Re: [PATCH v2 01/13] mfd: pruss mfd driver.

[Samuel Ortiz]

Hi Subhasish,

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:13:38AM +0530, Subhasish Ghosh wrote:
> Thank you for your comments.
No problem.

> >>diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
> >>index fd01836..6c437df 100644
> >>--- a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
> >>+++ b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
> >>@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ config MFD_DM355EVM_MSP
> >>   boards.  MSP430 firmware manages resets and power sequencing,
> >>   inputs from buttons and the IR remote, LEDs, an RTC, and more.
> >>
> >>+config MFD_DA8XX_PRUSS
> >>+ tristate "Texas Instruments DA8XX PRUSS support"
> >>+ depends on ARCH_DAVINCI && ARCH_DAVINCI_DA850
> >Why are we depending on those ?
> 
> SG -- The PRUSS core in only available within DA850 and DA830,
>            DA830 support is not yet implemented.
Sure, but if there are no actual code dependencies, I'd like to get rid of
those depends.

> >>+u32 pruss_disable(struct device *dev, u8 pruss_num)
> >>+{
> >>+ struct da8xx_pruss *pruss = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
> >>+ da8xx_prusscore_regs h_pruss;
> >>+ u32 temp_reg;
> >>+
> >>+ if (pruss_num == DA8XX_PRUCORE_0) {
> >>+ /* Disable PRU0  */
> >>+ h_pruss = (da8xx_prusscore_regs)
> >>+ ((u32) pruss->ioaddr + 0x7000);
> >So it seems you're doing this in several places, and I have a few
> >comments:
> >
> >- You don't need the da8xx_prusscore_regs at all.
> >- Define the register map through a set of #define in your header file.
> >- Use a static routine that takes the core number and returns the
> >register map
> >offset.
> >
> >Then routines like this one will look a lot more readable.
> 
> SG -- There are a huge number of PRUSS registers. A lot of them are
> reserved and are expected to change as development on the
>            controller is still ongoing. 
First of all, from what I read in your patch you're only using the CONTROL
offset.

> If we use #defines to plot
> all the registers, then first, there are too many array type
> registers which will need to be duplicated.
What I'm expecting is a small set of defines for the register offsets. You
have 13 fields in your da8xx_prusscore_regs, you only need to define 13
register offsets.

So, if you have a:

static u32 reg_offset(struct device *dev, u8 pru_num)
{
	struct da8xx_pruss *pru = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);

	switch (pru_num) {
	case DA8XX_PRUCORE_0:
		return (u32) pru->ioaddr + 0x7000;
	case DA8XX_PRUCORE_1:
		return (u32) pru->ioaddr + 0x7800;
	default:
		return 0;
}


then routines like pruss_enable (which should return an int, btw) would look
like:

int pruss_enable(struct device *dev, u8 pruss_num)
{
	u32 offset = reg_offset(dev, pruss_num);

	if (offset == 0)
		return -EINVAL;

	__raw_writel(DA8XX_PRUCORE_CONTROL_RESETVAL,
			offset + PRU_CORE_CONTROL);

	return 0;
}

> >Also, all your exported routines severely lack any sort of locking. An IO
> >mutex or spinlock is mandatory here.
> 
> SG - As per our current implementation, we do not have two devices
> running simultaneously on the PRU,
>        so we do not have any way to test it. We have kept this as an
> enhancement if request comes in for
>        multiple devices.
It's not about having multiple devices at the same time, it's about having
multiple callers writing and reading to the same registers. Since you're
exporting all your I/O routines you have no way to prevent 2 drivers from
writing to the same register at the "same" time. You need locking here,
regardless of the number of devices that you can have on a system.

 
> >>+static int pruss_mfd_add_devices(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >>+{
> >>+ struct da8xx_pruss_devices *dev_data = pdev->dev.platform_data;
> >>+ struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> >>+ struct mfd_cell cell;
> >>+ u32 err, count;
> >>+
> >>+ for (count = 0; (dev_data + count)->dev_name != NULL; count++) {
> >>+ memset(&cell, 0, sizeof(struct mfd_cell));
> >>+ cell.id = count;
> >>+ cell.name = (dev_data + count)->dev_name;
> >>+ cell.platform_data = (dev_data + count)->pdata;
> >>+ cell.data_size = (dev_data + count)->pdata_size;
> >>+
> >>+ err = mfd_add_devices(dev, 0, &cell, 1, NULL, 0);
> >>+ if (err) {
> >>+ dev_err(dev, "cannot add mfd cells\n");
> >>+ return err;
> >>+ }
> >>+ }
> >>+ return err;
> >>+}
> >So, what are the potential subdevices for this driver ? If it's a really
> >dynamic setup, I'm fine with passing those as platform data but
> >then do it so
> >that you pass a NULL terminated da8xx_pruss_devices array. That will avoid
> >most of the ugly casts you're doing here.
> 
> SG -- I did not follow your recommendations here, could you please
> elaborate.
>            I am already checking the dev_name for a NULL.
>            This device is basically a microcontroller within DA850,
> so basically any device or protocol can be
>            emulated on it. Currently, we have emulated 8 UARTS using
> the two PRUs and also a CAN device.
Ok, I wasnt sure you can emulate anything on that thing. So I'm fine with you
passing all your devices through platform_data. But I'd prefer this routine to
look like:

[...]
	for (count = 0; dev_data[count] != NULL; count++) {
		memset(&cell, 0, sizeof(struct mfd_cell));
		cell.id			= count;
		cell.name		= dev_data[count]->dev_name;
		cell.platform_data	= dev_data[count]->pdata;
		cell.data_size		= dev_data[count]->pdata_size;

Looks nicer to me.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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