Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Make fw_devlink=on more forgiving

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Saravana,

On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 5:09 AM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 8:03 PM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This patch series solves two general issues with fw_devlink=on
> >
> > Patch 1/2 addresses the issue of firmware nodes that look like they'll
> > have struct devices created for them, but will never actually have
> > struct devices added for them. For example, DT nodes with a compatible
> > property that don't have devices added for them.
> >
> > Patch 2/2 address (for static kernels) the issue of optional suppliers
> > that'll never have a driver registered for them. So, if the device could
> > have probed with fw_devlink=permissive with a static kernel, this patch
> > should allow those devices to probe with a fw_devlink=on. This doesn't
> > solve it for the case where modules are enabled because there's no way
> > to tell if a driver will never be registered or it's just about to be
> > registered. I have some other ideas for that, but it'll have to come
> > later thinking about it a bit.
> >
> > These two patches might remove the need for several other patches that
> > went in as fixes for commit e590474768f1 ("driver core: Set
> > fw_devlink=on by default"), but I think all those fixes are good
> > changes. So I think we should leave those in.
> >
> > Marek, Geert,
> >
> > Can you try this series on a static kernel with your OF_POPULATED
> > changes reverted? I just want to make sure these patches can identify
> > and fix those cases.
> >
> > Tudor,
> >
> > You should still make the clock driver fix (because it's a bug), but I
> > think this series will fix your issue too (even without the clock driver
> > fix). Can you please give this a shot?
>
> Marek, Geert, Tudor,
>
> Forgot to say that this will probably fix your issues only in a static
> kernel. So please try this with a static kernel. If you can also try
> and confirm that this does not fix the issue for a modular kernel,
> that'd be good too.

Thanks for your series!

For the modular case, this series has no impact, as expected (i.e. fails
to boot, no I/O devices probed).
With modules disabled, both r8a7791/koelsch and r8a77951/salvator-xs
seem to boot fine, except for one issue on koelsch:

dmesg:

    +i2c-demux-pinctrl i2c-12: failed to setup demux-adapter 0 (-19)
    +i2c-demux-pinctrl i2c-13: failed to setup demux-adapter 0 (-19)
    +i2c-demux-pinctrl i2c-14: failed to setup demux-adapter 0 (-19)

    -  #0: rsnd-dai.0-ak4642-hifi
    +  No soundcards found.

regulator_summary:

    -13-0050-vcc                   0    0mA     0mV     0mV
    -13-0039-dvdd-3v               1    0mA     0mV     0mV
    -13-0039-bgvdd                 1    0mA     0mV     0mV
    -13-0039-pvdd                  1    0mA     0mV     0mV
    -13-0039-dvdd                  1    0mA     0mV     0mV
    -13-0039-avdd                  1    0mA     0mV     0mV

pm_genpd_summary:

    -/devices/platform/soc/e6518000.i2c  suspended                  0
    -/devices/platform/soc/e6530000.i2c  suspended                  0
    -/devices/platform/soc/e6520000.i2c  suspended                  0

These are all symptoms of the same issue: i2c buses and devices are not
probed, due to the use of the i2c demuxer.
I guess the fw_devlink tracker doesn't consider "i2c-parent" links?

Note that I only tested this on R-Car Gen2 and Gen3.
I did not test this on Renesas SH/R-Mobile or RZ/A SoCs.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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