From: Arnaud POULIQUEN <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
To: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>,
Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>,
<linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] rpmsg: char: Introduce a rpmsg driver for the rpmsg char device
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:05:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <14998d88-b27b-3548-e52f-eb0365caa96f@foss.st.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210422163622.GC1256950@xps15>
Hi,
On 4/22/21 6:36 PM, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 09:58:27AM +0200, Arnaud POULIQUEN wrote:
>> On 4/21/21 7:40 PM, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
>>> Good day Arnaud,
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 03:44:56PM +0200, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
>>>> A rpmsg char device allows to probe the endpoint device on a remote name
>>>> service announcement.
>>>>
>>>> With this patch the /dev/rpmsgX interface is created either by a user
>>>> application or by the remote firmware.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> update from V1:
>>>> - add missing unregister_rpmsg_driver call on module exit.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>> 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
>>>> index a64249d83172..4606787b7011 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
>>>> @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
>>>> #include "rpmsg_char.h"
>>>> #include "rpmsg_internal.h"
>>>>
>>>> +#define RPMSG_CHAR_DEVNAME "rpmsg-raw"
>>>> +
>>>
>>> Why not simply call it rpmsg-char?
>>
>> I would avoid to link the rpmsg name service to the Linux Kernel device.
>
> To me that's exactly what we want to do... Am I missing something?
>
>>
>>>
>>>> static dev_t rpmsg_major;
>>>>
>>>> static DEFINE_IDA(rpmsg_ept_ida);
>>>> @@ -403,13 +405,67 @@ int rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent
>>>> }
>>>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev);
>>>>
>>>> +static int rpmsg_chrdev_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>>>> +{
>>>> + struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo;
>>>> + struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (!rpdev->ept)
>>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>>> +
>>>> + memcpy(chinfo.name, RPMSG_CHAR_DEVNAME, sizeof(RPMSG_CHAR_DEVNAME));
>>>> + chinfo.src = rpdev->src;
>>>> + chinfo.dst = rpdev->dst;
>>>> +
>>>> + eptdev = __rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev(rpdev, &rpdev->dev, chinfo, NULL);
>>>> + if (IS_ERR(eptdev))
>>>> + return PTR_ERR(eptdev);
>>>> +
>>>> + /* Set the private field of the default endpoint to retrieve context on callback. */
>>>> + rpdev->ept->priv = eptdev;
>>>
>>> This is already done in rpmsg_create_ept() when rpmsg_eptdev_open() is called.
>>>
>>>> +
>>>> + return 0;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static void rpmsg_chrdev_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>>>> +{
>>>> + int ret;
>>>> +
>>>> + ret = device_for_each_child(&rpdev->dev, NULL, rpmsg_chrdev_destroy_eptdev);
>>>> + if (ret)
>>>> + dev_warn(&rpdev->dev, "failed to destroy endpoints: %d\n", ret);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static struct rpmsg_device_id rpmsg_chrdev_id_table[] = {
>>>> + { .name = RPMSG_CHAR_DEVNAME },
>>>> + { },
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>> +static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_chrdev_driver = {
>>>> + .probe = rpmsg_chrdev_probe,
>>>> + .remove = rpmsg_chrdev_remove,
>>>> + .id_table = rpmsg_chrdev_id_table,
>>>> + .callback = rpmsg_ept_cb,
>>>
>>> Not sure why we need a callback associated to this driver when
>>> rpmsg_eptdev_open() already creates and rpmsg_endpoint. To me the only thing
>>> having a callback provides is the association between the rpmsg_device and the
>>> rpmsg_endpoint[1] that happens in rpmsg_dev_probe(). The QC folks already do
>>> this association in their platform code[2]. Since this is not done in
>>> __rpmsg_create_ept() a check for rpdev->ept == NULL could be done in
>>> rpmsg_eptdev_open() and do the assignment there.
>>>
>>> [1]. https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12-rc6/source/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c#L513
>>> [2]. https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12-rc6/source/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c#L1623
>>>
>>
>> That's a good point! When I started the redesign, I faced some issues with the
>> approach you propose. But as I can not remember the reason and because the code
>> has evolved, i need to re-think about this.
>>
>
> Glad to see we're on the same page. I stared at this code for a very long time,
> thinking there was some kind of bigger picture I wasn't getting.
I finally found the time to investigate this. If I remember now why I used this
approach, I also saw that my patchset does not work with the QCOM platform driver.
As a first step of explanation, let's ignore the QC platform.
rpdev->ept is null for the rpmsg ctrldev device created by the virtio rpmsg bus.
If no default endpoint is created on rpmsg_chrdev_probe, it is not possible to
differentiate the two in rpmsg_eptdev_open based on rpdev->ept == NULL.
Now let's add the QC implementation
As you mentioned, QC sets the rpdev->ept to a default endpoint before
registering the rpmsg ctrldev. This shows that it is not reasonable to expect to
handle all use cases based on the rpdev->ept value.
So, to summarize, I need to rework this, probably by adding a new field in the
rpmsg_eptdev structure, to properly handle the endpoint creation in the
rpmsg_eptdev_open function.
Regards,
Arnaud
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> Arnaud
>>
>>
>>>> + .drv = {
>>>> + .name = "rpmsg_chrdev",
>>>> + },
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>> static int rpmsg_chrdev_init(void)
>>>> {
>>>> int ret;
>>>>
>>>> ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&rpmsg_major, 0, RPMSG_DEV_MAX, "rpmsg_char");
>>>> - if (ret < 0)
>>>> + if (ret < 0) {
>>>> pr_err("rpmsg: failed to allocate char dev region\n");
>>>> + return ret;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + ret = register_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_chrdev_driver);
>>>> + if (ret < 0) {
>>>> + pr_err("rpmsg: failed to register rpmsg raw driver\n");
>>>> + unregister_chrdev_region(rpmsg_major, RPMSG_DEV_MAX);
>>>> + }
>>>>
>>>> return ret;
>>>> }
>>>> @@ -417,6 +473,7 @@ postcore_initcall(rpmsg_chrdev_init);
>>>>
>>>> static void rpmsg_chrdev_exit(void)
>>>> {
>>>> + unregister_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_chrdev_driver);
>>>> unregister_chrdev_region(rpmsg_major, RPMSG_DEV_MAX);
>>>> }
>>>> module_exit(rpmsg_chrdev_exit);
>>>> --
>>>> 2.17.1
>>>>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-28 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-13 13:44 [PATCH v2 0/7] Restructure the rpmsg char and introduce the rpmsg-raw channel Arnaud Pouliquen
2021-04-13 13:44 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] rpmsg: char: Export eptdev create an destroy functions Arnaud Pouliquen
2021-04-21 17:52 ` Mathieu Poirier
2021-04-22 7:55 ` Arnaud POULIQUEN
2021-04-22 16:29 ` Mathieu Poirier
2021-04-13 13:44 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] rpmsg: Move the rpmsg control device from rpmsg_char to rpmsg_ctrl Arnaud Pouliquen
2021-04-21 18:04 ` Mathieu Poirier
2021-04-22 7:56 ` Arnaud POULIQUEN
2021-04-22 16:32 ` Mathieu Poirier
2021-04-22 16:41 ` Arnaud POULIQUEN
2021-04-13 13:44 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] rpmsg: Update rpmsg_chrdev_register_device function Arnaud Pouliquen
2021-04-21 18:06 ` Mathieu Poirier
2021-04-13 13:44 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] rpmsg: char: Introduce __rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev function Arnaud Pouliquen
2021-04-21 17:43 ` Mathieu Poirier
2021-04-21 17:45 ` Mathieu Poirier
2021-04-13 13:44 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] rpmsg: char: Introduce a rpmsg driver for the rpmsg char device Arnaud Pouliquen
2021-04-21 17:40 ` Mathieu Poirier
2021-04-22 7:58 ` Arnaud POULIQUEN
2021-04-22 16:36 ` Mathieu Poirier
2021-04-22 16:53 ` Arnaud POULIQUEN
2021-04-28 13:05 ` Arnaud POULIQUEN [this message]
2021-04-13 13:44 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] rpmsg: char: No dynamic endpoint management for the default one Arnaud Pouliquen
2021-04-13 13:44 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] rpmsg: char: Return error if user tries to destroy a default endpoint Arnaud Pouliquen
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