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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/auxiliary.c')
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1 files changed, 150 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c index 9230c9472bb0..8c5e65930617 100644 --- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c +++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c @@ -17,6 +17,147 @@ #include <linux/auxiliary_bus.h> #include "base.h" +/** + * DOC: PURPOSE + * + * In some subsystems, the functionality of the core device (PCI/ACPI/other) is + * too complex for a single device to be managed by a monolithic driver (e.g. + * Sound Open Firmware), multiple devices might implement a common intersection + * of functionality (e.g. NICs + RDMA), or a driver may want to export an + * interface for another subsystem to drive (e.g. SIOV Physical Function export + * Virtual Function management). A split of the functionality into child- + * devices representing sub-domains of functionality makes it possible to + * compartmentalize, layer, and distribute domain-specific concerns via a Linux + * device-driver model. + * + * An example for this kind of requirement is the audio subsystem where a + * single IP is handling multiple entities such as HDMI, Soundwire, local + * devices such as mics/speakers etc. The split for the core's functionality + * can be arbitrary or be defined by the DSP firmware topology and include + * hooks for test/debug. This allows for the audio core device to be minimal + * and focused on hardware-specific control and communication. + * + * Each auxiliary_device represents a part of its parent functionality. The + * generic behavior can be extended and specialized as needed by encapsulating + * an auxiliary_device within other domain-specific structures and the use of + * .ops callbacks. Devices on the auxiliary bus do not share any structures and + * the use of a communication channel with the parent is domain-specific. + * + * Note that ops are intended as a way to augment instance behavior within a + * class of auxiliary devices, it is not the mechanism for exporting common + * infrastructure from the parent. Consider EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() to convey + * infrastructure from the parent module to the auxiliary module(s). + */ + +/** + * DOC: USAGE + * + * The auxiliary bus is to be used when a driver and one or more kernel + * modules, who share a common header file with the driver, need a mechanism to + * connect and provide access to a shared object allocated by the + * auxiliary_device's registering driver. The registering driver for the + * auxiliary_device(s) and the kernel module(s) registering auxiliary_drivers + * can be from the same subsystem, or from multiple subsystems. + * + * The emphasis here is on a common generic interface that keeps subsystem + * customization out of the bus infrastructure. + * + * One example is a PCI network device that is RDMA-capable and exports a child + * device to be driven by an auxiliary_driver in the RDMA subsystem. The PCI + * driver allocates and registers an auxiliary_device for each physical + * function on the NIC. The RDMA driver registers an auxiliary_driver that + * claims each of these auxiliary_devices. This conveys data/ops published by + * the parent PCI device/driver to the RDMA auxiliary_driver. + * + * Another use case is for the PCI device to be split out into multiple sub + * functions. For each sub function an auxiliary_device is created. A PCI sub + * function driver binds to such devices that creates its own one or more class + * devices. A PCI sub function auxiliary device is likely to be contained in a + * struct with additional attributes such as user defined sub function number + * and optional attributes such as resources and a link to the parent device. + * These attributes could be used by systemd/udev; and hence should be + * initialized before a driver binds to an auxiliary_device. + * + * A key requirement for utilizing the auxiliary bus is that there is no + * dependency on a physical bus, device, register accesses or regmap support. + * These individual devices split from the core cannot live on the platform bus + * as they are not physical devices that are controlled by DT/ACPI. The same + * argument applies for not using MFD in this scenario as MFD relies on + * individual function devices being physical devices. + */ + +/** + * DOC: EXAMPLE + * + * Auxiliary devices are created and registered by a subsystem-level core + * device that needs to break up its functionality into smaller fragments. One + * way to extend the scope of an auxiliary_device is to encapsulate it within a + * domain- pecific structure defined by the parent device. This structure + * contains the auxiliary_device and any associated shared data/callbacks + * needed to establish the connection with the parent. + * + * An example is: + * + * .. code-block:: c + * + * struct foo { + * struct auxiliary_device auxdev; + * void (*connect)(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev); + * void (*disconnect)(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev); + * void *data; + * }; + * + * The parent device then registers the auxiliary_device by calling + * auxiliary_device_init(), and then auxiliary_device_add(), with the pointer + * to the auxdev member of the above structure. The parent provides a name for + * the auxiliary_device that, combined with the parent's KBUILD_MODNAME, + * creates a match_name that is be used for matching and binding with a driver. + * + * Whenever an auxiliary_driver is registered, based on the match_name, the + * auxiliary_driver's probe() is invoked for the matching devices. The + * auxiliary_driver can also be encapsulated inside custom drivers that make + * the core device's functionality extensible by adding additional + * domain-specific ops as follows: + * + * .. code-block:: c + * + * struct my_ops { + * void (*send)(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev); + * void (*receive)(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev); + * }; + * + * + * struct my_driver { + * struct auxiliary_driver auxiliary_drv; + * const struct my_ops ops; + * }; + * + * An example of this type of usage is: + * + * .. code-block:: c + * + * const struct auxiliary_device_id my_auxiliary_id_table[] = { + * { .name = "foo_mod.foo_dev" }, + * { }, + * }; + * + * const struct my_ops my_custom_ops = { + * .send = my_tx, + * .receive = my_rx, + * }; + * + * const struct my_driver my_drv = { + * .auxiliary_drv = { + * .name = "myauxiliarydrv", + * .id_table = my_auxiliary_id_table, + * .probe = my_probe, + * .remove = my_remove, + * .shutdown = my_shutdown, + * }, + * .ops = my_custom_ops, + * }; + */ + static const struct auxiliary_device_id *auxiliary_match_id(const struct auxiliary_device_id *id, const struct auxiliary_device *auxdev) { @@ -117,7 +258,7 @@ static struct bus_type auxiliary_bus_type = { * auxiliary_device_init - check auxiliary_device and initialize * @auxdev: auxiliary device struct * - * This is the first step in the two-step process to register an + * This is the second step in the three-step process to register an * auxiliary_device. * * When this function returns an error code, then the device_initialize will @@ -155,7 +296,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(auxiliary_device_init); * @auxdev: auxiliary bus device to add to the bus * @modname: name of the parent device's driver module * - * This is the second step in the two-step process to register an + * This is the third step in the three-step process to register an * auxiliary_device. * * This function must be called after a successful call to @@ -202,6 +343,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__auxiliary_device_add); * This function returns a reference to a device that is 'found' * for later use, as determined by the @match callback. * + * The reference returned should be released with put_device(). + * * The callback should return 0 if the device doesn't match and non-zero * if it does. If the callback returns non-zero, this function will * return to the caller and not iterate over any more devices. @@ -225,6 +368,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(auxiliary_find_device); * @auxdrv: auxiliary_driver structure * @owner: owning module/driver * @modname: KBUILD_MODNAME for parent driver + * + * The expectation is that users will call the "auxiliary_driver_register" + * macro so that the caller's KBUILD_MODNAME is automatically inserted for the + * modname parameter. Only if a user requires a custom name would this version + * be called directly. */ int __auxiliary_driver_register(struct auxiliary_driver *auxdrv, struct module *owner, const char *modname) |