Subject: [PATCH v3 4/9] clk: qcom: create virtual child device for TSENS

From: [email-masked] (Rajendra Nayak)
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:43:14 +0530

On 10/08/2015 11:35 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 10/08, Rajendra Nayak wrote:
>> @@ -3520,11 +3522,26 @@ static int gcc_msm8960_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  	if (IS_ERR(clk))
>>  		return PTR_ERR(clk);
>>  
>> -	return qcom_cc_probe(pdev, match->data);
>> +	ret = qcom_cc_probe(pdev, match->data);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ret;
>> +
>> +	tsens = platform_device_register_data(&pdev->dev, "qcom-tsens", -1,
>> +					      NULL, 0);
>> +	if (IS_ERR(tsens)) {
>> +		qcom_cc_remove(pdev);
>> +		return PTR_ERR(tsens);
>> +	}
>> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tsens);
> 
> We just blew away the pointer that qcom_cc_probe() stores.

Oops, I seem to have completely overlooked that.

> 
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>>  }
>>  
>>  static int gcc_msm8960_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  {
>> +	struct platform_device *tsens = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>> +
>> +	platform_device_unregister(tsens);
>>  	qcom_cc_remove(pdev);
> 
> So now we've leaked the reset controller.
> 
> I suppose the simplest solution is to get the drvdata pointer
> after qcom_cc_probe(), allocate a container structure to hold
> that as a void * plus the tsens device, i.e.
> 
> 	struct container {
> 		void *data;
> 		struct platform_device *tsens;
> 	};
> 	
> and then set the drvdata to that. And finally undo all that and
> restore the drvdata pointer on remove.
> 
> I've also been considering putting some devm stuff inside
> qcom_cc_probe() itself so that in the normal case you don't even
> need to call qcom_cc_remove(), it just gets done automatically.
> That would open up the possibility for drivers to use the drvdata
> member as they wish.

I'll test with the patch you just sent.

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