Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] spi: spi-mem: Extend the SPI mem interface to set a custom memory name

[Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>]

Hi Frieder,

On Thu,  5 Jul 2018 13:14:57 +0200
Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@exceet.de> wrote:

> When porting (Q)SPI controller drivers from the MTD layer to the SPI
> layer, the naming scheme for the memory devices changes. To be able
> to keep compatibility with the old drivers naming scheme, a function
> is added to the SPI mem interface to let controller drivers set a
> custom name for the memory.
> 
> Example for the FSL QSPI driver:
> 
> Name with the old driver: 21e0000.qspi,
> or with multiple devices: 21e0000.qspi-0, 21e0000.qspi-1, ...
> 
> Name with the new driver without spi_mem_get_name: spi4.0
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@exceet.de>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> ==============
> * Add a name field to struct spi_mem and fill it while probing
> 
>  drivers/spi/spi-mem.c       | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h |  7 ++++++-
>  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
> index 990770d..048101c 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
> @@ -311,6 +311,26 @@ int spi_mem_exec_op(struct spi_mem *mem, const struct spi_mem_op *op)
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_mem_exec_op);
>  
>  /**
> + * spi_mem_get_name() - Let drivers using the SPI mem interface specify a
> + *			custom name for the memory to avoid compatibility
> + *			issues with ported drivers.

You're not describing what this function does, but why it was
introduced. Not sure the spi-mem user/driver cares about that, these are
just internal details. Probably something you should put in the
->get_name() hook doc.

> + * @mem: the SPI memory
> + *
> + * When porting (Q)SPI controller drivers from the MTD layer to the SPI
> + * layer, the naming scheme for the memory devices changes. To be able to
> + * keep compatibility with the old drivers naming scheme, this function can
> + * be used to get a custom name from the controller driver.
> + * If no custom name is available, the name of the SPI device is returned.

Ditto. Just say that this function returns the spi-mem device name which
can be used by the upper layer if they need to expose a user-friendly
name.

> + *
> + * Return: a char array that contains the name for the flash memory

	      ^ a string?

     Return: a string containing the name of the memory device to be
	     used by the spi-mem user

> + */
> +const char *spi_mem_get_name(struct spi_mem *mem)
> +{
> +	return mem->name;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_mem_get_name);
> +
> +/**
>   * spi_mem_adjust_op_size() - Adjust the data size of a SPI mem operation to
>   *			      match controller limitations
>   * @mem: the SPI memory
> @@ -344,6 +364,7 @@ static inline struct spi_mem_driver *to_spi_mem_drv(struct device_driver *drv)
>  static int spi_mem_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
>  {
>  	struct spi_mem_driver *memdrv = to_spi_mem_drv(spi->dev.driver);
> +	struct spi_controller *ctlr = spi->controller;
>  	struct spi_mem *mem;
>  
>  	mem = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -351,6 +372,15 @@ static int spi_mem_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
>  	mem->spi = spi;
> +
> +	if (ctlr->mem_ops && ctlr->mem_ops->get_name)
> +		mem->name = ctlr->mem_ops->get_name(mem);
> +	else
> +		mem->name = dev_name(&spi->dev);
> +
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mem->name))
> +		return PTR_ERR(mem->name);
> +
>  	spi_set_drvdata(spi, mem);
>  
>  	return memdrv->probe(mem);
> diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h b/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
> index 4fa34a2..c3f82d1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
> +++ b/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
> @@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ struct spi_mem_op {
>  /**
>   * struct spi_mem - describes a SPI memory device
>   * @spi: the underlying SPI device
> - * @drvpriv: spi_mem_drviver private data
> + * @drvpriv: spi_mem_driver private data

Can you fix this typo in a separate patch?

> + * @name: name of the SPI memory device
>   *
>   * Extra information that describe the SPI memory device and may be needed by
>   * the controller to properly handle this device should be placed here.
> @@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ struct spi_mem_op {
>  struct spi_mem {
>  	struct spi_device *spi;
>  	void *drvpriv;
> +	char *name;
>  };
>  
>  /**
> @@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ struct spi_controller_mem_ops {
>  			    const struct spi_mem_op *op);
>  	int (*exec_op)(struct spi_mem *mem,
>  		       const struct spi_mem_op *op);
> +	const char *(*get_name)(struct spi_mem *mem);

You forgot to document this hook. Also, it's important to mention that
if the name returned by this function is dynamically allocated, it
should be allocated with devm_xxxx(), because we don't have a
->free_name() function.

>  };
>  
>  /**
> @@ -236,6 +239,8 @@ bool spi_mem_supports_op(struct spi_mem *mem,
>  int spi_mem_exec_op(struct spi_mem *mem,
>  		    const struct spi_mem_op *op);
>  
> +const char *spi_mem_get_name(struct spi_mem *mem);
> +
>  int spi_mem_driver_register_with_owner(struct spi_mem_driver *drv,
>  				       struct module *owner);
>  

Thanks,

Boris