Re: [PATCH 0/2] remoteproc: elf_loader: Make rproc_elf_load_segments() more generic

From: Mathieu Poirier

Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 12:10:22 EST


On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 11:09:29AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently working on remoteproc for ADI's ADSP SoC family (SC598 +
> SC846 and others). On at least SC846 the memory of the remote processor
> isn't directly accessible by the main cpu. (The memory is mapped into
> the cpu's memory space, but cannot be accessed directly from non-secure
> EL2.)
>
> Instead of creating another near-copy of rproc_elf_load_segments() that
> just differs by the memory access functions, generalize this function
> and make the driver that already has such a copy benefit from it.
>
> This is only compile tested.
>
> Uwe Kleine-König (2):
> remoteproc: elf_loader: Create new callback for copying segments to
> remote cpu
> remoteproc: imx_dsp_rproc: Implement .memcpy_tova()
>
> drivers/remoteproc/imx_dsp_rproc.c | 120 ++++++---------------
> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c | 63 ++++++-----
> include/linux/remoteproc.h | 3 +
> 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 117 deletions(-)
>

$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl *.patch
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_PATCH_1-2_remoteproc_elf_loader_Create_new_callback_for_copying_segme.patch
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: 'addres' may be misspelled - perhaps 'address'?
#56: FILE: drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c:233:
+ dev_err(dev, "Failed to copy segment %d to device addres 0x%llx: %pe\n",
^^^^^^

WARNING: line length of 101 exceeds 100 columns
#106: FILE: drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c:264:
+ memset_io((void __iomem *)(ptr + filesz), 0, memsz - filesz);

WARNING: line length of 102 exceeds 100 columns
#129: FILE: include/linux/remoteproc.h:103:
+ int (*memcpy_tova)(struct rproc *rproc, u64 da, const void *src, size_t filesz, size_t memsz);

total: 0 errors, 3 warnings, 86 lines checked

NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.

_PATCH_1-2_remoteproc_elf_loader_Create_new_callback_for_copying_segme.patch has style problems, please review.
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_PATCH_2-2_remoteproc_imx_dsp_rproc_Implement_.memcpy_tova_.patch
-----------------------------------------------------------------
total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 151 lines checked

_PATCH_2-2_remoteproc_imx_dsp_rproc_Implement_.memcpy_tova_.patch has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission.

>
> base-commit: bd1ecbb61afefc6a8b876ccbc31e9228b44e9eab
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> 2.47.3
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