Re: [PATCH v1 11/18] driver core: Redefine the meaning of fwnode_operations.add_links()

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 12:24 AM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Change the meaning of fwnode_operations.add_links() to just create
> fwnode links by parsing the properties of a given fwnode.
>
> This patch doesn't actually make any code changes. To keeps things more
> digestable, the actual functional changes come in later patches in this
> series.
>
> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/fwnode.h | 42 +++---------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/fwnode.h b/include/linux/fwnode.h
> index afde643f37a2..ec02e1e939cc 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fwnode.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fwnode.h
> @@ -78,44 +78,8 @@ struct fwnode_reference_args {
>   *                            endpoint node.
>   * @graph_get_port_parent: Return the parent node of a port node.
>   * @graph_parse_endpoint: Parse endpoint for port and endpoint id.
> - * @add_links: Called after the device corresponding to the fwnode is added
> - *             using device_add(). The function is expected to create device
> - *             links to all the suppliers of the device that are available at
> - *             the time this function is called.  The function must NOT stop
> - *             at the first failed device link if other unlinked supplier
> - *             devices are present in the system.  This is necessary for the
> - *             driver/bus sync_state() callbacks to work correctly.
> - *
> - *             For example, say Device-C depends on suppliers Device-S1 and
> - *             Device-S2 and the dependency is listed in that order in the
> - *             firmware.  Say, S1 gets populated from the firmware after
> - *             late_initcall_sync().  Say S2 is populated and probed way
> - *             before that in device_initcall(). When C is populated, if this
> - *             add_links() function doesn't continue past a "failed linking to
> - *             S1" and continue linking C to S2, then S2 will get a
> - *             sync_state() callback before C is probed. This is because from
> - *             the perspective of S2, C was never a consumer when its
> - *             sync_state() evaluation is done. To avoid this, the add_links()
> - *             function has to go through all available suppliers of the
> - *             device (that corresponds to this fwnode) and link to them
> - *             before returning.
> - *
> - *             If some suppliers are not yet available (indicated by an error
> - *             return value), this function will be called again when other
> - *             devices are added to allow creating device links to any newly
> - *             available suppliers.
> - *
> - *             Return 0 if device links have been successfully created to all
> - *             the known suppliers of this device or if the supplier
> - *             information is not known.
> - *
> - *             Return -ENODEV if the suppliers needed for probing this device
> - *             have not been registered yet (because device links can only be
> - *             created to devices registered with the driver core).
> - *
> - *             Return -EAGAIN if some of the suppliers of this device have not
> - *             been registered yet, but none of those suppliers are necessary
> - *             for probing the device.
> + * @add_links: Create fwnode links to all the suppliers of the fwnode. Return
> + *             zero on success, a negative error code otherwise.

I'd say something like "Create fwnode links to all nodes that
represent devices supplying resources to the device represented by the
current fwnode.  Return ..., or a negative ... on failure."

>   */
>  struct fwnode_operations {
>         struct fwnode_handle *(*get)(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
> @@ -155,7 +119,7 @@ struct fwnode_operations {
>         (*graph_get_port_parent)(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
>         int (*graph_parse_endpoint)(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
>                                     struct fwnode_endpoint *endpoint);
> -       int (*add_links)(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> +       int (*add_links)(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
>                          struct device *dev);
>  };
>
> --
> 2.29.1.341.ge80a0c044ae-goog
>