linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] mfd: pm8x41: Naive function devices registration

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:29:01 +0300
From:	"Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@...sol.com>
To:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
Cc:	Courtney Cavin <courtney.cavin@...ymobile.com>,
	Josh Cartwright <joshc@...eaurora.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] mfd: pm8x41: Naive function devices registration

On Fri, 2014-04-25 at 08:00 -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Ivan T. Ivanov <iivanov@...sol.com> wrote:
> > From: "Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@...sol.com>
> >
> > Currently functions that exist in both the controller at the
> > same address offset can not be specified with the same names.
> >
> > Adding Unique Slave ID device address to prefix function
> > device names fixes this.
> >
> > Function devices are SPMI devices, so register them on
> > SPMI bus.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ivan T. Ivanov <iivanov@...sol.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mfd/pm8x41.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> 
> No, this should be fixed in the core, not the driver.

I think that at core level they are no issues. 
There is no name clashes with "top level" devices.

spmi@...{
	...
	child@0 {
	        compatible = "qcom,pm8941";
	        reg = <0x0 SPMI_USID>;

	        #address-cells = <1>;
	        #size-cells = <0>;

	        revid@100 {
	                compatible = "qcom,qpnp-revid";
	                reg = <0x100>;
	        };
	};

	child@4 {
	        compatible = "qcom,pm8841";
	        reg = <0x4 SPMI_USID>;

	        #address-cells = <1>;
	        #size-cells = <0>;

	        revid@100 {
	                compatible = "qcom,qpnp-revid";
	                reg = <0x100>;
	        };
	};
};

I don't have experience with SPMI devices, but it looks
like address partitioning is specific to this "PMIC"
controllers.

Regards,
Ivan

> 
> Rob


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/