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

Guennadi Liakhovetski
2020-11-11T14:50:02Z

Hi Arnaud,

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 07:18:45PM +0100, Arnaud POULIQUEN wrote:
> Hi Mathieu, Guennadi,
>
> On 11/9/20 6:55 PM, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 11:20:24AM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> >> Hi Arnaud,
> >>
> >> On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 09:48:37AM +0100, Arnaud POULIQUEN wrote:
> >>> Hi Guennadi, Mathieu,
> >>>
> >>> On 11/6/20 6:53 PM, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 03:00:28PM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> >>>>> On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 02:15:45PM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi Mathieu, Arnaud,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 03:50:28PM -0700, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> >>>>>>> From: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@st.com>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Make the RPMSG name service announcement a stand alone driver so that it
> >>>>>>> can be reused by other subsystems. It is also the first step in making the
> >>>>>>> functionatlity transport independent, i.e that is not tied to virtIO.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sorry, I just realised that my testing was incomplete. I haven't tested
> >>>>>> automatic module loading and indeed it doesn't work. If rpmsg_ns is loaded
> >>>>>> it probes and it's working, but if it isn't loaded and instead the rpmsg
> >>>>>> bus driver is probed (e.g. virtio_rpmsg_bus), calling
> >>>>>> rpmsg_ns_register_device() to create a new rpmsg_ns device doesn't cause
> >>>>>> rpmsg_ns to be loaded.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A simple fix for that is using MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg:rpmsg_ns"); in rpmsg_ns.c
> >>>>> but that alone doesn't fix the problem completely - the module does load then
> >>>>> but not quickly enough, the NS announcement from the host / remote arrives
> >>>>> before rpmsg_ns has properly registered. I think the best solution would be
> >>>>> to link rpmsg_ns.c together with rpmsg_core.c. You'll probably want to keep
> >>>>> the module name, so you could rename them to just core.c and ns.c.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm pretty sure it is because virtio_device_ready() in rpmsg_probe() is called
> >>>> before the kernel has finished loading the name space driver. There has to be
> >>>> a way to prevent that from happening - I will investigate further.
> >>>
> >>> Right, no dependency is set so the rpmsg_ns driver is never probed...
> >>> And name service announcement messages are dropped if the service is not present.
> >>
> >> The mentioned change
> >>
> >> -MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg_ns");
> >> +MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg:rpmsg_ns");
> >
> > Yes, I'm good with that part.
> >
> >>
> >> is actually a compulsory fix, without it the driver doesn't even get loaded when
> >> a device id registered, using rpmsg_ns_register_device(). So this has to be done
> >> as a minimum *if* we keep RPNsg NS as a separate kernel module. However, that
> >> still doesn't fix the problem relyably because of timing. I've merged both the
> >> RPMsg core and NS into a single module, which fixed the issue for me. I'm
> >> appending a patch to this email, but since it's a "fixup" please, feel free to
> >> roll it into the original work. But thinking about it, even linking modules
> >> together doesn't guarantee the order. I think rpmsg_ns_register_device() should
> >> actually actively wait for NS device probing to finish - successfully or not.
> >> I can add a complete() / wait_for_completion() pair to the process if you like.
> >>
> >
> > Working with a completion is the kind of thing I had in mind. But I would still
> > like to keep the drivers separate and that's the part I need to think about.
>
> I reproduce the problem: the rpmsg_ns might not be probed on first message reception.
> What makes the fix not simple is that the virtio forces the virtio status to ready
> after the probe of the virtio unit [1].
> Set this status tiggs the remote processor first messages.
>
> [1]https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/virtio/virtio.c#L253
>
> Guennadi: I'm not sure that your patch will solve the problem , look like it just reduces the
> delay between the rpmsg_virtio and the rpmsg_ns probe (the module loading time is saved)

Right, as I mentioned in the email, that specific patch version only makes the
race window smaller, but doesn't close it completely. However, I think, we could
use a completion to close it fully, we discussed it with Mathieu and I think he
is working on a solution ATM.

> Based on my observations, I can see two alternatives.
> - rpmsg_ns.c is no longer an rpmsg driver but a kind of function library to manage a
> generic name service.

Right, this is basically the current state of the virtio_rpmsg_bus.c driver. You'd
just need to make __rpmsg_create_ept() and rpmsg_ns_cb() global and generic.

> - we implement a completion as proposed by Mathieu.

Exactly, this is the second option. And I think if we link NS with the rpmsg core
together (or use a different method to make sure it's loaded early), we can use
a completion to close the raice completely. And since the waiting and the completing
take place in the same NS driver, I think we can keep it quite simple. An updated
version of my earlier patch is below. Note, that it also fixes a memory leak in the
proposed NS implementation:

@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ static int rpmsg_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
return 0;

free_coherent:
+ kfree(vch);
dma_free_coherent(vdev->dev.parent, total_buf_space,
bufs_va, vrp->bufs_dma);
vqs_del:

Thanks
Guennadi

> I tried this second solution based on the component bind mechanism.
> I added the patch at the end of the mail (the patch is a POC, so not ready for upstream).
> Maybe something simpler is possible. I'm just keeping in mind that we may have to add similar
> services in the future.
>
> Regards,
> Arnaud

From: Guennadi Liakhovetski <guennadi.liakhovetski@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] fixup! rpmsg: Turn name service into a stand alone driver

Link ns.c with core.c together to guarantee immediate probing.

Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <guennadi.liakhovetski@linux.intel.com>
---
drivers/rpmsg/Makefile | 2 +-
drivers/rpmsg/{rpmsg_core.c => core.c} | 13 +++--
drivers/rpmsg/{rpmsg_ns.c => ns.c} | 49 ++++++++++++++-----
drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 5 +-
include/linux/rpmsg.h | 4 +-
.../{rpmsg_byteorder.h => rpmsg/byteorder.h} | 0
include/linux/{rpmsg_ns.h => rpmsg/ns.h} | 16 +++---
7 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
rename drivers/rpmsg/{rpmsg_core.c => core.c} (99%)
rename drivers/rpmsg/{rpmsg_ns.c => ns.c} (76%)
rename include/linux/{rpmsg_byteorder.h => rpmsg/byteorder.h} (100%)
rename include/linux/{rpmsg_ns.h => rpmsg/ns.h} (82%)

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile b/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile
index 8d452656f0ee..5aa79e167372 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+rpmsg_core-objs := core.o ns.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG) += rpmsg_core.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) += rpmsg_char.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_NS) += rpmsg_ns.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_MTK_SCP) += mtk_rpmsg.o
qcom_glink-objs := qcom_glink_native.o qcom_glink_ssr.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_QCOM_GLINK) += qcom_glink.o
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c b/drivers/rpmsg/core.c
similarity index 99%
rename from drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
rename to drivers/rpmsg/core.c
index 6381c1e00741..0c622cced804 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/core.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/rpmsg.h>
+#include <linux/rpmsg/ns.h>
#include <linux/of_device.h>
#include <linux/pm_domain.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -625,21 +626,27 @@ void unregister_rpmsg_driver(struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_rpmsg_driver);

-
static int __init rpmsg_init(void)
{
int ret;

ret = bus_register(&rpmsg_bus);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
pr_err("failed to register rpmsg bus: %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ ret = rpmsg_ns_init();
+ if (ret)
+ bus_unregister(&rpmsg_bus);

return ret;
}
postcore_initcall(rpmsg_init);

-static void __exit rpmsg_fini(void)
+static void rpmsg_fini(void)
{
+ rpmsg_ns_exit();
bus_unregister(&rpmsg_bus);
}
module_exit(rpmsg_fini);
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c b/drivers/rpmsg/ns.c
similarity index 76%
rename from drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
rename to drivers/rpmsg/ns.c
index 8e26824ca328..86c011bfb62f 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/ns.c
@@ -2,15 +2,47 @@
/*
* Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2020 - All Rights Reserved
*/
+#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/rpmsg.h>
-#include <linux/rpmsg_ns.h>
+#include <linux/rpmsg/ns.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>

#include "rpmsg_internal.h"

+int rpmsg_ns_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ strcpy(rpdev->id.name, "rpmsg_ns");
+ rpdev->driver_override = "rpmsg_ns";
+ rpdev->src = RPMSG_NS_ADDR;
+ rpdev->dst = RPMSG_NS_ADDR;
+
+ ret = rpmsg_register_device(rpdev);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&rpdev->ns_ready,
+ msecs_to_jiffies(1))) {
+ struct rpmsg_channel_info info = {
+ .name = "rpmsg_ns",
+ .src = rpdev->src,
+ .dst = rpdev->dst,
+ };
+
+ rpmsg_unregister_device(rpdev->dev.parent, &info);
+
+ return -ETIMEDOUT;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_ns_register_device);
+
/* invoked when a name service announcement arrives */
static int rpmsg_ns_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *data, int len,
void *priv, u32 src)
@@ -76,6 +108,8 @@ static int rpmsg_ns_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
}
rpdev->ept = ns_ept;

+ complete(&rpdev->ns_ready);
+
return 0;
}

@@ -84,7 +118,7 @@ static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_ns_driver = {
.probe = rpmsg_ns_probe,
};

-static int rpmsg_ns_init(void)
+int rpmsg_ns_init(void)
{
int ret;

@@ -94,15 +128,8 @@ static int rpmsg_ns_init(void)

return ret;
}
-postcore_initcall(rpmsg_ns_init);

-static void rpmsg_ns_exit(void)
+void rpmsg_ns_exit(void)
{
unregister_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_ns_driver);
}
-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_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index 10a16be986fc..fdf00cc5f57f 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/of_device.h>
#include <linux/rpmsg.h>
-#include <linux/rpmsg_byteorder.h>
-#include <linux/rpmsg_ns.h>
+#include <linux/rpmsg/byteorder.h>
+#include <linux/rpmsg/ns.h>
#include <linux/rpmsg/virtio.h>
#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ static int rpmsg_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
return 0;

free_coherent:
+ kfree(vch);
dma_free_coherent(vdev->dev.parent, total_buf_space,
bufs_va, vrp->bufs_dma);
vqs_del:
diff --git a/include/linux/rpmsg.h b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
index 8ee1b1dab657..71fd15ada5c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/rpmsg.h
+++ b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_RPMSG_H
#define _LINUX_RPMSG_H

+#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/kref.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
-#include <linux/rpmsg_byteorder.h>
+#include <linux/rpmsg/byteorder.h>

#define RPMSG_ADDR_ANY 0xFFFFFFFF

@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ struct rpmsg_device {
struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept;
bool announce;
bool little_endian;
+ struct completion ns_ready;

const struct rpmsg_device_ops *ops;
};
diff --git a/include/linux/rpmsg_byteorder.h b/include/linux/rpmsg/byteorder.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/linux/rpmsg_byteorder.h
rename to include/linux/rpmsg/byteorder.h
diff --git a/include/linux/rpmsg_ns.h b/include/linux/rpmsg/ns.h
similarity index 82%
rename from include/linux/rpmsg_ns.h
rename to include/linux/rpmsg/ns.h
index 42786bb759b5..2499db0c8c3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/rpmsg_ns.h
+++ b/include/linux/rpmsg/ns.h
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
#define _LINUX_RPMSG_NS_H

#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+#include <linux/rpmsg.h>
+#include <linux/rpmsg/byteorder.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/rpmsg_byteorder.h>

/**
* struct rpmsg_ns_msg - dynamic name service announcement message
@@ -46,14 +47,9 @@ enum rpmsg_ns_flags {
* This function wraps rpmsg_register_device() preparing the rpdev for use as
* basis for the rpmsg name service device.
*/
-static inline int rpmsg_ns_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
-{
- strcpy(rpdev->id.name, "rpmsg_ns");
- rpdev->driver_override = "rpmsg_ns";
- rpdev->src = RPMSG_NS_ADDR;
- rpdev->dst = RPMSG_NS_ADDR;
-
- return rpmsg_register_device(rpdev);
-}
+int rpmsg_ns_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev);
+
+int rpmsg_ns_init(void);
+void rpmsg_ns_exit(void);

#endif
--
2.28.0