[PATCH v2 00/17] tee: Use bus callbacks instead of driver callbacks
Jens Wiklander
jens.wiklander at linaro.org
Wed Jan 7 09:36:15 UTC 2026
Hi Jon,
On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM Jon Hunter <jonathanh at nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Uwe,
>
> On 15/12/2025 14:16, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > the objective of this series is to make tee driver stop using callbacks
> > in struct device_driver. These were superseded by bus methods in 2006
> > (commit 594c8281f905 ("[PATCH] Add bus_type probe, remove, shutdown
> > methods.")) but nobody cared to convert all subsystems accordingly.
> >
> > Here the tee drivers are converted. The first commit is somewhat
> > unrelated, but simplifies the conversion (and the drivers). It
> > introduces driver registration helpers that care about setting the bus
> > and owner. (The latter is missing in all drivers, so by using these
> > helpers the drivers become more correct.)
> >
> > v1 of this series is available at
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1765472125.git.u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com
> >
> > Changes since v1:
> >
> > - rebase to v6.19-rc1 (no conflicts)
> > - add tags received so far
> > - fix whitespace issues pointed out by Sumit Garg
> > - fix shutdown callback to shutdown and not remove
> >
> > As already noted in v1's cover letter, this series should go in during a
> > single merge window as there are runtime warnings when the series is
> > only applied partially. Sumit Garg suggested to apply the whole series
> > via Jens Wiklander's tree.
> > If this is done the dependencies in this series are honored, in case the
> > plan changes: Patches #4 - #17 depend on the first two.
> >
> > Note this series is only build tested.
> >
> > Uwe Kleine-König (17):
> > tee: Add some helpers to reduce boilerplate for tee client drivers
> > tee: Add probe, remove and shutdown bus callbacks to tee_client_driver
> > tee: Adapt documentation to cover recent additions
> > hwrng: optee - Make use of module_tee_client_driver()
> > hwrng: optee - Make use of tee bus methods
> > rtc: optee: Migrate to use tee specific driver registration function
> > rtc: optee: Make use of tee bus methods
> > efi: stmm: Make use of module_tee_client_driver()
> > efi: stmm: Make use of tee bus methods
> > firmware: arm_scmi: optee: Make use of module_tee_client_driver()
> > firmware: arm_scmi: Make use of tee bus methods
> > firmware: tee_bnxt: Make use of module_tee_client_driver()
> > firmware: tee_bnxt: Make use of tee bus methods
> > KEYS: trusted: Migrate to use tee specific driver registration
> > function
> > KEYS: trusted: Make use of tee bus methods
> > tpm/tpm_ftpm_tee: Make use of tee specific driver registration
> > tpm/tpm_ftpm_tee: Make use of tee bus methods
>
>
> On the next-20260105 I am seeing the following warnings ...
>
> WARNING KERN Driver 'optee-rng' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
> WARNING KERN Driver 'scmi-optee' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
> WARNING KERN Driver 'tee_bnxt_fw' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
>
> I bisected the first warning and this point to the following
> commit ...
>
> # first bad commit: [a707eda330b932bcf698be9460e54e2f389e24b7] tee: Add some helpers to reduce boilerplate for tee client drivers
>
> I have not bisected the others, but guess they are related
> to this series. Do you observe the same?
Yes, I see the same.
I'm sorry, I didn't realize that someone might bisect this when I took
only a few of the patches into next. I've applied all the patches in
this series now.
Thanks,
Jens
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