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[v2,01/16] rpmsg: introduce RPMsg control driver for channel creation

Message ID 20201222105726.16906-2-arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com
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Series introduce generic IOCTL interface for RPMsg channels management | expand

Commit Message

Arnaud POULIQUEN Dec. 22, 2020, 10:57 a.m. UTC
The RPMsg_ctrl driver is a duplication of the ioctrl part of the
rpmsg_char driver to make generic the ioctl to manage channels by
the userspace applications.

As a first step, this driver just creates the /dev/rpmsg_ctl<x>
( <x> is the instance value). The ioctl is not implemented.

Notice that this driver is associated to a RPMsg device with no endpoint.
Instantiating this device as an RPMsg device allows to retrieve the
associated RPMsg backend.

Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
---
 drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig      |   8 ++
 drivers/rpmsg/Makefile     |   1 +
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c | 208 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 217 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c

Comments

Bjorn Andersson Jan. 5, 2021, 12:21 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue 22 Dec 04:57 CST 2020, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:

> The RPMsg_ctrl driver is a duplication of the ioctrl part of the

> rpmsg_char driver to make generic the ioctl to manage channels by

> the userspace applications.

> 

> As a first step, this driver just creates the /dev/rpmsg_ctl<x>

> ( <x> is the instance value). The ioctl is not implemented.

> 

> Notice that this driver is associated to a RPMsg device with no endpoint.

> Instantiating this device as an RPMsg device allows to retrieve the

> associated RPMsg backend.

> 


I think it would make more sense to make the rpmsg_char driver do what
you want and then cleanly extract the "control" code out of it to a
separate file - than to create a duplicate implementation and then
retire the other one.

In particular I think that would show the difference between the two
better.

> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>

> ---

>  drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig      |   8 ++

>  drivers/rpmsg/Makefile     |   1 +

>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c | 208 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

>  3 files changed, 217 insertions(+)

>  create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig

> index 0b4407abdf13..c9e602016c3b 100644

> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig

> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig

> @@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ config RPMSG_NS

>  	  channel that probes the associated RPMsg device on remote endpoint

>  	  service announcement.

>  

> +config RPMSG_CTRL

> +	tristate "RPMSG control interface"

> +	depends on RPMSG

> +	help

> +	  Say Y here to enable the support of the /dev/rpmsg_ctl API. this API

> +	  allows user-space programs to create channels with specific name,

> +	  source and destination addresses.

> +

>  config RPMSG_MTK_SCP

>  	tristate "MediaTek SCP"

>  	depends on MTK_SCP

> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile b/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile

> index 8d452656f0ee..3c1bce9d0228 100644

> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile

> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile

> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG)		+= rpmsg_core.o

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR)	+= rpmsg_char.o

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_NS)		+= rpmsg_ns.o

> +obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_CTRL)	+= rpmsg_ctrl.o

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_MTK_SCP)	+= mtk_rpmsg.o

>  qcom_glink-objs			:= qcom_glink_native.o qcom_glink_ssr.o

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_QCOM_GLINK) += qcom_glink.o

> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c

> new file mode 100644

> index 000000000000..425c3e32ada4

> --- /dev/null

> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c

> @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@

> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

> +/*

> + * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2020


This is pretty much a verbatim copy of rpmsg_char and as such
STMicroelectronics is not the appropriate/sole copyright holder of the
content.

Regards,
Bjorn

> + */

> +

> +#include <linux/cdev.h>

> +#include <linux/kernel.h>

> +#include <linux/module.h>

> +#include <linux/slab.h>

> +#include "rpmsg_internal.h"

> +#include <uapi/linux/rpmsg.h>

> +

> +#define RPMSG_DEV_MAX	(MINORMASK + 1)

> +

> +#define dev_to_ctrldev(dev) container_of(dev, struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev, dev)

> +#define cdev_to_ctrldev(i_cdev) container_of(i_cdev, struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev, cdev)

> +

> +/**

> + * struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev - control device for instantiating endpoint devices

> + * @rpdev:	underlaying rpmsg device

> + * @cdev:	cdev for the ctrl device

> + * @dev:	device for the ctrl device

> + */

> +struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev {

> +	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev;

> +	struct cdev cdev;

> +	struct device dev;

> +};

> +

> +static DEFINE_IDA(rpmsg_ctrl_ida);

> +static DEFINE_IDA(rpmsg_minor_ida);

> +

> +static dev_t rpmsg_major;

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = cdev_to_ctrldev(inode->i_cdev);

> +

> +	get_device(&ctrldev->dev);

> +	filp->private_data = ctrldev;

> +

> +	return 0;

> +}

> +

> +static long rpmsg_ctrl_dev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,

> +				 unsigned long arg)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = fp->private_data;

> +

> +	dev_info(&ctrldev->dev, "Control not yet implemented\n");

> +

> +	return 0;

> +};

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = cdev_to_ctrldev(inode->i_cdev);

> +

> +	put_device(&ctrldev->dev);

> +

> +	return 0;

> +}

> +

> +static void rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release_device(struct device *dev)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = dev_to_ctrldev(dev);

> +

> +	dev_err(dev, "%s\n", __func__);

> +

> +	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_ctrl_ida, dev->id);

> +	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_minor_ida, MINOR(dev->devt));

> +	cdev_del(&ctrldev->cdev);

> +	kfree(ctrldev);

> +}

> +

> +static const struct file_operations rpmsg_ctrl_fops = {

> +	.owner = THIS_MODULE,

> +	.open = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_open,

> +	.release = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release,

> +	.unlocked_ioctl = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_ioctl,

> +	.compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl,

> +};

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_add_control(struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev)

> +{

> +	struct device *dev = &ctrldev->dev;

> +	int ret;

> +

> +	cdev_init(&ctrldev->cdev, &rpmsg_ctrl_fops);

> +	ctrldev->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;

> +

> +	ret = ida_simple_get(&rpmsg_minor_ida, 0, RPMSG_DEV_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);

> +	if (ret < 0)

> +		return ret;

> +	dev->devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(rpmsg_major), ret);

> +

> +	dev_set_name(dev, "rpmsg_ctrl%d", dev->id);

> +

> +	ret = cdev_add(&ctrldev->cdev, dev->devt, 1);

> +	if (ret)

> +		goto free_minor_ida;

> +

> +	dev_info(dev, "add %s control for %s driver\n",

> +		 dev_name(dev),  dev_name(dev->parent));

> +

> +	return 0;

> +

> +free_minor_ida:

> +	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_minor_ida, MINOR(dev->devt));

> +

> +	return ret;

> +}

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev;

> +	struct device *dev;

> +	int ret;

> +

> +	ctrldev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctrldev), GFP_KERNEL);

> +	if (!ctrldev)

> +		return -ENOMEM;

> +

> +	ctrldev->rpdev = rpdev;

> +

> +	dev = &ctrldev->dev;

> +	device_initialize(dev);

> +	dev->parent = &rpdev->dev;

> +

> +	ret = ida_simple_get(&rpmsg_ctrl_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);

> +	if (ret < 0)

> +		goto free_ctrldev;

> +

> +	dev->id = ret;

> +

> +	ret = rpmsg_ctrl_add_control(ctrldev);

> +	if (ret < 0)

> +		goto free_ctrl_ida;

> +

> +	/* We can now rely on the release function for cleanup */

> +	dev->release = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release_device;

> +

> +	ret = device_add(dev);

> +	if (ret) {

> +		dev_err(&rpdev->dev, "device_add failed: %d\n", ret);

> +		put_device(dev);

> +		goto free_ctrl_ida;

> +	}

> +

> +	dev_set_drvdata(dev, ctrldev);

> +	dev_set_drvdata(&rpdev->dev, ctrldev);

> +

> +	return 0;

> +

> +free_ctrl_ida:

> +	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_ctrl_ida, dev->id);

> +free_ctrldev:

> +	put_device(dev);

> +	kfree(ctrldev);

> +

> +	return ret;

> +}

> +

> +static void rpmsg_ctrl_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = dev_get_drvdata(&rpdev->dev);

> +

> +	device_del(&ctrldev->dev);

> +	put_device(&ctrldev->dev);

> +}

> +

> +static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_ctrl_driver = {

> +	.drv.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,

> +	.probe = rpmsg_ctrl_probe,

> +	.remove = rpmsg_ctrl_remove,

> +};

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_init(void)

> +{

> +	int ret;

> +

> +	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&rpmsg_major, 0, RPMSG_DEV_MAX, "rpmsg");

> +	if (ret < 0) {

> +		pr_err("rpmsg_ctrl: failed to allocate char dev region\n");

> +		return ret;

> +	}

> +

> +	ret = register_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_ctrl_driver);

> +	if (ret < 0) {

> +		pr_err("rpmsg_ctrl: failed to register rpmsg driver\n");

> +		unregister_chrdev_region(rpmsg_major, RPMSG_DEV_MAX);

> +	}

> +

> +	return ret;

> +}

> +postcore_initcall(rpmsg_ctrl_init);

> +

> +static void rpmsg_ctrl_exit(void)

> +{

> +	unregister_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_ctrl_driver);

> +	unregister_chrdev_region(rpmsg_major, RPMSG_DEV_MAX);

> +}

> +module_exit(rpmsg_ctrl_exit);

> +

> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ioctl rpmsg driver");

> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@st.com>");

> +MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg:" KBUILD_MODNAME);

> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");

> -- 

> 2.17.1

>
Mathieu Poirier Jan. 21, 2021, 11:31 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Arnaud,

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 11:57:11AM +0100, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
> The RPMsg_ctrl driver is a duplication of the ioctrl part of the

> rpmsg_char driver to make generic the ioctl to manage channels by

> the userspace applications.

> 

> As a first step, this driver just creates the /dev/rpmsg_ctl<x>

> ( <x> is the instance value). The ioctl is not implemented.

> 

> Notice that this driver is associated to a RPMsg device with no endpoint.

> Instantiating this device as an RPMsg device allows to retrieve the

> associated RPMsg backend.

> 

> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>

> ---

>  drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig      |   8 ++

>  drivers/rpmsg/Makefile     |   1 +

>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c | 208 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

>  3 files changed, 217 insertions(+)

>  create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig

> index 0b4407abdf13..c9e602016c3b 100644

> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig

> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig

> @@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ config RPMSG_NS

>  	  channel that probes the associated RPMsg device on remote endpoint

>  	  service announcement.

>  

> +config RPMSG_CTRL

> +	tristate "RPMSG control interface"

> +	depends on RPMSG

> +	help

> +	  Say Y here to enable the support of the /dev/rpmsg_ctl API. this API

> +	  allows user-space programs to create channels with specific name,

> +	  source and destination addresses.

> +

>  config RPMSG_MTK_SCP

>  	tristate "MediaTek SCP"

>  	depends on MTK_SCP

> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile b/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile

> index 8d452656f0ee..3c1bce9d0228 100644

> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile

> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile

> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG)		+= rpmsg_core.o

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR)	+= rpmsg_char.o

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_NS)		+= rpmsg_ns.o

> +obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_CTRL)	+= rpmsg_ctrl.o

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_MTK_SCP)	+= mtk_rpmsg.o

>  qcom_glink-objs			:= qcom_glink_native.o qcom_glink_ssr.o

>  obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_QCOM_GLINK) += qcom_glink.o

> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c

> new file mode 100644

> index 000000000000..425c3e32ada4

> --- /dev/null

> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c

> @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@

> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

> +/*

> + * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2020

> + */

> +

> +#include <linux/cdev.h>

> +#include <linux/kernel.h>

> +#include <linux/module.h>

> +#include <linux/slab.h>

> +#include "rpmsg_internal.h"

> +#include <uapi/linux/rpmsg.h>

> +

> +#define RPMSG_DEV_MAX	(MINORMASK + 1)

> +

> +#define dev_to_ctrldev(dev) container_of(dev, struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev, dev)

> +#define cdev_to_ctrldev(i_cdev) container_of(i_cdev, struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev, cdev)

> +

> +/**

> + * struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev - control device for instantiating endpoint devices

> + * @rpdev:	underlaying rpmsg device

> + * @cdev:	cdev for the ctrl device

> + * @dev:	device for the ctrl device

> + */

> +struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev {

> +	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev;

> +	struct cdev cdev;

> +	struct device dev;

> +};


As Bjorn pointed out it would be better modify rpmsg_char.c to what you want it
to be rather than spinning off a parallel implementation.  One immediate
advantage would be to avoid the creation of new structures that are identical to
existing ones.  There's also the problem of bisecting...  If I remember
correctly there are a few instances where applying this set would break a bisect
session.

> +

> +static DEFINE_IDA(rpmsg_ctrl_ida);

> +static DEFINE_IDA(rpmsg_minor_ida);

> +

> +static dev_t rpmsg_major;

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = cdev_to_ctrldev(inode->i_cdev);

> +

> +	get_device(&ctrldev->dev);

> +	filp->private_data = ctrldev;

> +

> +	return 0;

> +}

> +

> +static long rpmsg_ctrl_dev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,

> +				 unsigned long arg)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = fp->private_data;

> +

> +	dev_info(&ctrldev->dev, "Control not yet implemented\n");

> +

> +	return 0;

> +};

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = cdev_to_ctrldev(inode->i_cdev);

> +

> +	put_device(&ctrldev->dev);

> +

> +	return 0;

> +}

> +

> +static void rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release_device(struct device *dev)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = dev_to_ctrldev(dev);

> +

> +	dev_err(dev, "%s\n", __func__);


Debug left over.

> +

> +	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_ctrl_ida, dev->id);

> +	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_minor_ida, MINOR(dev->devt));

> +	cdev_del(&ctrldev->cdev);

> +	kfree(ctrldev);

> +}

> +

> +static const struct file_operations rpmsg_ctrl_fops = {

> +	.owner = THIS_MODULE,

> +	.open = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_open,

> +	.release = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release,

> +	.unlocked_ioctl = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_ioctl,

> +	.compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl,

> +};

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_add_control(struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev)

> +{

> +	struct device *dev = &ctrldev->dev;

> +	int ret;

> +

> +	cdev_init(&ctrldev->cdev, &rpmsg_ctrl_fops);

> +	ctrldev->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;

> +

> +	ret = ida_simple_get(&rpmsg_minor_ida, 0, RPMSG_DEV_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);

> +	if (ret < 0)

> +		return ret;

> +	dev->devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(rpmsg_major), ret);

> +

> +	dev_set_name(dev, "rpmsg_ctrl%d", dev->id);


Here "rpmsg_ctrl" is used but the changelog and refers to "rpmsg_ctl".  Using
the latter would, as Bjorn pointed out, break existing implementation.

> +

> +	ret = cdev_add(&ctrldev->cdev, dev->devt, 1);

> +	if (ret)

> +		goto free_minor_ida;

> +

> +	dev_info(dev, "add %s control for %s driver\n",

> +		 dev_name(dev),  dev_name(dev->parent));

> +

> +	return 0;

> +

> +free_minor_ida:

> +	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_minor_ida, MINOR(dev->devt));

> +

> +	return ret;

> +}

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev;

> +	struct device *dev;

> +	int ret;

> +

> +	ctrldev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctrldev), GFP_KERNEL);

> +	if (!ctrldev)

> +		return -ENOMEM;

> +

> +	ctrldev->rpdev = rpdev;

> +

> +	dev = &ctrldev->dev;

> +	device_initialize(dev);

> +	dev->parent = &rpdev->dev;

> +

> +	ret = ida_simple_get(&rpmsg_ctrl_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);

> +	if (ret < 0)

> +		goto free_ctrldev;

> +

> +	dev->id = ret;

> +

> +	ret = rpmsg_ctrl_add_control(ctrldev);

> +	if (ret < 0)

> +		goto free_ctrl_ida;

> +

> +	/* We can now rely on the release function for cleanup */

> +	dev->release = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release_device;

> +

> +	ret = device_add(dev);

> +	if (ret) {

> +		dev_err(&rpdev->dev, "device_add failed: %d\n", ret);

> +		put_device(dev);

> +		goto free_ctrl_ida;

> +	}

> +

> +	dev_set_drvdata(dev, ctrldev);

> +	dev_set_drvdata(&rpdev->dev, ctrldev);

> +

> +	return 0;

> +

> +free_ctrl_ida:

> +	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_ctrl_ida, dev->id);

> +free_ctrldev:

> +	put_device(dev);

> +	kfree(ctrldev);

> +

> +	return ret;

> +}

> +

> +static void rpmsg_ctrl_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)

> +{

> +	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = dev_get_drvdata(&rpdev->dev);

> +

> +	device_del(&ctrldev->dev);

> +	put_device(&ctrldev->dev);

> +}

> +

> +static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_ctrl_driver = {

> +	.drv.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,

> +	.probe = rpmsg_ctrl_probe,

> +	.remove = rpmsg_ctrl_remove,

> +};

> +

> +static int rpmsg_ctrl_init(void)

> +{

> +	int ret;

> +

> +	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&rpmsg_major, 0, RPMSG_DEV_MAX, "rpmsg");

> +	if (ret < 0) {

> +		pr_err("rpmsg_ctrl: failed to allocate char dev region\n");

> +		return ret;

> +	}

> +

> +	ret = register_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_ctrl_driver);

> +	if (ret < 0) {

> +		pr_err("rpmsg_ctrl: failed to register rpmsg driver\n");

> +		unregister_chrdev_region(rpmsg_major, RPMSG_DEV_MAX);

> +	}

> +

> +	return ret;

> +}

> +postcore_initcall(rpmsg_ctrl_init);

> +

> +static void rpmsg_ctrl_exit(void)

> +{

> +	unregister_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_ctrl_driver);

> +	unregister_chrdev_region(rpmsg_major, RPMSG_DEV_MAX);

> +}

> +module_exit(rpmsg_ctrl_exit);

> +

> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ioctl rpmsg driver");

> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@st.com>");

> +MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg:" KBUILD_MODNAME);

> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");

> -- 

> 2.17.1

>
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig
index 0b4407abdf13..c9e602016c3b 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@  config RPMSG_NS
 	  channel that probes the associated RPMsg device on remote endpoint
 	  service announcement.
 
+config RPMSG_CTRL
+	tristate "RPMSG control interface"
+	depends on RPMSG
+	help
+	  Say Y here to enable the support of the /dev/rpmsg_ctl API. this API
+	  allows user-space programs to create channels with specific name,
+	  source and destination addresses.
+
 config RPMSG_MTK_SCP
 	tristate "MediaTek SCP"
 	depends on MTK_SCP
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile b/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile
index 8d452656f0ee..3c1bce9d0228 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ 
 obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG)		+= rpmsg_core.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR)	+= rpmsg_char.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_NS)		+= rpmsg_ns.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_CTRL)	+= rpmsg_ctrl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_MTK_SCP)	+= mtk_rpmsg.o
 qcom_glink-objs			:= qcom_glink_native.o qcom_glink_ssr.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RPMSG_QCOM_GLINK) += qcom_glink.o
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..425c3e32ada4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ctrl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@ 
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2020
+ */
+
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include "rpmsg_internal.h"
+#include <uapi/linux/rpmsg.h>
+
+#define RPMSG_DEV_MAX	(MINORMASK + 1)
+
+#define dev_to_ctrldev(dev) container_of(dev, struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev, dev)
+#define cdev_to_ctrldev(i_cdev) container_of(i_cdev, struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev, cdev)
+
+/**
+ * struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev - control device for instantiating endpoint devices
+ * @rpdev:	underlaying rpmsg device
+ * @cdev:	cdev for the ctrl device
+ * @dev:	device for the ctrl device
+ */
+struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev {
+	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev;
+	struct cdev cdev;
+	struct device dev;
+};
+
+static DEFINE_IDA(rpmsg_ctrl_ida);
+static DEFINE_IDA(rpmsg_minor_ida);
+
+static dev_t rpmsg_major;
+
+static int rpmsg_ctrl_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = cdev_to_ctrldev(inode->i_cdev);
+
+	get_device(&ctrldev->dev);
+	filp->private_data = ctrldev;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static long rpmsg_ctrl_dev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
+				 unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = fp->private_data;
+
+	dev_info(&ctrldev->dev, "Control not yet implemented\n");
+
+	return 0;
+};
+
+static int rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = cdev_to_ctrldev(inode->i_cdev);
+
+	put_device(&ctrldev->dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release_device(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = dev_to_ctrldev(dev);
+
+	dev_err(dev, "%s\n", __func__);
+
+	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_ctrl_ida, dev->id);
+	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_minor_ida, MINOR(dev->devt));
+	cdev_del(&ctrldev->cdev);
+	kfree(ctrldev);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations rpmsg_ctrl_fops = {
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.open = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_open,
+	.release = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl,
+};
+
+static int rpmsg_ctrl_add_control(struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &ctrldev->dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	cdev_init(&ctrldev->cdev, &rpmsg_ctrl_fops);
+	ctrldev->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+
+	ret = ida_simple_get(&rpmsg_minor_ida, 0, RPMSG_DEV_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	dev->devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(rpmsg_major), ret);
+
+	dev_set_name(dev, "rpmsg_ctrl%d", dev->id);
+
+	ret = cdev_add(&ctrldev->cdev, dev->devt, 1);
+	if (ret)
+		goto free_minor_ida;
+
+	dev_info(dev, "add %s control for %s driver\n",
+		 dev_name(dev),  dev_name(dev->parent));
+
+	return 0;
+
+free_minor_ida:
+	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_minor_ida, MINOR(dev->devt));
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int rpmsg_ctrl_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev;
+	struct device *dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	ctrldev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctrldev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ctrldev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ctrldev->rpdev = rpdev;
+
+	dev = &ctrldev->dev;
+	device_initialize(dev);
+	dev->parent = &rpdev->dev;
+
+	ret = ida_simple_get(&rpmsg_ctrl_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto free_ctrldev;
+
+	dev->id = ret;
+
+	ret = rpmsg_ctrl_add_control(ctrldev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto free_ctrl_ida;
+
+	/* We can now rely on the release function for cleanup */
+	dev->release = rpmsg_ctrl_dev_release_device;
+
+	ret = device_add(dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&rpdev->dev, "device_add failed: %d\n", ret);
+		put_device(dev);
+		goto free_ctrl_ida;
+	}
+
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, ctrldev);
+	dev_set_drvdata(&rpdev->dev, ctrldev);
+
+	return 0;
+
+free_ctrl_ida:
+	ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_ctrl_ida, dev->id);
+free_ctrldev:
+	put_device(dev);
+	kfree(ctrldev);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void rpmsg_ctrl_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_ctrl_dev *ctrldev = dev_get_drvdata(&rpdev->dev);
+
+	device_del(&ctrldev->dev);
+	put_device(&ctrldev->dev);
+}
+
+static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_ctrl_driver = {
+	.drv.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
+	.probe = rpmsg_ctrl_probe,
+	.remove = rpmsg_ctrl_remove,
+};
+
+static int rpmsg_ctrl_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&rpmsg_major, 0, RPMSG_DEV_MAX, "rpmsg");
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("rpmsg_ctrl: failed to allocate char dev region\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = register_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_ctrl_driver);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("rpmsg_ctrl: failed to register rpmsg driver\n");
+		unregister_chrdev_region(rpmsg_major, RPMSG_DEV_MAX);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+postcore_initcall(rpmsg_ctrl_init);
+
+static void rpmsg_ctrl_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_ctrl_driver);
+	unregister_chrdev_region(rpmsg_major, RPMSG_DEV_MAX);
+}
+module_exit(rpmsg_ctrl_exit);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ioctl rpmsg driver");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@st.com>");
+MODULE_ALIAS("rpmsg:" KBUILD_MODNAME);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");