[PATCH] mailbox: Allow operation without .recv callback

Marek Vasut marek.vasut+renesas at mailbox.org
Mon Oct 27 17:38:38 CET 2025


Some shared memory mailboxes may have empty receive operation,
because the data are polled by upper layers directly from the
shared memory region, and there is no completion interrupt or
bit of any sort. Allow empty .recv callback, and if the .recv
callback is empty, exit from mbox_recv() right away, because
any polling for completion here would be meaningless.

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas at mailbox.org>
---
Cc: Alice Guo <alice.guo at nxp.com>
Cc: Jamie Gibbons <jamie.gibbons at microchip.com>
Cc: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu at nigauri.org>
Cc: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
Cc: Tuyen Dang <tuyen.dang.xa at renesas.com>
Cc: Viorel Suman <viorel.suman at nxp.com>
Cc: Ye Li <ye.li at nxp.com>
Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
---
 drivers/mailbox/mailbox-uclass.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-uclass.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-uclass.c
index 4bf4987ce0a..fef437a4281 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-uclass.c
@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@ int mbox_recv(struct mbox_chan *chan, void *data, ulong timeout_us)
 	debug("%s(chan=%p, data=%p, timeout_us=%ld)\n", __func__, chan, data,
 	      timeout_us);
 
+	/*
+	 * Some shared memory mailboxes may have empty receive operation,
+	 * because the data are polled by upper layers directly from the
+	 * shared memory region, and there is no completion interrupt or
+	 * bit of any sort.
+	 */
+	if (!ops->recv)
+		return 0;
+
 	start_time = timer_get_us();
 	/*
 	 * Account for partial us ticks, but if timeout_us is 0, ensure we
-- 
2.51.0



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