This RFC proposes a possible solution to keep protecting the fpga manager against the unexpected unloading of low-level control modules while addressing the limitations of the current implementation. The current implementation assumes that the low-level module registers a platform driver for the parent device, which can later be used by the fpga manager (through the parent device pointer) to take the low-level module's refcount. This proposal removes this limitation by adding a module owner field to the fpga_manager and fpga_manager_ops structs. Low-level control modules can statically set the owner field to THIS_MODULE. Later, the fpga manager can use the owner field to take the module's refcount. For more context, please refer to these threads: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/ZS6hhlvjUcqyv8zL@yilunxu-OptiPlex-7050 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/ZT9qENE9fE3Z0KCW@yilunxu-OptiPlex-7050 Signed-off-by: Marco Pagani <marpagan@xxxxxxxxxx> Marco Pagani (2): fpga: add a module owner field to fpga_manager and fpga_manager_ops fpga: set owner of fpga_manager_ops for existing low-level modules drivers/fpga/altera-cvp.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-mgr.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++-------- drivers/fpga/ice40-spi.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/lattice-sysconfig.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/machxo2-spi.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/microchip-spi.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/socfpga-a10.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/socfpga.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/stratix10-soc.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/tests/fpga-mgr-test.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/tests/fpga-region-test.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/ts73xx-fpga.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/versal-fpga.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/xilinx-spi.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/zynq-fpga.c | 1 + drivers/fpga/zynqmp-fpga.c | 1 + include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h | 4 ++ 20 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) base-commit: 98b1cc82c4affc16f5598d4fa14b1858671b2263 -- 2.42.0
