Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] remoteproc: stm32: add capability to detach

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

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 03:19:11PM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> Good day Arnaud,
> 
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 10:26:51AM +0100, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
> > From: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss-st.com>
> > 
> > A mechanism similar to the shutdown mailbox signal is implemented to
> > detach a remote processor.
> > 
> > Upon detachment, a signal is sent to the remote firmware, allowing it
> > to perform specific actions such as stopping RPMsg communication.
> > 
> > The Cortex-M hold boot is also disabled to allow the remote processor
> > to restart in case of crash.
> > 
> > Notice that for this feature to be supported, the remote firmware
> > resource table must be stored at the beginning of a 1kB section
> > (default size provided to the remoteproc core).
> > 
> > This restriction should be lifted in the future by using a backup
> > register to store the actual size of the resource table.
> 
> I'm not sure the above two paragraphs add anything valuable to the changelog.
> At this time the size of 1kB is fixed and future enhancement are, well, in the
> future.  So for now this patch is working with the rest of the current
> environment and that is the important part.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss-st.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/remoteproc/stm32_rproc.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/stm32_rproc.c b/drivers/remoteproc/stm32_rproc.c
> > index 3d45f51de4d0..298ef5b19e27 100644
> > --- a/drivers/remoteproc/stm32_rproc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/stm32_rproc.c
> > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
> >  #define RELEASE_BOOT		1
> >  
> >  #define MBOX_NB_VQ		2
> > -#define MBOX_NB_MBX		3
> > +#define MBOX_NB_MBX		4
> >  
> >  #define STM32_SMC_RCC		0x82001000
> >  #define STM32_SMC_REG_WRITE	0x1
> > @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
> >  #define STM32_MBX_VQ1		"vq1"
> >  #define STM32_MBX_VQ1_ID	1
> >  #define STM32_MBX_SHUTDOWN	"shutdown"
> > +#define STM32_MBX_DETACH	"detach"
> >  
> >  #define RSC_TBL_SIZE		1024
> >  
> > @@ -336,6 +337,15 @@ static const struct stm32_mbox stm32_rproc_mbox[MBOX_NB_MBX] = {
> >  			.tx_done = NULL,
> >  			.tx_tout = 500, /* 500 ms time out */
> >  		},
> > +	},
> > +	{
> > +		.name = STM32_MBX_DETACH,
> > +		.vq_id = -1,
> > +		.client = {
> > +			.tx_block = true,
> > +			.tx_done = NULL,
> > +			.tx_tout = 200, /* 200 ms time out to detach should be fair enough */
> > +		},
> >  	}
> >  };
> >  
> > @@ -461,6 +471,25 @@ static int stm32_rproc_attach(struct rproc *rproc)
> >  	return stm32_rproc_set_hold_boot(rproc, true);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static int stm32_rproc_detach(struct rproc *rproc)
> > +{
> > +	struct stm32_rproc *ddata = rproc->priv;
> > +	int err, dummy_data, idx;
> > +
> > +	/* Inform the remote processor of the detach */
> > +	idx = stm32_rproc_mbox_idx(rproc, STM32_MBX_DETACH);
> > +	if (idx >= 0 && ddata->mb[idx].chan) {
> > +		/* A dummy data is sent to allow to block on transmit */
> > +		err = mbox_send_message(ddata->mb[idx].chan,
> > +					&dummy_data);
> > +		if (err < 0)
> > +			dev_warn(&rproc->dev, "warning: remote FW detach without ack\n");
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/* Allow remote processor to auto-reboot */
> > +	return stm32_rproc_set_hold_boot(rproc, false);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int stm32_rproc_stop(struct rproc *rproc)
> >  {
> >  	struct stm32_rproc *ddata = rproc->priv;
> > @@ -597,7 +626,11 @@ stm32_rproc_get_loaded_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc, size_t *table_sz)
> >  	}
> >  
> >  done:
> > -	/* Assuming the resource table fits in 1kB is fair */
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Assuming the resource table fits in 1kB is fair.
> > +	 * Notice for the detach, that this 1 kB memory area has to be reserved in the coprocessor
> > +	 * firmware for the resource table. A clean of this whole area is done on detach.
> > +	 */
> 
> Can you rework the last sentence?  I'm not sure if it means the M4 will clean
> the resource table or if that should be the application processor... I'm also
> not clear on what you mean by "clean".  Usually it means zero'ing out but in
> this case it means a re-initialisation of the original values.
> 
> 
> >  	*table_sz = RSC_TBL_SIZE;
> >  	return (struct resource_table *)ddata->rsc_va;
> >  }
> > @@ -607,6 +640,7 @@ static const struct rproc_ops st_rproc_ops = {
> >  	.start		= stm32_rproc_start,
> >  	.stop		= stm32_rproc_stop,
> >  	.attach		= stm32_rproc_attach,
> > +	.detach		= stm32_rproc_detach,
> 
> With the above:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>

Thanks for the firmware test image:

Tested-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>

> 
> >  	.kick		= stm32_rproc_kick,
> >  	.load		= rproc_elf_load_segments,
> >  	.parse_fw	= stm32_rproc_parse_fw,
> > -- 
> > 2.17.1
> >