Re: [PATCH 2/4] soc: qcom: aoss: Add debugfs interface for sending messages

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Mon Jul 31 2023 - 04:22:43 EST


On Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at 09:10:11PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> From: Chris Lew <clew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In addition to the normal runtime commands, the Always On Processor
> (AOP) provides a number of debug commands which can be used during
> system debugging for things such as preventing power collapse or placing
> floor votes for certain resources. Some of these are documented in the
> Robotics RB5 "Debug AOP ADB" linked below.
>
> Provide a debugfs interface for the developer/tester to send these
> commands to the AOP.

This sort of sending arbitrary binary blob commands is not liked,
since it allow user space closed source drivers. At minimum, please
provide a file per command, with the kernel marshalling parameters
into the binary format, and decoding any returned values.

Andrew