[PATCH v2 03/11] soc: renesas: Move away from using OF_POPULATED for fw_devlink

[Saravana Kannan]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 12:14 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Saravana,
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 9:00 PM Saravana Kannan <saravanak at google.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 12:43 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > <geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 8:19 AM Saravana Kannan <saravanak at google.com> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 12:11 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > > <geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 1:11 AM Saravana Kannan <saravanak at google.com> wrote:
> > > > > > The OF_POPULATED flag was set to let fw_devlink know that the device
> > > > > > tree node will not have a struct device created for it. This information
> > > > > > is used by fw_devlink to avoid deferring the probe of consumers of this
> > > > > > device tree node.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Let's use fwnode_dev_initialized() instead because it achieves the same
> > > > > > effect without using OF specific flags. This allows more generic code to
> > > > > > be written in driver core.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak at google.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for your patch!
> > > > >
> > > > > > --- a/drivers/soc/renesas/rcar-sysc.c
> > > > > > +++ b/drivers/soc/renesas/rcar-sysc.c
> > > > > > @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int __init rcar_sysc_pd_init(void)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >         error = of_genpd_add_provider_onecell(np, &domains->onecell_data);
> > > > > >         if (!error)
> > > > > > -               of_node_set_flag(np, OF_POPULATED);
> > > > > > +               fwnode_dev_initialized(&np->fwnode, true);
> > > > >
> > > > > As drivers/soc/renesas/rmobile-sysc.c is already using this method,
> > > > > it should work fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> > > > > i.e. will queue in renesas-devel for v6.4.
> >
> > I hope you meant queue it up for 6.3 and not 6.4?
>
> V6.4.
> The deadline for submitting pull requests for the soc tree is rc6.
> Sorry, your series was posted too late to make that.
>
> > > > Thanks! Does that mean I should drop this from this series? If two
> > > > maintainers pick the same patch up, will it cause problems? I'm
> > > > eventually expecting this series to be picked up by Greg into
> > > > driver-core-next.
> > >
> > > Indeed. Patches for drivers/soc/renesas/ are supposed to go upstream
> > > through the renesas-devel and soc trees. This patch has no dependencies
> > > on anything else in the series (or vice versa), so there is no reason
> > > to deviate from that, and possibly cause conflicts later.
> >
> > This series is supposed to fix a bunch of issues and I vaguely think
> > the series depends on this patch to work correctly on some Renesas
> > systems. You are my main renesas person, so it's probably some issue
> > you hit. Is you pick it up outside of this series I need to keep
> > asking folks to pick up two different patch threads. I don't have a
> > strong opinion, just a FYI. If you can take this patch soon, I don't
> > have any concerns.
>
> Oh right, you do remove OF_POPULATED handling in
> "[PATCH v2 09/11] of: property: Simplify of_link_to_phandle()".
> It might be wise to postpone that removal, as after your series,
> there are stillseveral users left, some of them might be impacted.
>
> I do plan to test your full series on all my boards, but probably that
> won't happen this week.
>
> > > BTW, I will convert to of_node_to_fwnode() while applying.
> >
> > Sounds good.
>
> If you still want this to land in v6,3 (with the of_node_to_fwnode()
> conversion):
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
>

Yeah, let me try to land this in 6.3 with the series.

-Saravana