Re: [PATCH 2/3] leds: simatic-ipc-leds-gpio: split up into multiple drivers

From: Henning Schild
Date: Tue Feb 21 2023 - 09:44:11 EST


Am Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:51:03 +0200
schrieb Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 01:24:13PM +0100, Henning Schild wrote:
> > In order to clearly describe the dependencies between the gpio
>
> GPIO
>
> > controller drivers and the users the driver is split up into two
> > and one
>
> one --> a
>
> > common header.
>
> ...
>
> > + * Authors:
>
> (everywhere where it is a single author, 's' is redundant)
>
> ...
>
> > +#ifndef __DRIVERS_LEDS_SIMPLE_SIMATIC_IPC_LEDS_GPIO
> > +#define __DRIVERS_LEDS_SIMPLE_SIMATIC_IPC_LEDS_GPIO
>
> > +#endif /* __DRIVERS_LEDS_SIMPLE_SIMATIC_IPC_LEDS_GPIO */
>
> This header doesn't look right.
>
> Have you run `make W=1 ...` against your patches?

No reports.

> Even if it doesn't show defined but unused errors
> the idea is that this should be a C-file, called,
> let's say, ...-core.c.

When i started i kind of had a -common.c in mind as well. But then the
header idea came and i gave it a try, expecting questions in the review.

It might be a bit unconventional but it seems to do the trick pretty
well. Do you see a concrete problem or a violation of a rule?

Henning