Re: [PATCH 12/12] of/platform: make the OF code aware of early platform drivers

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Bartosz,

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 6:20 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
>
> Check the relevant flag in the device node and skip the allocation
> part for devices that were populated early.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/of/platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c

> @@ -196,9 +197,17 @@ static struct platform_device *of_platform_device_create_pdata(
>             of_node_test_and_set_flag(np, OF_POPULATED))
>                 return NULL;
>
> -       dev = of_device_alloc(np, bus_id, parent);
> -       if (!dev)
> -               goto err_clear_flag;
> +       if (of_node_check_flag(np, OF_POPULATED_EARLY)) {
> +               dev = of_early_to_platform_device(np);
> +               if (IS_ERR(dev))
> +                       goto err_clear_flag;
> +
> +               of_device_init(dev, np, bus_id, parent);
> +       } else {
> +               dev = of_device_alloc(np, bus_id, parent);
> +               if (!dev)
> +                       goto err_clear_flag;
> +       }

The above may become cleaner if:
  1. of_early_to_platform_device() would return NULL instead -ENOENT,
  2. of_device_alloc() would be split in alloc and init phases, too.

Then you can do:

        dev = of_node_check_flag(np, OF_POPULATED_EARLY)
                ? of_early_to_platform_device(np)
                 : __of_device_alloc(np, bus_id, parent);
        if (!dev)
                goto err_clear_flag;

        of_device_init(dev, np, bus_id, parent);

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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