Re: [PATCH v5 8/8] rpmsg: Turn name service into a stand alone driver

Mathieu Poirier
2020-11-16T22:40:31Z

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 04:51:52PM +0100, Arnaud POULIQUEN wrote:
> Hi Guennadi,
>
> On 11/16/20 4:10 PM, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > Hi Arnaud,
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 03:43:35PM +0100, Arnaud POULIQUEN wrote:
> >> Hi Guennadi, Mathieu,
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >> I tried the find_module API, it's quite simple and seems to work well. just need
> >> to be protected by #ifdef MODULE
> >>
> >> I also added a select RMPS_NS in the RPMSG_VIRTIO for compatibility with the legacy.
> >>
> >> look to me that this patch is a simple fix that should work also for the vhost...
> >> that said, the question is can we use this API here?
> >>
> >> I attached the patch at the end of the mail.
> >
> > Thanks for the patch. Yes, this would guarantee, that the NS module is loaded. But
> > does it also guarantee, that the NS probing completes faster than an NS announcement
> > arrives? We have a race here:
> >
> > rpmsg_ns_register_device() -----------------\
> > | |
> > virtio_device_ready() |
> > | |
> > remote sends NS announcement rpmsg_register_device()
> > | |
> > | rpmsg_ns_probe()
> > | |
> > | rpmsg_create_ept()
> > rpmsg_ns_cb()
> >
> > In practice we *should* be fine - maybe the whole probing (the right branch) happens
> > synchronously on the same core as where rpmsg_ns_register_device() was called, or
> > even if not, the probing runs locally and the NS announcement either talks to a
> > remote core or a VM. So, it *should* be safe, but unless we can make guarantee, that
> > the probing is synchronous, I wouldn't rely on this. So, without a completion this
> > still seems incomplete to me.
>
> Thanks for this description!
> I tested on a dual core, and I expected what you are describing above but in
> fact I observed following:
>
> rpmsg_ns_register_device()
> |
> rpmsg_register_device()
> |
> rpmsg_ns_probe()
> |
> rpmsg_create_ept()
> |
> virtio_device_ready()
> |
> remote sends NS announcement
> rpmsg_ns_cb()
>
> Here is the associated call stack generated in rpmsg_ns_probe using "warn_on"
>
> [ 11.498678] CPU: 1 PID: 348 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.10.0-rc2 #54
> [ 11.504106] Hardware name: STM32 (Device Tree Support)
> [ 11.509271] [<c011062c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010c528>]
> (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
> [ 11.516992] [<c010c528>] (show_stack) from [<c0ad1360>] (dump_stack+0xb8/0xcc)
> [ 11.524204] [<c0ad1360>] (dump_stack) from [<c0120478>] (__warn+0xd8/0xf0)
> [ 11.531066] [<c0120478>] (__warn) from [<c0acd2a0>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x64/0xc4)
> [ 11.538547] [<c0acd2a0>] (warn_slowpath_fmt) from [<bf01505c>]
> (rpmsg_ns_probe+0x5c/0xe0 [rpmsg_ns])
> [ 11.547681] [<bf01505c>] (rpmsg_ns_probe [rpmsg_ns]) from [<bf0005cc>]
> (rpmsg_dev_probe+0x14c/0x1b0 [rpmsg_core])
> [ 11.557933] [<bf0005cc>] (rpmsg_dev_probe [rpmsg_core]) from [<c067ae44>]
> (really_probe+0x208/0x4f0)
> [ 11.567050] [<c067ae44>] (really_probe) from [<c067b2f4>]
> (driver_probe_device+0x78/0x16c)
> [ 11.575305] [<c067b2f4>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c0678e44>]
> (bus_for_each_drv+0x84/0xd0)
> [ 11.583822] [<c0678e44>] (bus_for_each_drv) from [<c067ab9c>]
> (__device_attach+0xf0/0x188)
> [ 11.592075] [<c067ab9c>] (__device_attach) from [<c0679c0c>]
> (bus_probe_device+0x84/0x8c)
> [ 11.600248] [<c0679c0c>] (bus_probe_device) from [<c0676194>]
> (device_add+0x3b0/0x7b0)
> [ 11.608165] [<c0676194>] (device_add) from [<bf0003dc>]
> (rpmsg_register_device+0x54/0x88 [rpmsg_core])
> [ 11.617486] [<bf0003dc>] (rpmsg_register_device [rpmsg_core]) from
> [<bf00ab84>] (rpmsg_probe+0x2c4/0x3f4 [virtio_rpmsg_bus])
> [ 11.628696] [<bf00ab84>] (rpmsg_probe [virtio_rpmsg_bus]) from [<c05cb748>]
> (virtio_dev_probe+0x1f4/0x2c4)
> [ 11.638352] [<c05cb748>] (virtio_dev_probe) from [<c067ae44>]
> (really_probe+0x208/0x4f0)
> [ 11.646406] [<c067ae44>] (really_probe) from [<c067b2f4>]
> (driver_probe_device+0x78/0x16c)
> [ 11.654658] [<c067b2f4>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c067b648>]
> (device_driver_attach+0x58/0x60)
> [ 11.663522] [<c067b648>] (device_driver_attach) from [<c067b704>]
> (__driver_attach+0xb4/0x154)
> [ 11.672134] [<c067b704>] (__driver_attach) from [<c0678d64>]
> (bus_for_each_dev+0x78/0xc0)
> [ 11.680300] [<c0678d64>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c0679ebc>]
> (bus_add_driver+0x170/0x20c)
> [ 11.688599] [<c0679ebc>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c067c22c>]
> (driver_register+0x74/0x108)
> [ 11.696662] [<c067c22c>] (driver_register) from [<bf01006c>]
> (rpmsg_init+0x6c/0x1000 [virtio_rpmsg_bus])
> [ 11.706136] [<bf01006c>] (rpmsg_init [virtio_rpmsg_bus]) from [<c0102090>]
> (do_one_initcall+0x58/0x2bc)
> [ 11.713616] usb33: supplied by vdd_usb
> [ 11.715500] [<c0102090>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c01b6608>]
> (do_init_module+0x60/0x248)
> [ 11.715525] [<c01b6608>] (do_init_module) from [<c01b86fc>]
> (load_module+0x12e8/0x1638)
> [ 11.715546] [<c01b86fc>] (load_module) from [<c01b8cd4>]
> (sys_finit_module+0xd4/0x130)
> [ 11.715575] [<c01b8cd4>] (sys_finit_module) from [<c0100060>]
> (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54)
>
> Having said that, does this guarantee the probe, a good question!
> Maybe you or Mathieu have the answer, not me...

I did a lot of probing, went deep in the bowels of the user mode helper
subsystem and looked at sys_load_module(). Especially at do_init_module() where
function do_one_initcall()[1] is called on mod->init, which happens to be
rpmsg_ns_init() where the name space driver is registered. I am confident we
can rely on this mechanism.

More comments below...

[1]. https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.10-rc3/source/kernel/module.c#L3604

> So if we can't conclude, adding completion would be OK for me.
>
> Thanks,
> Arnaud
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > Guennadi
> >
> >>>> Why can it not be called in rpmsg_ns_probe()? The only purpose of this completion
> >>>> is to make sure that rpmsg_create_ept() for the NS endpoint has completed before
> >>>> we begin communicating with the remote / host, e.g. by calling
> >>>> virtio_device_ready() in case of the VirtIO backend, right?
> >>>
> >>> How the module driver are probed during device registration is not cristal clear
> >>> for me here...
> >>> Your approach looks to me a good compromize, I definitively need to apply and
> >>> test you patch to well understood the associated scheduling...
> >>
> >> I looked in code, trying to understand behavior on device registration.
> >>
> >> my understanding is: if driver is already registered (basic built-in or module
> >> previously loaded) the driver is probed on device registration. No asynchronous
> >> probing through a work queue or other.
> >>
> >> So it seems, (but i'm not enough expert to be 100% sure) that ensuring that the
> >> rmpsg_ns module is loaded (and so driver registered) before the device register
> >> is enough, no completion mechanism is needed here.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Arnaud
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Arnaud
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Guennadi
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Arnaud
> >>>>>
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> From 2629298ef1b7eea7a3a7df245abba03914c09e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >> From: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@st.com>
> >> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:07:14 +0100
> >> Subject: [PATCH] rpmsg: specify dependency between virtio rpmsg and virtio_ns
> >>
> >> The rpmsg_ns service has to be registered before the first
> >> message reception. When used as module, this imply and
> >> dependency of the rpmsg virtio on the rpmsg_ns module.
> >> this patch solve the dependency issue.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@st.com>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig | 1 +
> >> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c | 2 +-
> >> drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig
> >> index c3fc75e6514b..1394114782d2 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig
> >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig
> >> @@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ config RPMSG_VIRTIO
> >> depends on HAS_DMA
> >> select RPMSG
> >> select VIRTIO
> >> + select RPMSG_NS
> >>
> >> endmenu
> >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
> >> index 5bda7cb44618..f19f3cbd2526 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
> >> @@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ module_exit(rpmsg_ns_exit);
> >>
> >> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Name service announcement rpmsg Driver");
> >> MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@st.com>");
> >> -MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg_ns");
> >> +MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg:rpmsg_ns");
> >> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
> >> index 338f16c6563d..f032e6c3f9a9 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
> >> @@ -1001,6 +1001,28 @@ static int __init rpmsg_init(void)
> >> {
> >> int ret;
> >>
> >> +#ifdef MODULE
> >> + static const char name[] = "rpmsg_ns";
> >> + struct module *ns;
> >> +
> >> + /*
> >> + * Make sur that the rpmsg ns module is loaded in case of module.
> >> + * This ensures that the rpmsg_ns driver is probed immediately when the
> >> + * associated device is registered during the rpmsg virtio probe.
> >> + */
> >> + mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
> >> + ns = find_module(name);
> >> + mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
> >> +
> >> + if (!ns) {
> >> + ret = request_module(name);
> >> + if (ret) {
> >> + pr_err("can not find %s module (err %d)\n", name, ret);
> >> + return ret;
> >> + }
> >> + }
> >> +#endif

We came up with almost exactly the same thing:

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
index 5bda7cb44618..ab86b603c54e 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static int rpmsg_ns_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)

static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_ns_driver = {
.drv.name = "rpmsg_ns",
+ .drv.mod_name = "rpmsg_ns",
.probe = rpmsg_ns_probe,
};

@@ -104,5 +105,5 @@ module_exit(rpmsg_ns_exit);

MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Name service announcement rpmsg Driver");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@st.com>");
-MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg_ns");
+MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg:rpmsg_ns");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/include/linux/rpmsg/ns.h b/include/linux/rpmsg/ns.h
index e267dd5f909b..28251fd1b2e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/rpmsg/ns.h
+++ b/include/linux/rpmsg/ns.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_RPMSG_NS_H
#define _LINUX_RPMSG_NS_H

+#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
#include <linux/rpmsg.h>
#include <linux/rpmsg/byteorder.h>
@@ -49,11 +50,27 @@ enum rpmsg_ns_flags {
*/
static inline int rpmsg_ns_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
{
+ int ret;
+ struct module *rpmsg_ns;
+ const char name[] = "rpmsg_ns";
+
strcpy(rpdev->id.name, "rpmsg_ns");
rpdev->driver_override = "rpmsg_ns";
rpdev->src = RPMSG_NS_ADDR;
rpdev->dst = RPMSG_NS_ADDR;

+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+ mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
+ rpmsg_ns = find_module(name);
+ mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
+
+ if (!rpmsg_ns) {
+ ret = request_module(name);
+ if (ret)
+ pr_err("Can not find module %s (err %d)\n", name, ret);
+ }
+#endif
+

I think it is better to be in rpmsg_ns_register_devices() because it makes the
solution stand by itself, i.e no need to call the registration code from another
driver. Everything is self contained.

Also note the drv.mod_name = "rpmsg_ns" part. I took a look at find_module()
and that is what is supposed to be used.

That works on my side - please test on your setup.

> >> +
> >> ret = register_virtio_driver(&virtio_ipc_driver);
> >> if (ret)
> >> pr_err("failed to register virtio driver: %d\n", ret);
> >> --
> >> 2.17.1