Subject: [PATCH 1/3] usb: misc: generic_onboard_hub: add generic onboard USB HUB driver

From: [email-masked] (Peter Chen)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:26:56 +0800

On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 07:19:05AM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > +	hub_data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*hub_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!hub_data)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	if (dev->of_node) {
> > +		struct device_node *node = dev->of_node;
> > +
> > +		hub_data->clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "external_clk");
> 
> Please drop such _clk suffixes. The context already makes it clear that
> it's a clock.
> 

Will change.

> > +		if (IS_ERR(hub_data->clk)) {
> > +			dev_dbg(dev, "Can't get external clock: %ld\n",
> > +					PTR_ERR(hub_data->clk));
> > +		}
> > +
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Try to get the information for HUB reset, the
> > +		 * default setting like below:
> > +		 *
> > +		 * - Reset state is low
> > +		 * - The duration is 50us
> > +		 */
> > +		if (of_find_property(node, "hub-reset-active-high", NULL))
> > +			reset_pol = 1;
> > +
> > +		of_property_read_u32(node, "hub-reset-duration-us",
> > +			&duration_us);
> > +
> > +		gpiod_reset = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "hub-reset",
> > +			reset_pol ? GPIOD_OUT_HIGH : GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
> > +		ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(gpiod_reset);
> > +		if (ret) {
> > +			dev_err(dev, "Failed to get reset gpio, err = %d\n",
> > +				ret);
> > +			return ret;
> > +		}
> > +	} else if (pdata) {
> > +		hub_data->clk = pdata->ext_clk;
> 
> Passing clocks in platform_data is a no go. clocks must always be
> retrieved with clk_get.

Yes, you are right.

> 
> > +		duration_us = pdata->gpio_reset_duration_us;
> > +		reset_pol = pdata->gpio_reset_polarity;
> > +
> > +		if (gpio_is_valid(pdata->gpio_reset)) {
> > +			ret = devm_gpio_request_one(
> > +				dev, pdata->gpio_reset, reset_pol
> > +				? GPIOF_OUT_INIT_HIGH : GPIOF_OUT_INIT_LOW,
> > +				dev_name(dev));
> > +			if (!ret)
> > +				gpiod_reset = gpio_to_desc(pdata->gpio_reset);
> 
> If the gpio is valid then being unable to get it is an error.

I can't catch you, if the gpio is invalid, its descriptor will be NULL,
then, the code will not do any gpio operation.

> 
> Do you need this platform_data stuff at all?
> 

If not, how can I cover the platform which does not use dts, but still
uses these kinds of HUBs?

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Best Regards,
Peter Chen