RE: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: pmu: add OF probing support

Hi,

 static int __devinit pmu_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	enum arm_pmu_type type = pdev->id;

-	if (pdev->id < 0 || pdev->id >= ARM_NUM_PMU_DEVICES) {
+	if (pdev->dev.of_node)
+		type = ARM_PMU_DEVICE_CPU;
+
+	if (type < 0 || type >= ARM_NUM_PMU_DEVICES) {
 		pr_warning("received registration request for unknown "
 				"device %d\n", pdev->id);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

-	if (pmu_devices[pdev->id])
+	if (pmu_devices[type])
 		pr_warning("registering new PMU device type %d overwrites "
-				"previous registration!\n", pdev->id);
+				"previous registration!\n", type);
 	else
 		pr_info("registered new PMU device of type %d\n",
-				pdev->id);
+				type);

-	pmu_devices[pdev->id] = pdev;
+	pmu_devices[type] = pdev;
 	return 0;
 }

I don't think this is the best way to handle the type when we've got an FDT
description:

* release_pmu hasn't been updated to match the type logic here, so it might do
  anything when handed a platform_device initialised by FDT code.

* the warning message for an invalid registration still uses pdev->id rather
  than type. This can't currently be reached when the PMU was handed to us via
  FDT, but it may confuse refactoring later on.

* If we want to add a new PMU type, we'll have to add more logic to
  pmu_device_probe. Given that work is going on to add support for system PMUs,
  this doesn't seem particularly brilliant.

+static struct of_device_id pmu_device_ids[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-pmu" },
+	{ .compatible = "arm,cortex-a8-pmu" },
+	{ .compatible = "arm,arm1136-pmu" },
+	{ .compatible = "arm,arm1176-pmu" },
+	{},
+};
+
 static struct platform_driver pmu_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "arm-pmu",
+		.of_match_table = pmu_device_ids,
 	},
 	.probe		= pmu_device_probe,
 };

This all seems fine for handling CPU PMUs.

I think that a better strategy would be to separate the type logic from the
registration. I have a patch for this:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2011-June/052455.html

With it, you won't need to change pmu_device_probe, and adding FDT support
should just be a matter of adding the of_match_table.

Mark