Re: [PATCH v7 09/14] firmware: qcom_scm: Simplify qcom_scm_pas_init_image()

[Stephan Gerhold <stephan.gerhold@linaro.org>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 04:05:59PM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> Simplify qcom_scm_pas_init_image() by making the memory allocation,
> copy and free operations done in a separate function than the actual
> SMC call.

Nitpick: This feels more like "refactoring in preparation of the
following patch" rather than a real simplification.

> 
> Reviewed-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <mukesh.ojha@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
> index 550707f2b46d..1d8a2c537c44 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
> @@ -590,6 +590,37 @@ void *devm_qcom_scm_pas_context_init(struct device *dev, u32 pas_id, phys_addr_t
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_qcom_scm_pas_context_init);
>  
> +static int __qcom_scm_pas_init_image(u32 pas_id, dma_addr_t mdata_phys, void *metadata,
> +				     size_t size, struct qcom_scm_res *res)

The metadata and size parameters do not seem to be used inside this
function (also not after your follow-up patches), do we need them here?

> +{
> +	struct qcom_scm_desc desc = {
> +		.svc = QCOM_SCM_SVC_PIL,
> +		.cmd = QCOM_SCM_PIL_PAS_INIT_IMAGE,
> +		.arginfo = QCOM_SCM_ARGS(2, QCOM_SCM_VAL, QCOM_SCM_RW),
> +		.args[0] = pas_id,
> +		.owner = ARM_SMCCC_OWNER_SIP,
> +	};
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = qcom_scm_clk_enable();
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = qcom_scm_bw_enable();
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto disable_clk;
> +
> +	desc.args[1] = mdata_phys;
> +
> +	ret = qcom_scm_call(__scm->dev, &desc, res);
> +	qcom_scm_bw_disable();
> +
> +disable_clk:
> +	qcom_scm_clk_disable();
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}

Thanks,
Stephan