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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/7] mailbox: apple: peek_data cleanup and implementation
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From: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>


Hi,

> The mailbox API has a `peek_data` operation. Its intent and
> documentation is rather ambiguous; at first glance and based on the
> name, it seems like it should only check for whether data is currently
> pending in the controller, without actually delivering it to the
> consumer. However, this interpretation is not useful for anything: the
> function can be called from atomic context, but without a way to
> actually *poll* for data from atomic context, there is no use in just
> checking for whether data is available.
>
Not exactly... the 'peek_data' is a means for client driver to hint the
controller driver that some data might have arrived (for controllers that
don't have anything like RX-Irq). The controller is then expected to dispatch
data after "not necessarily atomic" read.

For example, a quick look at some bit may tell there is data available,
but actually reading the data from buffer may be non-atomic.
In your case, you could already implement the patch-7/7 by simply calling it
peek_data() instead of poll_data(). Its ok to call mbox_chan_received_data()
from peek_data() because your data-read can be atomic.

Also some platforms may not have users of peek_data upstream (yet), so
simply weeding them out may not be right.

thanks.

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