Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Bypass setting fwnode for scmi cpufreq

[Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:17:06AM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM Cristian Marussi
> <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 02:31:19PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 06:52:20PM +0800, Peng Fan wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 03:45:00PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > > >On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 03:13:29PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> > > > >> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
> > > > >> index 2c853c84b58f530898057e4ab274ba76070de05e..7850eb7710f499888d32aebf5d99df63db8bfa26 100644
> > > > >> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
> > > > >> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
> > > > >> @@ -344,6 +344,21 @@ static void __scmi_device_destroy(struct scmi_device *scmi_dev)
> > > > >>          device_unregister(&scmi_dev->dev);
> > > > >>  }
> > > > >>
> > > > >> +static int
> > > > >> +__scmi_device_set_node(struct scmi_device *scmi_dev, struct device_node *np,
> > > > >> +                       int protocol, const char *name)
> > > > >> +{
> > > > >> +        /* cpufreq device does not need to be supplier from devlink perspective */
> > > > >> +        if ((protocol == SCMI_PROTOCOL_PERF) && !strcmp(name, "cpufreq")) {
> > > > >
> > > > >I don't love this...  It seems like an hack.  Could we put a flag
> > > > >somewhere instead?  Perhaps in scmi_device?  (I'm just saying that
> > > > >because that's what we're passing to this function).
> > > >
> > > > This means when creating scmi_device, a flag needs to be set which requires
> > > > to extend scmi_device_id to include a flag entry or else.
> > > >
> > > > As below in scmi-cpufreq.c
> > > > { SCMI_PROTOCOL_PERF, "cpufreq", SCMI_FWNODE_NO }
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yeah, I like that.
> > >
> > > -     if ((protocol == SCMI_PROTOCOL_PERF) && !strcmp(name, "cpufreq")) {
> > > +     if (scmi_dev->flags & SCMI_FWNODE_NO) {
> > >
> > > Or we could do something like "if (scmi_dev->no_fwnode) {"
> >
> > I proposed a flag a few review ago about this, it shoule come somehow
> > from the device_table above like Peng was proposing, so that a driver
> > can just declare that does NOT need fw_devlink.
> 
> Sorry, looks I replied to v1 series. Can you take a look at that
> response please?
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAGETcx87Stfkru9gJrc1sf=PtFGLY7=jrfFaCzK5Z4hq+2TCzg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> If that suggestion I gave there would work, then that's the cleanest
> approach. This patch series is just kicking the can down the road (or
> down an inch).

Thanks for the reply, I will answer on that other thread.
Cristian