Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] venus: firmware: move load firmware in a separate function

From: Stanimir Varbanov
Date: Fri Aug 24 2018 - 05:01:50 EST


Hi Alex,

On 08/24/2018 10:39 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:29 PM Vikash Garodia <vgarodia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Separate firmware loading part into a new function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vikash Garodia <vgarodia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.c | 4 +-
>> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++----------
>> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.h | 2 +-
>> 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.c
>> index bb6add9..75b9785 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.c
>> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static void venus_sys_error_handler(struct work_struct *work)
>>
>> pm_runtime_get_sync(core->dev);
>>
>> - ret |= venus_boot(core->dev, core->res->fwname);
>> + ret |= venus_boot(core);
>>
>> ret |= hfi_core_resume(core, true);
>>
>> @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int venus_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> if (ret < 0)
>> goto err_runtime_disable;
>>
>> - ret = venus_boot(dev, core->res->fwname);
>> + ret = venus_boot(core);
>> if (ret)
>> goto err_runtime_disable;
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.c
>> index a9d042e..34224eb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.c
>> @@ -60,20 +60,18 @@ int venus_set_hw_state(struct venus_core *core, bool resume)
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> -int venus_boot(struct device *dev, const char *fwname)
>> +static int venus_load_fw(struct venus_core *core, const char *fwname,
>> + phys_addr_t *mem_phys, size_t *mem_size)
>
> Following the remarks of the previous patch, you would have mem_phys
> and mem_size as members of venus_core (probably renamed as fw_mem_addr
> and fw_mem_size).
>
>> {
>> const struct firmware *mdt;
>> struct device_node *node;
>> - phys_addr_t mem_phys;
>> + struct device *dev;
>> struct resource r;
>> ssize_t fw_size;
>> - size_t mem_size;
>> void *mem_va;
>> int ret;
>>
>> - if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_QCOM_MDT_LOADER) || !qcom_scm_is_available())
>> - return -EPROBE_DEFER;
>
> !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_QCOM_MDT_LOADER) is not a condition that can change
> at runtime, and returning -EPROBE_DEFER in that case seems erroneous
> to me. Instead, wouldn't it make more sense to make the driver depend
> on QCOM_MDT_LOADER?

That was made on purpose, for more info git show b8f9bdc151e4a

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regards,
Stan