[PATCH v3 2/3] firmware: arm_scmi: Pre-register protocol, name tupples for standard protocols

From: Hans de Goede

Date: Thu Aug 20 2026 - 15:49:50 EST


From: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx>

Driver module auto-loading requires the devices to already be created for
udev to get the necessary uevents based on which udev auto-loads modules.
But SCMI devices are only created after their { protocol, name } tupples
have been registered which is done from scmi_driver_register().

This creates a circular dependency where device creation is waiting for
the driver to register and loading the module with the driver is waiting
for the device to be created.

Pre-register the tupples for standard protocols to break this circular
dependency.

Tested-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Drop adding of a bus uevent function this is already done
- Update comments and commit message with a better explanation of why
- Link to v1/RFC: https://patch.msgid.link/20250203100154.140877-2-cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx
---
drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
index d12d5de15a1a..111727904a89 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
@@ -77,12 +77,13 @@ static int scmi_protocol_device_request(const struct scmi_device_id *id_table)
if (phead) {
head = phead;
list_for_each_entry(rdev, head, node) {
+ /* pr_debug() because dups are expected for std protocols */
if (!strcmp(rdev->id_table->name, id_table->name)) {
- pr_err("Ignoring duplicate request [%d] %s\n",
- rdev->id_table->protocol_id,
- rdev->id_table->name);
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto out;
+ pr_debug("Device already requested [%d] %s\n",
+ rdev->id_table->protocol_id,
+ rdev->id_table->name);
+ mutex_unlock(&scmi_requested_devices_mtx);
+ return 0;
}
}
}
@@ -579,17 +580,49 @@ static void scmi_devices_unregister(void)
bus_for_each_dev(&scmi_bus_type, NULL, NULL, __scmi_devices_unregister);
}

+/* Standard protocols table */
+static const struct scmi_device_id scmi_std_id_table[] = {
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_POWER, "genpd" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_SYSTEM, "syspower" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_PERF, "perf" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_PERF, "cpufreq" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_CLOCK, "clocks" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_SENSOR, "hwmon" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_SENSOR, "iiodev" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_RESET, "reset" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_VOLTAGE, "regulator" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_POWERCAP, "powercap" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_PINCTRL, "pinctrl" },
+ { SCMI_PROTOCOL_PINCTRL, "pinctrl-imx" },
+ { },
+};
+
static int __init scmi_bus_init(void)
{
int retval;

retval = bus_register(&scmi_bus_type);
- if (retval)
+ if (retval) {
pr_err("SCMI protocol bus register failed (%d)\n", retval);
+ return retval;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Driver module auto-loading requires the devices to already be created
+ * for udev to get the necessary uevents. But the devices are only
+ * created after their { protocol, name } tupples have been registered
+ * which is done from scmi_driver_register(). Pre-register the tupples
+ * for known (in tree) drivers to break this circular dependency.
+ */
+ retval = scmi_protocol_table_register(scmi_std_id_table);
+ if (retval) {
+ bus_unregister(&scmi_bus_type);
+ return retval;
+ }

pr_info("SCMI protocol bus registered\n");

- return retval;
+ return 0;
}
subsys_initcall(scmi_bus_init);

--
2.55.0