linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/11] dt-bindings: serial: snps-dw-apb-uart: Relax dma-names order constraint

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Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2023 10:58:12 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@...labora.com>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Frattaroli <frattaroli.nicolas@...il.com>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Daniel Drake <drake@...lessm.com>,
        Katsuhiro Suzuki <katsuhiro@...suster.net>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] dt-bindings: serial: snps-dw-apb-uart: Relax
 dma-names order constraint

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 12:21:41PM +0200, Cristian Ciocaltea via Alsa-devel wrote:
> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:21:41 +0200
> From: Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@...labora.com>
> To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>, Sudeep Holla
>  <sudeep.holla@....com>, Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>, Rob
>  Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski
>  <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
>  <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, Mark
>  Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Nicolas Frattaroli
>  <frattaroli.nicolas@...il.com>, Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>, Jaroslav
>  Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, Paul Walmsley
>  <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou
>  <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, Daniel Drake <drake@...lessm.com>, Katsuhiro
>  Suzuki <katsuhiro@...suster.net>
> CC: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
>  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
>  alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
>  linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, kernel@...labora.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] dt-bindings: serial: snps-dw-apb-uart: Relax
>  dma-names order constraint
> Message-ID: <8ae57fe3-56aa-7e50-3eaa-a12a40657baf@...labora.com>
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>  Thunderbird/102.7.2

There is something strange going on with your mails as there are 2 
copies in the archives with the 2nd one getting the header twice. It's 
coming from the alsa-devel list.

> 
> On 3/17/23 10:31, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > On 15/03/2023 12:47, Cristian Ciocaltea wrote:
> > > Commit 370f696e4474 ("dt-bindings: serial: snps-dw-apb-uart: add dma &
> > > dma-names properties") documented dma-names property to handle Allwiner
> > > D1 dtbs_check warnings, but relies on a strict rx->tx ordering, which is
> > > the reverse of what a different board expects:
> > > 
> > >    rk3326-odroid-go2.dtb: serial@...30000: dma-names:0: 'rx' was expected
> > > 
> > > A quick and incomplete check shows the inconsistency is present in many
> > > other DT files:
> > 
> > Why not fixing the DTS? The properties should have fixed order.
> 
> I was initially concerned about the risk of a potential ABI breakage, but I
> think that's not really a problem since dma-names is not directly accessed
> in the driver and DT Kernel API doesn't rely on a particular order.
> 
> If there are no objections, I would switch the order in the binding to
> tx->rx, since that's what most of the DTS use, and fix the remaining ones.
> 
> > Best regards,
> > Krzysztof
> 
> Thanks,
> Cristian