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Date:   Mon, 14 Feb 2022 11:30:54 +0000
From:   Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/7] drm/ingenic: Add dw-hdmi driver specialization
 for jz4780
To:     "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@goldelico.com>
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Le lun., f?vr. 14 2022 at 12:02:53 +0100, H. Nikolaus Schaller 
<hns@goldelico.com> a ?crit :
> Hi Paul,
> 
>>  Am 14.02.2022 um 11:24 schrieb Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>:
>> 
>>  Hi,
>> 
>>  Le sam., f?vr. 12 2022 at 16:50:50 +0100, H. Nikolaus Schaller 
>> <hns@goldelico.com> a ?crit :
> 
>>>  +static void ingenic_dw_hdmi_cleanup(void *data)
>>>  +{
>>>  +	struct dw_hdmi *hdmi = (struct dw_hdmi *)data;
>>>  +
>>>  +	dw_hdmi_remove(hdmi);
>>>  +}
>>>  +
>>>  +static int ingenic_dw_hdmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>  +{
>>>  +	struct dw_hdmi *hdmi;
>>>  +
>>>  +	hdmi = dw_hdmi_probe(pdev, &ingenic_dw_hdmi_plat_data);
>>>  +	if (IS_ERR(hdmi))
>>>  +		return PTR_ERR(hdmi);
>>>  +
>>>  +	return devm_add_action_or_reset(&pdev->dev, 
>>> ingenic_dw_hdmi_cleanup, hdmi);
>> 
>>  I think I said it already, but in this driver you could use a 
>> .remove callback, there's not much point in using devm cleanups in 
>> such a simple setup.
> 
> Well it was your suggestion after v8:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/DIA33R.QE29K7RKLI2C1@crapouillou.net/

It made sense for your v8, not so much for your v15...

> So we now almost go back to RFC v1 almost 2 years ago:
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mips/patch/2c131e1fb19e19f958a612f7186bc83f4afb0b0a.1582744379.git.hns@goldelico.com/
> 
> Of course there was a good reason to better handle the regulator
> AND the dw_hdmi_remove() by a single mechanism.
> 
> Now the regulator has gone and been replaced by the hdmi connector
> and we can go back.
> 
>> 
>>  In your probe you could just:
>>  return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(hdmi);
> 
> No, this does not work since we need to platform_set_drvdata().
> to be able to access the private struct in the remove callback.
> And checking errors after platform_set_drvdata() can be done but
> looks strange to me.

Yeah, I guess it would look strange. Fine then.

Then I guess just merge your current [6/7] with this one (and make sure 
it comes after your current [5/7]) and it looks mergeable to me.

Cheers,
-Paul

> It is up to you what you prefer.
> 
>> 
>>>  +}
>>>  +
>>>  +static struct platform_driver ingenic_dw_hdmi_driver = {
>>>  +	.probe  = ingenic_dw_hdmi_probe,
>>>  +	.driver = {
>>>  +		.name = "dw-hdmi-ingenic",
>>>  +		.of_match_table = ingenic_dw_hdmi_dt_ids,
>>>  +	},
>>>  +};
>>>  +module_platform_driver(ingenic_dw_hdmi_driver);
>>>  +
>>>  +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("JZ4780 Specific DW-HDMI Driver Extension");
>>>  +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>>>  +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:dwhdmi-ingenic");
>> 
>>  Should probably be "platform:dw-hdmi-ingenic"?
> 
> Yes, indeed. Thanks for spotting!
> 
> Was also good in v1. Probably someone deleted the hyphen unnoticed 
> during editing of "jz4780" to "ingenic"...