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The current API for the wilco EC mailbox interface is bad. It assumes that most messages sent to the EC follow a similar structure, with a command byte in MBOX[0], followed by a junk byte, followed by actual data. This doesn't happen in several cases, such as setting the RTC time, using the raw debugfs interface, and reading or writing properties such as the Peak Shift policy (this last to be submitted soon). Similarly for the response message from the EC, the current interface assumes that the first byte of data is always 0, and the second byte is unused. However, in both setting and getting the RTC time, in the debugfs interface, and for reading and writing properties, this isn't true. The current way to resolve this is to use WILCO_EC_FLAG_RAW* flags to specify when and when not to skip these initial bytes in the sent and received message. They are confusing and used so much that they are normal, and not exceptions. In addition, the first byte of response in the debugfs interface is still always skipped, which is weird, since this raw interface should be giving the entire result. Additionally, sent messages assume the first byte is a command, and so struct wilco_ec_message contains the "command" field. In setting or getting properties however, the first byte is not a command, and so this field has to be filled with a byte that isn't actually a command. This is again inconsistent. wilco_ec_message contains a result field as well, copied from wilco_ec_response->result. The message result field should be removed: if the message fails, the cause is already logged, and the callers are alerted. They will never care about the actual state of the result flag. These flags and different cases make the wilco_ec_transfer() function, used in wilco_ec_mailbox(), really gross, dealing with a bunch of different cases. It's difficult to figure out what it is doing. Finally, making these assumptions about the structure of a message make it so that the messages do not correspond well with the specification for the EC's mailbox interface. For instance, this interface specification may say that MBOX[9] in the received message contains some information, but the calling code needs to remember that the first byte of response is always skipped, and because it didn't set the RESPONSE_RAW flag, the next byte is also skipped, so this information is actually contained within wilco_ec_message->response_data[7]. This makes it difficult to maintain this code in the future. To fix these problems this patch standardizes the mailbox interface by: - Removing the WILCO_EC_FLAG_RAW* flags - Removing the command and reserved_raw bytes from wilco_ec_request - Removing the mbox0 byte from wilco_ec_response - Simplifying wilco_ec_transfer() because of these changes - Gives the callers of wilco_ec_mailbox() the responsibility of exactly and consistently defining the structure of the mailbox request and response - Removing command and result from wilco_ec_message. This results in the reduction of total code, and makes it much more maintainable and understandable. Signed-off-by: Nick Crews <ncrews@chromium.org> Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com> |
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in. Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered stable: - Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build process. - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst.