Hi,

> Am 07.06.2017 um 22:44 schrieb Sebastian Reichel <s...@kernel.org>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 12:38:18PM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>> This fixes an issue if both this twl4030_charger driver and
>> phy-twl4030-usb are compiled as modules and loaded in random order.
>> It has been observed on GTA04 and OpenPandora devices that in worst
>> case the boot process hangs and in best case the AC detection fails
>> with a warning.
>> 
>> Therefore we add deferred probing checks for the usb_phy and the
>> iio channel for AC detection.
>> 
>> For implementing this we must reorder code because we can't safely
>> return -EPROBE_DEFER after allocating any devm managed interrupt
>> (it might already/still be enabled without working interrupt handler).
>> 
>> So the check for required resources that may abort probing by
>> returning -EPROBE_DEFER, must come first.
> 
> This sounds fishy. EPROBE_DEFER should not be different from
> other error codes in this regard and devm_ requested resources
> should be free'd on any error. Why is irq handler not working?

1. there is no other error code involved, before we try to convert the driver 
to handle EPROBE_DEFER.
So it is not that EPROBE_DEFER is special but that we add an error return path 
for it.

2. I don't know why it is not working - I just know that the handler seems to 
be triggered before
all resources are available (if probe() is aborted with EPROBE_DEFER error 
paths) which ends up in kernel panics.

Therefore just to be safe, I have reordered things a little (without changing 
the function):

1. check for resources (with some EPROBE_DEFER)
2. allocate non-devm (with optional EPROBE_DEFER)
3. allocate devm

So this should be safe in any case.

Please also compare a discussion

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/22/65

> 
>> Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <h...@goldelico.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/power/supply/twl4030_charger.c | 37 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/twl4030_charger.c 
>> b/drivers/power/supply/twl4030_charger.c
>> index 785a07bc4f39..945eabdbbc89 100644
>> --- a/drivers/power/supply/twl4030_charger.c
>> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/twl4030_charger.c
>> @@ -984,6 +984,28 @@ static int twl4030_bci_probe(struct platform_device 
>> *pdev)
>> 
>>      platform_set_drvdata(pdev, bci);
>> 
>> +    if (bci->dev->of_node) {
>> +            struct device_node *phynode;
>> +
>> +            phynode = of_find_compatible_node(bci->dev->of_node->parent,
>> +                                              NULL, "ti,twl4030-usb");
>> +            if (phynode) {
>> +                    bci->transceiver = devm_usb_get_phy_by_node(
>> +                            bci->dev, phynode, &bci->usb_nb);
>> +                    if (IS_ERR(bci->transceiver) &&
>> +                        PTR_ERR(bci->transceiver) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
>> +                            return -EPROBE_DEFER;   /* PHY not ready */
>> +            }
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    bci->channel_vac = iio_channel_get(&pdev->dev, "vac");
>> +    if (IS_ERR(bci->channel_vac)) {
>> +            if (PTR_ERR(bci->channel_vac) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
>> +                    return -EPROBE_DEFER;   /* iio not ready */
>> +            dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not request vac iio channel");
>> +            bci->channel_vac = NULL;
>> +    }
>> +
> 
> You should not request non-devm managed iio_channel before
> devm-managed power-supply.

Well, it is not *me* doing that.

It is the unpatched driver which already does. See:

        
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/power/supply/twl4030_charger.c?h=v4.12-rc4#n1069

I have just moved this line to a different location to be able to add a proper 
EPROBE_DEFER return path.

> This could be fixed by switching to
> devm_iio_channel_get(), which also cleans up some code.

Yes, this could be an alternative solution.
We still need EPROBE_DEFER handling.

> 
> I suspect, that this is also your IRQ problem, since iio_channel
> is currently free'd before irqs are free'd, but its used in irq
> code.

Hm. No.

In upstream code it is never freed on probe failure because there is only
an error return (goto fail) after allocating irqs in case the
twl_i2c_write_u8 fails. Which usually doesn't.

The EPROBE_DEFER returned by iio_channel_get not being ready simply prints
a warning and turns off AC detection (bci->channel_vac = NULL) forever.

> 
>>      bci->ac = devm_power_supply_register(&pdev->dev, &twl4030_bci_ac_desc,
>>                                           NULL);
>>      if (IS_ERR(bci->ac)) {
>> @@ -1017,25 +1039,10 @@ static int twl4030_bci_probe(struct platform_device 
>> *pdev)
>>              return ret;
>>      }
>> 
>> -    bci->channel_vac = iio_channel_get(&pdev->dev, "vac");
>> -    if (IS_ERR(bci->channel_vac)) {

My first attempt to fix EPROBE_DEFER was to add this

+               if (PTR_ERR(bci->channel_vac) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+                       return -EPROBE_DEFER;   /* iio not ready */

>> -            bci->channel_vac = NULL;
>> -            dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "could not request vac iio channel");
>> -    }
>> -
>>      INIT_WORK(&bci->work, twl4030_bci_usb_work);
>>      INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bci->current_worker, twl4030_current_worker);
>> 
>>      bci->usb_nb.notifier_call = twl4030_bci_usb_ncb;
>> -    if (bci->dev->of_node) {
>> -            struct device_node *phynode;
>> -
>> -            phynode = of_find_compatible_node(bci->dev->of_node->parent,
>> -                                              NULL, "ti,twl4030-usb");
>> -            if (phynode)
>> -                    bci->transceiver = devm_usb_get_phy_by_node(
>> -                            bci->dev, phynode, &bci->usb_nb);

and this

+                       if (IS_ERR(bci->transceiver) &&
+                           PTR_ERR(bci->transceiver) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+                               ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;    /* PHY not ready */
+                               goto fail;

This did run (and potentially return) after installing 
devm_request_threaded_irq leading
to observation of severe kernel panics by interrupts.

Moving the iio channel allocation before devm_request_threaded_irq made them go 
away.

>> -    }
>> 
>>      /* Enable interrupts now. */
>>      reg = ~(u32)(TWL4030_ICHGLOW | TWL4030_ICHGEOC | TWL4030_TBATOR2 |
> 
> -- Sebastian

How important is it to keep the current sequence of devm_request_threaded_irq() 
+ (devm_)iio_channel_get() untouched?

The reason I ask is that it is more likely for (devm_)iio_channel_get() to fail 
than devm_request_threaded_irq().

Hence the iio channel should imho be always allocated first, so that we skip 
allocating+freeing unused irq handlers in case
of iio not being ready.

Therefore, I suggest to keep the proposed reordering even if we think 
devm-conversion of iio_channel_get() alone
would solve it equally well.

Next: should there be two separate patches? One for converting the non-devm 
iio_channel_get() and cleaning up error path.
And one for adding EPROBE_DEFER error path.

Or keep it in a single patch because they only make sense if done together (you 
can't add/remove deferred probing
without converting and/or moving iio_channel_get())?

So please advise how to proceed.

BR and thanks,
Nikolaus

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