Re: [PATCH v2 11/21] nvmem: core: handle the absence of expected layouts

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

Hi Srinivas,

srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org wrote on Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:30:14 +0000:

> On 07/03/2023 16:53, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > Make nvmem_layout_get() return -EPROBE_DEFER while the expected layout
> > is not available. This condition cannot be triggered today as nvmem
> > layout drivers are initialed as part of an early init call, but soon
> > these drivers will be converted into modules and be initialized with a
> > standard priority, so the unavailability of the drivers might become a
> > reality that must be taken care of.
> > 
> > Let's anticipate this by telling the caller the layout might not yet be
> > available. A probe deferral is requested in this case.
> > 
> > Please note this does not affect any nvmem device not using layouts,
> > because an early check against the "nvmem-layout" container presence
> > will return NULL in this case.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> > Tested-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
> > ---
> >   drivers/nvmem/core.c | 10 +++++++++-
> >   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
> > index b9be1faeb7be..51fd792b8d70 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
> > @@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_layout_unregister);
> >   static struct nvmem_layout *nvmem_layout_get(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
> >   {  
> 
> Any reason why this is not part of 10/21?

Yes, I would like to credit everybody for his work, so Michael for the
base implementation and myself for the module sitaution handling,
arguing this is two different features. May we keep these separated?

> kernel doc for nvmem_layout_get needs updating with this behavior.

There is no kdoc for nvmem_layout_get, do you want one ? I thought the
comment where this function is called would be more descriptive (and
read by interested people).

Thanks,
Miquèl