Re: [PATCH 4/4] tty/serial: sh-sci: remove uneeded IS_ERR_OR_NULL calls

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Uwe,

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Uwe Kleine-KÃnig
<u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 09:29:02AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Uwe Kleine-KÃnig
>> <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > From: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Subject: [PATCH] gpiod: let get_optional return NULL in some cases with GPIOLIB disabled
>> >
>> > People disagree if gpiod_get_optional should return NULL or
>> > ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS) if GPIOLIB is disabled. The argument for NULL is that
>> > the person who decided to disable GPIOLIB is assumed to know that there
>> > is no GPIO. The reason to stick to ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS) is that it might
>> > introduce hard to debug problems if that decision is wrong.
>> >
>> > So this patch introduces a compromise and let gpiod_get_optional (and
>> > its variants) return NULL if the device in question cannot have an
>> > associated GPIO because it is neither instantiated by a device tree nor
>> > by ACPI.
>> >
>> > This should handle most cases that are argued about.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> >  include/linux/gpio/consumer.h | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>> >  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h b/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
>> > index fb0fde686cb1..0ca29889290d 100644
>> > --- a/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
>> > +++ b/include/linux/gpio/consumer.h
>> > @@ -161,20 +161,48 @@ gpiod_get_index(struct device *dev,
>> >         return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
>> >  }
>> >
>> > -static inline struct gpio_desc *__must_check
>> > -gpiod_get_optional(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
>> > -                  enum gpiod_flags flags)
>> > +static inline bool __gpiod_no_optional_possible(struct device *dev)
>> >  {
>> > -       return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
>> > +       /*
>> > +        * gpiod_get_optional et al can only provide a GPIO if at least one of
>> > +        * the backends for specifing a GPIO is available. These are device
>> > +        * tree, ACPI and gpiolib's lookup tables. The latter isn't available if
>> > +        * GPIOLIB is disabled (which is the case here).
>> > +        * So if the provided device is unrelated to device tree and ACPI, we
>> > +        * can be sure that there is no optional GPIO and let gpiod_get_optional
>> > +        * safely return NULL.
>> > +        * Otherwise there is still a chance that there is no GPIO but we cannot
>> > +        * be sure without having to enable a part of GPIOLIB (i.e. the lookup
>> > +        * part). So lets play safe and return an error. (Though there are also
>> > +        * arguments that returning NULL then would be beneficial.)
>> > +        */
>> > +
>> > +       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) && dev && dev->of_node)
>> > +               return false;
>>
>> At first sight, I though this was OK:
>>
>>   1. On ARM with DT, we can assume CONFIG_GPIOLOB=y.
>>
>>   2. I managed to configure an SH kernel with CONFIG_GPIOLOB=n, CONFIG_OF=y,
>>      and CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI=y, but since SH boards with SH-SCI UARTs do
>>      not use DT (yet), the check for dev->of_node (false) should handle
>>      that.
>>
>>   3. However, I managed to do the same for h8300, which does use DT. Hence
>>      if mctrl_gpio would start relying on gpiod_get_optional(), this would
>>      break the sh-sci driver on h8300 :-(
>>      Note that h8300 doesn't have any GPIO drivers (yet?), so
>>      CONFIG_GPIPOLIB=n makes perfect sense!
>
> Thanks for your efforts.

You're welcome.

>> So I'm afraid the only option is to always return NULL, and put the
>> responsability on the shoulders of the system integrator...
>
> The gpio lines could be provided by an i2c gpio adapter, right? So IMHO
> you don't need platform gpios to justify -ENODEV. So I guess that's a
> case where we don't come to an agreement.

While you can enable I2C without further dependencies, no I2C GPIO expander
will be offered... unless you have enabled CONFIG_GPIOLIB first.

>> >  static inline struct gpio_desc *__must_check
>> >  gpiod_get_index_optional(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
>> >                          unsigned int index, enum gpiod_flags flags)
>> >  {
>> > +       if (__gpiod_no_optional_possible(dev))
>> > +               return NULL;
>> > +
>> >         return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
>>
>> Regardless of the above, given you use the exact same construct in four
>> locations, what about letting __gpiod_no_optional_possible() return the NULL
>> or ERR_PTR itself, and renaming it to e.g. __gpiod_no_optional_return_value()?
>
> I thought about that but didn't find a good name and so considered it
> more clear this way. Another optimisation would be to unconditionally
> define get_optional in terms of get_index_optional which would simplify
> my patch a bit.
>
> I'd consider __gpiod_optional_return_value a better name than
> __gpiod_no_optional_return_value but I'm still not convinced.

No hard feelings about the name from my side.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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