linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 11/16] rpmsg: char: check destination address is not null

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:03:11 -0600
From:   Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
To:     Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@...s.st.com>
Cc:     Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/16] rpmsg: char: check destination address is not
 null

On Tue 22 Dec 04:57 CST 2020, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:

> The name service announcement is not sent if no endpoint is created by
> default. If the destination address is not precised by the
> application when creating the device (thanks to the RPMsg CTRL interface),
> it is not possible to have a valid RPMsg channel.
> 

In the Qualcomm transports, the chinfo.name is used to identify the
channel, so there it's valid to create a endpoint without dst.

Regards,
Bjorn

> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@...s.st.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> index 4b0674a2e3e9..8b1928594d10 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> @@ -305,6 +305,16 @@ static int rpmsg_chrdev_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>  	struct device *dev;
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	/* There is not ept created by default. As consequence there is not NS
> +	 * announcement and the destination address has to be set.
> +	 * this limitation could be solved in future by adding a helper in
> +	 * rpmsg_ns.
> +	 */
> +	if (rpdev->dst == RPMSG_ADDR_ANY) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "destination address invalid (%d)\n", rpdev->dst);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>  	eptdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*eptdev), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!eptdev)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>