Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] Simplify MFD Core

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Oct 21 2019 - 07:29:40 EST


On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 12:58 PM Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> MFD currently has one over-complicated user. CS5535 uses a mixture of
> cell cloning, reference counting and subsystem-level call-backs to
> achieve its goal of requesting an IO memory region only once across 3
> consumers. The same can be achieved by handling the region centrally
> during the parent device's .probe() sequence. Releasing can be handed
> in a similar way during .remove().
>
> While we're here, take the opportunity to provide some clean-ups and
> error checking to issues noticed along the way.
>
> This also paves the way for clean cell disabling via Device Tree being
> discussed at [0]
>
> [0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/10/18/612.

As the CS5535 is primarily used on the OLPC XO1, it would be
good to have someone test the series on such a machine.

I've added a few people to Cc that may be able to help test it, or
know someone who can.

For the actual patches, see
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191021105822.20271-1-lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#t

Arnd

> Lee Jones (9):
> mfd: cs5535-mfd: Use PLATFORM_DEVID_* defines and tidy error message
> mfd: cs5535-mfd: Remove mfd_cell->id hack
> mfd: cs5535-mfd: Request shared IO regions centrally
> mfd: cs5535-mfd: Register clients using their own dedicated MFD cell
> entries
> mfd: mfd-core: Remove mfd_clone_cell()
> x86: olpc: Remove invocation of MFD's .enable()/.disable() call-backs
> mfd: mfd-core: Protect against NULL call-back function pointer
> mfd: mfd-core: Remove usage counting for .{en,dis}able() call-backs
> mfd: mfd-core: Move pdev->mfd_cell creation back into mfd_add_device()
>
> arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc-xo1-pm.c | 6 --
> drivers/mfd/cs5535-mfd.c | 124 +++++++++++++--------------
> drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c | 113 ++++--------------------
> include/linux/mfd/core.h | 20 -----
> 4 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 184 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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