linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] gpiolib: cdev: replace locking wrappers for gpio

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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:23:41 +0800
From: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, andy@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] gpiolib: cdev: replace locking wrappers for
 gpio_device with guards

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 01:16:00PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 1:13 PM Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 01:05:35PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 12:56 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > (+PeterZ)
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 2:52 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Replace the wrapping functions that inhibit removal of the gpio_device
> > > > > with equivalent guard macros.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
> > > > (...)
> > > > > +DEFINE_CLASS(_read_sem_guard,
> > > > > +            struct rw_semaphore *,
> > > > > +            up_read(_T),
> > > > > +            ({
> > > > > +               down_read(sem);
> > > > > +               sem;
> > > > > +            }),
> > > > > +            struct rw_semaphore *sem);
> > > >
> > > > Isn't this so generic that it should be in <linux/cleanup.h>?
> > > >
> > > > Otherwise all the patches look good to me.
> > > >
> > >
> > > We already have this:
> > >
> > > DEFINE_GUARD(rwsem_read, struct rw_semaphore *, down_read(_T), up_read(_T))
> > > DEFINE_GUARD(rwsem_write, struct rw_semaphore *, down_write(_T), up_write(_T))
> > >
> > > DEFINE_FREE(up_read, struct rw_semaphore *, if (_T) up_read(_T))
> > > DEFINE_FREE(up_write, struct rw_semaphore *, if (_T) up_write(_T))
> > >
> >
> > Ah - in rwsem.h - I missed that.
> >
> > > This can surely be used here, right?
> > >
> >
> > Don't see why not.
> >
> > I would still like to move the gpio_device specific macros to gpiolib.h,
> > as they apply to the struct gpio_device defined there.
>
> Which ones? Because I'd rather use guard(rwsem_read)(&gdev->sem); than
> some custom wrapper as this one's purpose is clearer.
>

It would be read and write guards for the gpio_device.
cdev would only be using the read flavour.
And possibly named something other than read/write as the purpose is to
prevent (read) or allow (write) object removal.

I though that would be clearer than having to reference gpiolib.h to see
what gdev->sem covers, and allow you to change the locking
mechanism later and not have to update cdev.

Cheers,
Kent.