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SubjectRe: [PATCH v9 00/11] Restructure the rpmsg_char driver and introduce rpmsg_ctrl driver
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On 3/25/22 16:59, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 06:36:23PM +0100, Arnaud POULIQUEN wrote:
>> Hi Bjorn,
>>
>> On 1/24/22 11:25, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
>>> Updates from V8 [1]:
>>> - rebase on 5.17-rc1 + rpmsg char cdev release fixes[2][3]
>>> - updates based on Bjorn Andersson's comments:
>>> - remove rpmsg_create_default_ept API, set directly the ept->priv in rpmsg_chrdev_probe
>>> function.
>>> - rework commit message in [8/9]rpmsg: char: Introduce the "rpmsg-raw" channel
>>>
>>> Patchset description:
>>>
>>> The current rpmsg_char module implements a /dev/rpmsg_ctrl interface that provides the ability to
>>> instantiate char devices (/dev/rpmsgX) associated with an rpmsg endpoint for communication with the
>>> remote processor.
>>> This implementation fits with QCOM rpmsg backend but not with the magement by chanel implemented
>>> in the generic rpmsg virtio backend.
>>> This series restructures the rpmsg_char driver to decorrelate the control part from the data part
>>> in order to improve its compatible with the rpmsg virtio backend.
>>>
>>> Objective:
>>> - Expose a /dev/rpmsg_ctrlX interface for the application that is no longer dedicated to the
>>> rpmsg_char but generalized to all rpmsg services. This offers capability to create and destroy
>>> rpmsg channels from a user's application initiative (using the new RPMSG_CREATE_DEV_IOCTL and
>>> RPMSG_DESTROY_DEV_IOCTL controls).
>>> An application will be able to create/establish an rpmsg communication channel to communicate
>>> with the remote processor, and not only wait the remote processor initiative.
>>> This is interesting for example to establish a temporary communication link for diagnosis,
>>> calibration, debugging... or instantiate new data flows on some user actions.
>>> - Add capability to probe the rpmsg_char device at the initiative of the remote processor
>>> (rpmsg service announcement mechanism).
>>> This allows platforms based on the rpmsg virtio backend to create the /dev/rpmgX interface with
>>> a rpmsg name service announcement.
>>>
>>> Subsets:
>>> - Extract the control part of the char dev and create the rpmsg_ctrl.c file (patches 1 to 6)
>>> - Introduce the "rpmsg-raw" channel in rpmsg_char(patches 7 to 10)
>>> - Introduce the RPMSG_CREATE_DEV_IOCTL IOCTL and RPMSG_DESTROY_DEV_IOCTL to instantiate RPMsg
>>> devices (patch 11)
>>> The application can then create or release a channel by specifying:
>>> - the name service of the device to instantiate.
>>> - the source address.
>>> - the destination address.
>>>
>>> This series has be applied and tested on 'commit e783362eb54c ("Linux 5.17-rc1") +
>>> rpmsg_char cdev release fixes [2][3]
>>>
>>> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/12/7/186
>>> [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/1/10/1129
>>> [3] https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/1/10/1130
>>>
>>> Arnaud Pouliquen (11):
>>> rpmsg: char: Export eptdev create and destroy functions
>>> rpmsg: Create the rpmsg class in core instead of in rpmsg char
>>> rpmsg: Move the rpmsg control device from rpmsg_char to rpmsg_ctrl
>>
>>
>>> arm: configs: Configs that had RPMSG_CHAR now get RPMSG_CTRL
>>> RISC-V: configs: Configs that had RPMSG_CHAR now get RPMSG_CTRL
>>> arm64: defconfig: Config that had RPMSG_CHAR now gets RPMSG_CTRL
>>
>> Thank you for merging this series!
>>
>> I can't see in the "for next" branch[1] the 3 patches above that update configs
>> Are you expecting a specific action from me?
>
> Those patches will need to go through the Arm, RISC-V and arm64 subsystems. The
> mailing list for those subsystems has been CC'ed but that isn't enough to get
> the maintainers' attention.
>
> I suggest sending another patchset with those 3 patches that CC the maintainers
> directly. For the Arm patch I suggest adding Linus Walleij.

I will do what you suggest.

My concerns in this case is about the scheduling of the integration.
I suppose that sending a second patchset for configs requests that the
rpmsg char series is first applied
But on the other hand this may lead to some failures as the RPMSG_CTRL is now
needed to create the /dev/rpmsg_ctrl0

so probably, I need to do this as fixup patch.

FYI the RISC-V patch as been reviewed by Anup Patel

Thanks,
Arnaud

>
> Thanks,
> Mathieu
>
>>
>> [1]https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/remoteproc/linux.git
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arnaud
>>
>>> rpmsg: Update rpmsg_chrdev_register_device function
>>> rpmsg: char: Refactor rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create function
>>> rpmsg: char: Add possibility to use default endpoint of the rpmsg
>>> device
>>> rpmsg: char: Introduce the "rpmsg-raw" channel
>>> rpmsg: ctrl: Introduce new RPMSG_CREATE/RELEASE_DEV_IOCTL controls
>>>
>>> arch/arm/configs/qcom_defconfig | 1 +
>>> arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | 1 +
>>> arch/riscv/configs/defconfig | 1 +
>>> arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig | 1 +
>>> drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig | 8 +
>>> drivers/rpmsg/Makefile | 1 +
>>> drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c | 2 +-
>>> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 231 +++++++++++-----------------
>>> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h | 46 ++++++
>>> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c | 15 +-
>>> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c | 243 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h | 10 +-
>>> drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 2 +-
>>> include/uapi/linux/rpmsg.h | 10 ++
>>> 15 files changed, 419 insertions(+), 155 deletions(-)
>>> create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
>>> create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c
>>>

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