Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] CAN SJA100 controller emulation and SocketCAN based host CAN bus access

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>]

On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Pavel Pisa <pisa@cmp.felk.cvut.cz> wrote:

Please run the patches through scripts/checkpatch.pl and address the warnings.

This patch doesn't use QEMU's network layer.  Perhaps it should but
I'm not familiar with CAN.  The QEMU network layer implements a
point-to-point model where NetClientState instances can send/receive
packets.  It seems a subset of this was reimplemented for CAN but I
don't see much unique behavior in the core CAN code.  Why didn't you
use the QEMU network layer?

>   - CAN bus simple SJA1000 PCI card emulation for QEMU
>
>     Files:
>
>       - include/net/can_emu.h
>           - basic CAN bus related types. Those which could possibly clash
>             with Linux kernel prepended by "qemu_".
>           - prototypes for CAN buses naming and clients registration
>           - original Jin Yang approach uses chardev, but that does not
>             map well to little different semantics of CAN messages
>             distribution. I have considered common vlan code but
>             I have not found how to use it with CAN well too.
>
>       - hw/net/can_core.c
>           - implementation of CAN messages delivery
>           - support to connect into real host CAN bus network for case
>             of Linux SocketCAN

The network layer implements (poorly) a flow control mechanism so that
devices with limited buffers, like a USB network card, can pause
receive until the guest has drained the receive buffer.  I don't see
that in the CAN code, so is it okay to drop frames?

About the Linux socket file descriptor:
1. It should be non-blocking because QEMU is an event-driven program.
We must never block waiting to read/write data from/to a socket.
2. Missing EINTR error handling in case a signal interrupted a
read(2)/write(2) system call.

In the QEMU network layer the can_core.c behavior would be produced
using a hub with a tap or socket netdev.  The broadcast code in the
hub netdev is separate from the Linux-specific tap code.  I think you
can implement a CAN socket netdev and use the hub to broadcast.

>       - hw/net/can_sja1000.h
>           - declarations of SJA1000 CAN controller registers
>             and connection type independent part of API
>
>       - hw/net/can_sja1000.c
>           - SJA1000 CAN controller registers and registers model
>             implementation - hard part implemented by Jin Yang
>
>       - hw/net/can_pci.c
>           - connection of above infrastructure to the minimal PCI
>             card with only one mmio BAR and no bridge interrupts setup
>             and control. Unfortuantelly, I am not aware of any such
>             straightforward card but it is great for testing and
>             drivers porting. Used vendor and product ID are random ones
>             chosen by Jin Yang, if there is some consensus that work worth
>             for integration then I suggest to ask RedHat for unique PCI ID
>             donation

What is the relationship between can_pci.c and the emulated Kvaser device?

Implementing one real device would be very important to establish that
this CAN implementation can model real devices.

Stefan