linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] fpga: region: don't use drvdata in common fpga code

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Date:   Mon, 4 Dec 2017 13:32:24 -0800
From:   Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>
To:     Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>
Cc:     Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] fpga: region: don't use drvdata in common fpga
 code

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 02:51:48PM -0600, Alan Tull wrote:
> Part of patchset that changes the following fpga_*_register
> functions to not set drvdata:
> * fpga_region_register.
> * fpga_mgr_register
> * fpga_bridge_register
> 
> The rationale is that setting drvdata is fine for DT based devices
> that will have one manager, bridge, or region per platform device.
> However PCIe based devices may have multiple FPGA mgr/bridge/regions
> under one PCIe device.  Without these changes, the PCIe solution has
> to create an extra device for each child mgr/bridge/region to hold
> drvdata.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>
> Reported-by: Jiuyue Ma <majiuyue@...wei.com>
Acked-by: Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>
> ---
> v2: No change to this patch in v2 of patchset
> ---
>  drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c    | 1 -
>  drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
> index edab2a2..ebe1f87 100644
> --- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
> +++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
> @@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ int fpga_region_register(struct device *dev, struct fpga_region *region)
>  	region->dev.parent = dev;
>  	region->dev.of_node = dev->of_node;
>  	region->dev.id = id;
> -	dev_set_drvdata(dev, region);
>  
>  	ret = dev_set_name(&region->dev, "region%d", id);
>  	if (ret)
> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c b/drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c
> index c6b2119..3079ed8 100644
> --- a/drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c
> +++ b/drivers/fpga/of-fpga-region.c
> @@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ static int of_fpga_region_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		goto eprobe_mgr_put;
>  
>  	of_platform_populate(np, fpga_region_of_match, NULL, &region->dev);
> +	dev_set_drvdata(dev, region);
>  
>  	dev_info(dev, "FPGA Region probed\n");
>  
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

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