[PATCH 2/2] ARM: imx: convert camera init to use platform_device_register_full()

[Emil Goode]

Hello Uwe,

Thank you for the review and sorry for the late response.

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 08:27:22AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Emil,
> 
> thanks for your effort.
> 
> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 10:51:00PM +0200, Emil Goode wrote:
> > This converts the imx camera allocation and initialization functions
> > to use platform_device_register_full() thus simplifying the code.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Only build tested, unfortunately I currently don't have the hardware.
> > 
> >  arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c |   43 +++++++++----------------
> >  arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx31_3ds.c             |    5 ++-
> >  arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx31moboard.c          |    6 ++--
> >  arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-mx35_3ds.c             |    5 ++-
> >  arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-pcm037.c               |    5 ++-
> >  5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c
> > index 6bd7c3f..13ea542 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c
> > @@ -69,42 +69,29 @@ struct platform_device *__init imx_alloc_mx3_camera(
> IMHO you should better rename the function because now it doesn't only
> allocate the device, but also registers it.

Agreed.

> 
> Also I doubt that it's OK to call dma_declare_coherent_memory after the
> device is added. In this case maybe extend
> platform_device_register_full? And also add a warning to
> dma_declare_coherent_memory if it is called for an already added device?
> (Added a few people to Cc: that might be able to comment this. I don't
> even know if there is a reliable way to check if a device is already
> added.)

Yes I also had doubts about that. However, apart from this patch there are
three other places in arch/arm/mach-imx/ where dma_declare_coherent_memory()
is called after calling platform_device_register_full().

Perhaps this is enough reason to extend platform_device_register_full().

It would be great to get some more feedback on this and also if there is a
reliable way to check if a device is already added.

Best regards,

Emil Goode