[PATCH v3 0/6] Restructure the rpmsg char and introduce the rpmsg-raw channel

[Arnaud Pouliquen]

Main update from V2 [1]
 - Management of the endpoint creation/release to handle it for all the use cases
   in the rpmsg_eptdev_open and rpmsg_eptdev_release function

Other patch updates are described at the end of their commit message.


This series can be applied on git/andersson/remoteproc.git 
for-next branch (dc0e14fa833b) + "rpmsg: char: Remove useless includes" patch[3].

Series description:
This series is the second step in the division of the series [2]: 
"Introducing a Generic IOCTL Interface for RPMsg Channel Management".

The purpose of this patchset is to:
- split the control code related to the control
  and the endpoint. 
- define the rpmsg-raw channel, associated with the rpmsg char device to
  allow it to be instantiated using a name service announcement.
    
An important point to keep in mind for this patchset is that the concept of
channel is associated with a default endpoint. To facilitate communication
with the remote side, this default endpoint must have a fixed address.

Therefore, for /dev/rpmsgX device created during the instantiation of he "rpmsg-raw"
device, the endpoint creation/release is not dynamically managed on each FS open/close.

This is only applicable for channels probed by the rpmsg bus. The behavior,
using the RPMSG_CREATE_EPT_IOCTL and RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL controls, is preserved.
  
The next step should be:
Introduce the IOCTLs RPMSG_CREATE_DEV_IOCTL and RPMSG_DESTROY_DEV_IOCTL
to instantiate the rpmsg devices

[1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-remoteproc/list/?series=466357
[2]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-remoteproc/list/?series=435523
[3]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-remoteproc/patch/20210429080639.6379-1-arnaud.pouliquen@xxxxxxxxxxx/


Arnaud Pouliquen (6):
  rpmsg: char: Export eptdev create an destroy functions
  rpmsg: Move the rpmsg control device from rpmsg_char to rpmsg_ctrl
  rpmsg: Update rpmsg_chrdev_register_device function
  rpmsg: char: Add possibility to create and reuse default endpoint
  rpmsg: char: Introduce a rpmsg driver for the rpmsg char device
  rpmsg: char: Return error if user tries to destroy a default endpoint.

 drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig             |   9 ++
 drivers/rpmsg/Makefile            |   1 +
 drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c |   2 +-
 drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c          |   2 +-
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c        | 223 ++++++++++--------------------
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h        |  51 +++++++
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c        | 209 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h    |   8 +-
 drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c  |   2 +-
 9 files changed, 350 insertions(+), 157 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c

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