Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] drm/tiny: add driver for Apple Touch Bars in x86 Macs

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> On 25 Feb 2025, at 8:26 PM, Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 25 Feb 2025, at 8:24 PM, Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On 25 Feb 2025, at 5:28 PM, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>>> Am 25.02.25 um 11:33 schrieb andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 10:09:42AM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:
>>>>>> From: Kerem Karabay <kekrby@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The Touch Bars found on x86 Macs support two USB configurations: one
>>>>>> where the device presents itself as a HID keyboard and can display
>>>>>> predefined sets of keys, and one where the operating system has full
>>>>>> control over what is displayed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This commit adds support for the display functionality of the second
>>>>>> configuration. Functionality for the first configuration has been
>>>>>> merged in the HID tree.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Note that this driver has only been tested on T2 Macs, and only includes
>>>>>> the USB device ID for these devices. Testing on T1 Macs would be
>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Credit goes to Ben (Bingxing) Wang on GitHub for reverse engineering
>>>>>> most of the protocol.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Also, as requested by Andy, I would like to clarify the use of __packed
>>>>>> structs in this driver:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> - All the packed structs are aligned except for appletbdrm_msg_information.
>>>>>> - We have to pack appletbdrm_msg_information since it is requirement of
>>>>>> the protocol.
>>>>>> - We compared binaries compiled by keeping the rest structs __packed and
>>>>>> not __packed using bloat-o-meter, and __packed was not affecting code
>>>>>> generation.
>>>>>> - To maintain consistency, rest structs have been kept __packed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I would also like to point out that since the driver was reverse-engineered
>>>>>> the actual data types of the protocol might be different, including, but
>>>>>> not limited to, endianness.
>>>> ...
>>>> 
>>>>> +static int appletbdrm_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
>>>>> +                const struct usb_device_id *id)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +    struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *bulk_in, *bulk_out;
>>>>> +    struct device *dev = &intf->dev;
>>>>> +    struct appletbdrm_device *adev;
>>>>> +    struct drm_device *drm;
>>>>> +    int ret;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    ret = usb_find_common_endpoints(intf->cur_altsetting, &bulk_in, &bulk_out, NULL, NULL);
>>>>> +    if (ret) {
>>>>> +        drm_err(drm, "Failed to find bulk endpoints\n");
>>>> This is simply wrong (and in this case even lead to crash in some circumstances).
>>>> drm_err() may not be used here. That's my point in previous discussions.
>>>> Independently on the subsystem the ->probe() for the sake of consistency and
>>>> being informative should only rely on struct device *dev,
>>> 
>>> That's never going to work with DRM. There's so much code in a DRM probe function that uses the DRM error functions.
>>> 
>>> This specific instance here is wrong, as the drm pointer hasn't been initialized. But as soon as it is, it's much better to use drm_err() and friends. It will do the right thing and give consistent output across drivers.
>>> 
>> Ok so this is actually an interesting case, since I am trying to fix it. To initialise the drm pointer, we need to initialise adev, and to initialise adev, we need to run usb_find_common_endpoints first. So IMO, we cannot use drm_err here, but rather dev_err_probe can be used.
> 
> Infact dev is also not initialised......

Nvm, dev is initialised, adev is not
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> +        return ret;
>>>>> +    }
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    adev = devm_drm_dev_alloc(dev, &appletbdrm_drm_driver, struct appletbdrm_device, drm);
>>>>> +    if (IS_ERR(adev))
>>>>> +        return PTR_ERR(adev);
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    adev->in_ep = bulk_in->bEndpointAddress;
>>>>> +    adev->out_ep = bulk_out->bEndpointAddress;
>>>>> +    adev->dmadev = dev;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    drm = &adev->drm;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    usb_set_intfdata(intf, adev);
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    ret = appletbdrm_get_information(adev);
>>>>> +    if (ret) {
>>>>> +        drm_err(drm, "Failed to get display information\n");
>>>>> +        return ret;
>>>>> +    }
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    ret = appletbdrm_signal_readiness(adev);
>>>>> +    if (ret) {
>>>>> +        drm_err(drm, "Failed to signal readiness\n");
>>>>> +        return ret;
>>>>> +    }
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    ret = appletbdrm_setup_mode_config(adev);
>>>>> +    if (ret) {
>>>>> +        drm_err(drm, "Failed to setup mode config\n");
>>>>> +        return ret;
>>>>> +    }
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    ret = drm_dev_register(drm, 0);
>>>>> +    if (ret) {
>>>>> +        drm_err(drm, "Failed to register DRM device\n");
>>>>> +        return ret;
>>>>> +    }
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    ret = appletbdrm_clear_display(adev);
>>>>> +    if (ret) {
>>>>> +        drm_err(drm, "Failed to clear display\n");
>>>>> +        return ret;
>>>>> +    }
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    return 0;
>>>>> +}
>>> 
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Thomas Zimmermann
>>> Graphics Driver Developer
>>> SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
>>> Frankenstrasse 146, 90461 Nuernberg, Germany
>>> GF: Ivo Totev, Andrew Myers, Andrew McDonald, Boudien Moerman
>>> HRB 36809 (AG Nuernberg)
>>> 




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