On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:59 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen lars@metafoo.de wrote:
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diff --git a/include/linux/regmap.h b/include/linux/regmap.h index 116655d..09aaaf5 100644 --- a/include/linux/regmap.h +++ b/include/linux/regmap.h @@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ typedef void (*regmap_unlock)(void *);
- @lock_arg: this field is passed as the only argument of lock/unlock
functions (ignored in case regular lock/unlock functionsare not overridden).
- @lock_class_key: Custom lock class key for lockdep validator. Use that
to
silence false lockdep nested locking warning, whenthis
regmap needs to access another regmap duringread/write
operations (directly in read/write functions, or
indirectly, e.g. through bus accesses).The recommendation when to use this is the wrong way around. The presented criteria is true for all devices since the bus master might be using regmap to implements its IO. Any regmap instance that might be used from within another regmap instance needs a custom lock class. This includes bus masters as well as resource providers like clock chips or regulators.
I would have thought that it is easier to figure out that a regmap is going to access another one, instead of figuring out all possible uses of a regmap...
As it stands, I could only see 2 cases where this kind of warning happens (I did not find any other recursive locking warning involving regmaps...): 1. rt5677: The "master" regmap is a "virtual" regmap, that, depending on the device mode (DSP or not), either directly access the register on a physical regmap on i2c bus, or does it indirectly, by doing a number of read/write on that same physical regmap. 2. drivers/media/dvb-frontends/rtl2832.c: That's Antti's case. If I understand correctly, regmap access require transfers on a private i2c bus, which, itself, uses a regmap.
I think both cases are _fairly_ clear, but of course that may not cover everything (and I'm not sure if anyone would figure it out before the warning shows up...), and I'm not sure if there are cases that look similar but don't require a lockdep class.