[PATCH v2] tty/serial: at91: restore dynamic driver binding

[PATCH v2] tty/serial: at91: restore dynamic driver binding

[Nicolas Ferre]

Le 25/02/2016 10:23, Romain Izard a ?crit :
> In commit c39dfebc7798956fd2140ae6321786ff35da30c3, the modular support
> code for atmel_serial was removed, as the driver cannot be built as a
> module. Because no use case was proposed, the dynamic driver binding
> support was removed as well.
> 
> The atmel_serial driver can manage up to 7 serial controllers, which are
> multiplexed with other functions. For example, in the Atmel SAMA5D2, the
> Flexcom controllers can work as USART, SPI or I2C controllers, and on
> all Atmel devices serial lines can be reconfigured as GPIOs.
> 
> My use case uses GPIOs to transfer a firmware update using a custom
> protocol on the lines used as a serial port during the normal life of
> the device. If it is not possible to unbind the atmel_serial driver, the
> GPIO lines remain reserved and prevent this case from working.
> 
> This patch reinstates the atmel_serial_remove function, and fixes it as
> it failed to clear the "clk" field on removal, triggering an oops when
> a device was bound again after being unbound.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Romain Izard <romain.izard.pro@gmail.com>

Even if you didn't follow my advice for not including unneeded changes
in of the last patch chunk, there's no use delaying the patch just for
this. So, here is my:

Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>

Thanks, bye.

PS: another advice: please include linux-arm-kernel as well in your CC
list for work on the AT91 platforms: most of the reviewers are there.

> ---
> Changelog:
> v2: Add the rationale for keeping the "remove" function as a comment.
> 
> 
>  drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> index 1c0884d8ef32..b1f3a5b26830 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> @@ -2759,14 +2759,47 @@ err:
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Even if the driver is not modular, it makes sense to be able to
> + * unbind a device: there can be many bound devices, and there are
> + * situations where dynamic binding and unbinding can be useful.
> + *
> + * For example, a connected device can require a specific firmware update
> + * protocol that needs bitbanging on IO lines, but use the regular serial
> + * port in the normal case.
> + */
> +static int atmel_serial_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct uart_port *port = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +	struct atmel_uart_port *atmel_port = to_atmel_uart_port(port);
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	tasklet_kill(&atmel_port->tasklet);
> +
> +	device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, 0);
> +
> +	ret = uart_remove_one_port(&atmel_uart, port);
> +
> +	kfree(atmel_port->rx_ring.buf);
> +
> +	/* "port" is allocated statically, so we shouldn't free it */
> +
> +	clear_bit(port->line, atmel_ports_in_use);
> +
> +	clk_put(atmel_port->clk);
> +	atmel_port->clk = NULL;
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static struct platform_driver atmel_serial_driver = {
>  	.probe		= atmel_serial_probe,
> +	.remove		= atmel_serial_remove,
>  	.suspend	= atmel_serial_suspend,
>  	.resume		= atmel_serial_resume,
>  	.driver		= {
> -		.name			= "atmel_usart",
> -		.of_match_table		= of_match_ptr(atmel_serial_dt_ids),
> -		.suppress_bind_attrs    = true,
> +		.name	= "atmel_usart",
> +		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(atmel_serial_dt_ids),
>  	},
>  };
>  
> 


-- 
Nicolas Ferre

[PATCH v2] tty/serial: at91: restore dynamic driver binding

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:01:07AM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> Le 25/02/2016 10:23, Romain Izard a ?crit :
> > In commit c39dfebc7798956fd2140ae6321786ff35da30c3, the modular support
> > code for atmel_serial was removed, as the driver cannot be built as a
> > module. Because no use case was proposed, the dynamic driver binding
> > support was removed as well.
> > 
> > The atmel_serial driver can manage up to 7 serial controllers, which are
> > multiplexed with other functions. For example, in the Atmel SAMA5D2, the
> > Flexcom controllers can work as USART, SPI or I2C controllers, and on
> > all Atmel devices serial lines can be reconfigured as GPIOs.
> > 
> > My use case uses GPIOs to transfer a firmware update using a custom
> > protocol on the lines used as a serial port during the normal life of
> > the device. If it is not possible to unbind the atmel_serial driver, the
> > GPIO lines remain reserved and prevent this case from working.
> > 
> > This patch reinstates the atmel_serial_remove function, and fixes it as
> > it failed to clear the "clk" field on removal, triggering an oops when
> > a device was bound again after being unbound.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Romain Izard <romain.izard.pro@gmail.com>
> 
> Even if you didn't follow my advice for not including unneeded changes
> in of the last patch chunk, there's no use delaying the patch just for
> this. So, here is my:

Yes there is, I'm not going to take this, Romain please fix it properly.

greg k-h

[PATCH v2] tty/serial: at91: restore dynamic driver binding

[Romain Izard]

2016-02-25 17:09 GMT+01:00 Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:01:07AM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
>> Le 25/02/2016 10:23, Romain Izard a ?crit :
>> > In commit c39dfebc7798956fd2140ae6321786ff35da30c3, the modular
>> > support code for atmel_serial was removed, as the driver cannot be
>> > built as a module. Because no use case was proposed, the dynamic
>> > driver binding support was removed as well.
>> >
>> > The atmel_serial driver can manage up to 7 serial controllers,
>> > which are multiplexed with other functions. For example, in the
>> > Atmel SAMA5D2, the Flexcom controllers can work as USART, SPI or
>> > I2C controllers, and on all Atmel devices serial lines can be
>> > reconfigured as GPIOs.
>> >
>> > My use case uses GPIOs to transfer a firmware update using a custom
>> > protocol on the lines used as a serial port during the normal life
>> > of the device. If it is not possible to unbind the atmel_serial
>> > driver, the GPIO lines remain reserved and prevent this case from
>> > working.
>> >
>> > This patch reinstates the atmel_serial_remove function, and fixes
>> > it as it failed to clear the "clk" field on removal, triggering an
>> > oops when a device was bound again after being unbound.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Romain Izard <romain.izard.pro@gmail.com>
>>
>> Even if you didn't follow my advice for not including unneeded
>> changes in of the last patch chunk, there's no use delaying the patch
>> just for this. So, here is my:
>
> Yes there is, I'm not going to take this, Romain please fix it
> properly.

Are we really arguing about the alignement of of_match_table in the
platform_driver initializer?

Among other things, Paul's patch changed the alignment to match the
width of the "suppress_bind_attrs" member. As I simply used 'git revert
-p' to revert the parts of the patch that bothered me, the alignment
returned to what it was before.

Or am I missing something else ?

-- 
Romain Izard

[PATCH v2] tty/serial: at91: restore dynamic driver binding

[Nicolas Ferre]

Le 25/02/2016 18:08, Romain Izard a ?crit :
> 2016-02-25 17:09 GMT+01:00 Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>:
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:01:07AM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
>>> Le 25/02/2016 10:23, Romain Izard a ?crit :
>>>> In commit c39dfebc7798956fd2140ae6321786ff35da30c3, the modular
>>>> support code for atmel_serial was removed, as the driver cannot be
>>>> built as a module. Because no use case was proposed, the dynamic
>>>> driver binding support was removed as well.
>>>>
>>>> The atmel_serial driver can manage up to 7 serial controllers,
>>>> which are multiplexed with other functions. For example, in the
>>>> Atmel SAMA5D2, the Flexcom controllers can work as USART, SPI or
>>>> I2C controllers, and on all Atmel devices serial lines can be
>>>> reconfigured as GPIOs.
>>>>
>>>> My use case uses GPIOs to transfer a firmware update using a custom
>>>> protocol on the lines used as a serial port during the normal life
>>>> of the device. If it is not possible to unbind the atmel_serial
>>>> driver, the GPIO lines remain reserved and prevent this case from
>>>> working.
>>>>
>>>> This patch reinstates the atmel_serial_remove function, and fixes
>>>> it as it failed to clear the "clk" field on removal, triggering an
>>>> oops when a device was bound again after being unbound.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Romain Izard <romain.izard.pro@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Even if you didn't follow my advice for not including unneeded
>>> changes in of the last patch chunk, there's no use delaying the patch
>>> just for this. So, here is my:
>>
>> Yes there is, I'm not going to take this, Romain please fix it
>> properly.
> 
> Are we really arguing about the alignement of of_match_table in the
> platform_driver initializer?
> 
> Among other things, Paul's patch changed the alignment to match the
> width of the "suppress_bind_attrs" member. As I simply used 'git revert
> -p' to revert the parts of the patch that bothered me, the alignment
> returned to what it was before.
> 
> Or am I missing something else ?

Romain,

We are just saying that a patch with:

-		.name			= "atmel_usart",
-		.of_match_table		= of_match_ptr(atmel_serial_dt_ids),
-		.suppress_bind_attrs    = true,
+		.name	= "atmel_usart",
+		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(atmel_serial_dt_ids),

Is less readable than a patch with only the relevant part, the single line:

-		.suppress_bind_attrs = true,

So, whichever is the history of the patch, it has to simply modify the needed
lines so that we don't even ask ourselves what is the purpose of some of the changes.

Bye,
-- 
Nicolas Ferre