Re: [PATCH v4] ata/pata_buddha: Probe via modalias instead of initcall

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>]

On 8/11/19 9:28 PM, Max Staudt wrote:
> Replying to my own patch with two more questions:
> 
> 
> On 08/11/2019 05:36 PM, Max Staudt wrote:
>> -		/* allocate host */
>> -		host = ata_host_alloc(&z->dev, nr_ports);
> 
> Actually, this is an issue even the existing pata_buddha has: ata_host_alloc()> will dev_set_drvdata(dev, host) which is fine on Buddha and Catweasel, bu> conflicts with zorro8390's own dev_set_drvdata() on an X-Surf board. Thus,
> if both pata_buddha and zorro8390 are active, only one can be unloaded. The
> original ide/buddha driver does not have this problem as far as I can see.

ide/buddha driver cannot be unloaded currently (it lacks module_exit()).

> This should be resolved once we get around to MFD support, as Geert suggested.
> 
> Shall we leave this as-is, as it's not really a change from the status quo in
> pata_buddha?
pata_buddha also cannot be unloaded currently (also lacks module_exit()),
I think that we should leave it as it is until MFD support is added.

>> +static int __init pata_buddha_late_init(void)
>> +{
>> +        struct zorro_dev *z = NULL;
>> +
>> +	pr_info("pata_buddha: Scanning for stand-alone IDE controllers...\n");
>> +	zorro_register_driver(&pata_buddha_driver);
>> +
>> +	pr_info("pata_buddha: Scanning for X-Surf boards...\n");
>> +        while ((z = zorro_find_device(ZORRO_PROD_INDIVIDUAL_COMPUTERS_X_SURF, z))) {
>> +		static struct zorro_device_id xsurf_ent =
>> +			{ ZORRO_PROD_INDIVIDUAL_COMPUTERS_X_SURF, BOARD_XSURF};
>> +
>> +		pata_buddha_probe(z, &xsurf_ent);
>> +        }
>> +
>> +        return 0;
>> +}
> 
> This is suboptimal, as we don't release memory in case pata_buddha_probe()
> fails. Any suggestions?

It should work exactly like the old code in case of X-Surf,
what do we need to release?

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics