linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] remoteproc: Introduce "panic" callback in ops

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Date:   Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:33:02 -0600
From:   Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
To:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Cc:     Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>, Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] remoteproc: Introduce "panic" callback in ops

On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 11:38:15PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> Introduce generic support for handling kernel panics in remoteproc
> drivers, in order to allow operations needed for aiding in post mortem
> system debugging, such as flushing caches etc.
> 
> The function can return a number of milliseconds needed by the remote to
> "settle" and the core will wait the longest returned duration before
> returning from the panic handler.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
> ---
> 
> Change since v3:
> - Migrate from mutex_trylock() to using RCU
> - Turned the timeout to unsigned long
> 
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/remoteproc.h           |  3 ++
>  2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index f0a77c30c6b1..2024a98930bf 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>  
>  #define pr_fmt(fmt)    "%s: " fmt, __func__
>  
> +#include <linux/delay.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/device.h>
> @@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
>  
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(rproc_list_mutex);
>  static LIST_HEAD(rproc_list);
> +static struct notifier_block rproc_panic_nb;
>  
>  typedef int (*rproc_handle_resource_t)(struct rproc *rproc,
>  				 void *, int offset, int avail);
> @@ -2219,10 +2221,51 @@ void rproc_report_crash(struct rproc *rproc, enum rproc_crash_type type)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_report_crash);
>  
> +static int rproc_panic_handler(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
> +			       void *ptr)
> +{
> +	unsigned int longest = 0;
> +	struct rproc *rproc;
> +	unsigned int d;
> +
> +	rcu_read_lock();
> +	list_for_each_entry_rcu(rproc, &rproc_list, node) {
> +		if (!rproc->ops->panic || rproc->state != RPROC_RUNNING)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		d = rproc->ops->panic(rproc);
> +		longest = max(longest, d);
> +	}
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Delay for the longest requested duration before returning.
> +	 * This can be used by the remoteproc drivers to give the remote
> +	 * processor time to perform any requested operations (such as flush
> +	 * caches), where means for signalling the Linux side isn't available

There is a problem with the above sentence.

> +	 * while in panic.
> +	 */
> +	mdelay(longest);
> +
> +	return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +}
> +
> +static void __init rproc_init_panic(void)
> +{
> +	rproc_panic_nb.notifier_call = rproc_panic_handler;
> +	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, &rproc_panic_nb);
> +}
> +
> +static void __exit rproc_exit_panic(void)
> +{
> +	atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list, &rproc_panic_nb);
> +}
> +
>  static int __init remoteproc_init(void)
>  {
>  	rproc_init_sysfs();
>  	rproc_init_debugfs();
> +	rproc_init_panic();
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -2232,6 +2275,7 @@ static void __exit remoteproc_exit(void)
>  {
>  	ida_destroy(&rproc_dev_index);
>  
> +	rproc_exit_panic();
>  	rproc_exit_debugfs();
>  	rproc_exit_sysfs();
>  }
> diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> index 16ad66683ad0..5959d6247dc0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> @@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ enum rsc_handling_status {
>   *			expects to find it
>   * @sanity_check:	sanity check the fw image
>   * @get_boot_addr:	get boot address to entry point specified in firmware
> + * @panic:	optional callback to react to system panic, core will delay
> + *		panic at least the returned number of milliseconds
>   */
>  struct rproc_ops {
>  	int (*start)(struct rproc *rproc);
> @@ -383,6 +385,7 @@ struct rproc_ops {
>  	int (*load)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
>  	int (*sanity_check)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
>  	u32 (*get_boot_addr)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
> +	unsigned long (*panic)(struct rproc *rproc);
>  };
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.24.0
>