Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757399Ab0HEA5P (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:57:15 -0400 Received: from wolverine01.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.254]:57812 "EHLO wolverine01.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751611Ab0HEA5N (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:57:13 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="5400,1158,6064"; a="49910114" Message-ID: <4C5A0C68.9080500@codeaurora.org> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:57:12 -0700 From: Patrick Pannuto User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.12pre) Gecko/20100715 Shredder/3.0.7pre MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Hilman CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" , "damm@opensource.se" , "lethal@linux-sh.org" , "rjw@sisk.pl" , "eric.y.miao@gmail.com" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Greg Kroah-Hartman , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, zt.tmzt@gmail.com, grant.likely@secretlab.ca, magnus.damm@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform: Facilitate the creation of pseduo-platform busses References: <4C59E654.1090403@codeaurora.org> <877hk56hiy.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <877hk56hiy.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 8409 Lines: 232 On 08/04/2010 05:16 PM, Kevin Hilman wrote: > Patrick Pannuto writes: > >> Inspiration for this comes from: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-omap@vger.kernel.org/msg31161.html > > Also, later in that thread I also wrote[1] what seems to be the core of > what you've done here: namely, allow platform_devices and > platform_drivers to to be used on custom busses. Patch is at the end of > this mail with a more focused changelog. As Greg suggested in his reply > to your first version, this part could be merged today, and the > platform_bus_init stuff could be added later, after some more review. > Some comments below... > I can split this into 2 patches. Was your patch sent to linux-kernel or just linux-omap? I'm not on linux-omap... >> [snip] >> >> Which will allow the same driver to easily to used on either >> the platform bus or the newly defined bus type. > > Except it requires a re-compile. > > Rather than doing this at compile time, it would be better to support > legacy devices at runtime. You could handle this by simply registering > the driver on the custom bus and the platform_bus and let the bus > matching code handle it. Then, the same binary would work on both > legacy and updated SoCs. > Can you safely register a driver on more than one bus? I didn't think that was safe -- normally it's impossible since you're calling struct BUS_TYPE_driver mydriver; BUS_TYPE_driver_register(&mydriver) but now we have multiple "bus types" that are all actually platform type; still, at a minimum you would need: struct platform_driver mydrvier1 = { .driver.bus = &sub_bus1, }; struct platform_driver mydrvier2 = { .driver.bus = &sub_bus2, }; which would all point to the same driver functions, yet the respective devices attached for the "same" driver would be on different buses. I fear this might confuse some drivers. I don't think dynamic bus assignment is this easy In short: I do not believe the same driver can be registered on multiple different buses -- if this is wrong, please correct me. > > Up to here, this looks exactly what I wrote in thread referenced above. > It is, you just went on vacation :) >> >> if (code != retval) >> platform_driver_unregister(drv); >> @@ -1017,6 +1019,26 @@ struct bus_type platform_bus_type = { >> }; >> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_bus_type); >> >> +/** platform_bus_type_init - fill in a pseudo-platform-bus >> + * @bus: foriegn bus type >> + * >> + * This init is basically a selective memcpy that >> + * won't overwrite any user-defined attributes and >> + * only copies things that platform bus defines anyway >> + */ > > minor nit: kernel doc style has wrong indentation > will fix >> +void platform_bus_type_init(struct bus_type *bus) >> +{ >> + if (!bus->dev_attrs) >> + bus->dev_attrs = platform_bus_type.dev_attrs; >> + if (!bus->match) >> + bus->match = platform_bus_type.match; >> + if (!bus->uevent) >> + bus->uevent = platform_bus_type.uevent; >> + if (!bus->pm) >> + bus->pm = platform_bus_type.pm; >> +} >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_bus_type_init); > > With this approach, you should note in the comments/changelog that > any selective customization of the bus PM methods must be done after > calling platform_bus_type_init(). No they don't. If you call platform_bus_type_init first then you'll just overwrite them with new values; if you call it second then they will all already be well-defined and thus not overwritten. > > Also, You've left out the legacy PM methods here. That implies that > moving a driver from the platform_bus to the custom bus is not entirely > transparent. If the driver still has legacy PM methods, it would stop > working on the custom bus. > > While this is good motivation for converting a driver to dev_pm_ops, at > a minimum it should be clear in the changelog that the derivative busses > do not support legacy PM methods. However, since it's quite easy to do, > and you want the derivative busses to be *exactly* like the platform bus > except where explicitly changed, I'd suggest you also check/copy the > legacy PM methods. > > In addition, you've missed several fields in 'struct bus_type' > (bus_attr, drv_attr, p, etc.) Without digging deeper into the driver > core, I'm not sure if they are all needed at init time, but it should be > clear in the comments why they can be excluded. > I copied everything that was defined for platform_bus_type: struct bus_type platform_bus_type = { .name = "platform", .dev_attrs = platform_dev_attrs, .match = platform_match, .uevent = platform_uevent, .pm = &platform_dev_pm_ops, }; EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_bus_type); struct bus_type { const char *name; struct bus_attribute *bus_attrs; struct device_attribute *dev_attrs; struct driver_attribute *drv_attrs; int (*match)(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv); int (*uevent)(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env); int (*probe)(struct device *dev); int (*remove)(struct device *dev); void (*shutdown)(struct device *dev); int (*suspend)(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state); int (*resume)(struct device *dev); const struct dev_pm_ops *pm; struct bus_type_private *p; }; It is my understanding that everything that I did not copy *should* remain unique to each bus; remaining fields will be filled in by bus_register and should not be copied. > Kevin > > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-omap@vger.kernel.org/msg31289.html > > > From b784009af1d0a7065dc5e58a13ce29afa3432d3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Kevin Hilman > Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:08:14 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH] driver core: allow platform_devices and platform_drivers on custom busses > > This allows platform_devices and platform_drivers to be registered onto > custom busses that are compatible with the platform_bus. > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman > --- > drivers/base/platform.c | 10 ++++++---- > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c > index 4d99c8b..2cf55e2 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/platform.c > +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c > @@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev) > if (!pdev->dev.parent) > pdev->dev.parent = &platform_bus; > > - pdev->dev.bus = &platform_bus_type; > + if (!pdev->dev.bus) > + pdev->dev.bus = &platform_bus_type; > > if (pdev->id != -1) > dev_set_name(&pdev->dev, "%s.%d", pdev->name, pdev->id); > @@ -482,7 +483,8 @@ static void platform_drv_shutdown(struct device *_dev) > */ > int platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *drv) > { > - drv->driver.bus = &platform_bus_type; > + if (!drv->driver.bus) > + drv->driver.bus = &platform_bus_type; > if (drv->probe) > drv->driver.probe = platform_drv_probe; > if (drv->remove) > @@ -539,12 +541,12 @@ int __init_or_module platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv, > * if the probe was successful, and make sure any forced probes of > * new devices fail. > */ > - spin_lock(&platform_bus_type.p->klist_drivers.k_lock); > + spin_lock(&drv->driver.bus->p->klist_drivers.k_lock); > drv->probe = NULL; > if (code == 0 && list_empty(&drv->driver.p->klist_devices.k_list)) > retval = -ENODEV; > drv->driver.probe = platform_drv_probe_fail; > - spin_unlock(&platform_bus_type.p->klist_drivers.k_lock); > + spin_unlock(&drv->driver.bus->p->klist_drivers.k_lock); > > if (code != retval) > platform_driver_unregister(drv); If you would like to lead this effort, please do so; I did not mean to step on your toes, it's just that this is an issue for me as well. You had indicated that you were going on vacation for a month and I had not seen any more follow-up on this issue, so I forged ahead. If you'd like me to drop it, please let me know and I will - but also please send stuff like this to wider distribution than just linux-omap; it has much greater reach (and interest). Thanks, -Pat -- Employee of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum -- 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/