Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Mar 2016 19:42:26 -0800 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] siox: new driver/bus framework for Eckelmann SIOX |
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On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 02:43:21PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > Hello Greg, > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 02:20:39PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:52:12PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> > > > --- > > > drivers/Kconfig | 2 + > > > drivers/Makefile | 1 + > > > drivers/siox/Kconfig | 2 + > > > drivers/siox/Makefile | 1 + > > > drivers/siox/siox-core.c | 572 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > drivers/siox/siox.h | 48 ++++ > > > include/linux/siox.h | 53 +++++ > > > 7 files changed, 679 insertions(+) > > > create mode 100644 drivers/siox/Kconfig > > > create mode 100644 drivers/siox/Makefile > > > create mode 100644 drivers/siox/siox-core.c > > > create mode 100644 drivers/siox/siox.h > > > create mode 100644 include/linux/siox.h > > > > What's the relationship between your "master" and "regular" devices > > here? I think that's getting things confused, you are unregistering > > your 'master' yet the children it controls don't go away because you > > never unregister them. You need to fix this heirachy up a bit, and > > maybe just drop the 'master' logic? > > A master is the bus controller (i.e. it drives DOUT, DCLK and DLD). A > device is a consumer and provides DIN to the master. > > The topology looks as follows: > > ,------->--DCLK-->---------------+----------------------. > ^ v v > ,--------. ,----------------------. ,------ > | | | ,--------------. | | > | |--->--DOUT-->---|->-|shift register|->-|--->---| > | | | `--------------' | | > | master | | device | | device > | | | ,--------------. | | > | |---<--DIN---<---|-<-|shift register|-<-|---<---| > | | | `--------------' | | > `--------' `----------------------' `------ > v ^ ^ > `----------DLD-------------------+----------------------' > > So there are two chains of shift registers, one for letting the master > write to the devices, and the other to let the master read from the > devices. DCLK is the clock to shift both chains by a single bit. An edge > on DLD is used to make the devices load the inputs and sample the > outputs. > > I think I need the following: > > void siox_unregister_master(struct siox_master *smaster) > { > for (each siox_device d of smaster) > siox_device_remove(d); > > device_unregister(&smaster->dev); > }
Yes, you have to do this, as that's how USB and other busses do it when their "controllers" go away.
> But the locking scheme that is necessary isn't obvious for me. For > example I must prevent that after the for loop is done a new device is > registered. Do I need to prevent this explicitly (e.g. by doing > something like: > > lock(smaster); > smaster->is_going_away = true; > for (each siox_device d of smaster) > siox_device_remove(d); > unlock(smaster); > > device_unregister(&smaster->dev); > > and let registering new devices fail if smaster->is_going_away is true?) > Or is there something that the kobject stuff/driver core can help me > with?
Look at what happens when you remove a USB host controller with the locking there, it shouldn't be that hard.
thanks,
greg k-h
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