Re: [PATCH 1/2] PWM: add pwm framework support

From: Kurt Van Dijck
Date: Tue Jun 28 2011 - 07:25:29 EST


On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:02:47PM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> This patch adds framework support for PWM (pulse width modulation) devices.
>
> The is a barebone PWM API already in the kernel under include/linux/pwm.h,
The ?? is ...
> +
[...]
> +Locking
> +-------
> +
> +The PWM core list manipulations are protected by a mutex, so pwm_request()
> +and pwm_free() may not be called from an atomic context. Currently the
> +PWM core does not enforce any locking to pwm_enable(), pwm_disable() and
> +pwm_config(), so the calling context is currently driver specific. This
> +is an issue derived from the former barebone API and should be fixed soon.
[...]
> +
> +struct pwm_device {
> + struct pwm_chip *chip;
> + const char *label;
> + int enabled;
.enabled is never used, in favor of FLAG_ENABLED
> + unsigned long flags;
> +#define FLAG_REQUESTED 0
> +#define FLAG_ENABLED 1
> + struct list_head node;
> +};
> +
[...]
> +
> +static struct pwm_device *find_pwm(int pwm_id)
s/find_pwm/_find_pwm/ to indicate it needs pwm_lock?

> +/**
> + * pwmchip_add() - register a new pwm
> + * @chip: the pwm
> + *
> + * register a new pwm. pwm->pwm_id must be initialized. if pwm_id < 0 then
> + * a dynamically assigned id will be used, otherwise the id specified,
> + */
> +int pwmchip_add(struct pwm_chip *chip)
> +{
> + struct pwm_device *pwm;
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + pwm = kzalloc(sizeof(*pwm), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!pwm)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + pwm->chip = chip;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&pwm_lock);
> +
> + if (chip->pwm_id >= 0 && find_pwm(chip->pwm_id)) {
> + ret = -EBUSY;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + if (chip->pwm_id < 0)
> + chip->pwm_id = next_pwm_id++;
> +
> + list_add_tail(&pwm->node, &pwm_list);
> +out:
> + mutex_unlock(&pwm_lock);
> +
+ if (ret) ??
> + kfree(pwm);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pwmchip_add);
> +

Kind regards,
Kurt
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