linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] reset: lpc18xx: use devm_reset_controller

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Date:	Mon, 02 May 2016 10:26:21 +0200
From:	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
To:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Joachim Eastwood <manabian@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] reset: lpc18xx: use devm_reset_controller_register()

Am Sonntag, den 01.05.2016, 19:36 +0900 schrieb Masahiro Yamada:
> Use devm_reset_controller_register() for the reset controller
> registration and remove the unregister call from the .remove callback.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/reset/reset-lpc18xx.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-lpc18xx.c b/drivers/reset/reset-lpc18xx.c
> index 3b8a4f5..dd4f27e 100644
> --- a/drivers/reset/reset-lpc18xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/reset/reset-lpc18xx.c
> @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int lpc18xx_rgu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rc);
>  
> -	ret = reset_controller_register(&rc->rcdev);
> +	ret = devm_reset_controller_register(&pdev->dev, &rc->rcdev);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to register device\n");
>  		goto dis_clks;
> @@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ static int lpc18xx_rgu_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (ret)
>  		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to unregister restart handler\n");
>  
> -	reset_controller_unregister(&rc->rcdev);
> -
>  	clk_disable_unprepare(rc->clk_delay);
>  	clk_disable_unprepare(rc->clk_reg);
>  

Hmm, would this patch theoretically allow a window between the calls to
clk_disable_unprepare(clk_reg) and devm_reset_controller_release() where
reset_control_get() + reset_control_(de)assert() would access unclocked
registers?

regards
Philipp