Re: [PATCH v3 04/09] iommu/ipmmu-vmsa: Make use of IOMMU_OF_DECLARE()

[Magnus Damm]

Hi Geert,

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:52 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Magnus,
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Magnus Damm <damm+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hook up IOMMU_OF_DECLARE() support in case CONFIG_IOMMU_DMA
>> is enabled. The only current supported case for 32-bit ARM
>> is disabled, however for 64-bit ARM usage of OF is required.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <damm+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> While I'm not such a big fan of *_OF_DECLARE() (it doesn't support deferred
> probing, which is needed for any device with dependencies, like clocks and
> power domains), what's the rationale for not using IOMMU_OF_DECLARE()
> on arm32, and thus the need for setup_done?

ARM32 could (and should) be converted over to IOMMU_OF_DECLARE(), but
it is just a matter of timing. If we try to do it before ARM32 is
converted over to CONFIG_IOMMU_DMA=y then we have to handle all the
hairy legacy implementation details of IOMMU support in case of
CONFIG_IOMMU_DMA=n _and_ deal with just moving over the init order
bits to OF. Testing and keeping all the combinations working is a lot
of work.

I prefer to kill two birds with one stone and do a larger feature jump
and move over ARM32 to same state of ARM64 (with OF init) once
CONFIG_IOMMU_DMA=y is ready for 32-bit ARM. Just changing the init
order bits to OF while keeping legacy CONFIG_IOMMU_DMA=n code is
introducing potential errors with not much upside. Unless there is
some other reason to do it that I can't see that is. =)

Cheers,

/ magnus