Re: [PATCH v8 6/6] at24: Support probing while off

[Tomasz Figa]

Hi Sakari,

On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 10:15 AM Sakari Ailus
<sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In certain use cases (where the chip is part of a camera module, and the
> camera module is wired together with a camera privacy LED), powering on
> the device during probe is undesirable. Add support for the at24 to
> execute probe while being powered off. For this to happen, a hint in form
> of a device property is required from the firmware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> index 8f5de5f10bbea..2d24e33788d7d 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> @@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>         bool i2c_fn_i2c, i2c_fn_block;
>         unsigned int i, num_addresses;
>         struct at24_data *at24;
> +       bool low_power;
>         struct regmap *regmap;
>         bool writable;
>         u8 test_byte;
> @@ -733,25 +734,30 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>
>         i2c_set_clientdata(client, at24);
>
> -       err = regulator_enable(at24->vcc_reg);
> -       if (err) {
> -               dev_err(dev, "Failed to enable vcc regulator\n");
> -               return err;
> -       }
> +       low_power = acpi_dev_state_low_power(&client->dev);
> +       if (!low_power) {
> +               err = regulator_enable(at24->vcc_reg);
> +               if (err) {
> +                       dev_err(dev, "Failed to enable vcc regulator\n");
> +                       return err;
> +               }
>
> -       /* enable runtime pm */
> -       pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
> +               pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
> +       }
>         pm_runtime_enable(dev);
>

What's the guarantee that at this point the runtime PM wouldn't
suspend the device? Notice that the nvmem device is already exposed to
the userspace, which could trigger pm runtime gets and puts (and thus
idles as well).

Best regards,
Tomasz

>         /*
> -        * Perform a one-byte test read to verify that the
> -        * chip is functional.
> +        * Perform a one-byte test read to verify that the chip is functional,
> +        * unless powering on the device is to be avoided during probe (i.e.
> +        * it's powered off right now).
>          */
> -       err = at24_read(at24, 0, &test_byte, 1);
> -       if (err) {
> -               pm_runtime_disable(dev);
> -               regulator_disable(at24->vcc_reg);
> -               return -ENODEV;
> +       if (!low_power) {
> +               err = at24_read(at24, 0, &test_byte, 1);
> +               if (err) {
> +                       pm_runtime_disable(dev);
> +                       regulator_disable(at24->vcc_reg);
> +                       return -ENODEV;
> +               }
>         }
>
>         pm_runtime_idle(dev);
> @@ -771,9 +777,11 @@ static int at24_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
>         struct at24_data *at24 = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
>
>         pm_runtime_disable(&client->dev);
> -       if (!pm_runtime_status_suspended(&client->dev))
> -               regulator_disable(at24->vcc_reg);
> -       pm_runtime_set_suspended(&client->dev);
> +       if (!acpi_dev_state_low_power(&client->dev)) {
> +               if (!pm_runtime_status_suspended(&client->dev))
> +                       regulator_disable(at24->vcc_reg);
> +               pm_runtime_set_suspended(&client->dev);
> +       }
>
>         return 0;
>  }
> @@ -810,6 +818,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver at24_driver = {
>         .probe_new = at24_probe,
>         .remove = at24_remove,
>         .id_table = at24_ids,
> +       .flags = I2C_DRV_FL_ALLOW_LOW_POWER_PROBE,
>  };
>
>  static int __init at24_init(void)
> --
> 2.20.1
>