[PATCH v3 1/4] cmd: bind: Add unbind command with driver filter

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Wed Aug 2 16:38:47 CEST 2023


On 8/2/23 09:48, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Marek,
> 
> marex at denx.de wrote on Wed, 2 Aug 2023 01:07:46 +0200:
> 
>> On 8/1/23 20:53, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>> Hi Marek,
>>>
>>> marex at denx.de wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:40:04 +0200:
>>>    
>>>> On 7/31/23 16:25, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>>
>>>>> marex at denx.de wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:08:19 +0200:
>>>>>     >>>> On 7/31/23 15:58, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> marex at denx.de wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:50:58 +0200:
>>>>>>>      >>>> On 7/31/23 15:36, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> marex at denx.de wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:44:25 +0200:
>>>>>>>>>       >>>> On 7/31/23 11:31, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> marex at denx.de wrote on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 16:57:09 +0200:
>>>>>>>>>>>        >>>> Extend the driver core to perform lookup by both OF node and driver
>>>>>>>>>>>> bound to the node. Use this to look up specific device instances to
>>>>>>>>>>>> unbind from nodes in the unbind command. One example where this is
>>>>>>>>>>>> needed is USB peripheral controller, which may have multiple gadget
>>>>>>>>>>>> drivers bound to it. The unbind command has to select that specific
>>>>>>>>>>>> gadget driver instance to unbind from the controller, not unbind the
>>>>>>>>>>>> controller driver itself from the controller.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> USB ethernet gadget usage looks as follows with this change. Notice
>>>>>>>>>>>> the extra 'usb_ether' addition in the 'unbind' command at the end.
>>>>>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>>>>>> bind /soc/usb-otg at 49000000 usb_ether
>>>>>>>>>>>> setenv ethact usb_ether
>>>>>>>>>>>> setenv loadaddr 0xc2000000
>>>>>>>>>>>> setenv ipaddr 10.0.0.2
>>>>>>>>>>>> setenv serverip 10.0.0.1
>>>>>>>>>>>> setenv netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>>>>>>>>>> tftpboot 0xc2000000 10.0.0.1:test.file
>>>>>>>>>>>> unbind /soc/usb-otg at 49000000 usb_ether
>>>>>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I am no longer getting wrong pointer dereferences, the SPL is working in
>>>>>>>>>>> recovery mode, TFTP "File not found" errors are no longer a problem and
>>>>>>>>>>> I did not experience any reset while tftp'ing regular files.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> One last remaining request on my side is the need for using fastboot as
>>>>>>>>>>> well which does no longer work as-is:
>>>>>>>>>>>        >>> => fastboot usb 0
>>>>>>>>>>> couldn't find an available UDC
>>>>>>>>>>> g_dnl_register: failed!, error: -19
>>>>>>>>>>> exit not allowed from main input shell.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Can you advise what bind/unbind command would be necessary here?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Either 'unbind usb_ether' or run 'dm tree' -> look up the path to usb_ether in the tree (it will be hanging under usb_peripheral or some such), and then use 'unbind <that path>'.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nice `dm tree` command, never used it before.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Even when I unbind usb_ether I still get the same error:
>>>>>>>>>       >>> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>>>>>>>> => fastboot usb 0
>>>>>>>>> couldn't find an available UDC
>>>>>>>>> g_dnl_register: failed!, error: -19
>>>>>>>>> exit not allowed from main input shell.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is there a specific gadget driver which I should bind again manually?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you share the output of dm tree before/after unbind ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> fastboot should auto-bind to the right thing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ok. Apparently it does not, but I don't have any clue why. If you want
>>>>>>> me to check something else I will. Here is the output:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> U-Boot 2023.07-00806-g979e7443428 (Jul 31 2023 - 11:17:06 +0200)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>    >>>>>     watchdog      0  [ + ]   omap3_wdt             |   |-- wdt at 44e35000
>>>>>>>      misc          0  [ + ]   ti-musb-wrapper       |   |-- usb at 47400000
>>>>>>>      usb           0  [ + ]   ti-musb-peripheral    |   |   |-- usb at 47401000
>>>>>>>      ethernet      1  [ + ]   usb_ether             |   |   |   `-- usb_ether
>>>>>>>      bootdev       3  [   ]   eth_bootdev           |   |   |       `-- usb_ether.bootdev
>>>>>>>      usb           0  [   ]   ti-musb-host          |   |   `-- usb at 47401800
>>>>>>>      ethernet      0  [ + ]   eth_cpsw              |   |-- ethernet at 4a100000
>>>>>>>      bootdev       2  [   ]   eth_bootdev           |   |   `-- ethernet at 4a100000.bootdev
>>>>>>>      simple_bus   67  [   ]   ti_sysc               |   |-- target-module at 53100000
>>>>>>>      simple_bus   68  [   ]   ti_sysc               |   |-- target-module at 53500000
>>>>>>>      simple_bus   69  [   ]   ti_sysc               |   `-- target-module at 56000000
>>>>>>>      clk          62  [   ]   fixed_clock           |-- clk_mcasp0_fixed
>>>>>>>      bootstd       0  [   ]   bootstd_drv           |-- bootstd
>>>>>>>      bootmeth      0  [   ]   bootmeth_efi          |   |-- efi
>>>>>>>      bootmeth      1  [   ]   bootmeth_extlinux     |   |-- extlinux
>>>>>>>      bootmeth      2  [   ]   bootmeth_pxe          |   |-- pxe
>>>>>>>      bootmeth      3  [   ]   vbe_simple            |   `-- vbe_simple
>>>>>>>      timer         0  [ + ]   omap_timer            `-- timer at 0
>>>>>>> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The commit message of this patch contains the following example:
>>>>>> unbind /soc/usb-otg at 49000000 usb_ether
>>>>>> so in your case, try
>>>>>> unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000 usb_ether
>>>>>
>>>>> Does not work, unfortunately:
>>>>> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000 usb_ether
>>>>> Cannot find a device with path /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>>>> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>>>
>>>> Did this even work before , i.e. without this series, if you were to use USB ethernet first and then fastboot second (that sequence is important) ?
>>>
>>> Yes it did.
>>>    
>>>> Can you debug this ? Basically the problem that happens is that if you run:
>>>> unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>>> this unbind ti-musb-peripheral usb at 47401000 instead of just unbinding
>>>> usb_ether usb_ether
>>>
>>> True.
>>>    
>>>> Maybe just try
>>>> unbind usb_ether
>>>    
>>> => unbind usb_ether
>>> unbind - Unbind a device from a driver
>>>
>>> Usage:
>>> unbind <node path> [<driver>]
>>> unbind <class> <index>
>>> unbind <class> <index> <driver>
>>>    
>>>> or
>>>> unbind usb_ether usb_ether
>>>    
>>> => unbind usb_ether usb_ether
>>> usb_ether is not a valid uclass
>>>    
>>>> ti-musb-peripheral usb at 47401000 has to stay in the dm tree output after the unbind. Or maybe try
>>>>
>>>> bind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000 ti-musb-peripheral
>>>
>>> Indeed when we perform the unbind, ti-musb-peripheral is removed. Yes,
>>> binding it again like you advise makes it come back.
>>>    
>>>> and then the fastboot thing
>>>
>>> Unfortunately after binding it again, so with the following dm tree
>>> snippet:
>>>
>>>    misc          0  [ + ]   ti-musb-wrapper       |   |-- usb at 47400000
>>>    usb           0  [   ]   ti-musb-host          |   |   |-- usb at 47401800
>>>    usb           0  [   ]   ti-musb-peripheral    |   |   `-- usb at 47401000
>>>
>>> It still fails:
>>>    
>>> => fastboot usb 0
>>> couldn't find an available UDC
>>> g_dnl_register: failed!, error: -19
>>> exit not allowed from main input shell.
>>>
>>> Without this series, this works:
>>> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>> => bind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000 ti-musb-peripheral
>>> => fastboot usb 0
>>
>> OK, so fastboot did not work even without this series without obscure workarounds ?
> 
> I'm happy you call the unbind/bind sequence an "obscure workaround" ;-)
> 
> The command "fastboot usb 0" works without your series, before tftp
> or after tftp, it does not matter, it used to work. Applying this
> series makes it always fail.
> 
> I was just reporting that, before your series, calling unbind would
> also remove ti-musb-peripheral, but calling bind again with the above
> line makes the usb_ether gadget and fastboot work again. Whereas with
> your series the unbind behaves identically but the bind command does not
> "fix" fastboot (tftp works fine in v3).
> 
>> Can you try and debug this ?
> 
> The breakage is not part of the existing code base, it was introduced
> by the series. Maybe you can try with any other board with USB
> peripheral and see if the behavior is identical?
> 
>> Does 'fastboot usb 1' work with this series by any chance ?
> 
> When fastboot works, starting it "blocks" the CLI. When I unbind the
> peripheral driver on USB 0, the fastboot command does not block any
> more and yet does not print anything, it just returns "immediately"
> without any log.
> 
> When I run 'fastboot usb 1' it acts like that as well, nothing happens,
> without error. It acts identically before and after this series.

Please test v4


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