linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support

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Message-ID: <20180323160957.GA3113@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:09:57 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Cc:     Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stuyoder@...il.com" <stuyoder@...il.com>,
        Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>,
        "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
        Razvan Stefanescu <razvan.stefanescu@....com>,
        Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 03:56:24PM +0000, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 10:38:56AM -0500, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> > > +#include "fsl-mc-private.h"
> > > +
> > > +#define FSL_MC_BUS_MAX_MINORS	1
> > 
> > As you only need/want one character device here, why not just use the misc
> > device api?  It's much simpler, and handles all of the housekeeping for you
> > correctly.  It also means I don't have to audit all of your chardev code to verify it
> > is correct :)
> 
> I have considered the misc device api but the fsl-mc bus, since it is
> a platform driver, is probing before the misc char driver.

How?  The misc code is just "core code" there's nothing to "probe" here.
Is this an init-call ordering issue somehow?  A platform driver probe
should be after the misc core is initialized.  And if not, you can
always defer your probe.

thanks,

greg k-h