[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/3] drm: Expose a method for creating anonymous struct file around drm_minor

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 10:07:14AM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Sometimes we need to create a struct file to wrap a drm_device, as it
> the user were to have opened /dev/dri/card0 but to do so anonymously
> (i.e. for internal use). Provide a utility method to create a struct
> file with the drm_device->driver.fops, that wrap the drm_device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>

For proper internal access we already have drm_client_open, so I think
this has limited (but good use) in selftests only. So
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_TESTS_ONLY plus maybe a clearer name for the intended
use like drm_file_mock_open?

Aside from this I like.
-Daniel
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/drm/drm_file.h     |  3 +++
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
> index ea34bc991858..cc55c0cd5826 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
> @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
>   * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
>   */
>  
> +#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
>  #include <linux/dma-fence.h>
> +#include <linux/file.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/pci.h>
>  #include <linux/poll.h>
> @@ -754,3 +756,40 @@ void drm_send_event(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_pending_event *e)
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, irqflags);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_send_event);
> +
> +/**
> + * anon_drm_getfile - Create a new struct file for the drm device
> + * @minor: drm minor to wrap (e.g. drm_device->primary)
> + * @flags: file creation mode (O_RDWR etc)
> + *
> + * This create a new struct file that wraps a DRM file context around a
> + * DRM minor. This mimicks userspace opening e.g. /dev/dri/card0, but without
> + * invoking userspace. The struct file may be operated on using its f_op
> + * (the drm_device.driver.fops) to mimick userspace operations, or be supplied
> + * to userspace facing functions as an internal/anonymous client.
> + *
> + * RETURNS:
> + * Pointer to newly created struct file, ERR_PTR on failure.
> + */
> +struct file *anon_drm_getfile(struct drm_minor *minor, unsigned int flags)
> +{
> +	struct drm_device *dev = minor->dev;
> +	struct drm_file *priv;
> +	struct file *file;
> +
> +	priv = drm_file_alloc(minor);
> +	if (IS_ERR(priv))
> +		return ERR_CAST(priv);
> +
> +	file = anon_inode_getfile("drm", dev->driver->fops, priv, flags);
> +	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
> +		drm_file_free(priv);
> +		return file;
> +	}
> +
> +	drm_dev_get(dev);
> +	priv->filp = file;
> +
> +	return file;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(anon_drm_getfile);
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_file.h b/include/drm/drm_file.h
> index 67af60bb527a..b963535964f7 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_file.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_file.h
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct dma_fence;
>  struct drm_file;
>  struct drm_device;
>  struct device;
> +struct file;
>  
>  /*
>   * FIXME: Not sure we want to have drm_minor here in the end, but to avoid
> @@ -387,4 +388,6 @@ void drm_event_cancel_free(struct drm_device *dev,
>  void drm_send_event_locked(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_pending_event *e);
>  void drm_send_event(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_pending_event *e);
>  
> +struct file *anon_drm_getfile(struct drm_minor *minor, unsigned int flags);
> +
>  #endif /* _DRM_FILE_H_ */
> -- 
> 2.24.0
> 
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch