linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/12] hwrng: bcm2835-rng: Enable BCM2835 RNG to work on BCM63xx platforms

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Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2017 00:27:13 +0100 (CET)
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Harald Freudenberger <freude@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@...gutronix.de>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        "moderated list:BROADCOM BCM2835 ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@...il.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        "open list:HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE" 
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        "maintainer:BROADCOM BCM281XX/BCM11XXX/BCM216XX ARM ARCHITE..." 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "moderated list:BROADCOM BCM2835 ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] hwrng: bcm2835-rng: Enable BCM2835 RNG to work on
 BCM63xx platforms


> Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com> hat am 7. November 2017 um 07:45 geschrieben:
> 
> 
> > Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> hat am 6. November 2017 um 21:16 geschrieben:
> > 
> > 
> > On 11/04/2017 11:27 AM, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> > > Hi Florian
> > > 
> > >> Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> hat am 2. November 2017 um 02:04 geschrieben:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> We have now incorporated all necessary functionality for the BCM63xx
> > >> platforms to successfully migrate over bcm2835-rng, so add the final
> > >> bits: Kconfig selection and proper platform_device device type matching
> > >> to keep the same platform device name for registration to work.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> > >> ---
> > >>  drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig       |  7 ++++---
> > >>  drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> > >>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> > >> index 95a031e9eced..d0689cc8c7fc 100644
> > >> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> > >> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> > >> @@ -87,12 +87,13 @@ config HW_RANDOM_BCM63XX
> > >>  	  If unusure, say Y.
> > >>  
> > >>  config HW_RANDOM_BCM2835
> > >> -	tristate "Broadcom BCM2835 Random Number Generator support"
> > >> -	depends on ARCH_BCM2835 || ARCH_BCM_NSP || ARCH_BCM_5301X
> > >> +	tristate "Broadcom BCM2835/BCM63xx Random Number Generator support"
> > >> +	depends on ARCH_BCM2835 || ARCH_BCM_NSP || ARCH_BCM_5301X || \
> > >> +		   ARCH_BCM_63XX || BCM63XX || BMIPS_GENERIC
> > >>  	default HW_RANDOM
> > >>  	---help---
> > >>  	  This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number
> > >> -	  Generator hardware found on the Broadcom BCM2835 SoCs.
> > >> +	  Generator hardware found on the Broadcom BCM2835 and BCM63xx SoCs.
> > >>  
> > >>  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
> > >>  	  module will be called bcm2835-rng
> > >> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
> > >> index 650e0033c273..d9ffe14f312b 100644
> > >> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
> > >> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
> > >> @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id bcm2835_rng_of_match[] = {
> > >>  	{ .compatible = "brcm,bcm2835-rng"},
> > >>  	{ .compatible = "brcm,bcm-nsp-rng", .data = &nsp_rng_of_data },
> > >>  	{ .compatible = "brcm,bcm5301x-rng", .data = &nsp_rng_of_data },
> > >> +	{ .compatible = "brcm,bcm6368-rng"},
> > >>  	{},
> > >>  };
> > >>  
> > >> @@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ static int bcm2835_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >>  	if (IS_ERR(priv->clk))
> > >>  		priv->clk = NULL;
> > >>  
> > >> -	priv->rng.name = "bcm2835-rng";
> > >> +	priv->rng.name = pdev->id_entry->name;
> > > 
> > > this change breaks registration on bcm2835, because the name is NULL.
> > 
> > OH right, I will fix that in v2, I am assuming that if you did something
> > like this, things still work correctly for you on 2835:
> > 
> > if (!priv->id_entry->name)
> > 	priv->rng.name = "bcm2835-rng";
> > else
> > 	priv->rng.name = priv->id_entry->name;
> > 
> > ?
> 
> I think that should work, but i'm not really happy about it. I prefer a more general solution. Looking at the other rng drivers shows the following pattern:
> 
> priv->rng.name = pdev->name;
> 
> I need to verify this on bcm2835.

Okay pdev->name works for bcm2835