Re: [PATCH] dw_dmac: Replace subsys_init() with arch_initcall()

[viresh kumar <viresh.kumar@st.com>]

On 05/17/2011 09:13 AM, Koul, Vinod wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 09:36 +0530, viresh kumar wrote:
>> On 05/16/2011 09:36 PM, Koul, Vinod wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 10:20 +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
>>>> In some cases users of dw_dmac, amba-pl022, are initialized before dw_dmac, and
>>>> if they try to use dw_dmac, they simply fail. So its better we register init()
>>>> routine of driver using arch_initcall() instead of subsys_init(), so that dma
>>>> driver is available at the earliest possible.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@st.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c |    2 +-
>>>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
>>>> index 54d72a8..4b580e7 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
>>>> @@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ static int __init dw_init(void)
>>>>  {
>>>>  	return platform_driver_probe(&dw_driver, dw_probe);
>>>>  }
>>>> -subsys_initcall(dw_init);
>>>> +arch_initcall(dw_init);
>>> arch_init is usually kept for subystem initialization.
>>> Why cant you move the amba-pl022 init to module_init, that should take
>>> care of this.
>>>
>>
>> Actually, amba-pl022 init was moved to subsys_initcall earlier with
>> following patch:
>>
>> And so i moved dma's init to arch_initcall. Also the similar approach is
>> taken by drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
>>
>> Also, maybe it makes more sense for dma to be up at the earliest.
>> Isn't it?
> 
> As I said before arch init is supposed to used for initialization of the
> subsystems not for a driver init.
> You need to ensure that with given init levels and makefile order your
> dependencies are properly resolved, rather than this approach.
> 
> Like move whatever dependent on amba to late_init and amba to module
> init, that would be advisable approach rather than above.
> 

As i said earlier, with following patch from Linus:

commit 25c8e03bdb769dfe2381f8b7942f05b0eb4bdf31
Author: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
Date:   Mon Sep 6 11:02:12 2010 +0200

    spi/pl022: move probe call to subsys_initcall()
    
    The PL022 SPI bus is sometimes used for early stuff like
    regulators that need to be present at module_init() time, so
    we move this to a subsys_initcall().
    
    Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
    Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
---
 drivers/spi/amba-pl022.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

SPI bus is required for regulators and so probably he can't have
module_init() for amba-pl022. And so, DMA has nothing more than
arch_initcall().

@Linus: What do you say? Can we get back to module_init() for amba-pl022?
And subsys_initcall() for DMA.

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viresh