linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] iommu/tegra-smmu: Rework .probe_device and .attach

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Message-ID: <20201002025434.GA9394@Asurada-Nvidia>
Date:   Thu, 1 Oct 2020 19:54:35 -0700
From:   Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>, joro@...tes.org,
        krzk@...nel.org, vdumpa@...dia.com, jonathanh@...dia.com,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] iommu/tegra-smmu: Rework .probe_device and
 .attach_dev

On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 04:55:34AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> 02.10.2020 04:07, Nicolin Chen пишет:
> > On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 11:33:38PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> >>>>> If we can't come to an agreement on globalizing mc pointer, would
> >>>>> it be possible to pass tegra_mc_driver through tegra_smmu_probe()
> >>>>> so we can continue to use driver_find_device_by_fwnode() as v1?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/26/68
> >>>>
> >>>> tegra_smmu_probe() already takes a struct tegra_mc *. Did you mean
> >>>> tegra_smmu_probe_device()? I don't think we can do that because it isn't
> >>>
> >>> I was saying to have a global parent_driver pointer: similar to
> >>> my v1, yet rather than "extern" the tegra_mc_driver, we pass it
> >>> through egra_smmu_probe() and store it in a static global value
> >>> so as to call tegra_smmu_get_by_fwnode() in ->probe_device().
> >>>
> >>> Though I agree that creating a global device pointer (mc) might
> >>> be controversial, yet having a global parent_driver pointer may
> >>> not be against the rule, considering that it is common in iommu
> >>> drivers to call driver_find_device_by_fwnode in probe_device().
> >>
> >> You don't need the global pointer if you have SMMU OF node.
> >>
> >> You could also get driver pointer from mc->dev->driver.
> >>
> >> But I don't think you need to do this at all. The probe_device() could
> >> be invoked only for the tegra_smmu_ops and then seems you could use
> >> dev_iommu_priv_set() in tegra_smmu_of_xlate(), like sun50i-iommu driver
> >> does.
> > 
> > Getting iommu device pointer using driver_find_device_by_fwnode()
> > is a common practice in ->probe_device() of other iommu drivers.
> 
> Please give me a full list of the IOMMU drivers which use this method.
> 
> > But this requires a device_driver pointer that tegra-smmu doesn't
> > have. So passing tegra_mc_driver through tegra_smmu_probe() will
> > address it.
> > 
> 
> If you're borrowing code and ideas from other drivers, then at least
> please borrow them from a modern good-looking drivers. And I already
> pointed out that following cargo cult is not always a good idea.
> 
> ARM-SMMU isn't a modern driver and it has legacy code. You shouldn't
> copy it blindly. The sun50i-iommu driver was added half year ago, you
> may use it as a reference.

I took a closer look at sun50i-iommu driver. It's a good idea.
I think I can come up with a cleaner one. Will send v4.

Thanks for the advice.