Re: [RFC PATCH 06/15] pwm: define a new pwm_state struct
From: Boris Brezillon <hidden>
Date: 2015-07-20 10:12:52
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linux-arm-kernel, linux-leds, linux-pwm, linux-tegra
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:09:26 +0200 Thierry Reding [off-list ref] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 12:01:16PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:quoted
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:04:59 +0200 Thierry Reding [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 10:21:52AM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote: [...]quoted
diff --git a/include/linux/pwm.h b/include/linux/pwm.h[...]quoted
+struct pwm_state { + unsigned int period; /* in nanoseconds */ + unsigned int duty_cycle; /* in nanoseconds */ + enum pwm_polarity polarity; +};No need for the extra padding here.What do you mean by "extra padding" ? I just reused the indentation used in the pwm_device struct.Yeah, I have a local patch to fix that up. I find it useless to pad things like this, and it has the downside that it will become totally inconsistent (or cause a lot of churn by reformatting) if ever you add a field that extends beyond the padding. Single spaces don't have any such drawbacks and, in my opinion, look just as good.
I prefer the single space approach too, so I won't complain ;-).
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Would you prefer something like that ? struct pwm_state { unsigned int period; /* in nanoseconds */ unsigned int duty_cycle; /* in nanoseconds */ enum pwm_polarity polarity; };Yeah. I'd say even the comments would be more suited in a kerneldoc- style comment: /** * struct pwm_state - state of a PWM channel * @period: PWM period (in nanoseconds) * @duty_cycle: PWM duty cycle (in nanoseconds) * @polarity: PWM polarity */ struct pwm_state { unsigned int period; unsigned int duty_cycle; enum pwm_polarity polarity; }; This is something that users will need to deal with, so eventually somebody might look at this via some DocBook generated HTML or PDF.
I agree. -- Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com