Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: power: reset: gpio-restart: Correct default priority

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Jan 13 2022 - 09:08:47 EST


On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 2:49 PM Sander Vanheule <sander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> On Tue, 2022-01-11 at 20:18 -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:44:56 +0100, Sander Vanheule wrote:
> > > Commit bcd56fe1aa97 ("power: reset: gpio-restart: increase priority
> > > slightly") changed the default restart priority 129, but did not update
> > > the documentation. Correct this, so the driver and documentation have
> > > the same default value.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sander Vanheule <sander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > This is a resubmission of RFC:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/cfcd00257daba5aa30b8d20a62ba542be1a6914c.1640887456.git.sander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > >
> > > The commit message for bcd56fe1aa97 mentions that it is a workaround for
> > > rk3288-veryon boards. However, commit e28ea9dbc52d3 ("ARM: dts:
> > > rockchip: add shared rk3288-veyron files") later adds a gpio-restart
> > > node with a priority value of <200> for those boards, effectively
> > > rendering bcd56fe1aa97 obsolete (for their use case).
> > >
> > > Perhaps bcd56fe1aa97 could just be reverted instead of updating the
> > > documentation.
> > >
> > > An argument against reverting (a 6 year old patch) is that other boards
> > > may have come to depend on the default value of 129. I don't know about
> > > out-of-tree user of gpio-restart, but there are a few in-tree users of
> > > gpio-restart /without/ an explicit priority:
> > >
> > > arch/arm/boot/dts/imx53-ppd.dts (commit 2952d67637716)
> > > DTS submitted after changed default, but DTS copyright predates the
> > > changed default.
> > >
> > > arch/microblaze/boot/dts/system.dts (commit 7cca9b8b7c5bc)
> > > The original DTS commit predates the changed default, but didn't use
> > > gpio-restart. The commit adding gpio-restart appears to indicate no
> > > other restart handlers are present on this platform, although it could
> > > be these were just being shadowed by the custom restart code.
> > >
> > > arch/riscv/boot/dts/sifive/hifive-unleashed-a00.dts (commit 0a91330b2af9f)
> > > Recently added board; couldn't find any obvious alternative restart
> > > handlers.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Sander
> > >
> > > .../devicetree/bindings/power/reset/gpio-restart.yaml | 4 ++--
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks for the review!
>
> I've noticed the devicetree patchwork has this patch marked as "Not applicable", but
> linux-pm patchwork has it marked "Handled elsewhere". Since you merged the gpio-restart
> conversion patch, can you also take this one, Rob?

Yes, I'll pick it up.

Rob