Re: [RFC PATCH 8/9] clk: meson: add auxiliary reset helper driver

[Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>]

Quoting Jerome Brunet (2024-05-16 08:08:38)
> Add an helper module to register auxiliary reset drivers from
> Amlogic clock controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>
> ---
>  drivers/clk/meson/Kconfig             |  5 ++
>  drivers/clk/meson/Makefile            |  1 +
>  drivers/clk/meson/meson-clk-rst-aux.c | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/clk/meson/meson-clk-rst-aux.h | 14 +++++
>  4 files changed, 104 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/clk/meson/meson-clk-rst-aux.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/clk/meson/meson-clk-rst-aux.h
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/meson/meson-clk-rst-aux.h b/drivers/clk/meson/meson-clk-rst-aux.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..386a55a36cd9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/clk/meson/meson-clk-rst-aux.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2024 BayLibre, SAS.
> + * Author: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __MESON_CLK_RST_AUX_H
> +#define __MESON_CLK_RST_AUX_H
> +
> +int devm_meson_clk_rst_aux_register(struct device *dev,
> +                                   struct regmap *map,
> +                                   const char *adev_name);

I'd prefer we move the device creation and registration logic to
drivers/reset as well. See commit 098c290a490d ("clock, reset:
microchip: move all mpfs reset code to the reset subsystem") for some
inspiration.

One thing I haven't really thought about too much is if they're two
different modules. One for clk and one for reset. If the device
registration API is a symbol the clk module depends on then maybe that
is better because it means both modules are loaded, avoiding a
round-trip through modprobe. It also makes sure that the drivers are
either both builtin or both modular.