Re: [PATCH v4 02/15] gpio: regmap: set gpio_chip of_node

From: Álvaro Fernández Rojas
Date: Thu Mar 04 2021 - 10:46:28 EST




> El 4 mar 2021, a las 16:28, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 5:24 PM Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> El 4 mar 2021, a las 16:17, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 5:06 PM Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> El 4 mar 2021, a las 11:35, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:57 AM Álvaro Fernández Rojas
>>>>> <noltari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> + * @of_node: (Optional) The device node
>>>>>
>>>>>> + struct device_node *of_node;
>>>>>
>>>>> Can we use fwnode from day 1, please?
>>>>
>>>> Could you explain this? I haven’t dealt with fwnode never :$
>>>> BTW, this is done to fix this check when parsing gpio ranges:
>>>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/f69d02e37a85645aa90d18cacfff36dba370f797/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c#L933-L934
>>>
>>> Use struct fwnode_handle pointer instead of OF-specific one.
>>
>> But is that compatible with the current gpiolib-of code? :$
>
> Yes (after a bit of amendment I have sent today as v2:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-gpio/20210304150215.80652-1-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u).

Well that doesn’t fulfill my definition of “current gpiolib-of code”…
@Linus what should I do about this?

>
>>> Also here is the question, why do you need to have that field in the
>>> regmap config structure and can't simply use the parent's fwnode?
>>> Also I'm puzzled why it's not working w/o this patch: GPIO library
>>> effectively assigns parent's fwnode (okay, of_node right now).
>>
>> Because gpio regmap a child node of the pin controller, which is the one probed (gpio regmap is probed from the pin controller).
>> Therefore the parent’s fwnode is useless, since the correct gpio_chip node is the child's one (we have pin-ranges declared in the child node, referencing the parent pinctrl node).
>
> I see. Can you point me out to the code where we get the node and
> where it's being retrieved / filled?

Sure, this is where the child node is searched: https://github.com/Noltari/linux/blob/6d1ebb8ff26ed54592eef1fcd3b58834acb48c04/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm63xx.c#L100-L109
Then the gpio child node is probed and assigned here: https://github.com/Noltari/linux/blob/6d1ebb8ff26ed54592eef1fcd3b58834acb48c04/drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm63xx.c#L51

Basically, I based that part of the code on the ingenic pin controller: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/f69d02e37a85645aa90d18cacfff36dba370f797/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ingenic.c#L2485-L2491
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/f69d02e37a85645aa90d18cacfff36dba370f797/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/ingenic%2Cpinctrl.yaml#L155-L176

>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko

Best regards,
Álvaro.