[PATCHv3] mailbox: sun6i: modernize probe and convert to fully managed
From: Rosen Penev
Date: Sun Aug 23 2026 - 00:55:25 EST
Replace irq_of_parse_and_map() with platform_get_irq() and move both
IRQ and MMIO resource acquisition to the top of probe, before any
allocations, for early error exit.
Switch from devm_clk_get() + clk_prepare_enable() to
devm_clk_get_enabled(), which combines both operations and registers
devres callbacks for automatic disable/unprepare on unbind. This
eliminates the manual err_disable_unprepare error path and the
remove callback entirely.
Use devm_mbox_controller_register() for devres-managed controller
registration, and drop the remove callback and platform_set_drvdata()
which are no longer needed.
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: use dev_err_probe
v2: fix compilation
drivers/mailbox/sun6i-msgbox.c | 78 ++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/sun6i-msgbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/sun6i-msgbox.c
index 6ba6920f4645..da68bad1d916 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/sun6i-msgbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/sun6i-msgbox.c
@@ -198,7 +198,17 @@ static int sun6i_msgbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct mbox_chan *chans;
struct reset_control *reset;
struct sun6i_msgbox *mbox;
+ void __iomem *regs;
int i, ret;
+ int irq;
+
+ irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+ if (irq < 0)
+ return irq;
+
+ regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
+ if (IS_ERR(regs))
+ return PTR_ERR(regs);
mbox = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*mbox), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!mbox)
@@ -211,25 +221,13 @@ static int sun6i_msgbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
for (i = 0; i < NUM_CHANS; ++i)
chans[i].con_priv = mbox;
- mbox->clk = devm_clk_get(dev, NULL);
- if (IS_ERR(mbox->clk)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(mbox->clk);
- dev_err(dev, "Failed to get clock: %d\n", ret);
- return ret;
- }
-
- ret = clk_prepare_enable(mbox->clk);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "Failed to enable clock: %d\n", ret);
- return ret;
- }
+ mbox->clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(dev, NULL);
+ if (IS_ERR(mbox->clk))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(mbox->clk), "Failed to get clock\n");
reset = devm_reset_control_get_exclusive(dev, NULL);
- if (IS_ERR(reset)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(reset);
- dev_err(dev, "Failed to get reset control: %d\n", ret);
- goto err_disable_unprepare;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(reset))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(reset), "Failed to get reset control\n");
/*
* NOTE: We rely on platform firmware to preconfigure the channel
@@ -240,27 +238,17 @@ static int sun6i_msgbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
* when removing the device.
*/
ret = reset_control_deassert(reset);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "Failed to deassert reset: %d\n", ret);
- goto err_disable_unprepare;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to deassert reset\n");
- mbox->regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
- if (IS_ERR(mbox->regs)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(mbox->regs);
- dev_err(dev, "Failed to map MMIO resource: %d\n", ret);
- goto err_disable_unprepare;
- }
+ mbox->regs = regs;
/* Disable all IRQs for this end of the msgbox. */
writel(0, mbox->regs + LOCAL_IRQ_EN_REG);
- ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq_of_parse_and_map(dev->of_node, 0),
- sun6i_msgbox_irq, 0, dev_name(dev), mbox);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "Failed to register IRQ handler: %d\n", ret);
- goto err_disable_unprepare;
- }
+ ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, sun6i_msgbox_irq, 0, dev_name(dev), mbox);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
mbox->controller.dev = dev;
mbox->controller.ops = &sun6i_msgbox_chan_ops;
@@ -271,29 +259,8 @@ static int sun6i_msgbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
mbox->controller.txpoll_period = 5;
spin_lock_init(&mbox->lock);
- platform_set_drvdata(pdev, mbox);
-
- ret = mbox_controller_register(&mbox->controller);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "Failed to register controller: %d\n", ret);
- goto err_disable_unprepare;
- }
-
- return 0;
-
-err_disable_unprepare:
- clk_disable_unprepare(mbox->clk);
-
- return ret;
-}
-
-static void sun6i_msgbox_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
- struct sun6i_msgbox *mbox = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
- mbox_controller_unregister(&mbox->controller);
- /* See the comment in sun6i_msgbox_probe about the reset line. */
- clk_disable_unprepare(mbox->clk);
+ return devm_mbox_controller_register(dev, &mbox->controller);
}
static const struct of_device_id sun6i_msgbox_of_match[] = {
@@ -308,7 +275,6 @@ static struct platform_driver sun6i_msgbox_driver = {
.of_match_table = sun6i_msgbox_of_match,
},
.probe = sun6i_msgbox_probe,
- .remove = sun6i_msgbox_remove,
};
module_platform_driver(sun6i_msgbox_driver);
--
2.55.0