, my understanding is that this
> > should not happen because any newly supported onboard devices are
> > supposed to use device specific supply names. I don't like to idea of
> > adding unused pseudo supply names to the list, just for the sake of
> > using ARRAY_SIZE.
> >
> >> I understand that the whole point of this is getting rid of the generic
> >> names, but we still have to provide generic names for every extra
> >> supply, at least for code consistency and to avoid size mismatches
> >> between real an generic supply names.
> >
> > Please let me know if you still think the extra names are needed.
>
> Not really, the only case I could come up is if an existing device that
> uses generic names might end up requiring a third supply, which would
> also be generic. But even such an unlikely event would be cover without
> ARRAY_SIZE.
>
> Actually one could argue that every existing device could have "vdd" and
> "vdd2" as their supply names and remove checks and the generic array.

Sounds good to me. Another similar option would be to assign
'generic_supply_names' to '.supply_names'. I don't have a strong
preference.