Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: cros_ec_rpmsg: Fix race with host event.

[Enric Balletbo i Serra]

Hi Pi-Hsun,

On 17/2/20 16:55, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> Dear remoteproc experts,
> 
> cc'ing you for if we can have your feedback on this change.
> 
> Thanks Pi-Hsun, for your quick answer, makes sense but I'm still feeling that I
> miss something (probably because I'm not a remoteproc expert), so I added the
> Remoteproc people for if they can comment this patch. We have time as we're in
> rc2 only, so I'd like to wait a bit in case they can take a look.
> 
> If no answer is received I'll take a second look and apply the patch.
> 

I'll pick this patch, just I want to request a minor change.

> Thanks,
>  Enric
> 
> On 15/2/20 4:56, Pi-Hsun Shih wrote:
>> Hi Enric,
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 11:10 PM Enric Balletbo i Serra
>> <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Pi-Hsun,
>>>
>>> On 14/2/20 9:26, Pi-Hsun Shih wrote:
>>>> Host event can be sent by remoteproc by any time, and
>>>> cros_ec_rpmsg_callback would be called after cros_ec_rpmsg_create_ept.
>>>> But the cros_ec_device is initialized after that, which cause host event
>>>> handler to use cros_ec_device that are not initialized properly yet.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't have the hardware to test but, can't we call first cros_ec_register and
>>> then cros_ec_rpmsg_create_ept?
>>>
>>> Start receiving driver callbacks before finishing to probe the drivers itself
>>> sounds weird to me.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>  Enric
>>
>> Since cros_ec_register calls cros_ec_query_all, which sends message to
>> remoteproc using cros_ec_pkt_xfer_rpmsg (to query protocol version),
>> the ec_rpmsg->ept need to be ready before calling cros_ec_register.
>>
>>>
>>>> Fix this by don't schedule host event handler before cros_ec_register
>>>> returns. Instead, remember that we have a pending host event, and
>>>> schedule host event handler after cros_ec_register.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 71cddb7097e2 ("platform/chrome: cros_ec_rpmsg: Fix race with host command when probe failed.")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Pi-Hsun Shih <pihsun@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_rpmsg.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>>>>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_rpmsg.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_rpmsg.c
>>>> index dbc3f5523b83..7e8629e3db74 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_rpmsg.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_rpmsg.c
>>>> @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ struct cros_ec_rpmsg {
>>>>       struct completion xfer_ack;
>>>>       struct work_struct host_event_work;
>>>>       struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept;
>>>> +     bool has_pending_host_event;
>>>> +     bool probe_done;


Could you try if just calling driver_probe_done() when needed works, so we don't
need to add a new boolean flag for this?

Thanks,
 Enric

>>>>  };
>>>>
>>>>  /**
>>>> @@ -177,7 +179,14 @@ static int cros_ec_rpmsg_callback(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *data,
>>>>               memcpy(ec_dev->din, resp->data, len);
>>>>               complete(&ec_rpmsg->xfer_ack);
>>>>       } else if (resp->type == HOST_EVENT_MARK) {
>>>> -             schedule_work(&ec_rpmsg->host_event_work);
>>>> +             /*
>>>> +              * If the host event is sent before cros_ec_register is
>>>> +              * finished, queue the host event.
>>>> +              */
>>>> +             if (ec_rpmsg->probe_done)
>>>> +                     schedule_work(&ec_rpmsg->host_event_work);
>>>> +             else
>>>> +                     ec_rpmsg->has_pending_host_event = true;
>>>>       } else {
>>>>               dev_warn(ec_dev->dev, "rpmsg received invalid type = %d",
>>>>                        resp->type);
>>>> @@ -240,6 +249,11 @@ static int cros_ec_rpmsg_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>>>>               return ret;
>>>>       }
>>>>
>>>> +     ec_rpmsg->probe_done = true;
>>>> +
>>>> +     if (ec_rpmsg->has_pending_host_event)
>>>> +             schedule_work(&ec_rpmsg->host_event_work);
>>>> +
>>>>       return 0;
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> base-commit: b19e8c68470385dd2c5440876591fddb02c8c402
>>>>