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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] staging: r8188eu: Use usb_control_msg_recv/send() in usbctrl_vendorreq()
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On 8/23/21 1:47 PM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> On Monday, August 23, 2021 10:11:52 AM CEST Pavel Skripkin wrote:
>> On 8/23/21 2:02 AM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
>> > Replace usb_control_msg() with the new usb_control_msg_recv() and
>> > usb_control_msg_send() API of USB Core.
>> >
>> > This patch is an RFC for different reasons:
>> >
>> > 1) I'm not sure if it is needed: while Greg Kroah-Hartman suggested to
>> > use the new API in a message to a thread that was about a series of patches
>> > submitted by Pavel Skripkin (who decided to not use it), I cannot explain
>> > if and why the driver would benefit from this patch.
>> > 2) I have doubts about the semantic of the API I use here, so I'd like to
>> > know whether or not I'm using them properly.
>> > 3) At the moment I cannot test the driver because I don't have my device
>> > with me.
>> > 4) This patch could probably lead to a slight change in some lines of
>> > Pavel's series (for sure in usb_read*()).
>> >
>> > I'd like to hear from the Maintainers and other interested people if this
>> > patch is worth to be considered and, in this case, if there are suggestions
>> > for the purpose to improve it.
>> >
>> > Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>> > Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
>> > ---
>> > drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
>> > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
>> > index 6a0a24acf292..9e290c1cc449 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
>> > @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static int usbctrl_vendorreq(struct intf_hdl *pintfhdl, u16 value, void *pdata,
>> > struct adapter *adapt = pintfhdl->padapter;
>> > struct dvobj_priv *dvobjpriv = adapter_to_dvobj(adapt);
>> > struct usb_device *udev = dvobjpriv->pusbdev;
>> > - unsigned int pipe;
>> > + u8 pipe;
>> > int status = 0;
>> > u8 reqtype;
>>
>> I think, we can pass REALTEK_USB_VENQT_{READ,WRITE} directly as
>> requesttype argument and get rid of u8 reqtype. + we can define these
>> macros:
>>
>> #define
>> usbctrl_vendor_read(...) usbctrl_vendorreq(...,REALTEK_USB_VENQT_READ)
>>
>>
>> #define
>> usbctrl_vendor_write() usbctrl_vendorreq(...,REALTEK_USB_VENQT_WRITE)
>>
>>
>> This will make code more nice, IMO :)
>
> Dear Pavel,
>
> I agree in full: nicer and cleaner :)
>
> I'll do that, but please notice that I will also need to change the code of the three
> usb_read*() for calling usbctrl_vendor_read(). Furthermore, "else res = 0;" becomes
> unnecessary. Please take these changes into account when you'll send them again
> as "regular" patches.
>

It depends on which patch will go in first.

There are a lot of upcoming clean ups, so I am waiting for merging my
series with random clean ups :) A lot of fun...

I biggest hope is that my series will go in before camel-case clean ups,
because rewriting this for the 3rd time will kill my mind...



With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

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