Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] Driver for Freescale 8610 and 5121 DIU

From: Timur Tabi
Date: Fri Mar 21 2008 - 12:13:44 EST


Andrew Morton wrote:

>> +static struct diu_hw dr = {
>> + .mode = MFB_MODE1,
>> + .reg_lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(old_style_spin_init),
>> +};
>
> I'm not clear on what's supposed to happen with __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(). I
> do know that its documentation is crap.

Yes, "__SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(old_style_spin_init)" is wrong. We'll fix it.

> static struct diu_hw dr = {
> .mode = MFB_MODE1,
> - .reg_lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(old_style_spin_init),
> + .reg_lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(diu_hw.reg_lock),
> };

Yes, this is better. Did you already make this change when you applied it to
your -mm repo?

> GFP_DMA implies GFP_ATOMIC, but it's appropriate for documentation purposes.

So does that mean that "GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL" is always wrong? If so, this
combination is used a lot in the kernel today.

>> + if (virt) {
>> + *phys = virt_to_phys(virt);
>> + pr_debug("virt %p, phys=%llx\n", virt, (uint64_t) *phys);
>> + memset(virt, 0, size);
>
> Could have used __GFP_ZERO, I guess.

I had completely forgotten about __GFP_ZERO. Thanks.

>> + virt = (void *) rh_alloc(&diu_ops.diu_rh_info, size, "DIU");
>
> hm, I'd have expected checkpatch to whine about the space after the cast
> there. Whatever.

I thought a space after a cast is the right thing to do?

> please take a look, and please use checkpatch on all future patches.

Sorry, we forgot to run it again after our second version of the patch.

>> +static void free_irq_local(int irq)
>> +{
>> + struct diu *hw = dr.diu_reg;
>> +
>> + /* Disable all LCDC interrupt */
>> + out_be32(&(hw->int_mask), 0x1f);
>> +
>> + free_irq(irq, 0);
>> +}
>
> and the free_irq() will go splat?

Sorry, but I don't understand what's wrong with this code.

We'll make the other changes you've suggested and repost.

--
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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