Re: [PATCH/RFC v4 1/2] reset: Add support for dedicated reset controls

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On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 6:40 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In some SoCs multiple hardware blocks may share a reset control.
> The existing reset control API for shared resets will only assert such a
> reset when the drivers for all hardware blocks agree.
> The existing exclusive reset control API still allows to assert such a
> reset, but that impacts all other hardware blocks sharing the reset.
>
> Sometimes a driver needs to reset a specific hardware block, and be 100%
> sure it has no impact on other hardware blocks.  This is e.g. the case
> for virtualization with device pass-through, where the host wants to
> reset any exported device before and after exporting it for use by the
> guest, for isolation.
>
> Hence a new flag for dedicated resets is added to the internal methods,
> with a new public reset_control_get_dedicated() method, to obtain an
> exclusive handle to a reset that is dedicated to one specific hardware
> block.
>
> This supports both DT-based and lookup-based reset controls.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4:
>   - New.
>
> Notes:
>   - Dedicated lookup-based reset controls were not tested,

And untested code is buggy...

> --- a/drivers/reset/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/reset/core.c

> @@ -541,9 +575,25 @@ __reset_controller_by_name(const char *name)
>         return NULL;
>  }
>
> +static bool __reset_is_dedicated(const struct reset_control_lookup *lookup)
> +{
> +       const struct reset_control_lookup *lookup2;
> +
> +       list_for_each_entry(lookup, &reset_lookup_list, list) {

... as the list_for_each() should use "lookup2" instead of "lookup" (warning
reported by kbuild robot).

> +               if (lookup2 == lookup)
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               if (lookup2->provider == lookup->provider &&
> +                   lookup2->index == lookup->index)
> +                       return false;
> +       }
> +
> +       return true;
> +}

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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