linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dmaengine: mxs: use platform_driver

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Message-ID: <CABGWkvpJ5Hc8pQ-Rzu8z6Y_Cfa2pEC0C2ABT_FGp6r9Vyz-Gmw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:48:57 +0200
From:   Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@...rulasolutions.com>
To:     Marco Felsch <m.felsch@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Trimarchi <michael@...rulasolutions.com>,
        linux-amarula@...rulasolutions.com,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dmaengine: mxs: use platform_driver_register

Hi Marco,

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 10:40 AM Marco Felsch <m.felsch@...gutronix.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Dario,
>
> On 22-07-12, Dario Binacchi wrote:
> > Driver registration fails on SOC imx8mn as its supplier, the clock
> > control module, is probed later than subsys initcall level. This driver
> > uses platform_driver_probe which is not compatible with deferred probing
> > and won't be probed again later if probe function fails due to clock not
> > being available at that time.
> >
> > This patch replaces the use of platform_driver_probe with
> > platform_driver_register which will allow probing the driver later again
> > when the clock control module will be available.
> >
> > Fixes: a580b8c5429a ("dmaengine: mxs-dma: add dma support for i.MX23/28")
> > Co-developed-by: Michael Trimarchi <michael@...rulasolutions.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Trimarchi <michael@...rulasolutions.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@...rulasolutions.com>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v5:
> > - Update the commit message.
> > - Create a new patch to remove the warning generated by this patch.
>
> Please squash this new patch into this patch since you introduce the
> warning with this patch.

In version 4 I had only one patch, but Vinod told me to separate the
patches like
this. I also think like you, but I did what Vinod asked me to do.
So, can you agree and actually tell me what to do?

Thanks and regards,
Dario

>
> Regards,
>   Marco
>
> > Changes in v4:
> > - Restore __init in front of mxs_dma_probe() definition.
> > - Rename the mxs_dma_driver variable to mxs_dma_driver_probe.
> > - Update the commit message.
> > - Use builtin_platform_driver() instead of module_platform_driver().
> >
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Restore __init in front of mxs_dma_init() definition.
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Add the tag "Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org" in the sign-off area.
> >
> >  drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c | 8 ++------
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
> > index 994fc4d2aca4..18f8154b859b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
> > +++ b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
> > @@ -839,10 +839,6 @@ static struct platform_driver mxs_dma_driver = {
> >               .name   = "mxs-dma",
> >               .of_match_table = mxs_dma_dt_ids,
> >       },
> > +     .probe = mxs_dma_probe,
> >  };
> > -
> > -static int __init mxs_dma_module_init(void)
> > -{
> > -     return platform_driver_probe(&mxs_dma_driver, mxs_dma_probe);
> > -}
> > -subsys_initcall(mxs_dma_module_init);
> > +builtin_platform_driver(mxs_dma_driver);
> > --
> > 2.32.0
> >
> >
> >



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Dario Binacchi

Embedded Linux Developer

dario.binacchi@...rulasolutions.com

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