Add driver api documenation for remoteproc. Signed-off-by: anish kumar <yesanishhere@xxxxxxxxx> --- .../remoteproc/remoteproc-kernel-api.rst | 239 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 239 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/remoteproc/remoteproc-kernel-api.rst diff --git a/Documentation/remoteproc/remoteproc-kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/remoteproc/remoteproc-kernel-api.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..018c5bf9b3d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/remoteproc/remoteproc-kernel-api.rst @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +===================================================== +The Linux Remoteproc subsystem Driver Core kernel API +===================================================== + +anish kumar <yesanishhere@xxxxxxxxx> + +Introduction +------------ +This document does not describe what a Remote processor subsystem +(RPROC) Driver or Device is. It also does not describe the API +which can be used by user space to communicate with a RPROC driver. +If you want to know this then please read the following +file: Documentation/remoteproc/rproc-api.rst . + +So what does this document describe? It describes the API that can be used by +remote processor Drivers that want to use the remote processor Driver Core +Framework. This framework provides all interfacing towards user space so that +the same code does not have to be reproduced each time. This also means that +a remote processor driver then only needs to provide the different routines +(operations) that control the remote processor. + +The API +------- +Each remote processor driver that wants to use the remote processor Driver Core +must #include <linux/remoteproc.h> (you would have to do this anyway when +writing a rproc device driver). This include file contains following +register routine:: + + int devm_rproc_add(struct device *dev, struct rproc *rproc) + +The devm_rproc_add routine registers a remote processor device. +The parameter of this routine is a pointer to a rproc device structure. +This routine returns zero on success and a negative errno code for failure. + +The rproc device structure looks like this:: + + struct rproc { + struct list_head node; + struct iommu_domain *domain; + const char *name; + const char *firmware; + void *priv; + struct rproc_ops *ops; + struct device dev; + atomic_t power; + unsigned int state; + enum rproc_dump_mechanism dump_conf; + struct mutex lock; + struct dentry *dbg_dir; + struct list_head traces; + int num_traces; + struct list_head carveouts; + struct list_head mappings; + u64 bootaddr; + struct list_head rvdevs; + struct list_head subdevs; + struct idr notifyids; + int index; + struct work_struct crash_handler; + unsigned int crash_cnt; + bool recovery_disabled; + int max_notifyid; + struct resource_table *table_ptr; + struct resource_table *clean_table; + struct resource_table *cached_table; + size_t table_sz; + bool has_iommu; + bool auto_boot; + bool sysfs_read_only; + struct list_head dump_segments; + int nb_vdev; + u8 elf_class; + u16 elf_machine; + struct cdev cdev; + bool cdev_put_on_release; + DECLARE_BITMAP(features, RPROC_MAX_FEATURES); + }; + +It contains following fields: + +* node: list node of this rproc object +* domain: iommu domain +* name: human readable name of the rproc +* firmware: name of firmware file to be loaded +* priv: private data which belongs to the platform-specific rproc module +* ops: platform-specific start/stop rproc handlers +* dev: virtual device for refcounting and common remoteproc behavior +* power: refcount of users who need this rproc powered up +* state: state of the device +* dump_conf: Currently selected coredump configuration +* lock: lock which protects concurrent manipulations of the rproc +* dbg_dir: debugfs directory of this rproc device +* traces: list of trace buffers +* num_traces: number of trace buffers +* carveouts: list of physically contiguous memory allocations +* mappings: list of iommu mappings we initiated, needed on shutdown +* bootaddr: address of first instruction to boot rproc with (optional) +* rvdevs: list of remote virtio devices +* subdevs: list of subdevices, to following the running state +* notifyids: idr for dynamically assigning rproc-wide unique notify ids +* index: index of this rproc device +* crash_handler: workqueue for handling a crash +* crash_cnt: crash counter +* recovery_disabled: flag that state if recovery was disabled +* max_notifyid: largest allocated notify id. +* table_ptr: pointer to the resource table in effect +* clean_table: copy of the resource table without modifications. Used +* when a remote processor is attached or detached from the core +* cached_table: copy of the resource table +* table_sz: size of @cached_table +* has_iommu: flag to indicate if remote processor is behind an MMU +* auto_boot: flag to indicate if remote processor should be auto-started +* sysfs_read_only: flag to make remoteproc sysfs files read only +* dump_segments: list of segments in the firmware +* nb_vdev: number of vdev currently handled by rproc +* elf_class: firmware ELF class +* elf_machine: firmware ELF machine +* cdev: character device of the rproc +* cdev_put_on_release: flag to indicate if remoteproc should be shutdown on @char_dev release +* features: indicate remoteproc features + +The list of rproc operations is defined as:: + + struct rproc_ops { + int (*prepare)(struct rproc *rproc); + int (*unprepare)(struct rproc *rproc); + int (*start)(struct rproc *rproc); + int (*stop)(struct rproc *rproc); + int (*attach)(struct rproc *rproc); + int (*detach)(struct rproc *rproc); + void (*kick)(struct rproc *rproc, int vqid); + void * (*da_to_va)(struct rproc *rproc, u64 da, size_t len, bool *is_iomem); + int (*parse_fw)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw); + int (*handle_rsc)(struct rproc *rproc, u32 rsc_type, void *rsc, + int offset, int avail); + struct resource_table *(*find_loaded_rsc_table)( + struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw); + struct resource_table *(*get_loaded_rsc_table)( + struct rproc *rproc, size_t *size); + int (*load)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw); + int (*sanity_check)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw); + u64 (*get_boot_addr)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw); + unsigned long (*panic)(struct rproc *rproc); + void (*coredump)(struct rproc *rproc); + }; + +Most of the operations are optional. Currently in the implementation +there are no mandatory operations, however from the practical standpoint +minimum ops are: + +* start: this is a pointer to the routine that starts the remote processor + device. + The routine needs a pointer to the remote processor device structure as a + parameter. It returns zero on success or a negative errno code for failure. + +* stop: with this routine the remote processor device is being stopped. + + The routine needs a pointer to the remote processor device structure as a + parameter. It returns zero on success or a negative errno code for failure. + +* da_to_va: this is the routine that needs to translate device address to + application processor virtual address that it can copy code to. + + The routine needs a pointer to the remote processor device structure as a + parameter. It returns zero on success or a negative errno code for failure. + + The routine provides the device address it finds in the ELF firmware and asks + the driver to convert that to virtual address. + +All other callbacks are optional in case of ELF provided firmware. + +* load: this is to load the firmware on to the remote device. + + The routine needs firmware file that it needs to load on to the remote processor. + If the driver overrides this callback then default ELF loader will not get used. + Otherwise default framework provided loader gets used. + + load = rproc_elf_load_segments; + parse_fw = rproc_elf_load_rsc_table; + find_loaded_rsc_table = rproc_elf_find_loaded_rsc_table; + sanity_check = rproc_elf_sanity_check; + get_boot_addr = rproc_elf_get_boot_addr; + +* parse_fw: this routing parses the provided firmware. In case of ELF format, + framework provided rproc_elf_load_rsc_table function can be used. + +* sanity_check: Check the format of the firmware. + +* coredump: If the driver prefers to manage coredumps independently, it can + implement its own coredump handling. However, the framework offers a default + implementation for the ELF format by assigning this callback to + rproc_coredump, unless the driver has overridden it. + +* get_boot_addr: In case the bootaddr defined in ELF firmware is different, driver + can use this callback to set a different boot address for remote processor to + starts its reset vector from. + +* find_loaded_rsc_table: this routine gets the loaded resource table from the firmware. + + resource table should have a section named (.resource_table) for the framework + to understand and interpret its content. Resource table is a way for remote + processor to ask for resources such as memory for dumping and logging. Look + at core documentation to know how to create the ELF section for the same. + +* get_loaded_rsc_table: Driver can customize passing the resource table by overriding + this callback. Framework doesn't provide any default implementation for the same. + + +The rproc_report_crash function allows you to report a crash when crash is +detected by the driver. + +:: + + void rproc_report_crash(struct rproc *rproc, enum rproc_crash_type type); + +To add a subdev corresponding driver can call:: + + void rproc_add_subdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct rproc_subdev *subdev); + +To remove a subdev, driver can call. + +:: + + void rproc_remove_subdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct rproc_subdev *subdev); + +To work with ELF coredump below function can be called:: + + void rproc_coredump_cleanup(struct rproc *rproc); + void rproc_coredump(struct rproc *rproc); + void rproc_coredump_using_sections(struct rproc *rproc); + int rproc_coredump_add_segment(struct rproc *rproc, dma_addr_t da, size_t size); + int rproc_coredump_add_custom_segment(struct rproc *rproc, + dma_addr_t da, size_t size, + void (*dumpfn)(struct rproc *rproc, + struct rproc_dump_segment *segment, + void *dest, size_t offset, + size_t size), + +Remember that coredump functions provided by the framework only works with ELF format. -- 2.39.3 (Apple Git-146)