Re: [PATCH v3] mailbox: test: really ignore optional memory resources

From: Wolfram Sang

Date: Tue Mar 03 2026 - 16:31:14 EST


On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 10:27:39PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Memory resources are optional but if the resource is empty
> devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() prints an error nonetheless.
> Refactor the code to check the resources locally first and process them
> only if they are present. The -EBUSY error message of ioremap_resource()
> is still kept because it is correct. The comment which explains that a
> plain ioremap() is tried as a workaround is turned into a info message.
> So, a user will be informed about it, too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Changes since v2:

* refactored mbox_test_ioremap() to have multiple exits which makes the
logic easier to understand IMHO (Thanks, Geert, for the suggestions!)


> drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
> index cfd5429df17e..df53d918d9fa 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
> @@ -356,11 +356,27 @@ mbox_test_request_channel(struct platform_device *pdev, const char *name)
> return channel;
> }
>
> +static void *mbox_test_ioremap(struct platform_device *pdev, unsigned int res_num)
> +{
> + struct resource *res;
> + void *mmio;
> +
> + res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, res_num);
> + if (!res)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + mmio = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
> + if (PTR_ERR(mmio) == -EBUSY) {
> + dev_info(&pdev->dev, "trying workaround with plain ioremap\n");
> + return devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, res->start, resource_size(res));
> + }
> +
> + return IS_ERR(mmio) ? NULL : mmio;
> +}
> +
> static int mbox_test_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct mbox_test_device *tdev;
> - struct resource *res;
> - resource_size_t size;
> int ret;
>
> tdev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*tdev), GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -368,23 +384,12 @@ static int mbox_test_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> /* It's okay for MMIO to be NULL */
> - tdev->tx_mmio = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0, &res);
> - if (PTR_ERR(tdev->tx_mmio) == -EBUSY) {
> - /* if reserved area in SRAM, try just ioremap */
> - size = resource_size(res);
> - tdev->tx_mmio = devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, res->start, size);
> - } else if (IS_ERR(tdev->tx_mmio)) {
> - tdev->tx_mmio = NULL;
> - }
> + tdev->tx_mmio = mbox_test_ioremap(pdev, 0);
>
> /* If specified, second reg entry is Rx MMIO */
> - tdev->rx_mmio = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 1, &res);
> - if (PTR_ERR(tdev->rx_mmio) == -EBUSY) {
> - size = resource_size(res);
> - tdev->rx_mmio = devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, res->start, size);
> - } else if (IS_ERR(tdev->rx_mmio)) {
> + tdev->rx_mmio = mbox_test_ioremap(pdev, 1);
> + if (!tdev->rx_mmio)
> tdev->rx_mmio = tdev->tx_mmio;
> - }
>
> tdev->tx_channel = mbox_test_request_channel(pdev, "tx");
> tdev->rx_channel = mbox_test_request_channel(pdev, "rx");
> --
> 2.51.0
>

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