Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mtd: rawnand: add hooks that may be called during nand_scan()

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Hi Boris,

Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com> wrote on Thu, 19 Jul 2018
00:42:25 +0200:

> On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 23:50:56 +0200
> Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> wrote:
> 
> > In order to remove the limitation that forbids dynamic allocation in
> > nand_scan_ident(), we must create a path that will be the same for all
> > controller drivers. The idea is to use nand_scan() instead of the widely
> > used nand_scan_ident()/nand_scan_tail() couple. In order to achieve
> > this, controller drivers will need to adjust some parameters between
> > these two functions depending on the NAND chip wired on them.
> > 
> > For that, a hook called ->attach_chip() is created as part of the
> > nand_controller_ops structure, itself embedded in the nand_controller
> > structure. The later may be referenced by two ways:
> > 1/ if the driver does not implement its own controller, the
> >    chip->controller hook is not populated before nand_scan() so it
> >    cannot be dereferenced: use chip->dummy_controller instead (which is
> >    statically allocated and will be referenced later by chip->controller
> >    anyway).
> > 2/ through chip->controller if the driver implements its own controller.
> > 
> > Another hook, ->detach_chip() is also introduced in order to clean the
> > controller driver's potential allocations in case of failure of
> > nand_scan_tail(). There is no need for the controller driver to call the  
> > ->detach_chip() hook directly upon error after a successful nand_scan().    
> > In this situation, calling nand_release() as before is enough.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> > Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h      | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
> > index 0aef0299f4f2..a64a344bf7a9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
> > @@ -6697,6 +6697,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_scan_tail);
> >  	is_module_text_address((unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0))
> >  #endif
> >  
> > +static int nand_attach(struct nand_chip *chip)
> > +{
> > +	if (chip->controller->ops && chip->controller->ops->attach_chip)
> > +		return chip->controller->ops->attach_chip(chip);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void nand_detach(struct nand_chip *chip)
> > +{
> > +	if (chip->controller->ops && chip->controller->ops->detach_chip)
> > +		chip->controller->ops->detach_chip(chip);
> > +}
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * nand_scan_with_ids - [NAND Interface] Scan for the NAND device
> >   * @mtd: MTD device structure
> > @@ -6710,11 +6724,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_scan_tail);
> >  int nand_scan_with_ids(struct mtd_info *mtd, int maxchips,
> >  		       struct nand_flash_dev *ids)
> >  {
> > +	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
> >  	int ret;
> >  
> >  	ret = nand_scan_ident(mtd, maxchips, ids);
> > -	if (!ret)
> > -		ret = nand_scan_tail(mtd);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> > +	ret = nand_attach(chip);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> > +	ret = nand_scan_tail(mtd);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		nand_detach(chip);
> > +
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_scan_with_ids);
> > @@ -6742,7 +6766,11 @@ void nand_cleanup(struct nand_chip *chip)
> >  
> >  	/* Free manufacturer priv data. */
> >  	nand_manufacturer_cleanup(chip);
> > +
> > +	/* Free controller specific allocations after chip identification */
> > +	nand_detach(chip);
> >  }
> > +
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nand_cleanup);
> >  
> >  /**
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h b/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
> > index eb5a053fd06b..d046b3a61205 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
> > @@ -509,6 +509,19 @@ struct nand_id {
> >  	int len;
> >  };
> >  
> > +/**
> > + * struct nand_controller_ops - Controller operations
> > + *
> > + * @attach_chip:	Callback that may be called between nand_detect() and
> > + *			nand_scan_tail() during nand_scan() (optional).
> > + * @detach_chip:	Callback that may be called if nand_scan_tail() fails
> > + *			(optional).
> > + */
> > +struct nand_controller_ops {
> > +	int (*attach_chip)(struct nand_chip *chip);
> > +	void (*detach_chip)(struct nand_chip *chip);
> > +};
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * struct nand_controller - Control structure for hardware controller
> >   *                          shared among independent devices
> > @@ -517,11 +530,13 @@ struct nand_id {
> >   * @wq:			wait queue to sleep on if a NAND operation is in
> >   *			progress used instead of the per chip wait queue
> >   *			when a hw controller is available.
> > + * @ops:		NAND controller operations.
> >   */
> >  struct nand_controller {
> >  	spinlock_t lock;
> >  	struct nand_chip *active;
> >  	wait_queue_head_t wq;
> > +	const struct nand_controller_ops *ops;
> >  };
> >  
> >  static inline void nand_controller_init(struct nand_controller *nfc)
> > @@ -529,6 +544,7 @@ static inline void nand_controller_init(struct nand_controller *nfc)
> >  	nfc->active = NULL;
> >  	spin_lock_init(&nfc->lock);
> >  	init_waitqueue_head(&nfc->wq);
> > +	nfc->ops = NULL;  
> 
> Hm, actually it does not work for all dummy controllers since this
> function is called from nand_set_defaults() which is called from
> nand_scan_ident(). That means the previous chip->dummy_controller.ops
> assignment you might have done before calling nand_scan() is gone.
> 
> Looks like we'll have to patch all drivers to call
> nand_controller_init(&chip->dummy_controller), unless you see a better
> option.

Well, if all drivers that allocate the nand_chip structure
initialize it correctly (or use kzalloc for this purpose), then this
extra initialization is not needed.

Miquèl