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Message-ID: <56D5C3F8.5050102@linaro.org>
Date:	Tue, 1 Mar 2016 19:31:52 +0300
From:	Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@...aro.org>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>,
	Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@...aro.org>,
	Al Stone <ahs3@...hat.com>,
	Christopher Covington <cov@...eaurora.org>,
	Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@...e.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] of/serial: move earlycon early_param handling to
 serial



On 03/01/2016 05:50 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
> On 02/29/2016 04:41 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
>> From: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>
>>
>> We have multiple "earlycon" early_param handlers - merge the DT one into
>> the main earlycon one. This means the earlycon early_param handler does
>> not just return success if no options are specified.
> 
> Why is this patch necessary?
> 
> Is this cleanup or required for some reason in other parts of this
> series?

It's a cleanup.

Also, without this, the series has to introduce a new (third) handler for "earlycon=".

>> Signed-off-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@...aro.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/of/fdt.c              | 11 +----------
>>  drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c |  3 ++-
>>  include/linux/of_fdt.h        |  2 ++
>>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
>> index 3349d2a..0547256 100644
>> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
>> @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static inline void early_init_dt_check_for_initrd(unsigned long node)
>>  
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON
>>  
>> -static int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial(void)
>> +int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial(void)
>>  {
>>  	int offset;
>>  	const char *p, *q, *options = NULL;
>> @@ -849,15 +849,6 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial(void)
>>  	}
>>  	return -ENODEV;
>>  }
>> -
>> -static int __init setup_of_earlycon(char *buf)
>> -{
>> -	if (buf)
>> -		return 0;
>> -
>> -	return early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial();
>> -}
>> -early_param("earlycon", setup_of_earlycon);
>>  #endif
>>  
>>  /**
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
>> index 067783f..d217366 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
>> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>>  #include <linux/init.h>
>>  #include <linux/io.h>
>> +#include <linux/of_fdt.h>
>>  #include <linux/serial_core.h>
>>  #include <linux/sizes.h>
>>  #include <linux/of.h>
>> @@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ static int __init param_setup_earlycon(char *buf)
>>  	 * don't generate a warning from parse_early_params() in that case
>>  	 */
>>  	if (!buf || !buf[0])
>> -		return 0;
>> +		return early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial();
>>  
>>  	err = setup_earlycon(buf);
>>  	if (err == -ENOENT || err == -EALREADY)
>> diff --git a/include/linux/of_fdt.h b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
>> index 2fbe868..56b2a43 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/of_fdt.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
>> @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ extern int early_init_dt_scan_chosen(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
>>  				     int depth, void *data);
>>  extern int early_init_dt_scan_memory(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
>>  				     int depth, void *data);
>> +extern int early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial(void);
>>  extern void early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem(void);
>>  extern void early_init_fdt_reserve_self(void);
>>  extern void early_init_dt_add_memory_arch(u64 base, u64 size);
>> @@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ extern void early_get_first_memblock_info(void *, phys_addr_t *);
>>  extern u64 of_flat_dt_translate_address(unsigned long node);
>>  extern void of_fdt_limit_memory(int limit);
>>  #else /* CONFIG_OF_FLATTREE */
>> +static inline int early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial(void) { return -ENODEV; }
>>  static inline void early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem(void) {}
>>  static inline void early_init_fdt_reserve_self(void) {}
>>  static inline const char *of_flat_dt_get_machine_name(void) { return NULL; }
>>
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