netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] net: stmmac: add a glue driver for the Amlogic Meson 8b / GXBB DWMAC

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Date:   Sun, 21 Aug 2016 14:00:39 +0200
From:   Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
To:     Joachim Eastwood <manabian@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, khilman@...libre.com,
        carlo@...one.org, Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        "peppe.cavallaro" <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] net: stmmac: add a glue driver for the Amlogic
 Meson 8b / GXBB DWMAC

Hi Joachim,

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Joachim  Eastwood <manabian@...il.com> wrote:
>> +       platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dwmac);
>
> This will not work. The main stmmac driver already uses the driver_data field.
> See: http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c#L3218
>
>
>> +       return stmmac_dvr_probe(&pdev->dev, plat_dat, &stmmac_res);
>
> So calling stmmac_dvr_probe here will overwrite the driver_data field.
>
>
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int meson8b_dwmac_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> +{
>> +       struct meson8b_dwmac *dwmac = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>> +
>> +       clk_disable_unprepare(dwmac->m25_div_clk);
>
> Did you test this code? I am pretty sure it will blow up given that
> driver_data is not set to what you expect.
I guess I should've taken a closer look at my kernel config:
CONFIG_DWMAC_MESON=y
Thanks for spotting this issue!

> To get your meson8b_dwmac struct you must retrieve it from plat_dat->bsp_priv.
>
>
> I have some code for a helper to retrieve bsp_priv that I have meant
> to sent to the ML for a while now.
> See: https://github.com/manabian/linux-lpc/commit/c3e155a6e38b9634e4e61aa4eeb4602ede7e44a6
>
> Feel free to add it to your patch set if you want.
>
> Alternatively take a look at the remove function from dwmac-stm32 here:
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/619816/
excellent, thanks!

I will send a fixed version as soon as possible


Regards,
Martin