On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 10:16:24PM +0200, Umang Jain wrote: > The devices that the vchiq interface registers (bcm2835-audio, > bcm2835-camera) are implemented and exposed by the VC04 firmware. > The device tree describes the VC04 itself with the resources required > to communicate with it through a mailbox interface. However, the > vchiq interface registers these devices as platform devices. This > also means the specific drivers for these devices are getting > registered as platform drivers. This is not correct and a blatant > abuse of platform device/driver. > > Add a new bus type, vchiq_bus_type and device type (struct vchiq_device) > which will be used to migrate child devices that the vchiq interfaces > creates/registers from the platform device/driver. > > Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile | 1 + > .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c | 78 +++++++++++++++++++ > .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.h | 43 ++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 122 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.h > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile > index 44794bdf6173..2d071e55e175 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile > @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ vchiq-objs := \ > interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_core.o \ > interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.o \ > interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_debugfs.o \ > + interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.o \ > interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_connected.o \ > > ifdef CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..dff312e9735c > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c > @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > +/* > + * vchiq_device.c - VCHIQ generic device and bus-type > + * > + * Copyright (c) 2023 Ideas On Board Oy > + */ > + > +#include <linux/device/bus.h> > +#include <linux/slab.h> > +#include <linux/string.h> > + > +#include "vchiq_device.h" > + > +static int vchiq_bus_type_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv); > + > +struct bus_type vchiq_bus_type = { > + .name = "vchiq-bus", > + .match = vchiq_bus_type_match, > +}; > + > +static int vchiq_bus_type_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv) > +{ > + if (dev->bus == &vchiq_bus_type && > + strcmp(dev_name(dev), drv->name) == 0) > + return 1; > + return 0; > +} > + > +static void vchiq_device_release(struct device *dev) > +{ > + struct vchiq_device *device; > + > + device = container_of(dev, struct vchiq_device, dev); > + kfree(device); > +} > + > +int vchiq_device_register(struct device *parent, const char *name) > +{ > + struct vchiq_device *device = NULL; No need to set this to NULL. > + int ret; > + > + device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!device) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > + device->dev.init_name = name; > + device->dev.parent = parent; > + device->dev.bus = &vchiq_bus_type; > + device->dev.release = vchiq_device_release; > + > + ret = device_register(&device->dev); > + if (ret) { > + put_device(&device->dev); > + return -EINVAL; Why not return the error given to you? > + } > + > + return 0; You create a new device, shouldn't you return it? How is it going to be looked up again? > +} > + > +int vchiq_device_unregister(struct device *dev, void *data) You should be passing in a sruct vchiq_device *device here, right? And why the void pointer you do nothing with? > +{ > + device_unregister(dev); > + return 0; > +} No need to export this? thanks, greg k-h