linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH REVIEW] hwrng: add exynos Secure World RNG device driver

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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:05:52 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Alexey Klimov <alexey.klimov@...aro.org>, olivia@...enic.com,
 herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, sehi.kim@...sung.com,
 linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, peter.griffin@...aro.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH REVIEW] hwrng: add exynos Secure World RNG device driver

On 28/03/2024 18:01, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 28/03/2024 14:36, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> +
>>> +static UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS(exyswd_rng_pm_ops, exyswd_rng_suspend,
>>> +			    exyswd_rng_resume, NULL);
>>> +
>>> +static struct platform_driver exyswd_rng_driver = {
>>> +	.probe		= exyswd_rng_probe,
>>> +	.remove		= exyswd_rng_remove,
>>> +	.driver		= {
>>> +		.name	= DRVNAME,
>>> +		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
>>
>> So this was fixed ~8-10 years ago. Yet it re-appears. Please do not use
>> downstream code as template.
>>
>> Take upstream driver and either change it or customize it.
> 
> Alex Elder pointed out that some of my comments might not be precise or
> not helping enough. Let me clarify then:
> 
> Please run all standard, open-source tools when submitting new driver,
> which is:
> 1. Coccinelle, which points to this specific line since 2014,
> 2. smatch,
> 3. sparse,
> 4. checkpatch,
> 5. If changing bindings: dt_binding_check,
> 6. If changing DTS or bindings: dtbs_check.

And I forgot:
7. make W=1

Many of these, including W=1 above, can be with target, e.g.
	`make W=1 drivers/char/hw_random/`
to reduce the scope of tests/warnings etc.

Best regards,
Krzysztof