[RFC V2 PATCH] coresight: change tmc from misc device to cdev device

Mathieu Poirier mathieu.poirier at linaro.org
Fri Dec 17 09:15:13 PST 2021


Good day Jay,

On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:42:08AM +0800, Jay Chen wrote:
> From: root <root at localhost.localdomain>
> 
> For coresight in the server scenario, if there are too many
> funnel (about 130) and tmc (about 130) peripherals, the error
> of insufficient device numbers will occur by misc device
> 

Why is the changelog mention funnels when they have nothing to do with misc
devices?

> Signed-off-by: root <root at localhost.localdomain>
> ---
>  .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c  | 84 +++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h   | 10 ++-
>  2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c
> index d0276af82494..03b114c0616a 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-core.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ DEFINE_CORESIGHT_DEVLIST(etb_devs, "tmc_etb");
>  DEFINE_CORESIGHT_DEVLIST(etf_devs, "tmc_etf");
>  DEFINE_CORESIGHT_DEVLIST(etr_devs, "tmc_etr");
>  
> +static dev_t tmc_major;
> +static struct class *tmc_class;
> +
> +#define TMC_DEV_MAX	(MINORMASK + 1)
> +
>  void tmc_wait_for_tmcready(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata)
>  {
>  	struct coresight_device *csdev = drvdata->csdev;
> @@ -147,7 +152,7 @@ static int tmc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  {
>  	int ret;
>  	struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = container_of(file->private_data,
> -						   struct tmc_drvdata, miscdev);
> +						   struct tmc_drvdata, cdev);
>  
>  	ret = tmc_read_prepare(drvdata);
>  	if (ret)
> @@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ static ssize_t tmc_read(struct file *file, char __user *data, size_t len,
>  	char *bufp;
>  	ssize_t actual;
>  	struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = container_of(file->private_data,
> -						   struct tmc_drvdata, miscdev);
> +						   struct tmc_drvdata, cdev);
>  	actual = tmc_get_sysfs_trace(drvdata, *ppos, len, &bufp);
>  	if (actual <= 0)
>  		return 0;
> @@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ static int tmc_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  {
>  	int ret;
>  	struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = container_of(file->private_data,
> -						   struct tmc_drvdata, miscdev);
> +						   struct tmc_drvdata, cdev);
>  
>  	ret = tmc_read_unprepare(drvdata);
>  	if (ret)
> @@ -449,8 +454,9 @@ static u32 tmc_etr_get_max_burst_size(struct device *dev)
>  
>  static int tmc_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
>  {
> -	int ret = 0;
> +	int ret = 0, tmc_num = 0;
>  	u32 devid;
> +	dev_t devt;
>  	void __iomem *base;
>  	struct device *dev = &adev->dev;
>  	struct coresight_platform_data *pdata = NULL;
> @@ -546,14 +552,26 @@ static int tmc_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> -	drvdata->miscdev.name = desc.name;
> -	drvdata->miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
> -	drvdata->miscdev.fops = &tmc_fops;
> -	ret = misc_register(&drvdata->miscdev);
> -	if (ret)
> +	tmc_num = etb_devs.nr_idx + etf_devs.nr_idx +
> +			  etr_devs.nr_idx;

Humm... This is turning out to be a lot worse than expected.  Please use an IDA,
the same way the rpmsg_char driver does.

> +
> +	cdev_init(&drvdata->cdev.cdev, &tmc_fops);
> +	drvdata->cdev.cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
> +	devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(tmc_major), tmc_num - 1);
> +	ret = cdev_add(&drvdata->cdev.cdev, devt, 1);
> +	if (ret) {
>  		coresight_unregister(drvdata->csdev);
> -	else
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	drvdata->cdev.dev = device_create(tmc_class, NULL, devt, &drvdata->cdev, desc.name);
> +	if (IS_ERR(drvdata->cdev.dev)) {
> +		ret = PTR_ERR(drvdata->cdev.dev);
> +		cdev_del(&drvdata->cdev.cdev);
> +		coresight_unregister(drvdata->csdev);
> +	} else
>  		pm_runtime_put(&adev->dev);
> +
>  out:
>  	return ret;
>  }
> @@ -584,12 +602,8 @@ static void tmc_remove(struct amba_device *adev)
>  {
>  	struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(&adev->dev);
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Since misc_open() holds a refcount on the f_ops, which is
> -	 * etb fops in this case, device is there until last file
> -	 * handler to this device is closed.
> -	 */
> -	misc_deregister(&drvdata->miscdev);
> +	device_destroy(tmc_class, drvdata->cdev.dev->devt);
> +	cdev_del(&drvdata->cdev.cdev);
>  	coresight_unregister(drvdata->csdev);
>  }
>  
> @@ -618,7 +632,43 @@ static struct amba_driver tmc_driver = {
>  	.id_table	= tmc_ids,
>  };
>  
> -module_amba_driver(tmc_driver);
> +static int __init tmc_init(void)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&tmc_major, 0, TMC_DEV_MAX, "tmc");
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		pr_err("tmc: failed to allocate char dev region\n");
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	tmc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "tmc");
> +	if (IS_ERR(tmc_class)) {
> +		pr_err("failed to create tmc class\n");
> +		ret = PTR_ERR(tmc_class);
> +		unregister_chrdev_region(tmc_major, TMC_DEV_MAX);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = amba_driver_register(&tmc_driver);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		pr_err("tmc: error registering amba driver\n");
> +		class_destroy(tmc_class);
> +		unregister_chrdev_region(tmc_major, TMC_DEV_MAX);
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static void __exit tmc_exit(void)
> +{
> +	amba_driver_unregister(&tmc_driver);
> +	class_destroy(tmc_class);
> +	unregister_chrdev_region(tmc_major, TMC_DEV_MAX);
> +}
> +
> +module_init(tmc_init);
> +module_exit(tmc_exit);
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Pratik Patel <pratikp at codeaurora.org>");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Arm CoreSight Trace Memory Controller driver");
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> index 6bec20a392b3..b65ac363f9e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>  #ifndef _CORESIGHT_TMC_H
>  #define _CORESIGHT_TMC_H
>  
> +#include <linux/cdev.h>
>  #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
>  #include <linux/idr.h>
>  #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
> @@ -163,11 +164,16 @@ struct etr_buf {
>  	void				*private;
>  };
>  
> +struct tmc_cdev {
> +	struct cdev cdev;
> +	struct device *dev;
> +};
> +
>  /**
>   * struct tmc_drvdata - specifics associated to an TMC component
>   * @base:	memory mapped base address for this component.
>   * @csdev:	component vitals needed by the framework.
> - * @miscdev:	specifics to handle "/dev/xyz.tmc" entry.
> + * @tmc_cdev:	specifics to handle "/dev/xyz.tmc" entry.
>   * @spinlock:	only one at a time pls.
>   * @pid:	Process ID of the process being monitored by the session
>   *		that is using this component.
> @@ -191,7 +197,7 @@ struct etr_buf {
>  struct tmc_drvdata {
>  	void __iomem		*base;
>  	struct coresight_device	*csdev;
> -	struct miscdevice	miscdev;
> +	struct tmc_cdev		cdev;
>  	spinlock_t		spinlock;
>  	pid_t			pid;
>  	bool			reading;
> -- 
> 2.27.0
> 



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