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[v6,01/10] rpmsg: char: Export eptdev create an destroy functions

Message ID 20211022125426.2579-2-arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Restructure the rpmsg_char driver and introduce rpmsg_ctrl driver. | expand

Commit Message

Arnaud POULIQUEN Oct. 22, 2021, 12:54 p.m. UTC
To prepare the split of the code related to the control (ctrldev)
and the endpoint (eptdev) devices in 2 separate files:

- Rename and export the functions in rpmsg_char.h.

- Suppress the dependency with the rpmsg_ctrldev struct in the
  rpmsg_eptdev_create function.

Suggested-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
---
 update vs previous revision:
  - add comment to explain the IS_REACHABLE usage
  - remove Mathieu Poirier reviewed-by as patch updated
---
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 18 +++++++-----
 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h

Comments

Bjorn Andersson Nov. 1, 2021, 4:55 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri 22 Oct 07:54 CDT 2021, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:

> To prepare the split of the code related to the control (ctrldev)
> and the endpoint (eptdev) devices in 2 separate files:
> 
> - Rename and export the functions in rpmsg_char.h.
> 
> - Suppress the dependency with the rpmsg_ctrldev struct in the
>   rpmsg_eptdev_create function.
> 
> Suggested-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
> ---
>  update vs previous revision:
>   - add comment to explain the IS_REACHABLE usage
>   - remove Mathieu Poirier reviewed-by as patch updated
> ---
>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 18 +++++++-----
>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> index b5907b80727c..941c5c54dd72 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  /*
> + * Copyright (C) 2021, STMicroelectronics
>   * Copyright (c) 2016, Linaro Ltd.
>   * Copyright (c) 2012, Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
>   * Copyright (c) 2012, PetaLogix
> @@ -22,6 +23,8 @@
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>  #include <uapi/linux/rpmsg.h>
>  
> +#include "rpmsg_char.h"
> +
>  #define RPMSG_DEV_MAX	(MINORMASK + 1)
>  
>  static dev_t rpmsg_major;
> @@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ struct rpmsg_eptdev {
>  	wait_queue_head_t readq;
>  };
>  
> -static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
>  {
>  	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = dev_to_eptdev(dev);
>  
> @@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy);
>  
>  static int rpmsg_ept_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *buf, int len,
>  			void *priv, u32 addr)
> @@ -278,7 +282,7 @@ static long rpmsg_eptdev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
>  	if (cmd != RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	return rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(&eptdev->dev, NULL);
> +	return rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(&eptdev->dev, NULL);
>  }
>  
>  static const struct file_operations rpmsg_eptdev_fops = {
> @@ -337,10 +341,9 @@ static void rpmsg_eptdev_release_device(struct device *dev)
>  	kfree(eptdev);
>  }
>  
> -static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
>  			       struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo)
>  {
> -	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = ctrldev->rpdev;
>  	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev;
>  	struct device *dev;
>  	int ret;
> @@ -360,7 +363,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
>  
>  	device_initialize(dev);
>  	dev->class = rpmsg_class;
> -	dev->parent = &ctrldev->dev;
> +	dev->parent = parent;
>  	dev->groups = rpmsg_eptdev_groups;
>  	dev_set_drvdata(dev, eptdev);
>  
> @@ -403,6 +406,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create);
>  
>  static int rpmsg_ctrldev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
>  {
> @@ -442,7 +446,7 @@ static long rpmsg_ctrldev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
>  	chinfo.src = eptinfo.src;
>  	chinfo.dst = eptinfo.dst;
>  
> -	return rpmsg_eptdev_create(ctrldev, chinfo);
> +	return rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(ctrldev->rpdev, &ctrldev->dev, chinfo);
>  };
>  
>  static const struct file_operations rpmsg_ctrldev_fops = {
> @@ -528,7 +532,7 @@ static void rpmsg_chrdev_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	/* Destroy all endpoints */
> -	ret = device_for_each_child(&ctrldev->dev, NULL, rpmsg_eptdev_destroy);
> +	ret = device_for_each_child(&ctrldev->dev, NULL, rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy);
>  	if (ret)
>  		dev_warn(&rpdev->dev, "failed to nuke endpoints: %d\n", ret);
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..109c2c43005f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2021.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
> +#define __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
> +
> +/*
> + * The IS_REACHABLE macro is used here to prevent unresolved symbol error during link,
> + * building with RPMSG_CHAR=m and RPMSG_CTRL=y configuration.
> + * In such case a kernel warning is printed to help develloper to fix the issue.
> + */

I think we concluded that RPMSG_CHAR=n, RPMSG_CTRL=y is a valid
combination. If so I presume you don't want the user to get the kernel
log spammed by the WARN_ON()?

Afaict this should only ever be invoked by rpmsg_ctrl and with
RPMSG_CHAR disabled the related ioctls should just fail nicely.


As such. I think this should be #if IS_ENABLED() and we should put:

	depends on RPMSG_CHAR || RPMSG_CHAR=n

in the RPMSG_CTRL Kconfig.

Regards,
Bjorn

> +
> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR)
> +/**
> + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create() - register char device based on an endpoint
> + * @rpdev:  prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints
> + * @parent: parent device
> + * @chinfo: associated endpoint channel information.
> + *
> + * This function create a new rpmsg char endpoint device to instantiate a new
> + * endpoint based on chinfo information.
> + */
> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
> +			       struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo);
> +
> +/**
> + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy() - destroy created char device endpoint.
> + * @data: private data associated to the endpoint device
> + *
> + * This function destroys a rpmsg char endpoint device created by the RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL
> + * control.
> + */
> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data);
> +
> +#else  /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
> +
> +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
> +					     struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo)
> +{
> +	/* This shouldn't be possible */
> +	WARN_ON(1);
> +	return -EINVAL;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
> +{
> +	/* This shouldn't be possible */
> +	WARN_ON(1);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +#endif /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
> +
> +#endif /*__RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__ */
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>
Arnaud POULIQUEN Nov. 2, 2021, 2:52 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Bjorn,

On 11/1/21 5:55 PM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Fri 22 Oct 07:54 CDT 2021, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
> 
>> To prepare the split of the code related to the control (ctrldev)
>> and the endpoint (eptdev) devices in 2 separate files:
>>
>> - Rename and export the functions in rpmsg_char.h.
>>
>> - Suppress the dependency with the rpmsg_ctrldev struct in the
>>   rpmsg_eptdev_create function.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
>> ---
>>  update vs previous revision:
>>   - add comment to explain the IS_REACHABLE usage
>>   - remove Mathieu Poirier reviewed-by as patch updated
>> ---
>>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 18 +++++++-----
>>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
>> index b5907b80727c..941c5c54dd72 100644
>> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
>> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
>> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
>>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>  /*
>> + * Copyright (C) 2021, STMicroelectronics
>>   * Copyright (c) 2016, Linaro Ltd.
>>   * Copyright (c) 2012, Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
>>   * Copyright (c) 2012, PetaLogix
>> @@ -22,6 +23,8 @@
>>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>>  #include <uapi/linux/rpmsg.h>
>>  
>> +#include "rpmsg_char.h"
>> +
>>  #define RPMSG_DEV_MAX	(MINORMASK + 1)
>>  
>>  static dev_t rpmsg_major;
>> @@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ struct rpmsg_eptdev {
>>  	wait_queue_head_t readq;
>>  };
>>  
>> -static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
>> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
>>  {
>>  	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = dev_to_eptdev(dev);
>>  
>> @@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
>>  
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy);
>>  
>>  static int rpmsg_ept_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *buf, int len,
>>  			void *priv, u32 addr)
>> @@ -278,7 +282,7 @@ static long rpmsg_eptdev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
>>  	if (cmd != RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL)
>>  		return -EINVAL;
>>  
>> -	return rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(&eptdev->dev, NULL);
>> +	return rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(&eptdev->dev, NULL);
>>  }
>>  
>>  static const struct file_operations rpmsg_eptdev_fops = {
>> @@ -337,10 +341,9 @@ static void rpmsg_eptdev_release_device(struct device *dev)
>>  	kfree(eptdev);
>>  }
>>  
>> -static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
>> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
>>  			       struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo)
>>  {
>> -	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = ctrldev->rpdev;
>>  	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev;
>>  	struct device *dev;
>>  	int ret;
>> @@ -360,7 +363,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
>>  
>>  	device_initialize(dev);
>>  	dev->class = rpmsg_class;
>> -	dev->parent = &ctrldev->dev;
>> +	dev->parent = parent;
>>  	dev->groups = rpmsg_eptdev_groups;
>>  	dev_set_drvdata(dev, eptdev);
>>  
>> @@ -403,6 +406,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
>>  
>>  	return ret;
>>  }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create);
>>  
>>  static int rpmsg_ctrldev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
>>  {
>> @@ -442,7 +446,7 @@ static long rpmsg_ctrldev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
>>  	chinfo.src = eptinfo.src;
>>  	chinfo.dst = eptinfo.dst;
>>  
>> -	return rpmsg_eptdev_create(ctrldev, chinfo);
>> +	return rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(ctrldev->rpdev, &ctrldev->dev, chinfo);
>>  };
>>  
>>  static const struct file_operations rpmsg_ctrldev_fops = {
>> @@ -528,7 +532,7 @@ static void rpmsg_chrdev_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>>  	int ret;
>>  
>>  	/* Destroy all endpoints */
>> -	ret = device_for_each_child(&ctrldev->dev, NULL, rpmsg_eptdev_destroy);
>> +	ret = device_for_each_child(&ctrldev->dev, NULL, rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy);
>>  	if (ret)
>>  		dev_warn(&rpdev->dev, "failed to nuke endpoints: %d\n", ret);
>>  
>> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..109c2c43005f
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2021.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#ifndef __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
>> +#define __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * The IS_REACHABLE macro is used here to prevent unresolved symbol error during link,
>> + * building with RPMSG_CHAR=m and RPMSG_CTRL=y configuration.
>> + * In such case a kernel warning is printed to help develloper to fix the issue.
>> + */
> 
> I think we concluded that RPMSG_CHAR=n, RPMSG_CTRL=y is a valid
> combination. If so I presume you don't want the user to get the kernel
> log spammed by the WARN_ON()?
> 
> Afaict this should only ever be invoked by rpmsg_ctrl and with
> RPMSG_CHAR disabled the related ioctls should just fail nicely.
> 
> 
> As such. I think this should be #if IS_ENABLED() and we should put:
> 
> 	depends on RPMSG_CHAR || RPMSG_CHAR=n
> 
> in the RPMSG_CTRL Kconfig.

Need to make more tests but that seems to me a very good way to solve the
dependency.

Thanks,
Arnaud

> 
> Regards,
> Bjorn
> 
>> +
>> +#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR)
>> +/**
>> + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create() - register char device based on an endpoint
>> + * @rpdev:  prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints
>> + * @parent: parent device
>> + * @chinfo: associated endpoint channel information.
>> + *
>> + * This function create a new rpmsg char endpoint device to instantiate a new
>> + * endpoint based on chinfo information.
>> + */
>> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
>> +			       struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo);
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy() - destroy created char device endpoint.
>> + * @data: private data associated to the endpoint device
>> + *
>> + * This function destroys a rpmsg char endpoint device created by the RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL
>> + * control.
>> + */
>> +int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data);
>> +
>> +#else  /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
>> +
>> +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
>> +					     struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo)
>> +{
>> +	/* This shouldn't be possible */
>> +	WARN_ON(1);
>> +	return -EINVAL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
>> +{
>> +	/* This shouldn't be possible */
>> +	WARN_ON(1);
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +#endif /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
>> +
>> +#endif /*__RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__ */
>> -- 
>> 2.17.1
>>
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
index b5907b80727c..941c5c54dd72 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ 
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021, STMicroelectronics
  * Copyright (c) 2016, Linaro Ltd.
  * Copyright (c) 2012, Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
  * Copyright (c) 2012, PetaLogix
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/rpmsg.h>
 
+#include "rpmsg_char.h"
+
 #define RPMSG_DEV_MAX	(MINORMASK + 1)
 
 static dev_t rpmsg_major;
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@  struct rpmsg_eptdev {
 	wait_queue_head_t readq;
 };
 
-static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
+int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = dev_to_eptdev(dev);
 
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@  static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy);
 
 static int rpmsg_ept_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *buf, int len,
 			void *priv, u32 addr)
@@ -278,7 +282,7 @@  static long rpmsg_eptdev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
 	if (cmd != RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(&eptdev->dev, NULL);
+	return rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(&eptdev->dev, NULL);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations rpmsg_eptdev_fops = {
@@ -337,10 +341,9 @@  static void rpmsg_eptdev_release_device(struct device *dev)
 	kfree(eptdev);
 }
 
-static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
+int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
 			       struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo)
 {
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = ctrldev->rpdev;
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev;
 	struct device *dev;
 	int ret;
@@ -360,7 +363,7 @@  static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
 
 	device_initialize(dev);
 	dev->class = rpmsg_class;
-	dev->parent = &ctrldev->dev;
+	dev->parent = parent;
 	dev->groups = rpmsg_eptdev_groups;
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, eptdev);
 
@@ -403,6 +406,7 @@  static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create);
 
 static int rpmsg_ctrldev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
@@ -442,7 +446,7 @@  static long rpmsg_ctrldev_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
 	chinfo.src = eptinfo.src;
 	chinfo.dst = eptinfo.dst;
 
-	return rpmsg_eptdev_create(ctrldev, chinfo);
+	return rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(ctrldev->rpdev, &ctrldev->dev, chinfo);
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations rpmsg_ctrldev_fops = {
@@ -528,7 +532,7 @@  static void rpmsg_chrdev_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Destroy all endpoints */
-	ret = device_for_each_child(&ctrldev->dev, NULL, rpmsg_eptdev_destroy);
+	ret = device_for_each_child(&ctrldev->dev, NULL, rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy);
 	if (ret)
 		dev_warn(&rpdev->dev, "failed to nuke endpoints: %d\n", ret);
 
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..109c2c43005f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) STMicroelectronics 2021.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
+#define __RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__
+
+/*
+ * The IS_REACHABLE macro is used here to prevent unresolved symbol error during link,
+ * building with RPMSG_CHAR=m and RPMSG_CTRL=y configuration.
+ * In such case a kernel warning is printed to help develloper to fix the issue.
+ */
+
+#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR)
+/**
+ * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create() - register char device based on an endpoint
+ * @rpdev:  prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints
+ * @parent: parent device
+ * @chinfo: associated endpoint channel information.
+ *
+ * This function create a new rpmsg char endpoint device to instantiate a new
+ * endpoint based on chinfo information.
+ */
+int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
+			       struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo);
+
+/**
+ * rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy() - destroy created char device endpoint.
+ * @data: private data associated to the endpoint device
+ *
+ * This function destroys a rpmsg char endpoint device created by the RPMSG_DESTROY_EPT_IOCTL
+ * control.
+ */
+int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data);
+
+#else  /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
+
+static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, struct device *parent,
+					     struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo)
+{
+	/* This shouldn't be possible */
+	WARN_ON(1);
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+	/* This shouldn't be possible */
+	WARN_ON(1);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif /*IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RPMSG_CHAR) */
+
+#endif /*__RPMSG_CHRDEV_H__ */