[PATCH v9 2/3] reset: aspeed: register AST2700 reset auxiliary bus device

[Philipp Zabel]

On Mo, 2025-02-24 at 11:15 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 24/02/2025 11:12, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > On 24/02/2025 10:55, Ryan Chen wrote:
> > > +
> > > +static void aspeed_reset_unregister_adev(void *_adev)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct auxiliary_device *adev = _adev;
> > > +
> > > +	auxiliary_device_delete(adev);
> > > +	auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static void aspeed_reset_adev_release(struct device *dev)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct auxiliary_device *adev = to_auxiliary_dev(dev);
> > > +
> > > +	kfree(adev);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > 
> > Every exported function *must* have kerneldoc.
> > 
> > > +int aspeed_reset_controller_register(struct device *clk_dev, void __iomem *base,
> > > +				     const char *adev_name)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct auxiliary_device *adev;
> > > +	int ret;
> > > +
> > > +	adev = kzalloc(sizeof(*adev), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	if (!adev)
> > > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > > +
> > > +	adev->name = adev_name;
> > > +	adev->dev.parent = clk_dev;
> > > +	adev->dev.release = aspeed_reset_adev_release;
> > > +	adev->id = 666u;
> > > +
> > > +	ret = auxiliary_device_init(adev);
> > > +	if (ret) {
> > > +		kfree(adev);
> > > +		return ret;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	ret = auxiliary_device_add(adev);
> > > +	if (ret) {
> > > +		auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
> > > +		return ret;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	adev->dev.platform_data = (__force void *)base;
> > > +
> > > +	return devm_add_action_or_reset(clk_dev, aspeed_reset_unregister_adev, adev);
> > > +}
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aspeed_reset_controller_register);
> > 
> > No, you cannot export functions without users. There is no single user
> > of this, so this is not justified at all.
> My mistake, I missed patch #3 which uses it.
> 
> I don't get why do you need to export this in the first place, instead
> of putting it in the clock driver, as usually expected. Handling child
> creation is logically the task of the device having children, the
> parent. Not the child.

Also, consider basing this on top of:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250218-aux-device-create-helper-v4-0-c3d7dfdea2e6@baylibre.com/

regards
Philipp