Re: RE: [PATCH v18 5/5] remoteproc: Add initial zynqmp R5 remoteproc driver

[Michael Auchter]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 07:15:49PM +0000, Ben Levinsky wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Thanks for the review
> 

< ... snip ... >

> > > +	z_rproc = rproc->priv;
> > > +	z_rproc->dev.release = zynqmp_r5_release;
> > 
> > This is the only field of z_rproc->dev that's actually initialized, and
> > this device is not registered with the core at all, so zynqmp_r5_release
> > will never be called.
> > 
> > Since it doesn't look like there's a need to create this additional
> > device, I'd suggest:
> > 	- Dropping the struct device from struct zynqmp_r5_rproc
> > 	- Performing the necessary cleanup in the driver remove
> > 	  callback instead of trying to tie it to device release
> 
> For the most part I agree. I believe the device is still needed for
> the mailbox client setup.
> 
> As the call to mbox_request_channel_byname() requires its own device
> that has the corresponding child node with the corresponding
> mbox-related properties.
> 
> With that in mind, is it still ok to keep the device node?

Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification!

Instead of manually dealing with the device node creation for the
individual processors, perhaps it makes more sense to use
devm_of_platform_populate() to create them. This is also consistent with
the way the TI K3 R5F remoteproc driver does things.

Cheers,
 Michael