Re: [RFC PATCH] cpufreq: dt-platdev: Fix module autoloading

[Viresh Kumar]

On 21-11-24, 09:52, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Will autload the driver for any platform that has a Device Tree node with a
> compatible = "operating-points-v2" (assuming that this node will be a phandle
> for the "operating-points-v2" property.
> 
> For example, in the case of the following DT snippet:
> 
> cpus {
>         cpu@0 {
>                 operating-points-v2     = <&cpu0_opp_table>;
>         };
> };
> 
> cpu0_opp_table: opp_table {
>         compatible = "operating-points-v2";
> ...
> };
> 
> It will autoload if OF finds the opp_table node, but it register the cpufreq-dt
> device only if there's a cpu@0 with a "operating-points-v2" property.
> 
> Yes, there may be false positives because the autload semantics don't exactly
> match the criteria for the driver to "match" but I believe is better to load it
> and not use for those cases, than needing the driver and not autoloading it.
> 
> > I am not sure what's the best way forward to fix this.
> >
> 
> I couldn't find another way to solve it, if you have a better idea please let
> me know. But IMO we should either workaround like this or revert the commit 
> that changed the driver's Kconfig symbol to be tristate.

Yeah, this needs to be fixed and this patch is one of the ways. Lets see if Arnd
or Rob have something to add, else can apply this patch.

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viresh