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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 18:27, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2022 at 11:05, Arnaud POULIQUEN
> <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>
> Right, but the rpmsg_char series has been 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
>>
>
> Possibly, but right now there is no other way.
>
>> so probably, I need to do this as fixup patch.
>>
>
> Indeed, this can be applied as a fix in rc1.

Yes, that's what I had in mind, I'll do it that way.

Thanks,
Arnaud

>
>> FYI the RISC-V patch as been reviewed by Anup Patel
>>
>
> ... but Anup does not maintain any of the defconfig files.
>
>> 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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