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Message-ID: <20190417110413.GR1747@kuha.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:04:13 +0300
From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/13] platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Replacing the
old connections with references
On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 11:52:15AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 17-04-19 11:32, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 11:19:28AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On 17-04-19 08:39, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:35:36PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > On 12-04-19 15:41, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> > > > > > Now that the software nodes support references, and the
> > > > > > device connection API support parsing fwnode references,
> > > > > > replacing the old connection descriptions with software node
> > > > > > references. Relying on device names when matching the
> > > > > > connection would not have been possible to link the USB
> > > > > > Type-C connector and the DisplayPort connector together, but
> > > > > > with real references it's not problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The DisplayPort ACPI node is dag up, and the drivers own
> > > > > > software node for the DisplayPort is set as the secondary
> > > > > > node for it. The USB Type-C connector refers the software
> > > > > > node, but it is now tied to the ACPI node, and therefore any
> > > > > > device entry (struct drm_connector in practice) that the
> > > > > > node combo is assigned to.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The USB role switch device does not have ACPI node, so we
> > > > > > have to wait for the device to appear. Then we can simply
> > > > > > assign our software node for the to the device.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > So as promised I've been testing this series and this commit
> > > > > breaks type-c functionality on devices using this driver.
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem is that typec_switch_get() and typec_mux_get()
> > > > > after this both return the same pointer, which is pointing
> > > > > to the switch, so typec_mux_get() is returning the wrong
> > > > > pointer.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is not surprising since the references for both are
> > > > > both pointing to the fwnode attached to the piusb30532 devices:
> > > > >
> > > > > args[0].fwnode = data->node[INT33FE_NODE_PI3USB30532];
> > > > >
> > > > > So the class_find_device here:
> > > > >
> > > > > static void *typec_switch_match(struct device_connection *con, int ep,
> > > > > void *data)
> > > > > {
> > > > > struct device *dev;
> > > > >
> > > > > if (con->fwnode) {
> > > > > if (con->id && !fwnode_property_present(con->fwnode, con->id))
> > > > > return NULL;
> > > > >
> > > > > dev = class_find_device(&typec_mux_class, NULL, con->fwnode,
> > > > > fwnode_match);
> > > > > } else {
> > > > > dev = class_find_device(&typec_mux_class, NULL,
> > > > > con->endpoint[ep], name_match);
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > return dev ? to_typec_switch(dev) : ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > Simply returns the first typec_mux_class device registered.
> > > > >
> > > > > I see 2 possible solutions to this problem:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Use separate typec_mux_class and typec_orientation_switch_class-es
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) Merge struct typec_switch and struct typec_mux into a single struct,
> > > > > so that all typec_mux_class devices have the same memory layout, add
> > > > > a subclass enum to this new merged struct and use that to identify
> > > > > which of the typec_mux_class devices with the same fwnode pointer we
> > > > > want.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any other suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > I think the correct fix is that we supply separate nodes for both
> > > > device entries.
> > >
> > > That is not going to work since the (virtual) mux / orientation-switch
> > > devices are only registered once the driver binds to the piusb30532 i2c
> > > device, so when creating the nodes we only have the piusb30532 i2c device.
> >
> > It's not a problem, that's why we have the software nodes. The nodes
> > can be created before the device entires. The node for pi3usb30532
> > will just be the parent node for the new nodes we add for the mux and
> > switch.
> >
> > > I've been thinking some more about this and an easy fix is to have separate
> > > fwnode_match functions for typec_switch_match and typec_mux_match and have
> > > them check that the dev_name ends in "-mux" resp. "-switch" that requires
> > > only a very minimal change to "usb: typec: Registering real device entries for the muxes"
> > > and then everything should be fine.
> >
> > I don't want to do anymore device name matching unless we have to, and
> > here we don't have to. We can name the nodes for those virtual mux and
> > switch, and then just do fwnode_find_named_child_node() in
> > pi3usb30532.c for both of them.
>
> Ok.
>
> > > Note that another problem with this series which I noticed while testing
> > > is that the usb-role-switch is not being found at all anymore after
> > > this ("Replacing the old connections with references") patch. I still need
> > > start debugging that.
> >
> > OK, I'll wait for you results on that.
>
> I understand that you want to wait with doing a v4 until this is resolved,
> but can you (privately) send me a v3.5 fixing the mux/switch issue so that
> I can test that (and get the problem out of the way for debugging the other
> stuff) ?
>
> I've also just replied to the following patch with a review remark:
> [PATCH v3 11/13] platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Provide fwnode for the USB connector
>
> Since you need to respin the series anyways, it would be good if you can
> address that too.
Sure thing. I don't have time today to prepare the patches for you to
test today, nor tomorrow depending I'm a travelling or not, so this may
have wait for next week (Friday's off) :-(
thanks,
--
heikki
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