Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] rpmsg: char: Export eptdev create an destroy functions

[Arnaud POULIQUEN <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>]

On 10/9/21 1:29 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Mon 12 Jul 05:37 PDT 2021, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
> [..]
>> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..22573b60e008
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2021.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#ifndef __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
>> +#define __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
>> +
>> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR)
> 
> This does allow you to build a kernel with RPMSG_CHAR=m and RPMSG_CTRL=y
> without link failures. Any modules in the system will be able to call
> rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(), but the rpmsg_ctrl driver will only end up
> in the stub.
> 
> This sounds like a recipe for a terrible debugging session...

The RPMSG_CREATE_EPT_IOCTL control create a dependency between the rpmsg_ctrl
and the rpmsg_char. The build error option seems not a good alternative.
And in case of RPMSG_CHAR=m and RPMSG_CTRL=y, an error is returned so not only a
stub.

What about adding a WARN_ON(1) in rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create
with an associated comment to ease the debug?

Regards,
Arnaud

> 
> Regards,
> Bjorn
> 
>> +/**
>> + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create() - register char device based on an endpoint
>> + * @rpdev:  prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints
>> + * @parent: parent device
>> + * @chinfo: associated endpoint channel information.
>> + *
>> + * This function create a new rpmsg char endpoint device to instantiate a new
>> + * endpoint based on chinfo information.
>> + */
>> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
>> +			       struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo);
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy() - destroy created char device endpoint.
>> + * @data: private data associated to the endpoint device
>> + *
>> + * This function destroys a rpmsg char endpoint device created by the RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL
>> + * control.
>> + */
>> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data);
>> +
>> +#else  /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
>> +
>> +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
>> +					     struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo)
>> +{
>> +	return -EINVAL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
>> +{
>> +	/* This shouldn't be possible */
>> +	WARN_ON(1);
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +#endif /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
>> +
>> +#endif /*__RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__ */
>> -- 
>> 2.17.1
>>