Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] Simplify MFD Core

From: Lubomir Rintel
Date: Mon Oct 21 2019 - 07:44:44 EST


On Mon, 2019-10-21 at 13:29 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 12:58 PM Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > MFD currently has one over-complicated user. CS5535 uses a mixture of
> > cell cloning, reference counting and subsystem-level call-backs to
> > achieve its goal of requesting an IO memory region only once across 3
> > consumers. The same can be achieved by handling the region centrally
> > during the parent device's .probe() sequence. Releasing can be handed
> > in a similar way during .remove().
> >
> > While we're here, take the opportunity to provide some clean-ups and
> > error checking to issues noticed along the way.
> >
> > This also paves the way for clean cell disabling via Device Tree being
> > discussed at [0]
> >
> > [0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/10/18/612.
>
> As the CS5535 is primarily used on the OLPC XO1, it would be
> good to have someone test the series on such a machine.
>
> I've added a few people to Cc that may be able to help test it, or
> know someone who can.
>
> For the actual patches, see
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191021105822.20271-1-lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#t

Thanks for the pointer. I'd by happy to test this.

Which tree do the patches apply to?
Or, better, is there a tree with the patches applied that I could use?

Thanks
Lubo

>
> Arnd
>
> > Lee Jones (9):
> > mfd: cs5535-mfd: Use PLATFORM_DEVID_* defines and tidy error message
> > mfd: cs5535-mfd: Remove mfd_cell->id hack
> > mfd: cs5535-mfd: Request shared IO regions centrally
> > mfd: cs5535-mfd: Register clients using their own dedicated MFD cell
> > entries
> > mfd: mfd-core: Remove mfd_clone_cell()
> > x86: olpc: Remove invocation of MFD's .enable()/.disable() call-backs
> > mfd: mfd-core: Protect against NULL call-back function pointer
> > mfd: mfd-core: Remove usage counting for .{en,dis}able() call-backs
> > mfd: mfd-core: Move pdev->mfd_cell creation back into mfd_add_device()
> >
> > arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc-xo1-pm.c | 6 --
> > drivers/mfd/cs5535-mfd.c | 124 +++++++++++++--------------
> > drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c | 113 ++++--------------------
> > include/linux/mfd/core.h | 20 -----
> > 4 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 184 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >
> >
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