linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: imx: support DMA defer probing

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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:07:59 +0000
From: Carlos Song <carlos.song@....com>
To: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
CC: Frank Li <frank.li@....com>, "o.rempel@...gutronix.de"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: imx: support DMA defer probing



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2024 6:24 PM
> To: Carlos Song <carlos.song@....com>
> Cc: Frank Li <frank.li@....com>; o.rempel@...gutronix.de;
> kernel@...gutronix.de; andi.shyti@...nel.org; shawnguo@...nel.org;
> s.hauer@...gutronix.de; festevam@...il.com; imx@...ts.linux.dev;
> linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org; linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org;
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: imx: support DMA defer probing
> 
> On 26.11.2024 10:15:27, Carlos Song wrote:
> > > >  static void i2c_imx_dma_callback(void *arg) @@ -1803,6 +1804,13
> > > > @@ static int i2c_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > >  	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > > >  		goto clk_notifier_unregister;
> > > >
> > > > +	/* Init DMA config if supported */
> > > > +	ret = i2c_imx_dma_request(i2c_imx, phy_addr);
> > > > +	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> > > > +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "DMA not ready, go defer probe!\n");
> > > > +		goto clk_notifier_unregister;
> > > > +	}
> > >
> > > Don't spam the logs if the driver defers probing, it's not a error.
> > > And it looks strange to ignore all other errors here. Either add a
> > > comment here, something like "continue without DMA", or let the
> > > function return
> > > 0 in case the driver should continue and propagate the error if the
> > > caller should take care of it.
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> > Thank you for your suggestion! I agree with you.
> > I will change to this logic:
> > 	ret = i2c_imx_dma_request(i2c_imx, phy_addr);
> > 	if (ret) {
> > 		if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > 			goto clk_notifier_unregister;
> > 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "use pio mode\n");
> > 	}
> >
> > Ret = 0  ----->  enable DMA successfully  -------> no print
> > Ret!=0  ----->  defer probe ---------> no print and try again
> > Ret!=0  ----->  fail to enable DMA ------> remind now is using pio
> > mode
> >
> > Do you think the logic is acceptable?
> 
> Yes, the other option is to move the logic into i2c_imx_dma_request() and let it
> return 0 in case of DMA or fallback to PIO, or an error in case of probe defer or a
> fatal error.
> 
> This way the probe function will look like this:
> 
>      ret = i2c_imx_dma_request(i2c_imx, phy_addr);
>      if (ret)
>                 return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Failed to setup
> DMA\n");
> 

Sorry, I have some different ideas...
1. DMA mode should be optional for i2c-imx, because i2c-imx can accept DMA mode not enabled, because it still can work in CPU mode.
  If we use return dev_err_probe(), we have to return error at i2c_imx_dma_request() for "some fatal error", it will cause i2c_adapter can not be registered, then kill i2c adapter register.
  If we always return 0 at i2c_imx_dma_request(), dev_err_probe will not work forever. So from my point, if DMA is not working well, just output a log to remind now i2c is always
  working at CPU mode, we have no DMA, this is enough.
2. when really defer probe, return dev_err_probe will return defer probe directly, but we still need to goto clk_notifier_unregister branch to free irq, clk_notifier_unregister and disable runtime pm.
  So we still need more judgement at probe function to handle this.

So I prefer this logic:

ret = i2c_imx_dma_request(i2c_imx, phy_addr);
if (ret) {
	if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
		goto clk_notifier_unregister;
	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "use pio mode\n");
}

> 
> regards,
> Marc
> 
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