Re: [PATCH V4 8/8] cpufreq: Add Rust based cpufreq-dt driver

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 06:34:22PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 06:12:08PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 04:37:50PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 03:21:31PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> > > > (2) You require drivers to always implement a "dummy" struct platform_device,
> > > > there is platform_device_register_simple() for that purpose.
> > > 
> > > No, NEVER do that.  platform devices are only for real platform devices,
> > > do not abuse that interface any more than it already is.
> > 
> > I thought we're talking about cases like [1] or [2], but please correct me if
> > those are considered abusing the platform bus as well.
> > 
> > (Those drivers read the CPU OF nodes, instead of OF nodes that represent a
> > separate device.)
> > 
> > [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-riscv-sbi.c#L586
> > [2] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci.c#L441
> 
> Yes, these are abuses of that and should be virtual devices as they have
> nothing to do with the platform bus.
> 
> > > > I think (2) is the preferred option.
> > > 
> > > No, not at all, sorry.
> > > 
> > > Use a real device, you have one somewhere that relates to this hardware,
> > > otherwise you aren't controlling anything and then you can use a virtual
> > > device.
> > 
> > Of course we should stick to a real device if there is one, I didn't meant to
> > say anything else.
> > 
> > But since it came up now, some virtual drivers still require a parent device.
> 
> Great, use the default one that the kernel gives you :)
> 
> > For instance, in DRM we have vGEM [3] and vKMS [4], that use
> > platform_device_register_simple() for this purpose.
> 
> Again, abuse, please do not do so.
> 
> > What should they use instead? I'm happy to fix things up if required.
> > 
> > [3] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
> > [4] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
> 
> Use the virtual device interface please, that's what it is there for.

To be specific, look at the devices in /sys/devices/virtual/ that's
where yours should be showing up in, not in the root of /sys/devices/
like they are by creating a "fake" platform device at the root of the
device tree.

thanks,

greg k-h