[PATCH v7 0/3] Adding brcmstb-hwspinlock support
Kamal Dasu
kamal.dasu at broadcom.com
Mon Apr 27 13:12:30 PDT 2026
This series adds hardware semaphore support for Broadcom set-top SoCs
via the generic hwspinlock framework.
The semaphore registers live in the sundry block; the DT binding
describes only the semaphore register range. The compatible is
brcm,bcm7038-sun-top-ctrl-semaphore (BCM7038 is where this block first
appeared on set-top chips).
The driver has been tested built-in and as a module.
v7 changes :
- Rebase: Whole series rebased onto Linux 7.1-rc1 (254f49634ee1) so it
applies cleanly on current upstream.
- Reviewed-by tag (PATCH 1/3, dt-bindings): Krzysztof Kozlowski's
v6 changes:
Addressed review comments from Krzysztof Kozlowski:
- Renamed DT binding YAML file from "brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml"
to "brcm,bcm7038-sun-top-ctrl-semaphore.yaml" to match the
compatible string
- Updated $id in the YAML to match the new filename
- Updated MAINTAINERS F: entry to match the new filename
v5 changes:
Addressed review comments from Krzysztof Kozlowski:
- Changed compatible to "brcm,bcm7038-sun-top-ctrl-semaphore"
using the SoC where the semaphore hardware was first introduced,
following the brcm,bcm7038-l1-intc convention
v4 changes:
Addressed review comments from Krzysztof Kozlowski and Rob Herring:
- Renamed compatible from "brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock" to
"brcm,brcmstb-sun-top-ctrl-semaphore" to use the hardware name
- Added description block to the DT binding YAML explaining what
the semaphore registers are and their relationship to the sundry
block
- Fixed typo in Kconfig "Setttop" -> "Settop"
- Fixed email typo in MODULE_AUTHOR
v3 changes:
Added detailed explanation in the all commit messages as per review
comments
- Added description of 'sundry' ip block that the hardware semaphore
belongs to
- Added reasoning for using common compatible string
v2 changes:
Addressed following review comments:
- fixed ordering of obj brcmstb_hwspinlock.o in Makefile
- fixed ordering of 'config HWSPINLOCK_BRCMSTB' block in Kconfig
- Renamed BRCMSTB_MAX_SEMAPHORES to BRCMSTB_NUM_SEMAPHORES
- Removed unnecessary platform_set_drvdata(pdev, bank);
Also addressing duplicate PATCH 1/3 sent in error as part of v1 change.
v1 changes:
based on fixes made to Initial patch:
Link: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Kamal-Dasu/dt-bindings-brcmstb-hwspinlock-support-for-hwspinlock/20250712-034624
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250711154221.928164-4-kamal.dasu%40broadcom.com
[PATCH 2/4] hwspinlock: brcmstb hardware semaphore support
All the review comments and build warning have been fixed.
Kamal Dasu (3):
dt-bindings: hwlock: Adding brcmstb-hwspinlock support
hwspinlock: brcmstb hardware semaphore support
MAINTAINERS: adding entry for BRCMSTB HWSPINLOCK driver
.../brcm,bcm7038-sun-top-ctrl-semaphore.yaml | 44 +++++++++
MAINTAINERS | 8 ++
drivers/hwspinlock/Kconfig | 10 ++
drivers/hwspinlock/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/hwspinlock/brcmstb_hwspinlock.c | 96 +++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 159 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwlock/brcm,bcm7038-sun-top-ctrl-semaphore.yaml
create mode 100644 drivers/hwspinlock/brcmstb_hwspinlock.c
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