Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] i3c: master: add i3c_for_each_dev helper

[Boris Brezillon]

On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:52:29 +0100
Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:47:22AM +0000, Vitor Soares wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 07:35:48
> >   
> > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 01:20:41AM +0100, Vitor Soares wrote:  
> > > > Introduce i3c_for_each_dev(), an i3c device iterator for use by i3cdev.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Vitor Soares <vitor.soares@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/i3c/internals.h |  1 +
> > > >  drivers/i3c/master.c    | 12 ++++++++++++
> > > >  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/i3c/internals.h b/drivers/i3c/internals.h
> > > > index bc062e8..a6deedf 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/i3c/internals.h
> > > > +++ b/drivers/i3c/internals.h
> > > > @@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ int i3c_dev_enable_ibi_locked(struct i3c_dev_desc *dev);
> > > >  int i3c_dev_request_ibi_locked(struct i3c_dev_desc *dev,
> > > >  			       const struct i3c_ibi_setup *req);
> > > >  void i3c_dev_free_ibi_locked(struct i3c_dev_desc *dev);
> > > > +int i3c_for_each_dev(void *data, int (*fn)(struct device *, void *));
> > > >  #endif /* I3C_INTERNAL_H */
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master.c b/drivers/i3c/master.c
> > > > index 21c4372..8e22da2 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/i3c/master.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/i3c/master.c
> > > > @@ -2640,6 +2640,18 @@ void i3c_dev_free_ibi_locked(struct i3c_dev_desc *dev)
> > > >  	dev->ibi = NULL;
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > +int i3c_for_each_dev(void *data, int (*fn)(struct device *, void *))
> > > > +{
> > > > +	int res;
> > > > +
> > > > +	mutex_lock(&i3c_core_lock);
> > > > +	res = bus_for_each_dev(&i3c_bus_type, NULL, data, fn);
> > > > +	mutex_unlock(&i3c_core_lock);  
> > > 
> > > Ick, why the lock?  Are you _sure_ you need that?  The core should
> > > handle any list locking issues here, right?  
> > 
> > I want to make sure that no new devices (eg: Hot-Join capable device) are 
> > added during this iteration and after this call, each new device will 
> > release a bus notification.
> >   
> > > 
> > > I don't see bus-specific-locks around other subsystem functions that do
> > > this (like usb_for_each_dev).  
> > 
> > I based in I2C use case.  
> 
> Check to see if this is really needed, for some reason I doubt it...

Can we please try the spidev approach before fixing those problems. None
of that would be needed if we declare the i3cdev driver as a regular
i3c_device_driver and let user space bind devices it wants to expose
through the sysfs interface. As I said earlier, we even have all the
pieces we need to automate that using a udev rule, and the resulting
patchset would be 'less invasive'/simpler for pretty much the same
result.