Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] rpmsg: char: Export eptdev create an destroy functions

[Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>]

On Mon 12 Jul 05:37 PDT 2021, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
[..]
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..22573b60e008
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2021.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
> +#define __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
> +
> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR)

This does allow you to build a kernel with RPMSG_CHAR=m and RPMSG_CTRL=y
without link failures. Any modules in the system will be able to call
rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(), but the rpmsg_ctrl driver will only end up
in the stub.

This sounds like a recipe for a terrible debugging session...

Regards,
Bjorn

> +/**
> + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create() - register char device based on an endpoint
> + * @rpdev:  prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints
> + * @parent: parent device
> + * @chinfo: associated 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_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
> +			       struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo);
> +
> +/**
> + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy() - destroy created char device endpoint.
> + * @data: private data associated to the endpoint device
> + *
> + * This function destroys a rpmsg char endpoint device created by the RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL
> + * control.
> + */
> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data);
> +
> +#else  /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
> +
> +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(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_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
> +
> +#endif /*__RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__ */
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>