Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758663Ab3IBI4q (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2013 04:56:46 -0400 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:34099 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758596Ab3IBI4n (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2013 04:56:43 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 10:56:31 +0200 From: Sascha Hauer To: Xiubo Li-B47053 Cc: Guo Shawn-R65073 , "thierry.reding@gmail.com" , "grant.likely@linaro.org" , "linux@arm.linux.org.uk" , "rob@landley.net" , "ian.campbell@citrix.com" , "swarren@wwwdotorg.org" , "mark.rutland@arm.com" , "pawel.moll@arm.com" , "rob.herring@calxeda.com" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , Lu Jingchang-B35083 Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/4] pwm: Add Freescale FTM PWM driver support Message-ID: <20130902085630.GS30088@pengutronix.de> Mail-Followup-To: Xiubo Li-B47053 , Guo Shawn-R65073 , "thierry.reding@gmail.com" , "grant.likely@linaro.org" , "linux@arm.linux.org.uk" , "rob@landley.net" , "ian.campbell@citrix.com" , "swarren@wwwdotorg.org" , "mark.rutland@arm.com" , "pawel.moll@arm.com" , "rob.herring@calxeda.com" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , Lu Jingchang-B35083 References: <1377856132-11290-1-git-send-email-Li.Xiubo@freescale.com> <1377856132-11290-2-git-send-email-Li.Xiubo@freescale.com> <20130830174909.GF30088@pengutronix.de> <1DD289F6464F0949A2FCA5AA6DC23F827F785F@039-SN2MPN1-011.039d.mgd.msft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1DD289F6464F0949A2FCA5AA6DC23F827F785F@039-SN2MPN1-011.039d.mgd.msft.net> X-Sent-From: Pengutronix Hildesheim X-URL: http://www.pengutronix.de/ X-IRC: #ptxdist @freenode X-Accept-Language: de,en X-Accept-Content-Type: text/plain X-Uptime: 10:52:57 up 8 days, 18:23, 33 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.19 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:6f8:1178:2:5054:ff:fec0:8e10 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: sha@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1800 Lines: 57 On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 03:33:37AM +0000, Xiubo Li-B47053 wrote: > > > > +static void fsl_pwm_free(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device > > > +*pwm) { > > > + struct fsl_pwm_chip *fpc; > > > + struct fsl_pwm_data *pwm_data; > > > + > > > + fpc = to_fsl_chip(chip); > > > + > > > + pwm_data = pwm_get_chip_data(pwm); > > > + if (!pwm_data) > > > + return; > > > > THis check seems unnecessary. > > > > But if do not check it here, I must check it in the following code. > > > > + > > > + if (pwm_data->available != FSL_AVAILABLE) > > > + return; > > > + > > So the ' struct fsl_pwm_data' may be removed in the future. > > > > > > + > > > + > > > + pwm_data->period_cycles = period_cycles; > > > + pwm_data->duty_cycles = duty_cycles; > > > > These fields are set but never read. Please drop them. > > > > If you drop the 'available' field also the you can drop chip_data > > completely. > > > > I think I may move the 'available' field to the PWM driver data struct. You simply don't need the available field. You don't need to track whether they are available. If a user enables a pwm which is not routed out of the SoC (disabled in the iomux) simply nothing will happen except for a slightly increased power consumption. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/