Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] remoteproc: core: Register the character device interface

From: Mathieu Poirier
Date: Thu Jul 30 2020 - 13:07:29 EST


On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:40:01AM -0700, Siddharth Gupta wrote:
> Add the character device during rproc_add. This would create
> a character device node at /dev/remoteproc<index>. Userspace
> applications can interact with the remote processor using this
> interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rishabh Bhatnagar <rishabhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index 277d3bf..7f90eee 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -1986,6 +1986,11 @@ int rproc_add(struct rproc *rproc)
> /* create debugfs entries */
> rproc_create_debug_dir(rproc);
>
> + /* add char device for this remoteproc */
> + ret = rproc_char_device_add(rproc);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return ret;
> +
> /*
> * Remind ourselves the remote processor has been attached to rather
> * than booted by the remoteproc core. This is important because the
> @@ -2262,6 +2267,7 @@ int rproc_del(struct rproc *rproc)
> mutex_unlock(&rproc->lock);
>
> rproc_delete_debug_dir(rproc);
> + rproc_char_device_remove(rproc);
>
> /* the rproc is downref'ed as soon as it's removed from the klist */
> mutex_lock(&rproc_list_mutex);
> @@ -2430,6 +2436,7 @@ static int __init remoteproc_init(void)
> {
> rproc_init_sysfs();
> rproc_init_debugfs();
> + rproc_init_cdev();
> rproc_init_panic();
>
> return 0;
> --
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