RE: [PATCH 3/4] gpio: sifive: Add GPIO driver for SiFive SoCs

From: Yash Shah
Date: Mon Nov 18 2019 - 05:04:01 EST


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> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 13 November 2019 18:41
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] gpio: sifive: Add GPIO driver for SiFive SoCs
>
> wt., 12 lis 2019 o 13:12 Yash Shah <yash.shah@xxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
> >
> > Adds the GPIO driver for SiFive RISC-V SoCs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wesley W. Terpstra <wesley@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > [Atish: Various fixes and code cleanup]
> > Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Yash Shah <yash.shah@xxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

> > +
> > +static int sifive_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) {
> > + struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> > + struct device_node *node = pdev->dev.of_node;
> > + struct device_node *irq_parent;
> > + struct irq_domain *parent;
> > + struct gpio_irq_chip *girq;
> > + struct sifive_gpio *chip;
> > + struct resource *res;
> > + int ret, ngpio;
> > +
> > + chip = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (!chip)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
> > + chip->base = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
>
> Use devm_platform_ioremap_resource() and drop the res variable.
>

Sure, will do that.

> > + if (IS_ERR(chip->base)) {
> > + dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate device memory\n");
> > + return PTR_ERR(chip->base);
> > + }
> > +
> > + chip->regs = devm_regmap_init_mmio(dev, chip->base,
> > +
> > + &sifive_gpio_regmap_config);
>
> Why do you need this regmap here? You initialize a new regmap, then use
> your own locking despite not having disabled the internal locking in regmap,
> and then you initialize the mmio generic GPIO code which will use yet
> another lock to operate on the same registers and in the end you write to
> those registers without taking any lock anyway.
> Doesn't make much sense to me.
>

As suggested in the comments received on the RFC version of this patch[0], I am trying to use regmap MMIO by looking at gpio-mvebu.c. I got your point regarding the usage of own locks is not making any sense.
Here is what I will do in v2:
1. drop the usage of own locks
2. consistently use regmap_* apis for register access (replace all iowrites).
Does this make sense now?

> > + if (IS_ERR(chip->regs))
> > + return PTR_ERR(chip->regs);
> > +

[...]

> > +
> > + ret = gpiochip_add_data(&chip->gc, chip);
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, chip);
> > + dev_info(dev, "SiFive GPIO chip registered %d GPIOs\n",
> > + ngpio);
>
> Core gpio library emits a very similar debug message from
> gpiochip_setup_dev(), I think you can drop it and directly return
> gpiochip_add_data().
>
> Bartosz

Ok. Will directly return gpiochip_add_data().
Thanks for your comments!

- Yash

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20181010123519.RVexDppaPFpIWl7QU_hpP8tc5qqWPJgeuLYn0FaGbeQ@z/