linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 08/26] gunyah: rsc_mgr: Add resource manager RPC core

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Date:   Thu, 16 Feb 2023 07:43:53 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Elliot Berman <quic_eberman@...cinc.com>
Cc:     Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 08/26] gunyah: rsc_mgr: Add resource manager RPC core

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 01:23:25PM -0800, Elliot Berman wrote:
> +struct gh_rm {
> +	struct device *dev;

What device does this point to?

> +	struct gunyah_resource tx_ghrsc, rx_ghrsc;
> +	struct gh_msgq msgq;
> +	struct mbox_client msgq_client;
> +	struct gh_rm_connection *active_rx_connection;
> +	int last_tx_ret;
> +
> +	struct idr call_idr;
> +	struct mutex call_idr_lock;
> +
> +	struct kmem_cache *cache;
> +	struct mutex send_lock;
> +	struct blocking_notifier_head nh;
> +};

This obviously is the "device" that your system works on, so what are
the lifetime rules of it?  Why isn't is just a real 'struct device' in
the system instead of a random memory blob with a pointer to a device?

What controls the lifetime of this structure and where is the reference
counting logic for it?

And why no documentation for this core structure?

thanks,

greg k-h