On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 10:18:08AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: > On 6/8/21 12:35 AM, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote: > > From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > The function device_add_properties() is going to be removed. > > Replacing it with software node API equivalents. ... > > + device_remove_software_node(priv->codec_dev); > > This is a problem, nothing guarantees codec_dev not going away before > snd_byt_cht_es8316_mc_remove() runs. Although the only thing which I can come up > with where this happens is unbinding the i2c-controller driver I still would like > us to take this scenario into account. > > I think it would be better to use device_create_managed_software_node() to tie > the lifetime of the swnode to the lifetime of the device, this also removes > the need for all the goto err cases (and introducing a remove function in > the bytcr_rt5640.c case). Which device? If you are telling about codec, the unload-load of the machine driver won't be successful or will produce a leak / warning / etc. If you are telling about machine related device, it simply doesn't belong to it. Am I got all this right? > This does mean that we could end up calling device_create_managed_software_node() > on the same device twice, when the machine driver gets unbound + rebound, but > that is an already existing issue with our current device_add_properties() usage. Yep. > We could fix this (in a separate commit since it is an already existing issue) > by adding a PROPERTY_ENTRY_BOOL("cht_es8316,swnode-created") property to the > properties and checking for that being set with > device_property_read_bool(codec, "cht_es8316,swnode-created") Not sure it's a good idea, this sounds like a hack. > Or we could move the device_put(codec_dev) to snd_byt_cht_es8316_mc_remove(). This sounds better. > I've a slight preference for using device_create_managed_software_node() + > some mechanism to avoid a double adding of the properties, since I would like > to try and avoid the "goto err" additions. > > Ideally device_create_managed_software_node() would detect the double-add > itself and it would return -EEXISTS. Heikki, would that be feasible ? If I got the big picture correct, the SOF needs to switch to use fwnode graphs. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko