Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] remoteproc: Add character device interface

Clément Leger
2020-04-01T07:12:05Z

Hi Rishabh,

----- On 1 Apr, 2020, at 02:03, Rishabh Bhatnagar rishabhb@codeaurora.org wrote:

> Add the character device interface for userspace applications.
> This interface can be used in order to boot up and shutdown
> remote subsystems. Currently there is only a sysfs interface
> which the userspace clients can use. If a usersapce application

Typo: usersapce -> userspace.

> crashes after booting the remote processor does not get any
> indication about the crash. It might still assume that the
> application is running. For example modem uses remotefs service
> to fetch data from disk/flash memory. If the remotefs service
> crashes, modem keeps on requesting data which might lead to a
> crash. Adding a character device interface makes the remote
> processor tightly coupled with the user space application.

Should probably use userspace for coherency.

> A crash of the application leads to a close on the file descriptors
> therefore shutting down the remoteproc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rishabh Bhatnagar <rishabhb@codeaurora.org>
> ---
> drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig | 9 +++
> drivers/remoteproc/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h | 22 +++++++
> include/linux/remoteproc.h | 2 +
> 5 files changed, 134 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
> index de3862c..6374b79 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
> @@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ config REMOTEPROC
>
> if REMOTEPROC
>
> +config REMOTEPROC_CDEV
> + bool "Remoteproc character device interface"
> + help
> + Say y here to have a character device interface for Remoteproc

Not sure about the capital Remoteproc 'R' here, but maybe others can
comment.

> + framework. Userspace can boot/shutdown remote processors through
> + this interface.
> +
> + It's safe to say N if you don't want to use this interface.
> +
> config IMX_REMOTEPROC
> tristate "IMX6/7 remoteproc support"
> depends on ARCH_MXC
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile b/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile
> index e30a1b1..b7d4f77 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ remoteproc-y += remoteproc_debugfs.o
> remoteproc-y += remoteproc_sysfs.o
> remoteproc-y += remoteproc_virtio.o
> remoteproc-y += remoteproc_elf_loader.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_REMOTEPROC_CDEV) += remoteproc_cdev.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_IMX_REMOTEPROC) += imx_rproc.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MTK_SCP) += mtk_scp.o mtk_scp_ipi.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_OMAP_REMOTEPROC) += omap_remoteproc.o
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c
> b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..8182bd1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * Character device interface driver for Remoteproc framework.
> + *
> + * Copyright (c) 2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/cdev.h>
> +#include <linux/fs.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/remoteproc.h>
> +
> +#include "remoteproc_internal.h"
> +
> +#define NUM_RPROC_DEVICES 64
> +static dev_t rproc_cdev;
> +static DEFINE_IDA(cdev_minor_ida);
> +
> +static int rproc_cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> +{
> + struct rproc *rproc;
> +
> + rproc = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct rproc, char_dev);
> +
> + if (!rproc)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (rproc->state == RPROC_RUNNING)
> + return -EBUSY;
> +
> + return rproc_boot(rproc);
> +}
> +
> +static int rproc_cdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> +{
> + struct rproc *rproc;
> +
> + rproc = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct rproc, char_dev);
> +
> + if (!rproc || rproc->state != RPROC_RUNNING)

rproc state != RUNNING can probably happen if the remoteproc
crashed I think. However, you'll return EINVAL, though I'm not
sure about what the user could do in such cases, maybe returning
another more meaningful value could be useful.

> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + rproc_shutdown(rproc);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct file_operations rproc_fops = {
> + .open = rproc_cdev_open,
> + .release = rproc_cdev_release,
> +};
> +
> +int rproc_char_device_add(struct rproc *rproc)
> +{
> + int ret, minor;
> + dev_t cdevt;
> +
> + minor = ida_simple_get(&cdev_minor_ida, 0, NUM_RPROC_DEVICES,
> + GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (minor < 0) {
> + dev_err(&rproc->dev, "%s: No more minor numbers left! rc:%d\n",
> + __func__, minor);
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> +
> + cdev_init(&rproc->char_dev, &rproc_fops);
> + rproc->char_dev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
> +
> + cdevt = MKDEV(MAJOR(rproc_cdev), minor);
> + ret = cdev_add(&rproc->char_dev, cdevt, 1);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + ida_simple_remove(&cdev_minor_ida, minor);
> +
> + rproc->dev.devt = cdevt;
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +void rproc_char_device_remove(struct rproc *rproc)
> +{
> + __unregister_chrdev(MAJOR(rproc->dev.devt), MINOR(rproc->dev.devt), 1,
> + "rproc");
> + ida_simple_remove(&cdev_minor_ida, MINOR(rproc->dev.devt));
> +}
> +
> +void __init rproc_init_cdev(void)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&rproc_cdev, 0, NUM_RPROC_DEVICES, "rproc");
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + pr_err("Failed to alloc rproc_cdev region, err %d\n", ret);
> + return;
> + }
> +}
> +
> +void __exit rproc_exit_cdev(void)
> +{
> + __unregister_chrdev(MAJOR(rproc_cdev), 0, NUM_RPROC_DEVICES, "rproc");
> +}
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> index 493ef92..28d61a1 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> @@ -47,6 +47,27 @@ struct dentry *rproc_create_trace_file(const char *name,
> struct rproc *rproc,
> int rproc_init_sysfs(void);
> void rproc_exit_sysfs(void);
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_REMOTEPROC_CDEV
> +void rproc_init_cdev(void);
> +void rproc_exit_cdev(void);
> +int rproc_char_device_add(struct rproc *rproc);
> +void rproc_char_device_remove(struct rproc *rproc);
> +#else
> +static inline void rproc_init_cdev(void)
> +{
> +}
> +static inline void rproc_exit_cdev(void)
> +{
> +}
> +static inline int rproc_char_device_add(struct rproc *rproc)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +static inline void rproc_char_device_remove(struct rproc *rproc)
> +{
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> void rproc_free_vring(struct rproc_vring *rvring);
> int rproc_alloc_vring(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int i);
>
> @@ -63,6 +84,7 @@ struct resource_table *rproc_elf_find_loaded_rsc_table(struct
> rproc *rproc,
> struct rproc_mem_entry *
> rproc_find_carveout_by_name(struct rproc *rproc, const char *name, ...);
>
> +

Useless newline ?

> static inline
> int rproc_fw_sanity_check(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
> {
> diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> index 16ad666..c4ca796 100644
> --- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/cdev.h>
> #include <linux/virtio.h>
> #include <linux/completion.h>
> #include <linux/idr.h>
> @@ -514,6 +515,7 @@ struct rproc {
> bool auto_boot;
> struct list_head dump_segments;
> int nb_vdev;
> + struct cdev char_dev;
> };
>
> /**
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