From: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
To: Tudor Ambarus <Tudor.Ambarus@microchip.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/8] Make fw_devlink=on more forgiving
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:14:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGETcx87RmBAhC2Kg0xP9oYGhGWXFWoTtshzuqT2=4_svm5s5A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ec7ba3a-bbf6-aa5f-7800-4fc91ab199ec@microchip.com>
On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 2:02 AM <Tudor.Ambarus@microchip.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/10/21 10:54 AM, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:19 AM <Tudor.Ambarus@microchip.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, Saravana,
> >>
> >> On 2/6/21 12:26 AM, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> >>> There are a lot of devices/drivers where they never have a struct device
> >>> created for them or the driver initializes the hardware without ever
> >>> binding to the struct device.
> >>>
> >>> This series is intended to avoid any boot regressions due to such
> >>> devices/drivers when fw_devlink=on and also address the handling of
> >>> optional suppliers.
> >>>
> >>> Patch 1 and 2 addresses the issue of firmware nodes that look like
> >>> they'll have struct devices created for them, but will never actually
> >>> have struct devices added for them. For example, DT nodes with a
> >>> compatible property that don't have devices added for them.
> >>>
> >>> Patch 3 and 4 allow for handling optional DT bindings.
> >>>
> >>> Patch 5 sets up a generic API to handle drivers that never bind with
> >>> their devices.
> >>>
> >>> Patch 6 through 8 update different frameworks to use the new API.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Saravana
> >>>
> >>> Saravana Kannan (8):
> >>> driver core: fw_devlink: Detect supplier devices that will never be
> >>> added
> >>> of: property: Don't add links to absent suppliers
> >>> driver core: Add fw_devlink.strict kernel param
> >>> of: property: Add fw_devlink support for optional properties
> >>> driver core: fw_devlink: Handle suppliers that don't use driver core
> >>> irqdomain: Mark fwnodes when their irqdomain is added/removed
> >>> PM: domains: Mark fwnodes when their powerdomain is added/removed
> >>> clk: Mark fwnodes when their clock provider is added/removed
> >>>
> >>> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 ++
> >>> drivers/base/core.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++-
> >>> drivers/base/power/domain.c | 2 +
> >>> drivers/clk/clk.c | 3 +
> >>> drivers/of/property.c | 16 +++--
> >>> include/linux/fwnode.h | 20 ++++++-
> >>> kernel/irq/irqdomain.c | 2 +
> >>> 7 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>
> >> Even with this patch set applied, sama5d2_xplained can not boot.
> >> Patch at [1] makes sama5d2_xplained boot again. Stephen applied it
> >> to clk-next.
> >
> > I'm glad you won't actually have any boot issues in 5.12, but the fact
> > you need [1] with this series doesn't make a lot of sense to me
> > because:
> >
> > 1. The FWNODE_FLAG_INITIALIZED flag will be set for the clock fwnode
> > in question way before any consumer devices are added.
>
> Looks like in my case FWNODE_FLAG_INITIALIZED is not set, because
> drivers/clk/at91/sama5d2.c uses of_clk_add_hw_provider().
Ah, that explains it.
> > 2. Any consumer device added after (1) will stop trying to link to the
> > clock device.
> >
> > Are you somehow adding a consumer to the clock fwnode before (1)?
> >
> > Can you try this patch without your clk fix? I was trying to avoid
> > looping through a list, but looks like your case might somehow need
> > it?
> >
>
> I tried it, didn't solve my boot problem.
Thanks! I should stop coding past midnight!
> The following patch makes the
> sama5d2_xplained boot again, even without the patch from [1]:
Great! I gave a reviewed-by.
-Saravana
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-10 19:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <CGME20210205222651eucas1p28ef87073dea33c1c5224c14aa203bec5@eucas1p2.samsung.com>
2021-02-05 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] Make fw_devlink=on more forgiving Saravana Kannan
2021-02-05 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] driver core: fw_devlink: Detect supplier devices that will never be added Saravana Kannan
2021-02-05 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] of: property: Don't add links to absent suppliers Saravana Kannan
2021-02-09 21:25 ` Rob Herring
2021-02-05 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] driver core: Add fw_devlink.strict kernel param Saravana Kannan
2021-02-05 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] of: property: Add fw_devlink support for optional properties Saravana Kannan
2021-02-09 21:33 ` Rob Herring
2021-02-09 21:54 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-10 8:25 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-05 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] driver core: fw_devlink: Handle suppliers that don't use driver core Saravana Kannan
2021-02-05 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] irqdomain: Mark fwnodes when their irqdomain is added/removed Saravana Kannan
2021-02-05 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] PM: domains: Mark fwnodes when their powerdomain " Saravana Kannan
2021-02-05 22:26 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] clk: Mark fwnodes when their clock provider " Saravana Kannan
2021-02-08 15:38 ` Rob Herring
2021-02-08 23:34 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-10 11:44 ` [PATCH] clk: Mark fwnodes when their clock provider is added Tudor Ambarus
2021-02-10 11:44 ` Tudor Ambarus
2021-02-11 13:00 ` Greg KH
2021-02-13 0:37 ` Stephen Boyd
[not found] ` <CGME20210325133159eucas1p297b769beb681743fb32d362a86cc6e3e@eucas1p2.samsung.com>
2021-03-25 13:31 ` Marek Szyprowski
2021-03-25 15:47 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-03-25 18:25 ` Nicolas Saenz Julienne
2021-03-26 18:13 ` Stephen Boyd
2021-03-26 18:29 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <161705310317.3012082.15148238105608149214@swboyd.mtv.corp.google.com>
2021-03-29 23:28 ` Saravana Kannan
[not found] ` <161706920822.3012082.10047587064612237296@swboyd.mtv.corp.google.com>
2021-03-30 6:58 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <161715734080.2260335.881350237641202575@swboyd.mtv.corp.google.com>
2021-03-31 7:05 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <161721871083.2260335.2392646934517115770@swboyd.mtv.corp.google.com>
2021-04-05 11:04 ` Nicolas Saenz Julienne
2021-04-21 3:26 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-04-21 7:00 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-10 19:13 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-03-30 15:42 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-03-30 16:26 ` Saravana Kannan
[not found] ` <161317679292.1254594.15797939257637374295@swboyd.mtv.corp.google.com>
2021-02-14 21:15 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] clk: Mark fwnodes when their clock provider is added/removed Saravana Kannan
2021-02-06 2:45 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] Make fw_devlink=on more forgiving Saravana Kannan
2021-02-06 19:41 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-06 20:47 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-08 8:40 ` Marek Szyprowski
2021-02-08 23:57 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-10 8:19 ` Tudor.Ambarus
2021-02-10 8:54 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-10 10:02 ` Tudor.Ambarus
2021-02-10 19:14 ` Saravana Kannan [this message]
2021-02-11 13:00 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-11 13:05 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-12 2:59 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-12 8:14 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-12 20:57 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-15 12:38 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-15 21:26 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-16 8:05 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-16 18:48 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-16 20:31 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-17 23:57 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-25 9:21 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-15 15:16 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-15 21:57 ` Saravana Kannan
2021-02-16 12:58 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-02-15 11:19 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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