On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 02:35:12PM +0100, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
> This patch updates the rproc_ops struct to include an optional
> release_fw function.
>
> The release_fw ops is responsible for releasing the remote processor
> firmware image. The ops is called in the following cases:
>
> - An error occurs in rproc_start() between the loading of the segments and
> the start of the remote processor.
> - after stopping the remote processor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Updates from version V11:
> - fix typo in @release_fw comment
> ---
> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 5 +++++
> include/linux/remoteproc.h | 3 +++
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index 7694817f25d4..46863e1ca307 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -1258,6 +1258,9 @@ static int rproc_alloc_registered_carveouts(struct rproc *rproc)
>
> static void rproc_release_fw(struct rproc *rproc)
> {
> + if (rproc->ops->release_fw)
> + rproc->ops->release_fw(rproc);
> +
> /* Free the copy of the resource table */
> kfree(rproc->cached_table);
> rproc->cached_table = NULL;
> @@ -1377,6 +1380,8 @@ static int rproc_start(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
> unprepare_subdevices:
> rproc_unprepare_subdevices(rproc);
> reset_table_ptr:
> + if (rproc->ops->release_fw)
> + rproc->ops->release_fw(rproc);
I always thought that looked hackish and brittle. I am trying to find a better
solution.
Mathieu
> rproc->table_ptr = rproc->cached_table;
>
> return ret;
> diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> index 2e0ddcb2d792..08e0187a84d9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> @@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ enum rsc_handling_status {
> * @panic: optional callback to react to system panic, core will delay
> * panic at least the returned number of milliseconds
> * @coredump: collect firmware dump after the subsystem is shutdown
> + * @release_fw: optional function to release the firmware image from ROM memories.
> + * This function is called after stopping the remote processor or in case of an error
> */
> struct rproc_ops {
> int (*prepare)(struct rproc *rproc);
> @@ -403,6 +405,7 @@ struct rproc_ops {
> u64 (*get_boot_addr)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
> unsigned long (*panic)(struct rproc *rproc);
> void (*coredump)(struct rproc *rproc);
> + void (*release_fw)(struct rproc *rproc);
> };
>
> /**
> --
> 2.25.1
>
