Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754201AbbETVdQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 May 2015 17:33:16 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f176.google.com ([209.85.212.176]:37787 "EHLO mail-wi0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753698AbbETVdL (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 May 2015 17:33:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20150520135716.GW1490@lahna.fi.intel.com> References: <1432044209-27858-1-git-send-email-robert.dolca@intel.com> <20150520074708.GQ1490@lahna.fi.intel.com> <20150520094829.GS1490@lahna.fi.intel.com> <20150520105753.GT1490@lahna.fi.intel.com> <20150520135716.GW1490@lahna.fi.intel.com> From: Robert Dolca Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 00:32:49 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] i2c: Use ID table to detect ACPI I2C devices To: Mika Westerberg Cc: Robert Dolca , linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Wolfram Sang , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Len Brown , Daniel Baluta , Linus Walleij Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5987 Lines: 152 On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Mika Westerberg wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 04:07:00PM +0300, Robert Dolca wrote: >> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Mika Westerberg wrote: >> > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 01:49:02PM +0300, Robert Dolca wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Mika Westerberg wrote: >> >> > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 12:39:22PM +0300, Robert Dolca wrote: >> >> >> Currently, if the name used for DT (in dts) matches one of the names >> >> >> specified in the id table you will have a match. Isn't that an >> >> >> intended behavior? >> >> > >> >> > I thought one needs to put IDs to the driver .of_match_table. This is >> >> > also what i2c_device_match() is expecting, if I read it right. >> >> >> >> If you put the DT id in of_match_table it will match here: >> >> >> >> i2c_device_match >> >> /* Attempt an OF style match */ >> >> if (of_driver_match_device(dev, drv)) >> >> return 1; >> >> >> >> If you don't specify of_match_table and you put the same ID in >> >> i2c_device_id table it wil match here: >> >> >> >> i2c_device_match >> >> driver = to_i2c_driver(drv); >> >> /* match on an id table if there is one */ >> >> if (driver->id_table) >> >> return i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client) != NULL; >> >> >> >> This is happening because the name from dts is used for client->name. >> >> i2c_match_id does the matching based on the client name. >> > >> > OK. >> > >> >> > BTW, how modules are supposed to be matched if we allow putting ACPI >> >> > identifiers to i2c_device_id table? >> >> >> >> My aproach was like this: if the driver specifies .acpi_match table it >> >> will work like before. >> >> >> >> i2c_device_match >> >> /* Then ACPI style match */ >> >> if (acpi_driver_match_device(dev, drv)) >> >> return 1; >> >> >> >> If the driver does not specify .acpi_match table the i2c core will >> >> atempt to match against the i2c_match_id table (the same way it does >> >> for DT). In the ACPI case the client->name has that :nn suffix and >> >> what the patch does is to ignore that when i2c_match_id is called. >> >> >> >> i2c_device_match >> >> driver = to_i2c_driver(drv); >> >> /* match on an id table if there is one */ >> >> if (driver->id_table) >> >> return i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client) != NULL; >> > >> > Yeah but when you have device with modalias of "acpi:FOO:" how >> > udev/modprobe is supposed find the correct module? >> >> The modalias file content exposed by the i2c device in sysfs will be the same. > > It won't be the same. If it has an ACPI companion it will be different. > > Here's one example from a machine with I2C touchscreen connected: > > # cat /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-ATML3432\:00/modalias > acpi:ATML3432:PNP0C50: > >> Currently the alias exposed by the driver is based on the i2c_match_id >> table and it does not have any aliases based on >> acpi_device_id table. I am new to this are so please correct me if I am wrong. >> >> >> The final goal is to simplify the driver and remove redundant code. >> > >> > IMHO mixing ACPI identifiers with I2C device identifiers does not >> > simplify anything. And since you need to stick the ACPI ID somewhere >> > anyway I don't get the point of removing redundant code either. >> >> It will make the i2c_device_id be not NULL when the device is probed. >> Here is an example: >> >> static int probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) >> /* Get device name from device table or ACPI */ >> if (ACPI_HANDLE(dev)) { >> acpi_id = acpi_match_device(silead_ts_acpi_match, dev); >> if (!acpi_id) >> return -ENODEV; >> >> sprintf(data->fw_name, "%s.fw", acpi_id->id); >> >> for (i = 0; i < strlen(data->fw_name); i++) >> data->fw_name[i] = tolower(data->fw_name[i]); >> } else { >> sprintf(data->fw_name, "%s.fw", id->name); >> } >> >> This will become: >> sprintf(data->fw_name, "%s.fw", id->name); > > OK, in that case it shortens the code I give you that. But the normal > case where you only need to match against the ACPI identifier (and > handling modules properly) this does not simplify anything. > >> There are allot more cases like this already in the kernel. > > I didn't find too many. Most of them are under drivers/iio and they all > do something like: > > static const char *kmx61_match_acpi_device(struct device *dev) > { > const struct acpi_device_id *id; > > id = acpi_match_device(dev->driver->acpi_match_table, dev); > if (!id) > return NULL; > return dev_name(dev); > } > > static int kmx61_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) > { > ... > if (id) > name = id->name; > else if (ACPI_HANDLE(&client->dev)) > name = kmx61_match_acpi_device(&client->dev); > else > return -ENODEV; > > which I think is not needed at all. If you end up having an ACPI handle > for your I2C device and the I2C core has already done the matching, you > don't need to do the match again in the driver. Instead this can be written like: > > if (id) > name = id->name; > else if (has_acpi_companion(&client->dev)) > name = dev_name(&client->dev); > else > return -ENODEV; > > And you probably don't need that 'name' either. I get your point. The benefits are not worth mixing the i2c_device_id table with the ACPI ids. Thanks for your valuable feedback. Robert -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/