Re: [PATCH V2 4/4] misc/pvpanic : pvpanic: add document for pvpanic-mmio DT

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Oct 24 2018 - 09:35:48 EST


Please Cc DT list for bindings.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 4:01 AM Peng Hao <peng.hao2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>

Commit message?

"dt-bindings: misc: ..." for the subject.

> Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/arm/pvpanic-mmio.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++

As Mark said, not ARM specific. So please move to bindings/misc/ and
use the compatible string for the name (qemu,pvpanic-mmio.txt).

> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/pvpanic-mmio.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/pvpanic-mmio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/pvpanic-mmio.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..a6bdacd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/pvpanic-mmio.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
> +* QEMU PVPANIC MMIO Configuration bindings for ARM

Drop the "for ARM"

> +
> +QEMU's emulation / virtualization targets provide the following PVPANIC
> +MMIO Configuration interface on the "virt" machine.
> +type:
> +
> +- a read-write, 16-bit wide data register.
> +
> +QEMU exposes the data register to guests as memory mapped registers.

I have to wonder why we need a QEMU specific way to signal a panic.
What about every real platform that panics? What are they supposed to
do? Shouldn't this be a PSCI call so we can have something not per
platform?

> +
> +Required properties:
> +
> +- compatible: "qemu,pvpanic-mmio".
> +- reg: the MMIO region used by the device.
> + * Bytes 0x0 Write panic event to the reg when guest OS panics.
> + * Bytes 0x1 Reserved.
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +/ {
> + #size-cells = <0x2>;
> + #address-cells = <0x2>;
> +
> + pvpanic-mmio@9060000 {
> + compatible = "qemu,pvpanic-mmio";
> + reg = <0x0 0x9060000 0x0 0x2>;
> + };
> +};
> +
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>