linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] driver core: fix automatic pinctrl management

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Message-ID: <20170531083523.GD6735@localhost>
Date:   Wed, 31 May 2017 10:35:23 +0200
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Peter Chen <peter.chen@...escale.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Sricharan R <sricharan@...eaurora.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] driver core: fix automatic pinctrl management

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 02:39:28AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Commit ab78029ecc34 ("drivers/pinctrl: grab default handles from device
> > core") added automatic pin-control management to driver core by looking
> > up and setting any default pinctrl state found in device tree while a
> > device is being probed.
> 
> Actually we do not just support device tree, but also passing pin control
> states from board files. It is handled by the core all the same.
> So it's not a device tree thing.
> 
> One of those days we will have ACPI passing state tables too...
> 
> But I understand what you mean.

Yes, I could have mentioned board files, but this problem only applies
to device-tree descriptions (for the time being at least).

> > Fix this by checking the new of_node_reused flag and skipping automatic
> > pinctrl configuration during probe if set.
> 
> Seems like a solid idea. I hope we don't need another quirk for ACPI.

We should be able to just generalise and rename the flag (or add a
second one) if it turns out ACPI needs this too.

> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Thanks,
Johan