Re: [PATCH 1/3] remoteproc: core: Move cdev add before device add

Re: [PATCH 1/3] remoteproc: core: Move cdev add before device add

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Mon 17 May 15:45 CDT 2021, Siddharth Gupta wrote:

> When cdev_add is called after device_add has been called there is no
> way for the userspace to know about the addition of a cdev as cdev_add
> itself doesn't trigger a uevent notification, or for the kernel to
> know about the change to devt. This results in two problems:
>  - mknod is never called for the cdev and hence no cdev appears on
>    devtmpfs.
>  - sysfs links to the new cdev are not established.
> 
> The cdev needs to be added and devt assigned before device_add() is
> called in order for the relevant sysfs and devtmpfs entries to be
> created and the uevent to be properly populated.
> 

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>

Regards,
Bjorn

> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index 626a6b90f..562355a 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -2316,6 +2316,11 @@ int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
>  	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	/* add char device for this remoteproc */
> +	ret = rproc_char_device_add(rproc);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;
> +
>  	ret = device_add(dev);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
> @@ -2329,11 +2334,6 @@ int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
>  	/* create debugfs entries */
>  	rproc_create_debug_dir(rproc);
>  
> -	/* add char device for this remoteproc */
> -	ret = rproc_char_device_add(rproc);
> -	if (ret < 0)
> -		return ret;
> -
>  	/* if rproc is marked always-on, request it to boot */
>  	if (rproc->auto_boot) {
>  		ret = rproc_trigger_auto_boot(rproc);
> -- 
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> a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
> 

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Re: [PATCH 2/3] remoteproc: core: Move validate before device add

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Mon 17 May 15:45 CDT 2021, Siddharth Gupta wrote:

> We can validate whether the remoteproc is correctly setup before
> calling making the cdev_add and device_add calls. This saves us
> the trouble of cleaning up later on.
> 

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>

> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index 562355a..45d09bf 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -2316,16 +2316,16 @@ int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
>  	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	/* add char device for this remoteproc */
> -	ret = rproc_char_device_add(rproc);
> +	ret = rproc_validate(rproc);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	ret = device_add(dev);
> +	/* add char device for this remoteproc */
> +	ret = rproc_char_device_add(rproc);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	ret = rproc_validate(rproc);
> +	ret = device_add(dev);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -- 
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> a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
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Re: [PATCH 3/3] remoteproc: core: Cleanup device in case of failure

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Mon 17 May 15:45 CDT 2021, Siddharth Gupta wrote:

> When a failure occurs in rproc_add() it returns an error, but does
> not cleanup after itself. This change adds the failure path in such
> cases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index 45d09bf..6f5fa81 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -2326,8 +2326,10 @@ int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	ret = device_add(dev);
> -	if (ret < 0)
> -		return ret;
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		put_device(dev);
> +		goto rproc_remove_cdev;
> +	}
>  
>  	dev_info(dev, "%s is available\n", rproc->name);
>  
> @@ -2338,7 +2340,7 @@ int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
>  	if (rproc->auto_boot) {
>  		ret = rproc_trigger_auto_boot(rproc);
>  		if (ret < 0)
> -			return ret;
> +			goto rproc_remove_dev;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* expose to rproc_get_by_phandle users */
> @@ -2347,6 +2349,13 @@ int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
>  	mutex_unlock(&rproc_list_mutex);
>  
>  	return 0;
> +
> +rproc_remove_dev:
> +	rproc_delete_debug_dir(rproc);
> +	device_del(dev);
> +rproc_remove_cdev:
> +	rproc_char_device_remove(rproc);

I'm confused, shouldn't this function just do cdev_del()?
__unregister_chrdev() seems to do more than unroll what cdev_add()
did...

Apart from this, I think the patch looks good. Really nice to see you
tidy this up!

Regards,
Bjorn

> +	return ret;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_add);
>  
> -- 
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