Re: [PATCH 4/4] remoteproc: debugfs: Add ability to boot remote processor using debugfs

[Lee Jones]

On Wed, 26 Aug 2015, Nathan Lynch wrote:

> On 08/26/2015 08:08 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
> 
> The commit message should describe why this is needed...
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c
> > index 9d30809..9620962 100644
> > --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c
> > @@ -88,8 +88,33 @@ static ssize_t rproc_state_read(struct file *filp, char __user *userbuf,
> >  	return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, i);
> >  }
> >  
> > +static ssize_t rproc_state_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *userbuf,
> > +				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> > +{
> > +	struct rproc *rproc = filp->private_data;
> > +	char buf[2];
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	ret = copy_from_user(buf, userbuf, 1);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > +	switch (buf[0]) {
> > +	case '1':
> > +		ret = rproc_boot(rproc);
> > +		if (ret)
> > +			dev_warn(&rproc->dev, "Boot failed: %d\n", ret);
> > +		break;
> > +	default:
> > +		rproc_shutdown(rproc);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return count;
> > +}
> 
> ... and I suggest that the user interface be reconsidered.  If '1' means
> "boot" and literally anything else means "shut down" then you can't add
> operations in the future without potentially breaking things.

Good points, will fix.

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