Re: [PATCH 2/3] nvmem: core: Allow nvmem_cell_read_u16/32/64 to read smaller cells

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 8:07 AM Srinivas Kandagatla
<srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > If you think it's confusing to change the behavior of the existing
> > functions, would you be opposed to me adding a new function like
> > nvmem_cell_read_le_u32_or_smaller() (or provide me a better name) that
> > would be flexible like this?
>
> This should be perfectly okay!
> may be something like:
>
> int nvmem_read_variable_cell(struct device *dev, const char *cell_id,
> void *buf, size_t sz_min, size_t sz_max);
>
> It should return number of bytes it read and fail if cell size is less
> then sz_min!

The above API isn't really what I want, though.  Specifically I want
the API to acknowledge that it's a number that is being read.  The
client just wants a number and any conversion / zero-padding /
whatever needs to be abstracted out.  The client also doesn't really
care how big the cell actually was as long as the data fits, so I
wouldn't want to return it.

OK, I've come up with a new proposal, so maybe we can continue the
conversation there.  The API for my new function actually matches
exactly with the old cpr_read_efuse() which makes me feel like it's
the right way to go...

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210305162546.1.I323dad4343256b48af2be160b84b1e87985cc9be@changeid

-Doug