[RFC] dm: uclass: add functions to get device by platdata
Walter Lozano
walter.lozano at collabora.com
Fri Mar 6 17:10:26 CET 2020
Hi Simon,
Thanks again for taking the time to check my comments.
On 6/3/20 10:17, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Walter,
>
> On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 at 06:54, Walter Lozano <walter.lozano at collabora.com> wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> Thanks for taking the time to check for my comments
>>
>> On 4/3/20 20:11, Simon Glass wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Walter,
>>>
>>> On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 12:40, Walter Lozano <walter.lozano at collabora.com> wrote:
>>>> When OF_PLATDATA is enabled DT information is parsed and platdata
>>>> structures are populated. In this context the links between DT nodes are
>>>> represented as pointers to platdata structures, and there is no clear way
>>>> to access to the device which owns the structure.
>>>>
>>>> This patch implements a set of functions:
>>>>
>>>> - device_find_by_platdata
>>>> - uclass_find_device_by_platdata
>>>>
>>>> to access to the device.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Walter Lozano <walter.lozano at collabora.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/core/device.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>>>> drivers/core/uclass.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> include/dm/device.h | 2 ++
>>>> include/dm/uclass-internal.h | 3 +++
>>>> include/dm/uclass.h | 2 ++
>>>> 5 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
>>> This is interesting. Could you also add the motivation for this? It's
>>> not clear to me who would call this function.
>> I have been reviewing the OF_PLATDATA support as an R&D project, in this context, in order to have
>> a better understanding on the possibilities and limitations I decided to add its support to iMX6,
>> more particularly to the MMC drivers. The link issue arises when I tried to setup the GPIO for
>> Card Detection, which is trivial when DT is available. However, when OF_PLATDATA is enabled
>> this seems, at least for me, not straightforward.
>>
>> In order to overcome this limitation I think that having a set of functions to find/get devices
>> based on platdata could be useful. Of course, there might be a better approach/idea, so that is
>> the motivation for this RFC.
>>
>> An example of the usage could be
>>
>> #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(DM_GPIO)
>>
>> struct udevice *gpiodev;
>>
>> ret = uclass_get_device_by_platdata(UCLASS_GPIO, (void *)dtplat->cd_gpios->node, &gpiodev);
>>
>> if (ret)
>> return ret;
>>
>> ret = gpio_dev_request_index(gpiodev, gpiodev->name, "cd-gpios",
>> dtplat->cd_gpios->arg[0], GPIOD_IS_IN,
>> dtplat->cd_gpios->arg[1], &priv->cd_gpio);
>>
>> if (ret)
>> return ret;
>>
>> #endif
>>
>> This is part of my current work, a series of patches to add OF_PLATDATA support as explained.
>>
>> Does this make sense to you?
> Not yet :-)
>
> What is the context of this call? Typically dtplat is only available
> in the driver that includes it.
Sorry for not being clear enough. I'm working in a patchset that needs
some clean up, that is the reason I didn't send it yet. I'll try to
clarify, but if you think it could be useful to share it, please let me
know.
> What driver is the above code in? Is it for MMC that needs a GPIO to
> function? I'll assume it is for now.
The driver on which I'm working in is drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc_imx.c, I'm
adding support for OF_PLATDATA to it, and in this sense trying to get
the GPIOs used for CD to be requested.
> Then the weird thing is that we are accessing the dtplat of another
> device. It's a clever technique but I wonder if we can find another
> way.
>
> If you see drivers/mmc/rockchip_sdhci.c it has:
>
> ret = clk_get_by_index_platdata(dev, 0, dtplat->clocks, &clk);
>
> So I wonder if we need gpio_dev_request_by_platdata()?
Thanks for pointing to this example, as I saw it before starting to work
on these functions and had some doubts. I'll use it in the next
paragraph to share my thoughts and the motivation of my work.
From my understanding, clk_get_by_index_platdata in this context can
only get a UCLASS_CLK device with id == 0. Is this correct?
If it is so, this will only allow us to use this function if we know in
advance that the UCLASS_CLK device has index 0.
How can we get the correct UCLASS_CLK device in case of multiple instances?
I understand that we need a way to use the link information present in
platdata. However I could not find a way to get the actual index of the
UCLASS_CLK device. In this context, I thought that the simplest but
still valid approach could be to find the right device based on the
struct platdata pointer it owns.
So in my understanding, your code could be more generic in this way
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-uclass.c b/drivers/clk/clk-uclass.c
index 71878474eb..61041bb3b8 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-uclass.c
@@ -25,14 +25,12 @@ static inline const struct clk_ops *clk_dev_ops(struct udevice *dev)
#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_CONTROL)
# if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA)
-int clk_get_by_index_platdata(struct udevice *dev, int index,
- struct phandle_1_arg *cells, struct clk *clk)
+int clk_get_by_platdata(struct udevice *dev, struct phandle_1_arg *cells,
+ struct clk *clk)
{
int ret;
- if (index != 0)
- return -ENOSYS;
- ret = uclass_get_device(UCLASS_CLK, 0, &clk->dev);
+ ret = uclass_get_device_by_platdata(UCLASS_CLK (void *)cells->node, &clk->dev);
if (ret)
return ret;
clk->id = cells[0].arg[0];
I understand there could be a more elegant way, which I still don't see,
that is the motivation of this RFC.
What do you think?
>>> Also it relates to another thing I've been thinking about for a while,
>>> which is to validate that all the structs pointed to are correct.
>>>
>>> E.g. if every struct had a magic number like:
>>>
>>> struct tpm_platdata {
>>> DM_STRUCT(UCLASS_TPM, DM_STRUCT_PLATDATA, ...)
>>> fields here
>>> };
>>>
>>> then we could check the structure pointers are correct.
>>>
>>> DM_STRUCT() would define to nothing if we were not building with
>>> CONFIG_DM_DEBUG or similar.
>> Interesting, I think it could be useful and save us from headaches while debugging.
>>
>> Thanks for sharing this idea.
>>
>>> Anyway, I wonder whether you could expand your definition a bit so you
>>> have an enum for the different types of struct you can request:
>>>
>>> enum dm_struct_t {
>>> DM_STRUCT_PLATDATA,
>>> ...
>>>
>>> DM_STRUCT_COUNT,
>>> };
>>>
>>> and modify the function so it can request it via the enum?
>> Let me check if I understand correctly, your suggestion is to do
>> something like diff --git a/include/dm/uclass.h b/include/dm/uclass.h
>> index 92c07f8426..bf09dadf3f 100644 --- a/include/dm/uclass.h +++
>> b/include/dm/uclass.h
>>
>> @@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ int uclass_get_device(enum uclass_id id, int index,
>> struct udevice **devp);
>>
>> int uclass_get_device_by_name(enum uclass_id id, const char *name,
>> struct udevice **devp); -int
>> uclass_get_device_by_platdata(enum uclass_id id, void *platdata,
>> - struct udevice **devp);
>>
>> +int uclass_get_device_by_struct(enum uclass_id id, enum dm_struct_t
>> struct_id, + void *struct_pointer, struct
>> udevice **devp); /** * uclass_get_device_by_seq() - Get a uclass
>> device based on an ID and sequence *
>>
>> If that is the case, I would be happy to help.
>>
>> Also, if my understanding is correct, could you elaborate which cases
>> are you trying to cover with this approach? Regards,
> This is just so that in dev_get_priv(), for example, we can write a
> check that dev->privdata is actually the expected struct. We can check
> the uclass and the dm_struct_t.
>
> It is really just a run-time assert to help with getting these things mixed up.
So if I understand correctly I think that if that the approach that I
have in mind is really useful, which I intend to validate with this RFC,
your suggestion is to add some run-time checks, to make sure that in the
above example cells->node is a valid platdata? Is my understanding is
correct?
> Regards,
> Simon
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