Re: [PATCH 04/35] irqchip/qcom-pdc: Replace pdc_version global with a function pointer

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 12:10:41AM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> Now that the two enable paths are separate functions, replace the
> pdc_version global with a __pdc_enable_intr function pointer. The
> pointer is assigned once at probe time based on the version register,
> moving the version comparison out of the interrupt enable/disable hot
> path entirely.

That's what the patch does, but why?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <mukesh.ojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c | 13 +++----------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c b/drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c
> index 21e2b4b884ee..734576cdce0c 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/qcom-pdc.c
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void __iomem *pdc_base;
>  static void __iomem *pdc_prev_base;
>  static struct pdc_pin_region *pdc_region;
>  static int pdc_region_cnt;
> -static unsigned int pdc_version;
> +static void (*__pdc_enable_intr)(int pin_out, bool on);
>  static bool pdc_x1e_quirk;
>  
>  static void pdc_base_reg_write(void __iomem *base, int reg, u32 i, u32 val)
> @@ -123,14 +123,6 @@ static void pdc_enable_intr_cfg(int pin_out, bool on)
>  	pdc_reg_write(IRQ_i_CFG, pin_out, enable);
>  }
>  
> -static void __pdc_enable_intr(int pin_out, bool on)
> -{
> -	if (pdc_version < PDC_VERSION_3_2)
> -		pdc_enable_intr_bank(pin_out, on);
> -	else
> -		pdc_enable_intr_cfg(pin_out, on);

This style is comfortable to read.

> -}
> -
>  static void pdc_enable_intr(struct irq_data *d, bool on)
>  {
>  	unsigned long flags;
> @@ -400,7 +392,8 @@ static int qcom_pdc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev, struct device_node *pare
>  		goto fail;
>  	}
>  
> -	pdc_version = pdc_reg_read(PDC_VERSION_REG, 0);
> +	__pdc_enable_intr = (pdc_reg_read(PDC_VERSION_REG, 0) < PDC_VERSION_3_2) ?
> +			pdc_enable_intr_bank : pdc_enable_intr_cfg;

This style is a mess.

Regards,
Bjorn

>  
>  	parent_domain = irq_find_host(parent);
>  	if (!parent_domain) {
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>