Re: [PATCH v4 11/31] i2c: tegra: Factor out runtime PM and hardware initialization

From: Michał Mirosław
Date: Sat Sep 05 2020 - 18:52:00 EST


On Sun, Sep 06, 2020 at 01:24:14AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> 06.09.2020 01:10, Michał Mirosław пишет:
> > On Sat, Sep 05, 2020 at 11:41:31PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> >> Factor out runtime PM and hardware initialization into separate function
> >> in order have a cleaner error unwinding in the probe function.
> > [...]
> >> + ret = tegra_i2c_init_runtime_pm_and_hardware(i2c_dev);
> > [...]
> >
> > This one doesn't improve the code for me. The problems are: 1) putting two
> > unrelated parts in one function, 2) silently reordered initialization.
>
> The hardware initialization depends on the resumed RPM and the rest of
> the probe function doesn't care about the RPM. I don't quite understand
> why you're saying that they are unrelated, could you please explain?
>
> The DMA/RPM initialization is intentionally reordered in order to clean
> up the error handling, like the commit message says. To me it's a clear
> improvement :)

Ok, then wouldn't it be enough to just move this part in the probe()?
A sign of a problem for me is how much information you had to put in
the name of the new function.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław