Hi Frank,
On Sunday, 25 February 2018 00:42:47 EET Frank Rowand wrote:
> On 02/22/18 14:10, Frank Rowand wrote:
> > Hi Laurent, Rob,
> >
> > Thanks for the prompt spin to address my concerns. There are some small
> > technical issues.
> >
> > I did not read the v3 patch until today. v3 through v6 are still using
> > the old overlay apply method which uses an expanded device tree as input.
> >
> > Rob, I don't see my overlay patches in you for-next branch, and I have
> > not seen an "Applied" message from you. What is the status of the
> > overlay patches?
> >
> > Comments in the patch below.
> >
> > On 02/22/18 05:13, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >> The internal LVDS encoders now have their own DT bindings. Before
> >> switching the driver infrastructure to those new bindings, implement
> >> backward-compatibility through live DT patching.
> >>
> >> Patching is disabled and will be enabled along with support for the new
> >> DT bindings in the DU driver.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart
> >> <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Changes since v5:
> >>
> >> - Use a private copy of rcar_du_of_changeset_add_property()
> >>
> >> Changes since v3:
> >>
> >> - Use the OF changeset API
> >> - Use of_graph_get_endpoint_by_regs()
> >> - Replace hardcoded constants by sizeof()
> >>
> >> Changes since v2:
> >>
> >> - Update the SPDX headers to use C-style comments in header files
> >> - Removed the manually created __local_fixups__ node
> >> - Perform manual fixups on live DT instead of overlay
> >>
> >> Changes since v1:
> >>
> >> - Select OF_FLATTREE
> >> - Compile LVDS DT bindings patch code when DRM_RCAR_LVDS is selected
> >> - Update the SPDX headers to use GPL-2.0 instead of GPL-2.0-only
> >> - Turn __dtb_rcar_du_of_lvds_(begin|end) from u8 to char
> >> - Pass void begin and end pointers to rcar_du_of_get_overlay()
> >> - Use of_get_parent() instead of accessing the parent pointer directly
> >> - Find the LVDS endpoints nodes based on the LVDS node instead of the
> >>
> >> root of the overlay
> >>
> >> - Update to the <soc>-lvds compatible string format
> >> ---
> >>
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Kconfig | 2 +
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Makefile | 7 +-
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.c | 342 +++++++++++++++
> >> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.h | 20 ++
> >> .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7790.dts | 79 +++++
> >> .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7791.dts | 53 ++++
> >> .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7793.dts | 53 ++++
> >> .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7795.dts | 53 ++++
> >> .../gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7796.dts | 53 ++++
> >> 9 files changed, 661 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.c
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.h
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7790.dts
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7791.dts
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7793.dts
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7795.dts
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of_lvds_r8a7796.dts
[snip]
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.c
> >> b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.c new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..ac442ddfed16
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_of.c
[snip]
> >> +static int __init rcar_du_of_apply_overlay(const struct
> >> rcar_du_of_overlay *dtbs,
> >> + const char *compatible)
> >> +{
> >> + const struct rcar_du_of_overlay *dtb = NULL;
> >> + struct device_node *node = NULL;
> >> + unsigned int i;
> >> + int ovcs_id;
> >> + void *data;
> >> + void *mem;
> >> + int ret;
> >> +
> >> + for (i = 0; dtbs[i].compatible; ++i) {
> >> + if (!strcmp(dtbs[i].compatible, compatible)) {
> >> + dtb = &dtbs[i];
> >> + break;
> >> + }
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + if (!dtb)
> >> + return -ENODEV;
>
> I was trying to avoid reviewing this little block of code, because it
> meant spending the time to do the research to verify my memory. I did
> the research, so here are the comments...
Thank you.
> > __If__ my overlay patches are accepted, this block:
> >> +
> >> + data = kmemdup(dtb->begin, dtb->end - dtb->begin, GFP_KERNEL);
> >> + if (!data)
> >> + return -ENOMEM;
> >> +
> >> + mem = of_fdt_unflatten_tree(data, NULL, &node);
> >> + if (!mem) {
> >>
> >> + ret = -ENOMEM;
>
> kfree(data);
>
> This could be done at the tail of the function if you prefer, but
> it is easier for me to put it here to show which case it is ok
> to kfree(). And if doing the kfree() here, may as well just
> return -ENOMEM here instead of going to done.
>
> >> + goto done;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + ovcs_id = 0;
> >> + ret = of_overlay_apply(node, &ovcs_id);
> >> +
>
> >> +done:
> Do not do the of_node_put() or the kfree()s here. The live
> devicetree and the overlay changeset have pointers into them.
>
> Some error values from of_overlay_apply() do allow you to do some
> freeing, but since this is at most a temporary piece of code, it
> isn't worth all the complexity of trying to figure that out. The
> implications of the various return values from of_overlay_apply()
> are a bit of a hairball.
>
> >> + of_node_put(node);
> >> + kfree(data);
> >> + kfree(mem);
OK, I'll remove the error handling code here and add a kfree(data) if
of_fdt_unflatten_tree() fails. Thank you.
> > becomes:
> > ret = of_overlay_fdt_apply(dtb->begin, &ovcs_id);
> >
> > If my overlay patches do not exist, there are other small errors
> > in the code block above. I'll ignore them for the moment.
> >
> > A quick scan of the rest of the code looks OK. I'll read through it
> > more carefully, but wanted to get this reply out without further
> > delay.
> >
> > -Frank
> >
> >> +
> >> + return ret;
> >> +}
[snip]
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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