Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (tmp401) Add of_match_table

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On 5/2/22 07:58, Vincent Whitchurch wrote:
> On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 03:57:50PM +0200, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 5/2/22 02:19, Camel Guo wrote:
>>> When tmp401 is built as kernel module, it won't be automatically loaded
>>> even through there is a device node in the devicetree. e.g:
>>>       i2c {
>>>         #address-cells = <1>;
>>>         #size-cells = <0>;
>>>
>>>         sensor@4c {
>>>           compatible = "ti,tmp401";
>>>           reg = <0x4c>;
>>>         };
>>>       };
>>> In order to make sure it is loaded automatically, this commit adds
>>> of_match_table for tmp401.
>>>
>>
>> As mentioned before, historically i2c devices would instantiate based
>> on the i2c match table. You are claiming that this is no longer the case.
> 
> Note that while the commit message in the first version of the patch did
> wrongly claim that probe would not work without the of_match_table, this
> corrected description in v2 does mention the actual problem: that the
> module will not be automatically loaded without the of_match_table.  (If
> the module is loaded manually or the driver is built-in to the kernel,
> there is no problem.)
> 

No, it doesn't. None of the information you provided below is mentioned
in the description, but is essential to understand your patch and the
reason for it.

> See commit 72fc64c68decf119466 ("hwmon: (tmp103) Add OF device ID
> table") or commit 98b16a09861aa85d6 ("hwmon: (max31785) Add OF device ID
> table") for similar changes to other hwmon drivers.
> 

Those commits provide a valid and acceptable explanation.

> The potential future change mentioned in the commit messages of
> 72fc64c68decf119466 and 98b16a09861aa85d6 happened in commit
> af503716ac1444db61d80 ("i2c: core: report OF style module alias for
> devices registered via OF").  The commit message of
> af503716ac1444db61d80 has a lot of details about the change being made,
> and while it says that all in-tree drivers had been converted, it looks
> like some of them, like tmp401, were missed.
> 

And this is the missing link. If you provide that information
in the commit log I have no problems. Please also provide a Fixes:
tag.

Fixes: af503716ac14 ("i2c: core: report OF style module alias for devices registered via OF")

Thanks,
Guenter

>> The above is no evidence; that would require a log output on an affected
>> system showing that the sensors are not or no longer longer instantiated.
> 
> A log would simply show nothing happening so that's probably not going
> to be that useful, but here is what the modaliases look like.  As you
> can see, the modalias of the device in sysfs does not match any of the
> alias patterns of the module without this patch:
> 
> $ cat /sys/bus/i2c/devices/4-004c/modalias
> of:Ntemperature-sensorT<NULL>Cti,tmp431
> 
> modinfo without this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo ./modules/lib/modules/5.18.0-rc1/kernel/drivers/hwmon/tmp401.ko
> filename:       /storage2/femfyra/linux-2.6/.roadtest/./modules/lib/modules/5.18.0-rc1/kernel/drivers/hwmon/tmp401.ko
> license:        GPL
> description:    Texas Instruments TMP401 temperature sensor driver
> author:         Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> alias:          i2c:tmp435
> alias:          i2c:tmp432
> alias:          i2c:tmp431
> alias:          i2c:tmp411
> alias:          i2c:tmp401
> depends:
> intree:         Y
> name:           tmp401
> vermagic:       5.18.0-rc1 mod_unload
> 
> modinfo after this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo ./modules/lib/modules/5.18.0-rc1/kernel/drivers/hwmon/tmp401.ko
> filename:       /storage2/femfyra/linux-2.6/./.roadtest/modules/lib/modules/5.18.0-rc1/kernel/drivers/hwmon/tmp401.ko
> license:        GPL
> description:    Texas Instruments TMP401 temperature sensor driver
> author:         Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> alias:          i2c:tmp435
> alias:          i2c:tmp432
> alias:          i2c:tmp431
> alias:          i2c:tmp411
> alias:          i2c:tmp401
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp435C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp435
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp432C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp432
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp431C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp431
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp411C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp411
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp401C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,tmp401
> depends:
> intree:         Y
> name:           tmp401
> vermagic:       5.18.0-rc1 mod_unload