From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759268Ab2DJTYV (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:24:21 -0400 Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.213.174]:40059 "EHLO mail-yx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755559Ab2DJTYU (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:24:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:24:14 -0700 From: Gerard Snitselaar To: Greg KH Cc: Ian Abbott , "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , Ian Abbott , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "fmhess@users.sourceforge.net" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: comedi: resolve section mismatch in s626 Message-ID: <20120410192252.GB4011@cantor.Home> Reply-To: Gerard Snitselaar Mail-Followup-To: Greg KH , Ian Abbott , "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , Ian Abbott , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "fmhess@users.sourceforge.net" References: <1332123921-14347-1-git-send-email-dev@snitselaar.org> <20120319030925.GB22956@perelman.Home> <20120319163103.GC3694@kroah.com> <20120319164325.GA31833@perelman.Home> <20120319224649.GA7679@perelman.Home> <20120319232656.GB6386@kroah.com> <4F798416.8040709@mev.co.uk> <20120410182438.GB2052@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120410182438.GB2052@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue Apr 10 12, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 11:48:54AM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote: > > On 2012-03-19 23:26, Greg KH wrote: > > >On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 03:46:49PM -0700, Gerard Snitselaar wrote: > > >>On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 09:43:25AM -0700, Gerard Snitselaar wrote: > > >>>On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 09:31:03AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>Ick, why is this loop even needed? We are only here if the pci device > > >>>>is present in the system so this shouldn't be needed at all, right? > > >>>> > > >>>>Or is this a bit more complex than I am making it out to be? > > >>>> > > >>>>greg k-h > > >>> > > >>>Most likely not. I will take a look at some of the other drivers in > > >>>comedi and see how the attach code looks there. I believe the code > > >>>section in hpdi_attach() was written by the same person. Unfortunately > > >>>I don't have a device to actually play around and see what changes are > > >>>doing. > > >>> > > >> > > >>I looked at this a bit more. It looks like they lose visibility to the > > >>pci_dev structure. > > >> > > >>*_probe() > > >> comedi_pci_auto_config() pci_dev > > >> comedi_auto_config() pci_dev->dev > > >> comedi_device_attach() ?? > > >> driv->attach() ??<= iterate through pci devices. > > >> > > >>Most of the examples I have looked at so far use for_each_pci_dev() to > > >>find the device, and s626 shortcuts it a bit by directly making calls > > >>to pci_get_subsys() with specific ids. They all verify they have the > > >>right device by checking the bus and slot that are grabbed from the > > >>pci_dev in comedi_pci_auto_config() and passed down. > > > > > >Ugh, surely there's a way to keep the pci dev through the > > >comedi_device_attach() call, right? > > > > comedi_device_attach() is also called for the COMEDI_DEVCONFIG ioctl > > for "manually" configuring a comedi device, and that has no idea > > about struct pci_dev, etc. > > > > I recently posted a series of patches that allows lower-level comedi > > drivers to supply separate hooks for auto-configuring PCI devices or > > USB devices without abusing the old "manual configuration" code > > paths, see . > > > > The old loop that searches the PCI bus is still needed for the > > "manual configuration" code path. > > So, now that I've applied your patches, this patch isn't needed anymore, > right? Or should it be reworked to use the new interfaces? > > thanks, > > greg k-h > I'd say drop my patch and if there is still a mismatch problem it can probably be resolved in a better way. gerard