linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] pinctrl: scmi: Switch to use machine

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Message-ID: <CAGETcx9E1MYgzd7Hupz8YAqk7-D1Aeb+AAyQiEMia-6hnFQTRQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:13:41 -0800
From: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
To: "Peng Fan (OSS)" <peng.fan@....nxp.com>
Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>, 
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@....com>, 
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Jacky Bai <ping.bai@....com>, 
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>, arm-scmi@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, imx@...ts.linux.dev, Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] pinctrl: scmi: Switch to use machine_blocklist

On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM Peng Fan (OSS) <peng.fan@....nxp.com> wrote:
>
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
>
> With machine_blocklist, the blocked machines will not have pinctrl scmi
> devices created. The fw_devlink will link consumer and supplier
> correctly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-scmi.c | 15 ++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-scmi.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-scmi.c
> index df4bbcd7d1d59ac2c8ddc320dc10d702ad1ed5b2..f041478758b50e85d99214f4fe42208d0c8c808f 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-scmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-scmi.c
> @@ -505,11 +505,6 @@ static int pinctrl_scmi_get_pins(struct scmi_pinctrl *pmx,
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> -static const char * const scmi_pinctrl_blocklist[] = {
> -       "fsl,imx95",
> -       NULL
> -};
> -
>  static int scmi_pinctrl_probe(struct scmi_device *sdev)
>  {
>         int ret;
> @@ -521,9 +516,6 @@ static int scmi_pinctrl_probe(struct scmi_device *sdev)
>         if (!sdev->handle)
>                 return -EINVAL;
>
> -       if (of_machine_compatible_match(scmi_pinctrl_blocklist))
> -               return -ENODEV;
> -
>         handle = sdev->handle;
>
>         pinctrl_ops = handle->devm_protocol_get(sdev, SCMI_PROTOCOL_PINCTRL, &ph);
> @@ -561,8 +553,13 @@ static int scmi_pinctrl_probe(struct scmi_device *sdev)
>         return pinctrl_enable(pmx->pctldev);
>  }
>
> +static const char * const scmi_pinctrl_blocklist[] = {
> +       "fsl,imx95",
> +       NULL
> +};
> +
>  static const struct scmi_device_id scmi_id_table[] = {
> -       { SCMI_PROTOCOL_PINCTRL, "pinctrl" },
> +       { SCMI_PROTOCOL_PINCTRL, "pinctrl", scmi_pinctrl_blocklist, NULL },
>         { }
>  };
>  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(scmi, scmi_id_table);
>

Definite NACK to this. Please don't depend on indirect
conditions/flags. There's no guarantee that this check will hold true
in the future.

-Saravana