Re: [PATCH v2] pwm: Create device class for pwm channels

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Mon Sep 05 2016 - 11:42:20 EST

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On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 05:15:02PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 04:41:39PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 03:14:50PM -0700, David Hsu wrote:
> [...]
> > > diff --git a/drivers/pwm/sysfs.c b/drivers/pwm/sysfs.c
> [...]
> > > @@ -248,9 +254,11 @@ static int pwm_export_child(struct device *parent, struct pwm_device *pwm)
> > >
> > > export->child.release = pwm_export_release;
> > > export->child.parent = parent;
> > > + export->child.type = &pwm_channel_type;
> > > export->child.devt = MKDEV(0, 0);
> > > + export->child.class = &pwm_class;
> >
> > This particular change isn't going to work, unfortunately. Children of a
> > PWM chip, i.e. PWM devices (or channels) are not the same as chips. The
> > above, however, will cause the attributes associated with a PWM chip to
> > be associated with each PWM device as well. For example it will cause a
> > PWM device to expose an "export" attribute in userspace. Writing to that
> > file will give you a nice oops, along these lines:
> >
> > [ 89.631855] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000014
> > [ 89.640146] pgd = c2b16700
> > [ 89.642879] [00000014] *pgd=82b74003, *pmd=f4dd8003
> > [ 89.647830] Internal error: Oops: 207 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
> > [ 89.653330] Modules linked in: nouveau tegra_drm ttm drm_kms_helper cfbfillrect syscopyarea cfbimgblt sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops cfbcopyarea drm
> > [ 89.667194] CPU: 3 PID: 284 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.8.0-rc3-next-20160825-00026-g7065511b7003-dirty #82
> > [ 89.676507] Hardware name: NVIDIA Tegra SoC (Flattened Device Tree)
> > [ 89.682787] task: c2b39500 task.stack: c3034000
> > [ 89.687327] PC is at export_store+0x34/0x170
> > [ 89.691598] LR is at _kstrtoull+0x2c/0x70
> > [ 89.695607] pc : [<c04b1cb0>] lr : [<c048a0e4>] psr: 60000013
> > [ 89.695607] sp : c3035ea0 ip : c04b1c7c fp : bec8eb0c
> > [ 89.707068] r10: ee1e9b8c r9 : c3035f80 r8 : 00000002
> > [ 89.712287] r7 : c2b70800 r6 : 00000000 r5 : ee1e9b80 r4 : 00000000
> > [ 89.718806] r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000000 r1 : 00000000 r0 : 00000000
> > [ 89.725327] Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment user
> > [ 89.732453] Control: 30c5387d Table: 82b16700 DAC: 55555555
> > [ 89.738193] Process sh (pid: 284, stack limit = 0xc3034210)
> > [ 89.743758] Stack: (0xc3035ea0 to 0xc3036000)
> > [ 89.748116] 5ea0: ee1e9b8c 00000000 0014e408 00000002 ee1e9b80 00000000 00000000 ee19f180
> > [ 89.756286] 5ec0: c3035f80 c035fc98 00000000 00000000 c3070180 c035fbd8 0014e408 c3035f80
> > [ 89.764456] 5ee0: 00000000 00000002 00000000 c030167c 032cf000 c109bf44 c109bf44 c02f88b0
> > [ 89.772625] 5f00: ee8270c0 c02fac24 00000001 c3035f10 ef05c9e0 c0300fd8 c0327c08 c2b7b000
> > [ 89.780794] 5f20: 0000000a c2b7e000 c3184ec0 0000000a 00000400 c2b7e040 00000000 c3070180
> > [ 89.788964] 5f40: 00000002 0014e408 c3035f80 00000000 00000002 c0302464 00000001 0000000a
> > [ 89.797132] 5f60: c2d076c0 c3070180 c3070180 00000000 00000000 0014e408 00000002 c03031b0
> > [ 89.805302] 5f80: 00000000 00000000 00000014 00000002 0014e408 b6e74d50 00000004 c02075e4
> > [ 89.813470] 5fa0: c3034000 c0207440 00000002 0014e408 00000001 0014e408 00000002 00000000
> > [ 89.821638] 5fc0: 00000002 0014e408 b6e74d50 00000004 00000002 00000004 b6f0e000 bec8eb0c
> > [ 89.829808] 5fe0: 00000000 bec8ea64 b6d9ffa4 b6df970c 60000010 00000001 0b0a0908 0f0e0d0c
> > [ 89.837996] [<c04b1cb0>] (export_store) from [<c035fc98>] (kernfs_fop_write+0xc0/0x1cc)
> > [ 89.846005] [<c035fc98>] (kernfs_fop_write) from [<c030167c>] (__vfs_write+0x1c/0x114)
> > [ 89.853940] [<c030167c>] (__vfs_write) from [<c0302464>] (vfs_write+0xa4/0x168)
> > [ 89.861252] [<c0302464>] (vfs_write) from [<c03031b0>] (SyS_write+0x3c/0x90)
> > [ 89.868304] [<c03031b0>] (SyS_write) from [<c0207440>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x34)
> > [ 89.875883] Code: ebff6164 e2506000 ba000039 e59d1004 (e5943014)
> > [ 89.882225] ---[ end trace 716eda7e65a4136a ]---
> >
> > Given that we need a class associated with a device in order for it to
> > generate uevents (why is that so, by the way?), I think we'd need to add
> > a separate class implementation for PWM devices. That has the downside
> > of adding yet another subdirectory to /sys/class, but I can't really
> > think of another way of achieving what you need here.
> >
> > Greg, any ideas?
>
> *sigh*, nevermind. I realized too late that I hadn't fully applied your
> patch and the change to use device_create_with_groups() actually gets
> rid of this.
>
> Unfortunately....
>
> > > index 01695d4..cb2b376 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/pwm/sysfs.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/pwm/sysfs.c
> > > @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
> > > #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
> > > #include <linux/pwm.h>
> > >
> > > +static struct class pwm_class;
> > > +
> > > struct pwm_export {
> > > struct device child;
> > > struct pwm_device *pwm;
> > > @@ -222,6 +224,10 @@ static struct attribute *pwm_attrs[] = {
> > > };
> > > ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(pwm);
> > >
> > > +static const struct device_type pwm_channel_type = {
> > > + .name = "pwm_channel",
> > > +};
> >
> > In order to do some tracing, I ended up implementing the ->uevent()
> > callback of struct device_type. What I noticed when exporting a PWM is
> > that that ->uevent() gets called recursively and the operation never
> > finishes. I have no idea why that happens, though.
>
> ... that's still there. However the output is now somewhat cleaner and
> the ->uevent() callback doesn't seem to be called recursively but rather
> repeatedly (until I unexport the PWM again).
>
> Let me investigate a little more where this is coming from. For
> reference, I have the below on top of your patch.

Calling dump_stack() in pwm_uevent() indicates that someone in userspace
keeps reading the file:

[ 65.685811] pwm pwmchip0:0: > pwm_uevent(dev=c2ac1400, env=eeb2e000)
[ 65.692388] CPU: 0 PID: 282 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.8.0-rc3-next-20160825-00027-gcd8380ab5fe3-dirty #90
[ 65.701706] Hardware name: NVIDIA Tegra SoC (Flattened Device Tree)
[ 65.708076] [<c020f26c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c020a704>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[ 65.715877] [<c020a704>] (show_stack) from [<c04721d8>] (dump_stack+0x88/0x9c)
[ 65.723142] [<c04721d8>] (dump_stack) from [<c04b1cac>] (pwm_uevent+0x30/0x54)
[ 65.730449] [<c04b1cac>] (pwm_uevent) from [<c0535970>] (dev_uevent+0xe4/0x1cc)
[ 65.737810] [<c0535970>] (dev_uevent) from [<c0475538>] (kobject_uevent_env+0x200/0x508)
[ 65.745938] [<c0475538>] (kobject_uevent_env) from [<c0535380>] (device_add+0x364/0x568)
[ 65.754056] [<c0535380>] (device_add) from [<c04b1ddc>] (export_store+0x10c/0x174)
[ 65.761666] [<c04b1ddc>] (export_store) from [<c035fc98>] (kernfs_fop_write+0xc0/0x1cc)
[ 65.769712] [<c035fc98>] (kernfs_fop_write) from [<c030167c>] (__vfs_write+0x1c/0x114)
[ 65.777662] [<c030167c>] (__vfs_write) from [<c0302464>] (vfs_write+0xa4/0x168)
[ 65.785002] [<c0302464>] (vfs_write) from [<c03031b0>] (SyS_write+0x3c/0x90)
[ 65.792091] [<c03031b0>] (SyS_write) from [<c0207440>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x34)
[ 65.799866] pwm pwmchip0:0: < pwm_uevent() = 0
[ 65.803675] pwm pwmchip0:0: > pwm_uevent(dev=c2ac1400, env=eeaba000)
[ 65.803706] CPU: 2 PID: 191 Comm: systemd-journal Not tainted 4.8.0-rc3-next-20160825-00027-gcd8380ab5fe3-dirty #90
[ 65.803718] Hardware name: NVIDIA Tegra SoC (Flattened Device Tree)
[ 65.803791] [<c020f26c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c020a704>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[ 65.803838] [<c020a704>] (show_stack) from [<c04721d8>] (dump_stack+0x88/0x9c)
[ 65.803880] [<c04721d8>] (dump_stack) from [<c04b1cac>] (pwm_uevent+0x30/0x54)
[ 65.803917] [<c04b1cac>] (pwm_uevent) from [<c0535970>] (dev_uevent+0xe4/0x1cc)
[ 65.803949] [<c0535970>] (dev_uevent) from [<c0533c1c>] (uevent_show+0xb0/0x11c)
[ 65.803977] [<c0533c1c>] (uevent_show) from [<c05341c4>] (dev_attr_show+0x1c/0x48)
[ 65.804018] [<c05341c4>] (dev_attr_show) from [<c036067c>] (sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x88/0xf8)
[ 65.804059] [<c036067c>] (sysfs_kf_seq_show) from [<c03243a4>] (seq_read+0x1ec/0x49c)
[ 65.804093] [<c03243a4>] (seq_read) from [<c0301570>] (__vfs_read+0x1c/0x10c)
[ 65.804125] [<c0301570>] (__vfs_read) from [<c0302334>] (vfs_read+0x8c/0x118)
[ 65.804157] [<c0302334>] (vfs_read) from [<c0303120>] (SyS_read+0x3c/0x90)
[ 65.804194] [<c0303120>] (SyS_read) from [<c0207440>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x34)
[ 65.804220] pwm pwmchip0:0: < pwm_uevent() = 0
[ 65.815938] pwm pwmchip0:0: > pwm_uevent(dev=c2ac1400, env=eeaba000)
[ 65.815969] CPU: 2 PID: 191 Comm: systemd-journal Not tainted 4.8.0-rc3-next-20160825-00027-gcd8380ab5fe3-dirty #90
[ 65.815981] Hardware name: NVIDIA Tegra SoC (Flattened Device Tree)
[ 65.816056] [<c020f26c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c020a704>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[ 65.816103] [<c020a704>] (show_stack) from [<c04721d8>] (dump_stack+0x88/0x9c)
[ 65.816143] [<c04721d8>] (dump_stack) from [<c04b1cac>] (pwm_uevent+0x30/0x54)
[ 65.816182] [<c04b1cac>] (pwm_uevent) from [<c0535970>] (dev_uevent+0xe4/0x1cc)
[ 65.816211] [<c0535970>] (dev_uevent) from [<c0533c1c>] (uevent_show+0xb0/0x11c)
[ 65.816238] [<c0533c1c>] (uevent_show) from [<c05341c4>] (dev_attr_show+0x1c/0x48)
[ 65.816280] [<c05341c4>] (dev_attr_show) from [<c036067c>] (sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x88/0xf8)
[ 65.816321] [<c036067c>] (sysfs_kf_seq_show) from [<c03243a4>] (seq_read+0x1ec/0x49c)
[ 65.816354] [<c03243a4>] (seq_read) from [<c0301570>] (__vfs_read+0x1c/0x10c)
[ 65.816386] [<c0301570>] (__vfs_read) from [<c0302334>] (vfs_read+0x8c/0x118)
[ 65.816418] [<c0302334>] (vfs_read) from [<c0303120>] (SyS_read+0x3c/0x90)
[ 65.816455] [<c0303120>] (SyS_read) from [<c0207440>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x34)
[ 65.816479] pwm pwmchip0:0: < pwm_uevent() = 0

Even adding content to the env object doesn't change this. Am I using
this incorrectly?

Thierry

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