Re: [PATCH-for-9.2 v3 0/3] hw/ssi/pnv_spi: Remove PnvXferBuffer and get_seq_index()

["Nicholas Piggin" <npiggin@gmail.com>]

On Thu Sep 19, 2024 at 2:50 AM AEST, Chalapathi V wrote:
> Hello,
>
> v3:
> 1. Update the PowerNV maintainer section to include hw/ssi/pnv_spi*
> 2. Use of PnvXferBuffer results in a additonal process overhead due to
> frequent dynamic allocations and hence use an existing Fifo8 buffer.
> 3. Use a local variable seq_index and use it with in while loop instead
> of repeatedly calling get_seq_index() and make sure s->seq_op doesn't
> overrun when seq_index is incremented.
>
> Tested:
> passed make check and make check-avocado
>
> Supersedes: <20240807202804.56038-1-philmd@linaro.org>

Hi Chalapathi,

To be clear, this fixes Coverity CID 1558831? A Resolves:
tag for the CID should be there, I guess it's patch 2?

I like patch 2, but since it is quite a significant change,
should we take the v2 series first which is much smaller,
then add this conversion on top of it?

If it was long-standing code that would be important (because
you don't want to introduce regressions or conflicts when
backporting fixes). Since this is a new model I guess there
is leeway to just take v3 as is.

Thanks,
Nick

>
> Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (1):
>   MAINTAINERS: Cover PowerPC SPI model in PowerNV section
>
> Chalapathi V (2):
>   hw/ssi/pnv_spi: Replace PnvXferBuffer with Fifo8 structure
>   hw/ssi/pnv_spi: Use local var seq_index instead of get_seq_index().
>
>  MAINTAINERS              |   2 +
>  include/hw/ssi/pnv_spi.h |   3 +
>  hw/ssi/pnv_spi.c         | 228 +++++++++++++++------------------------
>  3 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 144 deletions(-)