Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] spi: geni-qcom: Improve target mode allocation by using proper allocation functions

[Praveen Talari <praveen.talari@oss.qualcomm.com>]

Hi Konrad

On 1/27/2026 6:45 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 1/22/26 4:10 PM, Praveen Talari wrote:
>> The current implementation always allocates a host controller and sets the
>> target flag later when the "spi-slave" device tree property is present.
>> This approach is suboptimal as it doesn't utilize the dedicated allocation
>> functions designed for target mode.
>>
>> Use devm_spi_alloc_target() when "spi-slave" device tree property is
>> present, otherwise use devm_spi_alloc_host(). This replaces the previous
>> approach of always allocating a host controller and setting target flag
>> later.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Praveen Talari <praveen.talari@oss.qualcomm.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c | 15 ++++++++-------
>>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
>> index 0e5fd9df1a8f..f5d05025b196 100644
>> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
>> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
>> @@ -1017,6 +1017,14 @@ static int spi_geni_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>   	struct clk *clk;
>>   	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>>   
>> +	if (device_property_read_bool(dev, "spi-slave"))
>> +		spi = devm_spi_alloc_target(dev, sizeof(*mas));
>> +	else
>> +		spi = devm_spi_alloc_host(dev, sizeof(*mas));
>> +
>> +	if (!spi)
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>>   	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
>>   	if (irq < 0)
>>   		return irq;
>> @@ -1033,10 +1041,6 @@ static int spi_geni_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>   	if (IS_ERR(clk))
>>   		return PTR_ERR(clk);
>>   
>> -	spi = devm_spi_alloc_host(dev, sizeof(*mas));
>> -	if (!spi)
>> -		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> Is there a reason you're moving this code to the top of the function?

When CONFIG_SPI_SLAVE is disabled, the call returns NULL; therefore, I 
placed this check at the start of the probe() function.

ref:
static inline struct spi_controller *devm_spi_alloc_target(struct device 
*dev, unsigned int size)
{
	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPI_SLAVE))
		return NULL;

	return __devm_spi_alloc_controller(dev, size, true);
}

Thanks,
Praveen
> 
> the "main" change looks ok
> 
> Konrad