Re: [PATCH 8/9] rpmsg: virtio: use rpmsg_ns driver to manage ns announcement

From: Arnaud POULIQUEN
Date: Thu Aug 27 2020 - 03:03:14 EST




On 8/27/20 12:10 AM, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> I had another very long look at this... I haven't had the time to look in your
> next serie so the end result is not yet clear in my head. But...
>
> In __rpmsg_create_channel() the new code is testing for VIRTIO_RPMSG_F_NS in
> order to allocate the ops, which means that the rpdev that is fed to
> virtio_rpmsg_announce_create/destroy() are associated with a virtproc_info.
> Moreover there is a test in virtio_rpmsg_announce_create/destroy() that checks
> for VIRTIO_RPMSG_F_NS already. So if the rpdev was created from another
> interface than the name announcement then no message would be sent.
>
> So it seems to me that the last two patches could be dropped and things would
> still work properly.

Yes the last 2 patches concerns the TX part. Drop them could also be an option.

>
> The good news is that I reviewed V2 today and things look good. I will wait to
> review your next set before adding RB tags. The down side is that having spent
> a fair amount of time on your set, I need to look at other people's work if I
> want to be fair to everyone. As such I have to push back the review of your
> other set to next week.

That's fair! And this will give me time to have a look to the detach series.

Thanks,
Arnaud

>
> Thanks,
> Mathieu
>