[PATCH] mailbox: prefix new constants with MBOX_

Jassi Brar jassisinghbrar at gmail.com
Sun Apr 12 18:42:46 PDT 2026


On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM Wolfram Sang
<wsa+renesas at sang-engineering.com> wrote:
>
> Commit 89e5d7d61600 ("mailbox: remove superfluous internal header")
> moved some constants to a public header but forgot to add a mailbox
> specific prefix. Add this now to prevent future collisions on a too
> generic naming.
>
> Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260327151112.5202-2-wsa%2Brenesas%40sang-engineering.com
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas at sang-engineering.com>
> ---
>
> This patch improves the above mentioned commit which already sits in
> -next. It is not really a fix but it probably is still a good idea to
> apply it before rc1 to avoid confusion.
>
>  drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c      |  2 +-
>  drivers/mailbox/imx-mailbox.c      |  2 +-
>  drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c          | 22 +++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c |  2 +-
>  drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c     |  2 +-
>  drivers/mailbox/tegra-hsp.c        |  2 +-
>  include/linux/mailbox_controller.h |  6 +++---
>  7 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c
> index 8cfaa91b75bd..43c76cdab24a 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c
> @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int cix_mbox_startup(struct mbox_chan *chan)
>         switch (cp->type) {
>         case CIX_MBOX_TYPE_DB:
>                 /* Overwrite txdone_method for DB channel */
> -               chan->txdone_method = TXDONE_BY_ACK;
> +               chan->txdone_method = MBOX_TXDONE_BY_ACK;
>                 fallthrough;
>         case CIX_MBOX_TYPE_REG:
>                 if (priv->dir == CIX_MBOX_TX) {
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/imx-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/imx-mailbox.c
> index 22331b579489..246a9a9e3952 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/imx-mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/imx-mailbox.c
> @@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static struct mbox_chan * imx_mu_xlate(struct mbox_controller *mbox,
>         p_chan = &mbox->chans[chan];
>
>         if (type == IMX_MU_TYPE_TXDB_V2)
> -               p_chan->txdone_method = TXDONE_BY_ACK;
> +               p_chan->txdone_method = MBOX_TXDONE_BY_ACK;
>
>         return p_chan;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
> index 138ffbcd4fde..30eafdf3a91e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void msg_submit(struct mbox_chan *chan)
>                 }
>         }
>
> -       if (!err && (chan->txdone_method & TXDONE_BY_POLL)) {
> +       if (!err && (chan->txdone_method & MBOX_TXDONE_BY_POLL)) {
>                 /* kick start the timer immediately to avoid delays */
>                 scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &chan->mbox->poll_hrt_lock)
>                         hrtimer_start(&chan->mbox->poll_hrt, 0, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mbox_chan_received_data);
>   */
>  void mbox_chan_txdone(struct mbox_chan *chan, int r)
>  {
> -       if (unlikely(!(chan->txdone_method & TXDONE_BY_IRQ))) {
> +       if (unlikely(!(chan->txdone_method & MBOX_TXDONE_BY_IRQ))) {
>                 dev_err(chan->mbox->dev,
>                        "Controller can't run the TX ticker\n");
>                 return;
> @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mbox_chan_txdone);
>   */
>  void mbox_client_txdone(struct mbox_chan *chan, int r)
>  {
> -       if (unlikely(!(chan->txdone_method & TXDONE_BY_ACK))) {
> +       if (unlikely(!(chan->txdone_method & MBOX_TXDONE_BY_ACK))) {
>                 dev_err(chan->mbox->dev, "Client can't run the TX ticker\n");
>                 return;
>         }
> @@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ static int __mbox_bind_client(struct mbox_chan *chan, struct mbox_client *cl)
>                 chan->cl = cl;
>                 init_completion(&chan->tx_complete);
>
> -               if (chan->txdone_method == TXDONE_BY_POLL && cl->knows_txdone)
> -                       chan->txdone_method = TXDONE_BY_ACK;
> +               if (chan->txdone_method == MBOX_TXDONE_BY_POLL && cl->knows_txdone)
> +                       chan->txdone_method = MBOX_TXDONE_BY_ACK;
>         }
>
>         if (chan->mbox->ops->startup) {
> @@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ void mbox_free_channel(struct mbox_chan *chan)
>         scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &chan->lock) {
>                 chan->cl = NULL;
>                 chan->active_req = MBOX_NO_MSG;
> -               if (chan->txdone_method == TXDONE_BY_ACK)
> -                       chan->txdone_method = TXDONE_BY_POLL;
> +               if (chan->txdone_method == MBOX_TXDONE_BY_ACK)
> +                       chan->txdone_method = MBOX_TXDONE_BY_POLL;
>         }
>
>         module_put(chan->mbox->dev->driver->owner);
> @@ -531,13 +531,13 @@ int mbox_controller_register(struct mbox_controller *mbox)
>                 return -EINVAL;
>
>         if (mbox->txdone_irq)
> -               txdone = TXDONE_BY_IRQ;
> +               txdone = MBOX_TXDONE_BY_IRQ;
>         else if (mbox->txdone_poll)
> -               txdone = TXDONE_BY_POLL;
> +               txdone = MBOX_TXDONE_BY_POLL;
>         else /* It has to be ACK then */
> -               txdone = TXDONE_BY_ACK;
> +               txdone = MBOX_TXDONE_BY_ACK;
>
> -       if (txdone == TXDONE_BY_POLL) {
> +       if (txdone == MBOX_TXDONE_BY_POLL) {
>
>                 if (!mbox->ops->last_tx_done) {
>                         dev_err(mbox->dev, "last_tx_done method is absent\n");
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
> index 547a10a8fad3..e523c84b4808 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
> @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static int cmdq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         cmdq->mbox.ops = &cmdq_mbox_chan_ops;
>         cmdq->mbox.of_xlate = cmdq_xlate;
>
> -       /* make use of TXDONE_BY_ACK */
> +       /* make use of MBOX_TXDONE_BY_ACK */
>         cmdq->mbox.txdone_irq = false;
>         cmdq->mbox.txdone_poll = false;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
> index 5772c6b9886a..535ca8020877 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
> @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int omap_mbox_startup(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
>         }
>
>         if (mbox->send_no_irq)
> -               mbox->chan->txdone_method = TXDONE_BY_ACK;
> +               mbox->chan->txdone_method = MBOX_TXDONE_BY_ACK;
>
>         omap_mbox_enable_irq(mbox, IRQ_RX);
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/tegra-hsp.c b/drivers/mailbox/tegra-hsp.c
> index 7b1e1b83ea29..500fa77c7d53 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/tegra-hsp.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/tegra-hsp.c
> @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static int tegra_hsp_mailbox_startup(struct mbox_chan *chan)
>         struct tegra_hsp *hsp = mb->channel.hsp;
>         unsigned long flags;
>
> -       chan->txdone_method = TXDONE_BY_IRQ;
> +       chan->txdone_method = MBOX_TXDONE_BY_IRQ;
>
>         /*
>          * Shared mailboxes start out as consumers by default. FULL and EMPTY
> diff --git a/include/linux/mailbox_controller.h b/include/linux/mailbox_controller.h
> index e3896b08f22e..a49ee687d4cf 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mailbox_controller.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mailbox_controller.h
> @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ struct mbox_chan;
>  /* Sentinel value distinguishing "no active request" from "NULL message data" */
>  #define MBOX_NO_MSG    ((void *)-1)
>
> -#define TXDONE_BY_IRQ  BIT(0) /* controller has remote RTR irq */
> -#define TXDONE_BY_POLL BIT(1) /* controller can read status of last TX */
> -#define TXDONE_BY_ACK  BIT(2) /* S/W ACK received by Client ticks the TX */
> +#define MBOX_TXDONE_BY_IRQ     BIT(0) /* controller has remote RTR irq */
> +#define MBOX_TXDONE_BY_POLL    BIT(1) /* controller can read status of last TX */
> +#define MBOX_TXDONE_BY_ACK     BIT(2) /* S/W ACK received by Client ticks the TX */
>
>  /**
>   * struct mbox_chan_ops - methods to control mailbox channels
> --
> 2.51.0
>
Applied to mailbox/for-next
Thanks
Jassi



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