Re: [PATCH 4/4] mfd: 88pm800: allocate pdata->rtc if not allocated earlier

[Lee Jones <lee.jones-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, 02 Jun 2015, Vaibhav Hiremath wrote:
> On Monday 01 June 2015 01:52 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> >On Sat, 30 May 2015, Vaibhav Hiremath wrote:
> >
> >>RTC in pmic 88PM800 can run even the core is powered off, and user
> >>can set alarm in RTC. When the alarm is timed out, the PMIC will power up
> >>the core, and the whole system will boot up. And during PMIC driver probe,
> >>it will read some register to find out whether this boot is caused by RTC
> >>timeout or not, and pass on this information to the RTC driver.
> >>
> >>So we need rtc platform data to be existed in PMIC driver to pass this
> >>information.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Chao Xie <chao.xie-eYqpPyKDWXRBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
> >>Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Hiremath <vaibhav.hiremath-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> >>---
> >>  drivers/mfd/88pm800.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> >>
> >>diff --git a/drivers/mfd/88pm800.c b/drivers/mfd/88pm800.c
> >>index 8ea4467..34546a1 100644
> >>--- a/drivers/mfd/88pm800.c
> >>+++ b/drivers/mfd/88pm800.c
> >>@@ -586,6 +586,25 @@ static int pm800_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> >>  			return ret;
> >>  	}
> >>
> >>+	/*
> >>+	 * RTC in pmic can run even the core is powered off, and user can set
> >>+	 * alarm in RTC. When the alarm is time out, the PMIC will power up
> >>+	 * the core, and the whole system will boot up. When PMIC driver is
> >>+	 * probed, it will read out some register to find out whether this
> >>+	 * boot is caused by RTC timeout or not, and it need pass this
> >>+	 * information to RTC driver.
> >>+	 * So we need rtc platform data to be existed to pass this information.
> >>+	 */
> >>+	if (!pdata->rtc) {
> >>+		pdata->rtc = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev,
> >>+					  sizeof(*(pdata->rtc)), GFP_KERNEL);
> >>+		if (!pdata->rtc) {
> >>+			dev_err(&client->dev,
> >>+					"failed to allocate memory for rtc\n");
> >>+			return -ENOMEM;
> >>+		}
> >>+	}
> >>+
> >
> >Where is this memory first used?
> >
> 
> In the same file, look for field "rtc_wakeup".
> 
> FYI,
> 
> This field is used in two files,
> 
> drivers/mfd/88pm800.c
> and
> drivers/rtc/rtc-88pm800.c	[sets the "platform_data" field]

Then were is the platform_data field subsequently used?

Looking at the RTC platform data declaration I see:

struct pm80x_rtc_pdata {
    int             vrtc;
    int             rtc_wakeup;
};

Is 'vrtc' even used?  If so, where?

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