Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Make fw_devlink=on more forgiving

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

Hi Saravana,

Thanks for this.

On 2021-01-30 04:03, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> This patch series solves two general issues with fw_devlink=on
> 
> Patch 1/2 addresses the issue of firmware nodes that look like they'll
> have struct devices created for them, but will never actually have
> struct devices added for them. For example, DT nodes with a compatible
> property that don't have devices added for them.
> 
> Patch 2/2 address (for static kernels) the issue of optional suppliers
> that'll never have a driver registered for them. So, if the device 
> could
> have probed with fw_devlink=permissive with a static kernel, this patch
> should allow those devices to probe with a fw_devlink=on. This doesn't
> solve it for the case where modules are enabled because there's no way
> to tell if a driver will never be registered or it's just about to be
> registered. I have some other ideas for that, but it'll have to come
> later thinking about it a bit.
> 
> These two patches might remove the need for several other patches that
> went in as fixes for commit e590474768f1 ("driver core: Set
> fw_devlink=on by default"), but I think all those fixes are good
> changes. So I think we should leave those in.
> 
> Marek, Geert,
> 
> Can you try this series on a static kernel with your OF_POPULATED
> changes reverted? I just want to make sure these patches can identify
> and fix those cases.
> 
> Tudor,
> 
> You should still make the clock driver fix (because it's a bug), but I
> think this series will fix your issue too (even without the clock 
> driver
> fix). Can you please give this a shot?
> 
> Marc,
> 
> Can you try this series with the gpiolib fix reverted please? I'm 
> pretty
> sure this will fix that case.

Almost. The board boots and behaves as expected, except that a few 
devices
such as the SD card are unusable (probably because the corresponding
suppliers are still not identified as being available:

# find /sys -name waiting_for_supplier| xargs grep .| grep -v :0
/sys/devices/platform/vcc3v0-sd/waiting_for_supplier:1
/sys/devices/platform/vbus-typec/waiting_for_supplier:1
/sys/devices/platform/sdio-pwrseq/waiting_for_supplier:1
/sys/devices/platform/ir-receiver/waiting_for_supplier:1

With the GPIO patch that I reverted, no device is waiting for
a supplier.

Let me know if I can further help.

         M.
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