[PATCH v6 1/1] PRUSS UIO driver support

[TK, Pratheesh Gangadhar]

Hi,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans J. Koch [mailto:hjk at hansjkoch.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 12:04 AM
> To: TK, Pratheesh Gangadhar
> Cc: Hans J. Koch; linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org; gregkh at suse.de;
> tglx at linutronix.de; sshtylyov at mvista.com; arnd at arndb.de; Chatterjee, Amit;
> davinci-linux-open-source at linux.davincidsp.com; linux-arm-
> kernel at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/1] PRUSS UIO driver support
> 
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 10:15:27AM +0530, TK, Pratheesh Gangadhar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Hans J. Koch [mailto:hjk at hansjkoch.de]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 2:57 AM
> > > To: TK, Pratheesh Gangadhar
> > > Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org; hjk at hansjkoch.de; gregkh at suse.de;
> > > tglx at linutronix.de; sshtylyov at mvista.com; arnd at arndb.de; Chatterjee,
> Amit;
> > > davinci-linux-open-source at linux.davincidsp.com; linux-arm-
> > > kernel at lists.infradead.org
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/1] PRUSS UIO driver support
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 02:31:35AM +0530, Pratheesh Gangadhar wrote:
> > > > +
> > > > +		/* Register PRUSS IRQ lines */
> > > > +		p->irq = IRQ_DA8XX_EVTOUT0 + cnt;
> > > > +		p->handler = pruss_handler;
> > > > +
> > > > +		ret = uio_register_device(&dev->dev, p);
> > > > +
> > > > +		if (ret < 0)
> > > > +			goto out_free;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	spin_lock_init(&lock);
> > >
> > > That's too late. uio_register_device() enables the irq, and your
> spin_lock
> > > is not ready at that time.
> >
> > This is ok in this context as "modprobe uio_pruss" is pre-requisite for
> > running PRUSS firmware and without firmware running PRUSS won't
> > generate interrupts. Actually PRUSS INTC is not setup till we start
> > user application.
> 
> What if the user application is stopped, UIO driver module unloaded
> and loaded again?
> 
This is a possible scenario - may be a buggy application. Normally when
application is stopped, PRUs are stopped by exit handler.

> Anyway, please don't use that kind of argumentation. The next newbie
> developer might copy your work as a basis for his new driver, and there
> it probably won't work.
> 
> Simply put the spin_lock_init before the loop.
> 
Agree, will fix this in next version.

Thanks,
Pratheesh