From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61030C433E0 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:32:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alsa0.perex.cz (alsa0.perex.cz [77.48.224.243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F41B61A0B for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:32:08 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 9F41B61A0B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Received: from alsa1.perex.cz (alsa1.perex.cz [207.180.221.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9109165E; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:31:16 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 alsa0.perex.cz B9109165E DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=alsa-project.org; s=default; t=1616578326; bh=SapQuvedMMoMFZ158PEwXuhwjVzD2GWWS+vzheIkBjo=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Cc:List-Id: List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe: From; b=ozI/7CFkWW5W7s4qcWh8lJomVKm8Ee+iQ8lP0adl7PqiRNSkET4e/cI1wYIdBB+4e Db2vdzAEekRIiLB0IYvvBDnAD6DfAoA4TwkW9UdXEEgBbVU3YHZJdZBzVnrzwAyk/8 +qOkUDpSOXU2ouIh/LqLLt/BXBNBoEgqw7w6+H7c= Received: from alsa1.perex.cz (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4351FF80156; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:31:16 +0100 (CET) Received: by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix, from userid 50401) id 4AAD6F8016B; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:31:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17116F800FF for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:31:05 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 alsa1.perex.cz 17116F800FF Authentication-Results: alsa1.perex.cz; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="RHJEdq1G" Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5B33461A02; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:31:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1616578261; bh=SapQuvedMMoMFZ158PEwXuhwjVzD2GWWS+vzheIkBjo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=RHJEdq1GkzcNicfCW1HMi6LL0POJi5GOw+2MiRFoYYI3Ynu/7d2Z1d+lDY1cZt8g2 6lUqLa3/7d/6BV+UVXe7brZgFR2Xak17D54z/uRl88G13A8TtAcRVrcMg7htGST2u7 CdHEQO8ikt0HwyvI48wBEYPYl2NMCoQbIS7oLkUM= Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:30:59 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Pierre-Louis Bossart Subject: Re: [PATCH] soundwire: intel: move to auxiliary bus Message-ID: References: <20210323004325.19727-1-yung-chuan.liao@linux.intel.com> <777b4ca6-0d51-285d-549f-6ef768f2a523@linux.intel.com> <35cc8d35-a778-d8b2-bee3-bb53f8a6c51e@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <35cc8d35-a778-d8b2-bee3-bb53f8a6c51e@linux.intel.com> Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, vinod.koul@linaro.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hui.wang@canonical.com, vkoul@kernel.org, srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org, sanyog.r.kale@intel.com, Bard Liao , rander.wang@linux.intel.com, bard.liao@intel.com X-BeenThere: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: "Alsa-devel mailing list for ALSA developers - http://www.alsa-project.org" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: "Alsa-devel" On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 02:14:18PM -0500, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote: > > > On 3/23/21 1:32 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 01:04:49PM -0500, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote: > > > > > > > > Note that the auxiliary bus API has separate init and add steps, which > > > > > requires more attention in the error unwinding paths. The main loop > > > > > needs to deal with kfree() and auxiliary_device_uninit() for the > > > > > current iteration before jumping to the common label which releases > > > > > everything allocated in prior iterations. > > > > > > > > The init/add steps can be moved together in the aux bus code if that > > > > makes this usage simpler. Please do that instead. > > > > > > IIRC the two steps were separated during the auxbus reviews to allow the > > > parent to call kfree() on an init failure, and auxiliary_device_uninit() > > > afterwards. > > > > > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/auxiliary_bus.html#auxiliary-device > > > > > > With a single auxbus_register(), the parent wouldn't know whether to use > > > kfree() or auxiliary_device_uinit() when an error is returned, would it? > > > > > > > It should, you know the difference when you call device_register() vs. > > device_initialize()/device_add(), for what to do, right? > > > > Should be no difference here either :) > > sorry, not following. > > with the regular devices, the errors can only happen on the second "add" > stage. > > int device_register(struct device *dev) > { > device_initialize(dev); > return device_add(dev); > } > > that's not what is currently implemented for the auxiliary bus > > the current flow is > > ldev = kzalloc(..) > some inits > ret = auxiliary_device_init(&ldev->auxdev) > if (ret < 0) { > kfree(ldev); > goto err1; > } > > ret = auxiliary_device_add(&ldev->auxdev) > if (ret < 0) > auxiliary_device_uninit(&ldev->auxdev) > goto err2; > } > ... > err2: > err1: > > How would I convert this to > > ldev = kzalloc(..) > some inits > ret = auxiliary_device_register() > if (ret) { > kfree(ldev) or not? > unit or not? > } > > IIRC during reviews there was an ask that the parent and name be checked, > and that's why the code added the two checks below: > > int auxiliary_device_init(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev) > { > struct device *dev = &auxdev->dev; > > if (!dev->parent) { > pr_err("auxiliary_device has a NULL dev->parent\n"); > return -EINVAL; > } > > if (!auxdev->name) { > pr_err("auxiliary_device has a NULL name\n"); > return -EINVAL; > } > > dev->bus = &auxiliary_bus_type; > device_initialize(&auxdev->dev); > return 0; > } > > does this clarify the sequence? Yes, thanks, but I don't know the answer to your question, sorry. This feels more complex than it should be, but I do not have the time at the moment to look into it, sorry. Try getting the authors of this code to fix it up :) thanks, greg k-h