Re: [PATCH 2/2] can: m_can: Add hrtimer to generate software interrupt

[Francesco Dolcini <francesco@dolcini.it>]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 10:20:59AM -0500, Judith Mendez wrote:
> Hi Marc
> 
> On 7/6/23 2:25 AM, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> > On 05.07.2023 14:53:56, Judith Mendez wrote:
> > > Introduce timer polling method to MCAN since some SoCs may not
> > > have M_CAN interrupt routed to A53 Linux and do not have
> > > interrupt property in device tree M_CAN node.
> > > 
> > > On AM62x SoC, MCANs on MCU domain do not have hardware interrupt
> > > routed to A53 Linux, instead they will use timer polling method.
> > > 
> > > Add an hrtimer to MCAN class device. Each MCAN will have its own
> > > hrtimer instantiated if there is no hardware interrupt found in
> > > device tree M_CAN node. The timer will generate a software
> > > interrupt every 1 ms. In hrtimer callback, we check if there is
> > > a transaction pending by reading a register, then process by
> > > calling the isr if there is.
> > > 
> > > Tested-by: Hiago De Franco <hiago.franco@toradex.com> # Toradex Verdin AM62
> > > Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Judith Mendez <jm@ti.com>
> > > ---

...

> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
> > > index 94dc82644113..76d11ce38220 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
> > > @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
> > >   //
> > >   // Copyright (C) 2018-19 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
> > > +#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
> > >   #include <linux/phy/phy.h>
> > >   #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> > > @@ -96,12 +97,28 @@ static int m_can_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >   		goto probe_fail;
> > 
> > Please set "irq" to 0 during declaration.
> 
> During declaration of irq, it is already set to 0:
> 
> int irq, ret = 0;

The initialization here applies only to ret.

int irq = 0, ret = 0;

> > >   	addr = devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname(pdev, "m_can");
> > > -	irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, "int0");
> > > -	if (IS_ERR(addr) || irq < 0) {
> > > -		ret = -EINVAL;
> > > +	if (IS_ERR(addr)) {
> > > +		ret = PTR_ERR(addr);
> > >   		goto probe_fail;
> > >   	}
> > > +	if (device_property_present(mcan_class->dev, "interrupts") ||
> > > +	    device_property_present(mcan_class->dev, "interrupt-names")) {
> > > +		irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, "int0");
> > > +		if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> > > +			ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
> > > +			goto probe_fail;
> > > +		}
> > > +		if (irq < 0) {
> > > +			ret = -EINVAL;
> > 
> > Please return the original error value.
> 
> The original value returned is -EINVAL:
> 
> -	if (IS_ERR(addr) || irq < 0) {
> -		ret = -EINVAL;
> 
> Perhaps I am missing something here?

if (irq < 0) {
	ret = irq;
	...
}

And you can also get rid of the explicit test for -EPROBE_DEFER this
way simplifying the code.

Francesco