Re: [PATCH v3 12/14] remoteproc: Introducing function rproc_set_state_machine()

[Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 04:38:54PM +0200, Arnaud POULIQUEN wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/29/20 11:22 AM, Arnaud POULIQUEN wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 4/24/20 10:01 PM, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> >> Introducting function rproc_set_state_machine() to add
> >> operations and a set of flags to use when synchronising with
> >> a remote processor.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c     | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h |  6 +++
> >>  include/linux/remoteproc.h               |  3 ++
> >>  3 files changed, 63 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> >> index 48afa1f80a8f..5c48714e8702 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> >> @@ -2065,6 +2065,59 @@ int devm_rproc_add(struct device *dev, struct rproc *rproc)
> >>  }
> >>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_rproc_add);
> >>  
> >> +/**
> >> + * rproc_set_state_machine() - Set a synchronisation ops and set of flags
> >> + *			       to use with a remote processor
> >> + * @rproc:	The remote processor to work with
> >> + * @sync_ops:	The operations to use when synchronising with a remote
> >> + *		processor
> >> + * @sync_flags:	The flags to use when deciding if the remoteproc core
> >> + *		should be synchronising with a remote processor
> >> + *
> >> + * Returns 0 on success, an error code otherwise.
> >> + */
> >> +int rproc_set_state_machine(struct rproc *rproc,
> >> +			    const struct rproc_ops *sync_ops,
> >> +			    struct rproc_sync_flags sync_flags)
> > 
> > So this API should be called by platform driver only in case of synchronization
> > support, right?
> > In this case i would rename it as there is also a state machine in "normal" boot
> > proposal: rproc_set_sync_machine or rproc_set_sync_state_machine
> > 
> 
> Reviewing the stm32 series, i wonder if sync_flags should be a pointer to a const structure
> as the platform driver should not update it during the rproc live cycle.
> Then IMO, using a pointer to the structure instead of the structure seems more 
> in line with the rest of the remoteproc API.

Humm... If we do make sync_flags constant then the platform drivers can't modify
the values dynamically, as I did in the stm32 series.  This is something Loic
had asked for.

Moreover function rproc_set_state_machine() can't be called twice so updating
the sync_flags can't happen.

> 
> >> +{
> >> +	if (!rproc || !sync_ops)
> >> +		return -EINVAL;
> >> +
> >> +	/*
> >> +	 * No point in going further if we never have to synchronise with
> >> +	 * the remote processor.
> >> +	 */
> >> +	if (!sync_flags.on_init &&
> >> +	    !sync_flags.after_stop && !sync_flags.after_crash)
> >> +		return 0;
> >> +
> >> +	/*
> >> +	 * Refuse to go further if remoteproc operations have been allocated
> >> +	 * but they will never be used.
> >> +	 */
> >> +	if (rproc->ops && sync_flags.on_init &&
> >> +	    sync_flags.after_stop && sync_flags.after_crash)
> >> +		return -EINVAL;
> >> +
> >> +	/*
> >> +	 * Don't allow users to set this more than once to avoid situations
> >> +	 * where the remote processor can't be recovered.
> >> +	 */
> >> +	if (rproc->sync_ops)
> >> +		return -EINVAL;
> >> +
> >> +	rproc->sync_ops = kmemdup(sync_ops, sizeof(*sync_ops), GFP_KERNEL);
> >> +	if (!rproc->sync_ops)
> >> +		return -ENOMEM;
> >> +
> >> +	rproc->sync_flags = sync_flags;
> >> +	/* Tell the core what to do when initialising */
> >> +	rproc_set_sync_flag(rproc, RPROC_SYNC_STATE_INIT);
> > 
> > Is there a use case where sync_flags.on_init is false and other flags are true?
> > 
> > Look like on_init is useless and should not be exposed to the platform driver.
> > Or comments are missing to explain the usage of it vs the other flags.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Arnaud
> >  
> >> +
> >> +	return 0;
> >> +}
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_set_state_machine);
> >> +
> >>  /**
> >>   * rproc_type_release() - release a remote processor instance
> >>   * @dev: the rproc's device
> >> @@ -2088,6 +2141,7 @@ static void rproc_type_release(struct device *dev)
> >>  	kfree_const(rproc->firmware);
> >>  	kfree_const(rproc->name);
> >>  	kfree(rproc->ops);
> >> +	kfree(rproc->sync_ops);
> >>  	kfree(rproc);
> >>  }
> >>  
> >> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> >> index 7dcc0a26892b..c1a293a37c78 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> >> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> >> @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ struct rproc_debug_trace {
> >>  /*
> >>   * enum rproc_sync_states - remote processsor sync states
> >>   *
> >> + * @RPROC_SYNC_STATE_INIT	state to use when the remoteproc core
> >> + *				is initialising.
> >>   * @RPROC_SYNC_STATE_SHUTDOWN	state to use after the remoteproc core
> >>   *				has shutdown (rproc_shutdown()) the
> >>   *				remote processor.
> >> @@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ struct rproc_debug_trace {
> >>   * operation to use.
> >>   */
> >>  enum rproc_sync_states {
> >> +	RPROC_SYNC_STATE_INIT,
> >>  	RPROC_SYNC_STATE_SHUTDOWN,
> >>  	RPROC_SYNC_STATE_CRASHED,
> >>  };
> >> @@ -47,6 +50,9 @@ static inline void rproc_set_sync_flag(struct rproc *rproc,
> >>  				       enum rproc_sync_states state)
> >>  {
> >>  	switch (state) {
> >> +	case RPROC_SYNC_STATE_INIT:
> >> +		rproc->sync_with_rproc = rproc->sync_flags.on_init;
> >> +		break;
> >>  	case RPROC_SYNC_STATE_SHUTDOWN:
> >>  		rproc->sync_with_rproc = rproc->sync_flags.after_stop;
> >>  		break;
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> >> index ceb3b2bba824..a75ed92b3de6 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> >> @@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ struct rproc *rproc_get_by_child(struct device *dev);
> >>  struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
> >>  			  const struct rproc_ops *ops,
> >>  			  const char *firmware, int len);
> >> +int rproc_set_state_machine(struct rproc *rproc,
> >> +			    const struct rproc_ops *sync_ops,
> >> +			    struct rproc_sync_flags sync_flags);
> >>  void rproc_put(struct rproc *rproc);
> >>  int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc);
> >>  int rproc_del(struct rproc *rproc);
> >>