[PATCH 11/13] soc: qcom: Simplify with of_machine_get_match_data()
Dmitry Baryshkov
dmitry.baryshkov at oss.qualcomm.com
Sat Nov 8 08:31:31 PST 2025
On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 03:58:26PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 07/11/2025 15:23, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 08:08:28AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On 07/11/2025 08:02, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >>> On 07/11/2025 04:19, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> >>>> On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 08:07:18PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >>>>> Replace open-coded getting root OF node, matching against it and getting
> >>>>> the match data with new of_machine_get_match_data() helper.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Depends on the first OF patch.
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_pd_mapper.c | 17 ++---------------
> >>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_pd_mapper.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_pd_mapper.c
> >>>>> index 1bcbe69688d2..07198d44b559 100644
> >>>>> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_pd_mapper.c
> >>>>> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_pd_mapper.c
> >>>>> @@ -613,25 +613,12 @@ static void qcom_pdm_stop(struct qcom_pdm_data *data)
> >>>>> static struct qcom_pdm_data *qcom_pdm_start(void)
> >>>>> {
> >>>>> const struct qcom_pdm_domain_data * const *domains;
> >>>>> - const struct of_device_id *match;
> >>>>> struct qcom_pdm_data *data;
> >>>>> - struct device_node *root;
> >>>>> int ret, i;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> - root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
> >>>>> - if (!root)
> >>>>> - return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> >>>>> -
> >>>>> - match = of_match_node(qcom_pdm_domains, root);
> >>>>> - of_node_put(root);
> >>>>> - if (!match) {
> >>>>> - pr_notice("PDM: no support for the platform, userspace daemon might be required.\n");
> >>>>> - return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> >>>>> - }
> >>>>> -
> >>>>> - domains = match->data;
> >>>>> + domains = of_machine_get_match_data(qcom_pdm_domains);
> >>>>> if (!domains) {
> >>>>> - pr_debug("PDM: no domains\n");
> >>>>> + pr_notice("PDM: no support for the platform or no domains, userspace daemon might be required.\n");
> >>>>> return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> >>>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> Here you are mixing two cases:
> >>>> - There is not match in the table (in which case the driver should print
> >>>> a notice)
> >>>>
> >>>> - There is a match in the table, but the data is NULL (the platform
> >>>> doesn't have PDM domains). In this case there should be no notice.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Why? Existing code printed notice in both cases. Why refactoring which
> >>> tries to keep code functionally equivalent should change it?
> >>
> >> Ah, you mean there was a debug before. Well, then I am a bit confused
> >> because table has entries without data (so expected condition) but old
> >> code returned ERRNO in such case - so unexpected condition.
> >>
> >> Wail failing the probe on expected condition?
> >>
> >> Unless it is not really expected and notice in second case is valid as well.
> >
> > If we know that there are no domains on the platform, then the notice
> > definitely doesn't apply. Failing the probe is a separate topic. The
> > rest of the code expects that _qcom_pdm_data is not NULL.
>
> I hoped that separate topic would be the reason, after commit msg
> adjustments, to keep this change, but if you insist that this must stay
> debug, then this patch should be just dropped because it is impossible
> to achieve with current helpers.
Having the same pr_notice would be misleading: we point users to running
userspace daemon, while we _know_ that the daemon is useless because
there are no PDs. One of the ways to solve it would be to add extra
wrapping, so that the data in the match table is never NULL.
--
With best wishes
Dmitry
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