Subject: [RFC 02/11] i2c: add quirk checks to core

From: [email-masked] (Sergei Shtylyov)
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:35:27 +0300

Hello.

On 01/09/2015 08:21 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:

> Let the core do the checks if HW quirks prevent a transfer. Saves code
> from drivers and adds consistency.

> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <[email-masked]>
> ---
>   drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> index 39d25a8cb1ad..7b10a19abf5b 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> @@ -2063,6 +2063,56 @@ module_exit(i2c_exit);
>    * ----------------------------------------------------
>    */
>
> +/* Check if val is exceeding the quirk IFF quirk is non 0 */
> +#define i2c_quirk_exceeded(val, quirk) ((quirk) && ((val) > (quirk)))
> +
> +static int i2c_quirk_error(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg, char *err_msg)
> +{
> +	dev_err(&adap->dev, "quirk: %s (addr 0x%04x, size %u)\n", err_msg, msg->addr, msg->len);
> +	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +}

    Always returning the same value doesn't make much sense. Are you trying to 
save space on the call sites?

[...]
> @@ -2080,6 +2130,9 @@ int __i2c_transfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
>   	unsigned long orig_jiffies;
>   	int ret, try;
>
> +	if (adap->quirks && i2c_check_for_quirks(adap, msgs, num))

    So, you only check for non-zero result of this function? Perhaps it makes 
sense to return true/false instead?

> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +

WBR, Sergei