mailbox: Allow direct registration to a channel

Support virtual mailbox controllers and clients which are not platform
devices or come from the devicetree by allowing them to match client to
channel via some other mechanism.

Tested-by: Sudeep Holla <[email protected]> (pcc)
Signed-off-by: Elliot Berman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <[email protected]>

drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c

@@ -317,6 +317,71 @@ int mbox_flush(struct mbox_chan *chan, unsigned long timeout)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mbox_flush);
 
+static int __mbox_bind_client(struct mbox_chan *chan, struct mbox_client *cl)
+{
+	struct device *dev = cl->dev;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (chan->cl || !try_module_get(chan->mbox->dev->driver->owner)) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: mailbox not free\n", __func__);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->lock, flags);
+	chan->msg_free = 0;
+	chan->msg_count = 0;
+	chan->active_req = NULL;
+	chan->cl = cl;
+	init_completion(&chan->tx_complete);
+
+	if (chan->txdone_method	== TXDONE_BY_POLL && cl->knows_txdone)
+		chan->txdone_method = TXDONE_BY_ACK;
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
+
+	if (chan->mbox->ops->startup) {
+		ret = chan->mbox->ops->startup(chan);
+
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(dev, "Unable to startup the chan (%d)\n", ret);
+			mbox_free_channel(chan);
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mbox_bind_client - Request a mailbox channel.
+ * @chan: The mailbox channel to bind the client to.
+ * @cl: Identity of the client requesting the channel.
+ *
+ * The Client specifies its requirements and capabilities while asking for
+ * a mailbox channel. It can't be called from atomic context.
+ * The channel is exclusively allocated and can't be used by another
+ * client before the owner calls mbox_free_channel.
+ * After assignment, any packet received on this channel will be
+ * handed over to the client via the 'rx_callback'.
+ * The framework holds reference to the client, so the mbox_client
+ * structure shouldn't be modified until the mbox_free_channel returns.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if the channel was assigned to the client successfully.
+ *         <0 for request failure.
+ */
+int mbox_bind_client(struct mbox_chan *chan, struct mbox_client *cl)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&con_mutex);
+	ret = __mbox_bind_client(chan, cl);
+	mutex_unlock(&con_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mbox_bind_client);
+
 /**
  * mbox_request_channel - Request a mailbox channel.
  * @cl: Identity of the client requesting the channel.
@@ -340,7 +405,6 @@ struct mbox_chan *mbox_request_channel(struct mbox_client *cl, int index)
 	struct mbox_controller *mbox;
 	struct of_phandle_args spec;
 	struct mbox_chan *chan;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!dev || !dev->of_node) {
@@ -372,33 +436,9 @@ struct mbox_chan *mbox_request_channel(struct mbox_client *cl, int index)
 		return chan;
 	}
 
-	if (chan->cl || !try_module_get(mbox->dev->driver->owner)) {
-		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: mailbox not free\n", __func__);
-		mutex_unlock(&con_mutex);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
-	}
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->lock, flags);
-	chan->msg_free = 0;
-	chan->msg_count = 0;
-	chan->active_req = NULL;
-	chan->cl = cl;
-	init_completion(&chan->tx_complete);
-
-	if (chan->txdone_method	== TXDONE_BY_POLL && cl->knows_txdone)
-		chan->txdone_method = TXDONE_BY_ACK;
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
-
-	if (chan->mbox->ops->startup) {
-		ret = chan->mbox->ops->startup(chan);
-
-		if (ret) {
-			dev_err(dev, "Unable to startup the chan (%d)\n", ret);
-			mbox_free_channel(chan);
-			chan = ERR_PTR(ret);
-		}
-	}
+	ret = __mbox_bind_client(chan, cl);
+	if (ret)
+		chan = ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&con_mutex);
 	return chan;

include/linux/mailbox_client.h

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct mbox_client {
 	void (*tx_done)(struct mbox_client *cl, void *mssg, int r);
 };
 
+int mbox_bind_client(struct mbox_chan *chan, struct mbox_client *cl);
 struct mbox_chan *mbox_request_channel_byname(struct mbox_client *cl,
 					      const char *name);
 struct mbox_chan *mbox_request_channel(struct mbox_client *cl, int index);