Re: [libgpiod v2][PATCH v2 1/2] line-config: expose the override logic to users

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 07:40:44PM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 04:40:54PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > We've already added getters for line-config but without exposing some
> > parts of the internal logic of the object, the user can't really get
> > the full picture and inspect the contents. This patch reworks the
> > accessors further by providing access to the underlying override
> > mechanism.
> > 
> > For every setting, we expose a getter and setter for the default value
> > as well as a set of four functions for setting, getting, clearing and
> > checking per-offset overrides.
> > 
> > An override can initially have the same value as the defaults but will
> > retain the overridden value should the defaults change.
> > 
> > We also complete the API by providing functions that allow to identify
> > offsets for which at least one setting is overriden.
> > 
> > This way the caller can fully inspect the line_config and high-level
> > language bindings can provide stringification methods.
> > 
> > While at it: we fix a couple bugs in the implementation of struct
> > line_config.
> > 
> 
> TLDR: I've got a lot of nitpicks on the doco, but it might be simpler
> for you to apply this patch as is and for me to submit a patch with doco
> tweaks than for you to try to sort out my comments!
> 
> The actual code looks good, so
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
> 
> with or without the suggested doco changes.

Thank you, Kent, for persistent review, I'm sorry, folks, I have no time to
look into this, but I believe that you together will give good enough result
and we can amend it later.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko