Re: [PATCH v4 08/10] irqchip: Add RISC-V advanced PLIC driver

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Fri Jun 23 2023 - 08:50:13 EST


[here, let me trim all of this nonsense...]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:47:00 +0100,
Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > No. My previous email asking you to NOT use IRQCHIP_DECLARE() and
> > instead use IRQCHIP_PLATFORM_DRIVER_BEGIN/END() macros.
>
> I tried IRQCHIP_PLATFORM_DRIVER_BEGIN/END() macros but these
> macros are not suitable for APLIC driver because we need platform device
> pointer in the APLIC probe() to create platform MSI device domain (refer,
> platform_msi_create_device_domain()).

Oh come on. How hard have you tried? Have you even looked at the other
drivers in the tree to see how they solve this insurmountable problem
with a *single* line of code?

pdev = of_find_device_by_node(node);

That's it.

> Further, I tried setting the "suppress_bind_attrs" flag in "struct
> platform_driver aplic_driver" just like the
> IRQCHIP_PLATFORM_DRIVER_END() macro but this did not work.

I'm not sure how relevant this is to the conversation.

M.

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