Re: [PATCH 2/6] pwm: sun4i: Add a quirk for reset line

From: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org>,
	Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@siol.net>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org,
	devicetree <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-sunxi <linux-sunxi@googlegroups.com>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] pwm: sun4i: Add a quirk for reset line
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:37:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190729163715.vtv7lkrywewomxga@flea.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190729071218.bukw7vxilqy523k3@pengutronix.de>

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On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 09:12:18AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 02:43:23PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 2:36 PM Uwe Kleine-König
> > <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 08:40:41PM +0200, Jernej Skrabec wrote:
> > > > @@ -371,6 +374,14 @@ static int sun4i_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > >       if (IS_ERR(pwm->clk))
> > > >               return PTR_ERR(pwm->clk);
> > > >
> > > > +     if (pwm->data->has_reset) {
> > > > +             pwm->rst = devm_reset_control_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
> > > > +             if (IS_ERR(pwm->rst))
> > > > +                     return PTR_ERR(pwm->rst);
> > > > +
> > > > +             reset_control_deassert(pwm->rst);
> > > > +     }
> > > > +
> > >
> > > I wonder why there is a need to track if a given chip needs a reset
> > > line. I'd just use devm_reset_control_get_optional() and drop the
> > > .has_reset member in struct sun4i_pwm_data.
> >
> > Because it's not optional for this platform, i.e. it won't work if
> > the reset control (or clk, in the next patch) is somehow missing from
> > the device tree.
>
> If the device tree is wrong it is considered ok that the driver doesn't
> behave correctly. So this is not a problem you need (or should) care
> about.

To some extent that's true, but if we can make the life easier for
everyone by reporting an error and bailing out instead of silently
ignoring that, continuing to probe and just ending up with a
completely broken system for no apparent reason, then why not just do
that?

I mean, all it takes is three lines of code.

It's no different than just calling clk_get, and testing the return
code to see if it's there or not. I wouldn't call that check when you
depend on a clock "validating the DT". It's just making sure that all
the resources needed for you to operate properly are there, which is a
pretty common thing to do.

Maxime

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