linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] watchdog: mt7621-wdt: avoid ralink architecture dependent code

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CAMhs-H_Cd9F+UWWe+dAA89r_huX_srtsgjh1qus93nGehQN1AQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2023 09:54:16 +0100
From:   Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@...il.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, wim@...ux-watchdog.org,
        linux@...ck-us.net, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, matthias.bgg@...il.com,
        arinc.unal@...nc9.com, tsbogend@...ha.franken.de,
        p.zabel@...gutronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] watchdog: mt7621-wdt: avoid ralink architecture
 dependent code

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 9:31 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On 13/02/2023 21:05, Sergio Paracuellos wrote:
> > MT7621 SoC has a system controller node. Watchdog need to access to reset
> > status register. Ralink architecture and related driver are old and from
> > the beggining they are using some architecture dependent operations for
> > accessing this shared registers through 'asm/mach-ralink/ralink_regs.h'
> > header file. However this is not ideal from a driver perspective which can
> > just access to the system controller registers in an arch independent way
> > using regmap syscon APIs. Update Kconfig accordingly to select new added
> > dependencies and allow driver to be compile tested.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/watchdog/Kconfig      |  4 +++-
> >  drivers/watchdog/mt7621_wdt.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
> >  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> > index b64bc49c7..cf752ad64 100644
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> > @@ -1865,7 +1865,9 @@ config GXP_WATCHDOG
> >  config MT7621_WDT
> >       tristate "Mediatek SoC watchdog"
> >       select WATCHDOG_CORE
> > -     depends on SOC_MT7620 || SOC_MT7621
> > +     select REGMAP_MMIO
> > +     select MFD_SYSCON
> > +     depends on SOC_MT7620 || SOC_MT7621 || COMPILE_TEST
> >       help
> >         Hardware driver for the Mediatek/Ralink MT7621/8 SoC Watchdog Timer.
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mt7621_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mt7621_wdt.c
> > index 40fb2c9ba..22e979bdd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/mt7621_wdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/mt7621_wdt.c
> > @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
> >  #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
> >  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> >  #include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
> > -
> > -#include <asm/mach-ralink/ralink_regs.h>
> > +#include <linux/mfd/syscon.h>
> > +#include <linux/regmap.h>
> >
> >  #define SYSC_RSTSTAT                 0x38
> >  #define WDT_RST_CAUSE                        BIT(1)
> > @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
> >  struct mt7621_wdt_data {
> >       void __iomem *base;
> >       struct reset_control *rst;
> > +     struct regmap *sysc;
> >       struct watchdog_device wdt;
> >  };
> >
> > @@ -104,9 +105,12 @@ static int mt7621_wdt_stop(struct watchdog_device *w)
> >       return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > -static int mt7621_wdt_bootcause(void)
> > +static int mt7621_wdt_bootcause(struct mt7621_wdt_data *d)
> >  {
> > -     if (rt_sysc_r32(SYSC_RSTSTAT) & WDT_RST_CAUSE)
> > +     u32 val;
> > +
> > +     regmap_read(d->sysc, SYSC_RSTSTAT, &val);
> > +     if (val & WDT_RST_CAUSE)
> >               return WDIOF_CARDRESET;
> >
> >       return 0;
> > @@ -143,6 +147,10 @@ static int mt7621_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >       if (!drvdata)
> >               return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > +     drvdata->sysc = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_compatible("mediatek,mt7621-sysc");
> > +     if (IS_ERR(drvdata->sysc))
> > +             return PTR_ERR(drvdata->sysc);
>
> This should be the backup/error path for original code using syscon
> property. Looking up by compatible is really not portable/re-usable.

I can change the code in the way you are pointing out here but...
Why is it not re-usable? Compatible is not supposed to be changed
since in other cases the DTB ABI will be broken. I am totally lost
about what is an ABI breakage, then.

Thanks in advance for clarification.

Best regards,
    Sergio Paracuellos

>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>