Re: [PATCH v5 04/16] rpmsg: char: export eptdev create an destroy functions

Mathieu Poirier
2021-03-04T00:50:16Z

On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 02:22:36PM +0100, Arnaud POULIQUEN wrote:
> Hi Mathieu,
>
> On 3/2/21 6:57 PM, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I have started to review this set - comments will be staggered over several
> > days.
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 12:14:49PM +0100, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
> >> To prepare the split code related to the control and the endpoint
> >> devices in separate files:
> >> - suppress the dependency with the rpmsg_ctrldev struct,
> >> - rename and export the functions in rpmsg_char.h.
> >>
> >> Suggested-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 22 ++++++++++------
> >> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> >> index 9e33b53bbf56..78a6d19fdf82 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> >> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
> >> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> >> /*
> >> + * Copyright (C) 2021, STMicroelectronics
> >> * Copyright (c) 2016, Linaro Ltd.
> >> * Copyright (c) 2012, Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
> >> * Copyright (c) 2012, PetaLogix
> >> @@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
> >> #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> >> #include <uapi/linux/rpmsg.h>
> >>
> >> +#include "rpmsg_char.h"
> >> #include "rpmsg_internal.h"
> >>
> >> #define RPMSG_DEV_MAX (MINORMASK + 1)
> >> @@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ struct rpmsg_eptdev {
> >> wait_queue_head_t readq;
> >> };
> >>
> >> -static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
> >> +static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev)
> >> {
> >> struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = dev_to_eptdev(dev);
> >>
> >> @@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ static long rpmsg_eptdev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
> >> if (cmd != RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL)
> >> return -EINVAL;
> >>
> >> - return rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(&eptdev->dev, NULL);
> >> + return rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(&eptdev->dev);
> >> }
> >>
> >> static const struct file_operations rpmsg_eptdev_fops = {
> >> @@ -336,10 +338,15 @@ static void rpmsg_eptdev_release_device(struct device *dev)
> >> kfree(eptdev);
> >> }
> >>
> >> -static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
> >> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
> >> +{
> >> + return rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(dev);
> >> +}
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy);
> >
> > Below we have rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev() so it would make sense to have
> > rpmsg_chrdev_destroy_ept().
> >
> > I would also rename rpmsg_eptdev_destroy() to rpmsg_chrdev_destroy_ept() and
> > export that symbol rather than introducing a function that only calls another
> > one. You did exactly that for rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev().
>
> This function is used in rpmsg_ctrl to remove eptdev devices.
> As device_for_each_child request a specific function prototype I do not only
> export but change function prototype.
>
> I can squash all in one function but that means that the "data" parameter is
> just always unused.

The @data parameter in rpmsg_eptdev_destroy() is currently unused so nothing
changes.

>
> >
> >> +
> >> +int rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
> >> struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo)
> >> {
> >> - struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = ctrldev->rpdev;
> >> struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev;
> >> struct device *dev;
> >> int ret;
> >> @@ -359,7 +366,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
> >>
> >> device_initialize(dev);
> >> dev->class = rpmsg_class;
> >> - dev->parent = &ctrldev->dev;
> >> + dev->parent = parent;
> >> dev->groups = rpmsg_eptdev_groups;
> >> dev_set_drvdata(dev, eptdev);
> >>
> >> @@ -402,6 +409,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
> >>
> >> return ret;
> >> }
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev);
> >>
> >> static int rpmsg_ctrldev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> >> {
> >> @@ -441,7 +449,7 @@ static long rpmsg_ctrldev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
> >> chinfo.src = eptinfo.src;
> >> chinfo.dst = eptinfo.dst;
> >>
> >> - return rpmsg_eptdev_create(ctrldev, chinfo);
> >> + return rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev(ctrldev->rpdev, &ctrldev->dev, chinfo);
> >
> > Not sure why we have to change the signature of rpmsg_eptdev_create() but I may
> > find an answer to that question later on in the patchset.
>
> Here I need to break dependency with rpmsg_ctrldev that will move to the
> rpmsg_ctrl.c. rpmsg_eptdev_create doesn't need it but just parent devices to be
> attached to.

So you don't want to have instances of struct rpmsg_ctrldev in rpmsg_char.c .
Ok, that's a valid point.

>
> I will add more explicit information about this, in the commit message.
>
> Thanks,
> Arnaud
>
> >
> >> };
> >>
> >> static const struct file_operations rpmsg_ctrldev_fops = {
> >> @@ -527,7 +535,7 @@ static void rpmsg_chrdev_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
> >> int ret;
> >>
> >> /* Destroy all endpoints */
> >> - ret = device_for_each_child(&ctrldev->dev, NULL, rpmsg_eptdev_destroy);
> >> + ret = device_for_each_child(&ctrldev->dev, NULL, rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy);
> >> if (ret)
> >> dev_warn(&rpdev->dev, "failed to nuke endpoints: %d\n", ret);
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..0feb3ea9445c
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
> >> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
> >> +/*
> >> + * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2021.
> >> + */
> >> +
> >> +#ifndef __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
> >> +#define __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
> >> +
> >> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR)
> >> +/**
> >> + * rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev() - register char device based on an endpoint
> >> + * @rpdev: prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints
> >> + * @parent: parent device
> >> + * @chinfo: assiated endpoint channel information.
> >> + *
> >> + * This function create a new rpmsg char endpoint device to instantiate a new
> >> + * endpoint based on chinfo information.
> >> + */
> >> +int rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
> >> + struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo);
> >> +
> >> +/**
> >> + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy() - destroy created char device
> >> + * @data: parent device
> >> + * @chinfo: assiated 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_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data);
> >> +
> >> +#else /*IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
> >> +
> >> +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_create_eptdev(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_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
> >> +
> >> +#endif /*__RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__ */
> >> --
> >> 2.17.1
> >>