Re: [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86: Add Intel Software Defined Silicon driver

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 02:31:57PM -0700, David E. Box wrote:

Quick review:

> +static int sdsi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	void __iomem *disc_addr;
> +	struct sdsi_priv *priv;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	disc_addr = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
> +	if (IS_ERR(disc_addr))
> +		return PTR_ERR(disc_addr);
> +
> +	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!priv)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	kref_init(&priv->kref);
> +
> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
> +	priv->pdev = pdev;
> +	mutex_init(&priv->mb_lock);
> +	mutex_init(&priv->akc_lock);
> +
> +	memcpy_fromio(&priv->disc_table, disc_addr, DISC_TABLE_SIZE);
> +
> +	ret = sdsi_map_sdsi_registers(pdev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto put_kref;
> +
> +	ret = sdsi_create_misc_device(pdev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto put_kref;
> +
> +	ret = sdsi_add_bin_attrs(pdev);

You just raced with userspace and lost.  Please attach your attributes
to the misc device before registering it.

Also, you need a Documentation/ABI/ entry for your new sysfs file(s).

> +	if (ret)
> +		goto deregister_misc;
> +
> +	priv->dev_present = true;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +deregister_misc:
> +	misc_deregister(&priv->miscdev);
> +put_kref:
> +	kref_put(&priv->kref, sdsi_priv_release);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int sdsi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct sdsi_priv *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +
> +	priv->dev_present = false;
> +	sysfs_remove_bin_file(&priv->pdev->dev.kobj, &priv->registers_bin_attr);
> +	misc_deregister(&priv->miscdev);
> +	kref_put(&priv->kref, sdsi_priv_release);

Why do you need a kref for a structure that already can be controlled by
a different lifetime rule?

> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static struct platform_driver sdsi_driver = {
> +	.driver = {
> +		.name		= SDSI_DEV_NAME,
> +		.dev_groups	= sdsi_groups,
> +	},
> +	.probe  = sdsi_probe,
> +	.remove = sdsi_remove,
> +};
> +module_platform_driver(sdsi_driver);

What causes the platform to know to register, and enable, this platform
driver?  Shouldn't there be some hardware involved that is discoverable
to enable it to load dynamically?

thanks,

greg k-h