Re: [PATCH v2] i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-ltc4306: LTC4306 and LTC4305 I2C multiplexer/switch

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On 04.04.2017 11:28, Peter Rosin wrote:
*snip* *snip*

+static int ltc4306_gpio_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
+{
+	struct ltc4306 *data = gpiochip_get_data(chip);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (gpiochip_line_is_open_drain(chip, offset) ||
+	    (data->regs[LTC_REG_MODE] & BIT(7 - offset))) {

I wonder about this open-coded register cache. So, gpio people, is there
a guarantee from gpiolib that only one gpio_chip operation is in flight
concurrently? Because I don't see any evidence of that. With that in
mind, I think some locking is needed?

I thought there is a per chip mutex in the gpiolib. But I can't find
anything like this either. Since these two gpios can be used from
different internal or external users. The locking seem to be needed.

This gets us back to the regmap option. I did a quick grep, and 9 out of
205 drivers using regmap i2c, also use i2c_smbus... concurrently.

grep -Rl regmap_init_i2c ./drivers  | xargs grep -l i2c_smbus_ | grep "\.c"

Mostly to work around non uniform transfer layouts.

I see three options.

1. Go with regmap and convert to mux-locked. Then the unlocked i2c-xfer
becomes an ordinary i2c-xfer (or smbus, whatever). This will result in
the cleanest code.

ok - you convinced me.


2. Go with regmap and stay parent-locked. Then hook into the regmap
locking as is done in one of the drivers that have worked around similar
problems with regmap and parent-locked i2c-mux interactions:

drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2830.c
drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c

This will probably work, but you'd need to add a number of extra helper
functions.

3. Exclude register 3 from regmap and only use regmap for the other
registers. This will be a bit ugly and ad-hoc, will need clear comments
on what is going on and why it is safe etc. And I want to see it before
I accept it. And it might not be my call to begin with, because TBH, it
sounds a bit disgusting...

I'll check with Mark Brown on this topic.

Ok, might be a good idea...

+
+add_adapter_failed:
+	i2c_mux_del_adapters(muxc);
+gpio_default:
+	gpiod_direction_input(data->en_gpio);

This was actually not what I had in mind when I asked about it in v1, and
this looks a bit strange. You have no way of knowing if the pin was
configured as input when probe was called, and I don't see code like this
all over the place. Maybe it's is ok to not disable the chip over
suspend/resume, I was just asking because it looked a bit strange to grab
a pin and then forget about it. Now that I think about it some more, it's
probably ok to do just that since it is perhaps not possible to make the
chip draw less power by deasserting enable, but what do I know?

GPIOs are assumed by default inputs. So if you want to undo the actions
in probe. The logical consequence is to move them back to inputs, and
let the external PULL-UP or PULL-DOWN on the ENABLE decide what happens.
I would also prefer to leave it enabled, so that the GPIOs can retain

My point is that I do not see any probe functions undoing gpio configs.
Why bother in this case? Or are other probe functions really doing this?
I actually didn't check, but I haven't stumbled over it previously and
at least think I would have noticed...

it's last state. Well I think the device draws a bit less power when
disabled. But we don't support runtime PM anyways.

It might not be safe to reset the gpio pins over a suspend/resume depending
on what they are used for, so it is probably a bad idea to go there. Sorry
for bringing the whole issue up and muddying the waters...

I restore the original implementation and also pulse the ENABLE low so we're always doing a clean reset.

I'll send a new patch shortly.

Thanks!

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