Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] espi: add core bus framework

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello,

On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 05:22:56PM +0530, Krishnamoorthi M wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/espi/Kconfig b/drivers/espi/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..4411d8336e82
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/espi/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +#
> +# eSPI (Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface) bus configuration
> +#
> +
> +menuconfig ESPI
> +	bool "eSPI (Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface) bus support"

Can this be tristate instead?

> +	help
> +	  Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface (eSPI) bus framework.
> +
> [...]
> +const struct bus_type espi_bus_type = {
> +	.name	= "espi",
> +	.match	= espi_bus_match,
> +	.uevent	= espi_bus_uevent,
> +	.probe	= espi_bus_probe,
> +	.remove	= espi_bus_remove,
> +};
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_bus_type);

Do you really need this exported?

> +static ssize_t supported_channels_show(struct device *dev,
> +				       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct espi_controller *ctrl = to_espi_controller(dev);
> +
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "0x%02x\n", ctrl->caps.supported_channels);
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(supported_channels);
> +
> +static ssize_t max_freq_mhz_show(struct device *dev,
> +				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct espi_controller *ctrl = to_espi_controller(dev);
> +
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", ctrl->caps.max_freq_mhz);

Is the unit here mHz or MHz? Maybe pick a better name that answers this
question.

> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(max_freq_mhz);
> +
> +static ssize_t io_mode_show(struct device *dev,
> +			    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct espi_controller *ctrl = to_espi_controller(dev);
> +	static const char * const modes[] = { "single", "dual", "quad" };
> +	u8 m = ctrl->caps.io_mode;
> +
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(m > ESPI_IO_MODE_QUAD))
> +		return sysfs_emit(buf, "unknown\n");
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", modes[m]);
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(io_mode);
> +
> +static ssize_t channel_enabled_show(struct device *dev,
> +				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct espi_controller *ctrl = to_espi_controller(dev);
> +
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "0x%02x\n", READ_ONCE(ctrl->channel_enabled));
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(channel_enabled);
> +
> +static struct attribute *espi_controller_attrs[] = {
> +	&dev_attr_supported_channels.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_max_freq_mhz.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_io_mode.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_channel_enabled.attr,
> +	NULL,

No , after the list terminator please.

> +};
> +ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(espi_controller);
> +
> +static void espi_controller_release(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	struct espi_controller *ctrl = to_espi_controller(dev);
> +
> +	mutex_destroy(&ctrl->lock);
> +	mutex_destroy(&ctrl->device_list_lock);
> +	kfree(ctrl);
> +}
> +
> +static const struct device_type espi_controller_type = {
> +	.groups	 = espi_controller_groups,
> +	.release = espi_controller_release,
> +};
> +
> +struct espi_controller *espi_controller_alloc(struct device *parent,
> +					      unsigned int size)
> +{
> +	struct espi_controller *ctrl;
> +
> +	if (!parent)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> +	ctrl = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctrl) + size, GFP_KERNEL);

You might want to align sizeof(*ctrl) to something like
ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN, to ensure that devdata below is aligned
appropriately. Also use size_add() instead of direct arithmetic with
sizes.

> +	if (!ctrl)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> +	device_initialize(&ctrl->dev);
> +	ctrl->dev.parent = parent;
> +	ctrl->dev.type = &espi_controller_type;
> +
> +	mutex_init(&ctrl->lock);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctrl->device_list);
> +	mutex_init(&ctrl->device_list_lock);
> +	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&ctrl->notifier_list);
> +
> +	if (size)
> +		espi_controller_set_devdata(ctrl, (void *)ctrl + sizeof(*ctrl));
> +
> +	return ctrl;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_controller_alloc);
> +
> +int espi_controller_register(struct espi_controller *ctrl)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +	u32 id;
> +
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	ret = xa_alloc(&espi_controllers, &id, ctrl, xa_limit_31b,
> +		       GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ctrl->bus_num = id;
> +	ret = dev_set_name(&ctrl->dev, "espi%d", ctrl->bus_num);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto err_erase;
> +
> +	if (ctrl->ops->setup) {
> +		ret = ctrl->ops->setup(ctrl);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			dev_err(&ctrl->dev, "controller setup failed: %d\n", ret);
> +			goto err_erase;
> +		}
> +	}

is ops->setup supposed to be only called in espi_controller_register()?
If yes, why does it exist? The driver specific stuff in it can just be
done before espi_controller_register() is called, can it not?

> +	ret = device_add(&ctrl->dev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&ctrl->dev, "device_add failed: %d\n", ret);

Better use %pe for error codes.

> +		if (ctrl->ops->cleanup)
> +			ctrl->ops->cleanup(ctrl);
> +		goto err_erase;
> +	}
> +
> +	dev_info(&ctrl->dev, "registered: channels=0x%02x freq=%uMHz\n",
> +		 ctrl->caps.supported_channels, ctrl->caps.max_freq_mhz);

Please degrade that to dev_dbg. We're already have too many messages
during boot that are not really usefull once driver/subsystem debugging
is done.

Also I'd add a space between "%u" and "MHz".

> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_erase:
> +	xa_erase(&espi_controllers, ctrl->bus_num);
> +	ctrl->bus_num = -1;
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_controller_register);
> +
> +void espi_controller_unregister(struct espi_controller *ctrl)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl)
> +		return;
> +	/*
> +	 * Remove from the lookup table before dropping the device reference,
> +	 * so a concurrent espi_controller_get_by_bus_num() can never take a
> +	 * reference on a controller that is going away.
> +	 */
> +	xa_erase(&espi_controllers, ctrl->bus_num);
> +	if (ctrl->ops && ctrl->ops->cleanup)
> +		ctrl->ops->cleanup(ctrl);
> +	device_unregister(&ctrl->dev);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_controller_unregister);
> +
> +void espi_controller_put(struct espi_controller *ctrl)
> +{
> +	if (ctrl)
> +		put_device(&ctrl->dev);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_controller_put);
> +
> +struct espi_controller *espi_controller_get_by_bus_num(int bus_num)
> +{
> +	struct espi_controller *ctrl;
> +
> +	guard(spinlock)(&espi_controllers.xa_lock);
> +	ctrl = xa_load(&espi_controllers, bus_num);
> +	if (ctrl)
> +		get_device(&ctrl->dev);
> +	return ctrl;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_controller_get_by_bus_num);
> +
> +int espi_get_capabilities(struct espi_controller *ctrl,
> +			  struct espi_capabilities *caps)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !caps)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	*caps = ctrl->caps;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_get_capabilities);
> +
> +bool espi_channel_is_enabled(struct espi_controller *ctrl, u8 channel)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || channel >= ESPI_CHANNEL_COUNT)
> +		return false;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return !!(ctrl->channel_enabled & BIT(channel));
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_channel_is_enabled);
> +
> +int espi_get_configuration(struct espi_controller *ctrl,
> +			   u32 slave_reg_addr, u32 *config)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->get_configuration)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	if (!config)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->get_configuration(ctrl, slave_reg_addr, config);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_get_configuration);
> +
> +int espi_set_configuration(struct espi_controller *ctrl,
> +			   u32 slave_reg_addr, u32 config)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->set_configuration)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->set_configuration(ctrl, slave_reg_addr, config);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_set_configuration);
> +
> +int espi_inband_reset(struct espi_controller *ctrl)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->inband_reset)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->inband_reset(ctrl);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_inband_reset);
> +
> +int espi_get_status(struct espi_controller *ctrl,
> +		    struct espi_slave_status *status)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->get_status)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	if (!status)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->get_status(ctrl, status);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_get_status);
> +
> +int espi_enable_channel(struct espi_controller *ctrl, u8 channel)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->enable_channel)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	if (channel >= ESPI_CHANNEL_COUNT)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	ret = ctrl->ops->enable_channel(ctrl, channel);
> +	if (!ret)
> +		ctrl->channel_enabled |= BIT(channel);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_enable_channel);
> +
> +int espi_disable_channel(struct espi_controller *ctrl, u8 channel)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->disable_channel)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	if (channel >= ESPI_CHANNEL_COUNT)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	ret = ctrl->ops->disable_channel(ctrl, channel);
> +	if (!ret)
> +		ctrl->channel_enabled &= ~BIT(channel);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_disable_channel);
> +
> +int espi_periph_io_read(struct espi_controller *ctrl,
> +			u16 port, u8 width, u32 *value)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->periph_io_read)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->periph_io_read(ctrl, port, width, value);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_periph_io_read);
> +
> +int espi_periph_io_write(struct espi_controller *ctrl,
> +			 u16 port, u8 width, u32 value)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->periph_io_write)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->periph_io_write(ctrl, port, width, value);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_periph_io_write);
> +
> +int espi_periph_mem_read(struct espi_controller *ctrl,
> +			 u32 addr, void *buf, size_t len)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->periph_mem_read)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->periph_mem_read(ctrl, addr, buf, len);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_periph_mem_read);
> +
> +int espi_periph_mem_write(struct espi_controller *ctrl,
> +			  u32 addr, const void *buf, size_t len)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->periph_mem_write)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->periph_mem_write(ctrl, addr, buf, len);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_periph_mem_write);
> +
> +int espi_vwire_get(struct espi_controller *ctrl, u8 index, u8 *value, u8 *valid)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->vwire_get)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->vwire_get(ctrl, index, value, valid);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_vwire_get);
> +
> +int espi_vwire_put(struct espi_controller *ctrl, u8 index, u8 value, u8 valid)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->vwire_put)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->vwire_put(ctrl, index, value, valid);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_vwire_put);
> +
> +int espi_oob_send(struct espi_controller *ctrl, const void *buf, size_t len, u8 tag)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->oob_send)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->oob_send(ctrl, buf, len, tag);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_oob_send);
> +
> +int espi_oob_recv(struct espi_controller *ctrl, void *buf, size_t *len, u8 *tag)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->oob_recv)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->oob_recv(ctrl, buf, len, tag);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_oob_recv);
> +
> +int espi_flash_read(struct espi_controller *ctrl, u32 offset, void *buf, size_t len)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->flash_read)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->flash_read(ctrl, offset, buf, len);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_flash_read);
> +
> +int espi_flash_write(struct espi_controller *ctrl, u32 offset, const void *buf, size_t len)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->flash_write)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->flash_write(ctrl, offset, buf, len);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_flash_write);
> +
> +int espi_flash_erase(struct espi_controller *ctrl, u32 offset, size_t len)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->flash_erase)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	guard(mutex)(&ctrl->lock);
> +	return ctrl->ops->flash_erase(ctrl, offset, len);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_flash_erase);
> +
> +/*
> + * espi_handle_alert - dispatch a hardware alert to the controller
> + *
> + * Must be called from process context (threaded IRQ or workqueue).
> + *
> + * ctrl->lock is NOT held across ops->handle_alert so that the driver
> + * callback can call espi_notify_event() without deadlocking: notifier
> + * callbacks may in turn call channel APIs that also acquire ctrl->lock.
> + * The driver is responsible for taking ctrl->lock around any register
> + * accesses that need serialisation with the channel API.
> + */
> +int espi_handle_alert(struct espi_controller *ctrl)
> +{
> +	if (!ctrl || !ctrl->ops || !ctrl->ops->handle_alert)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	return ctrl->ops->handle_alert(ctrl);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_handle_alert);
> +
> +int __espi_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct espi_driver *drv)
> +{
> +	drv->driver.owner = owner;
> +	drv->driver.bus = &espi_bus_type;
> +	return driver_register(&drv->driver);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__espi_register_driver);
> +
> +void espi_unregister_driver(struct espi_driver *drv)
> +{
> +	driver_unregister(&drv->driver);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_unregister_driver);
> +
> +static int __init espi_init(void)
> +{
> +	int ret = bus_register(&espi_bus_type);
> +
> +	if (ret)
> +		pr_err("failed to register eSPI bus: %d\n", ret);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +postcore_initcall(espi_init);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Krishnamoorthi M <krishnamoorthi.m@xxxxxxx>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("eSPI core framework");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> diff --git a/include/linux/espi/espi.h b/include/linux/espi/espi.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..a191ddc10cdd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/espi/espi.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
> +/*
> + * eSPI (Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface) framework
> + *
> + * Copyright (c) 2026, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> + * All Rights Reserved.
> + */
> +#ifndef _LINUX_ESPI_ESPI_H
> +#define _LINUX_ESPI_ESPI_H
> +
> +#include <linux/bits.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/list.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>

Please don't include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>. I think you're not even
using a symbol defined by it, so you can just drop it.

> [...]
> +struct espi_device_id {
> +	char name[ESPI_NAME_SIZE];
> +	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;

There is an effort to replace .driver_data by an anonymous union for the
already existing *_device_id. See
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1780048925.git.u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
for details. It would be awesome if you'd do that from the start.

> +};

Best regards
Uwe

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