Re: [RFC PATCH] [media]: of: move graph helpers from drivers/media/v4l2-core to drivers/of

[Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 07:56:33 -0600, Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:45 AM, Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > From: Philipp Zabel <philipp.zabel@gmail.com>
> >
> > This patch moves the parsing helpers used to parse connected graphs
> > in the device tree, like the video interface bindings documented in
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt, from
> > drivers/media/v4l2-core to drivers/of.
> 
> This is the opposite direction things have been moving...
> 
> > This allows to reuse the same parser code from outside the V4L2 framework,
> > most importantly from display drivers. There have been patches that duplicate
> > the code (and I am going to send one of my own), such as
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2013-August/043308.html
> > and others that parse the same binding in a different way:
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-omap@vger.kernel.org/msg100761.html
> >
> > I think that all common video interface parsing helpers should be moved to a
> > single place, outside of the specific subsystems, so that it can be reused
> > by all drivers.
> 
> Perhaps that should be done rather than moving to drivers/of now and
> then again to somewhere else.

This is just parsing helpers though, isn't it? I have no problem pulling
helper functions into drivers/of if they are usable by multiple
subsystems. I don't really understand the model being used though. I
would appreciate a description of the usage model for these functions
for poor folks like me who can't keep track of what is going on in
subsystems.

g.

> 
> > I moved v4l2_of_get_next_endpoint, v4l2_of_get_remote_port,
> > and v4l2_of_get_remote_port_parent. They are renamed to
> > of_graph_get_next_endpoint, of_graph_get_remote_port, and
> > of_graph_get_remote_port_parent, respectively.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/Kconfig             |   1 +
> >  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-of.c | 117 ---------------------------------
> >  drivers/of/Kconfig                |   3 +
> >  drivers/of/Makefile               |   1 +
> >  drivers/of/of_graph.c             | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/of_graph.h          |  23 +++++++
> >  include/media/v4l2-of.h           |  16 ++---
> >  7 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/of/of_graph.c
> >  create mode 100644 include/linux/of_graph.h
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-of.h b/include/media/v4l2-of.h
> > index 541cea4..404a493 100644
> > --- a/include/media/v4l2-of.h
> > +++ b/include/media/v4l2-of.h
> > @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/list.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> >  #include <linux/errno.h>
> > +#include <linux/of_graph.h>
> >
> >  #include <media/v4l2-mediabus.h>
> >
> > @@ -72,11 +73,6 @@ struct v4l2_of_endpoint {
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_OF
> >  int v4l2_of_parse_endpoint(const struct device_node *node,
> >                            struct v4l2_of_endpoint *endpoint);
> > -struct device_node *v4l2_of_get_next_endpoint(const struct device_node *parent,
> > -                                       struct device_node *previous);
> > -struct device_node *v4l2_of_get_remote_port_parent(
> > -                                       const struct device_node *node);
> > -struct device_node *v4l2_of_get_remote_port(const struct device_node *node);
> >  #else /* CONFIG_OF */
> >
> >  static inline int v4l2_of_parse_endpoint(const struct device_node *node,
> > @@ -85,25 +81,25 @@ static inline int v4l2_of_parse_endpoint(const struct device_node *node,
> >         return -ENOSYS;
> >  }
> >
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_OF */
> > +
> >  static inline struct device_node *v4l2_of_get_next_endpoint(
> >                                         const struct device_node *parent,
> >                                         struct device_node *previous)
> >  {
> > -       return NULL;
> > +       return of_graph_get_next_endpoint(parent, previous);
> 
> Won't this break for !OF?
> 
> Rob