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[RFC,v2,6/6] remoteproc: Instantiate the new remoteproc virtio platform device

Message ID 20211222082349.30378-7-arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series remoteproc: restructure the remoteproc VirtIO device | expand

Commit Message

Arnaud POULIQUEN Dec. 22, 2021, 8:23 a.m. UTC 
Migrate from the rvdev device to the rvdev platform device.
From this patch, when a vdev resource is found in the resource table
the remoteproc core register a platform device.

All reference to the rvdev->dev has been updated to rvdev-pdev->dev

The use of kref counter is replaced by get/put_device on the remoteproc
virtio device.

Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>

---
Update vs previous revision:
  - rework comments around virtio platform device creation
---
 drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c     | 48 +++++++-----
 drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h |  2 -
 drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c   | 99 ++++++------------------
 include/linux/remoteproc.h               |  4 -
 4 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)

Comments

Mathieu Poirier Jan. 6, 2022, 6:48 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 09:23:49AM +0100, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
> Migrate from the rvdev device to the rvdev platform device.
> From this patch, when a vdev resource is found in the resource table
> the remoteproc core register a platform device.
> 
> All reference to the rvdev->dev has been updated to rvdev-pdev->dev
> 
> The use of kref counter is replaced by get/put_device on the remoteproc
> virtio device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
> 
> ---
> Update vs previous revision:
>   - rework comments around virtio platform device creation
> ---
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c     | 48 +++++++-----
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h |  2 -
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c   | 99 ++++++------------------
>  include/linux/remoteproc.h               |  4 -
>  4 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index ca2fe8d9cac8..4f332ec0fdd0 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, void *ptr,
>  {
>  	struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc = ptr;
>  	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
> +	struct rproc_vdev_pdata vdev_data;
> +	struct platform_device *pdev;
>  	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev;
>  	int i, ret;
>  
> @@ -484,25 +486,36 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, void *ptr,
>  	dev_dbg(dev, "vdev rsc: id %d, dfeatures 0x%x, cfg len %d, %d vrings\n",
>  		rsc->id, rsc->dfeatures, rsc->config_len, rsc->num_of_vrings);
>  
> -	/* we currently support only two vrings per rvdev */
> -	if (rsc->num_of_vrings > ARRAY_SIZE(rvdev->vring)) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "too many vrings: %d\n", rsc->num_of_vrings);
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -	}
> +	/* Register a remoteproc virtio platform device in charge of the virtio device */
> +	vdev_data.rsc_offset = offset;
> +	vdev_data.id  = rsc->id;
> +	vdev_data.index  = rproc->nb_vdev;
>  
> -	rvdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*rvdev), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!rvdev)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> +	pdev = rproc_virtio_register_device(rproc, &vdev_data);
> +	if (PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pdev)) {
> +		dev_err(rproc->dev.parent,
> +			"failed to create rproc-virtio device\n");
> +		return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pdev);

The error check and dev_err() message is exactly the same as what is found in
rproc_virtio_register_device(). As such two error messages will be printed out
for every single failure.  I would call platform_device_register_data() directly
rather than keeping rproc_virtio_register_device() around.

> +	}
>  
> -	kref_init(&rvdev->refcount);
> +	/*
> +	 * At this point the registered remoteproc virtio platform device should has been probed.

s/has been/have been

> +	 * Get the associated rproc_vdev struct to assign the vrings
> +	 */
> +	rvdev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +	if (WARN_ON(!rvdev)) {
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto free_rvdev;
> +	}
>  
> -	rvdev->id = rsc->id;
> -	rvdev->rproc = rproc;
> -	rvdev->index = rproc->nb_vdev++;
> +	rproc->nb_vdev++;
>  
> -	ret = rproc_rvdev_add_device(rvdev);
> -	if (ret)
> +	/* we currently support only two vrings per rvdev */
> +	if (rsc->num_of_vrings > ARRAY_SIZE(rvdev->vring)) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "too many vrings: %d\n", rsc->num_of_vrings);
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
>  		goto free_rvdev;
> +	}
>  
>  	/* parse the vrings */
>  	for (i = 0; i < rsc->num_of_vrings; i++) {
> @@ -511,9 +524,6 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, void *ptr,
>  			goto free_rvdev;
>  	}
>  
> -	/* remember the resource offset*/
> -	rvdev->rsc_offset = offset;
> -
>  	/* allocate the vring resources */
>  	for (i = 0; i < rsc->num_of_vrings; i++) {
>  		ret = rproc_alloc_vring(rvdev, i);
> @@ -527,7 +537,7 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, void *ptr,
>  	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
>  		rproc_free_vring(&rvdev->vring[i]);
>  free_rvdev:
> -	device_unregister(&rvdev->dev);
> +	rproc_virtio_unregister_device(rvdev);

Here too I wouldn't bother with a new function - I would simply call
platform_device_unregister().

>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1266,7 +1276,7 @@ void rproc_resource_cleanup(struct rproc *rproc)
>  
>  	/* clean up remote vdev entries */
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(rvdev, rvtmp, &rproc->rvdevs, node)
> -		kref_put(&rvdev->refcount, rproc_vdev_release);
> +		rproc_virtio_unregister_device(rvdev);

Same as above.

>  
>  	rproc_coredump_cleanup(rproc);
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> index 3007d29a26e1..1479c5e33e2e 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
> @@ -36,12 +36,10 @@ int rproc_of_parse_firmware(struct device *dev, int index,
>  			    const char **fw_name);
>  
>  /* from remoteproc_virtio.c */
> -int rproc_rvdev_add_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev);
>  struct platform_device *
>  rproc_virtio_register_device(struct rproc *rproc, struct rproc_vdev_pdata *vdev_data);
>  void rproc_virtio_unregister_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev);
>  irqreturn_t rproc_vq_interrupt(struct rproc *rproc, int vq_id);
> -void rproc_vdev_release(struct kref *ref);
>  
>  /* from remoteproc_debugfs.c */
>  void rproc_remove_trace_file(struct dentry *tfile);
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
> index 5eef679cc520..55e797095bfe 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
> @@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ static int copy_dma_range_map(struct device *to, struct device *from)
>  
>  static struct rproc_vdev *vdev_to_rvdev(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  {
> -	return container_of(vdev->dev.parent, struct rproc_vdev, dev);
> +	struct platform_device *pdev;
> +
> +	pdev = container_of(vdev->dev.parent, struct platform_device, dev);
> +
> +	return platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  }
>  
>  static  struct rproc *vdev_to_rproc(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> @@ -343,13 +347,10 @@ static void rproc_virtio_dev_release(struct device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct virtio_device *vdev = dev_to_virtio(dev);
>  	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = vdev_to_rvdev(vdev);
> -	struct rproc *rproc = vdev_to_rproc(vdev);
>  
>  	kfree(vdev);
>  
> -	kref_put(&rvdev->refcount, rproc_vdev_release);
> -
> -	put_device(&rproc->dev);
> +	put_device(&rvdev->pdev->dev);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ static void rproc_virtio_dev_release(struct device *dev)
>  static int rproc_add_virtio_dev(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int id)
>  {
>  	struct rproc *rproc = rvdev->rproc;
> -	struct device *dev = &rvdev->dev;
> +	struct device *dev = &rvdev->pdev->dev;
>  	struct virtio_device *vdev;
>  	struct rproc_mem_entry *mem;
>  	int ret;
> @@ -436,17 +437,15 @@ static int rproc_add_virtio_dev(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int id)
>  	vdev->dev.release = rproc_virtio_dev_release;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * We're indirectly making a non-temporary copy of the rproc pointer
> +	 * We're indirectly making a non-temporary copy of the rvdev pointer
>  	 * here, because drivers probed with this vdev will indirectly
>  	 * access the wrapping rproc.
>  	 *
> -	 * Therefore we must increment the rproc refcount here, and decrement
> +	 * Therefore we must increment the rvdev refcount here, and decrement
>  	 * it _only_ when the vdev is released.
>  	 */
> -	get_device(&rproc->dev);
> +	get_device(dev);
>  
> -	/* Reference the vdev and vring allocations */
> -	kref_get(&rvdev->refcount);
>  
>  	ret = register_virtio_device(vdev);
>  	if (ret) {
> @@ -488,56 +487,30 @@ static int rproc_vdev_do_start(struct rproc_subdev *subdev)
>  static void rproc_vdev_do_stop(struct rproc_subdev *subdev, bool crashed)
>  {
>  	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = container_of(subdev, struct rproc_vdev, subdev);
> +	struct device *dev = &rvdev->pdev->dev;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	ret = device_for_each_child(&rvdev->dev, NULL, rproc_remove_virtio_dev);
> +	ret = device_for_each_child(dev, NULL, rproc_remove_virtio_dev);
>  	if (ret)
> -		dev_warn(&rvdev->dev, "can't remove vdev child device: %d\n", ret);
> -}
> -
> -/**
> - * rproc_rvdev_release() - release the existence of a rvdev
> - *
> - * @dev: the subdevice's dev
> - */
> -static void rproc_rvdev_release(struct device *dev)
> -{
> -	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = container_of(dev, struct rproc_vdev, dev);
> -
> -	of_reserved_mem_device_release(dev);
> -
> -	kfree(rvdev);
> +		dev_warn(dev, "can't remove vdev child device: %d\n", ret);
>  }
>  
> -int rproc_rvdev_add_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev)
> +static int rproc_rvdev_add_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev)
>  {
>  	struct rproc *rproc = rvdev->rproc;
> -	char name[16];
> +	struct device *dev = &rvdev->pdev->dev;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "vdev%dbuffer", rvdev->index);
> -	rvdev->dev.parent = &rproc->dev;
> -	rvdev->dev.release = rproc_rvdev_release;
> -	dev_set_name(&rvdev->dev, "%s#%s", dev_name(rvdev->dev.parent), name);
> -	dev_set_drvdata(&rvdev->dev, rvdev);
> -
> -	ret = device_register(&rvdev->dev);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		put_device(&rvdev->dev);
> -		return ret;
> -	}
> -	ret = copy_dma_range_map(&rvdev->dev, rproc->dev.parent);
> +	ret = copy_dma_range_map(dev, rproc->dev.parent);
>  	if (ret)
> -		goto free_rvdev;
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	/* Make device dma capable by inheriting from parent's capabilities */
> -	set_dma_ops(&rvdev->dev, get_dma_ops(rproc->dev.parent));
> +	set_dma_ops(dev, get_dma_ops(rproc->dev.parent));
>  
> -	ret = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(&rvdev->dev,
> -					   dma_get_mask(rproc->dev.parent));
> +	ret = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(dev, dma_get_mask(rproc->dev.parent));
>  	if (ret) {
> -		dev_warn(&rvdev->dev,
> -			 "Failed to set DMA mask %llx. Trying to continue... (%pe)\n",
> +		dev_warn(dev, "Failed to set DMA mask %llx. Trying to continue... (%pe)\n",
>  			 dma_get_mask(rproc->dev.parent), ERR_PTR(ret));
>  	}
>  
> @@ -548,34 +521,9 @@ int rproc_rvdev_add_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev)
>  
>  	rproc_add_subdev(rproc, &rvdev->subdev);
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	dev_dbg(dev, "virtio dev %d added\n",  rvdev->index);
>  
> -free_rvdev:
> -	device_unregister(&rvdev->dev);
> -	return ret;
> -}
> -
> -static void rproc_rvdev_remove_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev)
> -{
> -	struct rproc *rproc = rvdev->rproc;
> -
> -	rproc_remove_subdev(rproc, &rvdev->subdev);
> -	rproc_unregister_rvdev(rvdev);
> -	device_unregister(&rvdev->dev);
> -}
> -
> -void rproc_vdev_release(struct kref *ref)
> -{
> -	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = container_of(ref, struct rproc_vdev, refcount);
> -	struct rproc_vring *rvring;
> -	int id;
> -
> -	for (id = 0; id < ARRAY_SIZE(rvdev->vring); id++) {
> -		rvring = &rvdev->vring[id];
> -		rproc_free_vring(rvring);
> -	}
> -
> -	rproc_rvdev_remove_device(rvdev);
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -594,8 +542,7 @@ rproc_virtio_register_device(struct rproc *rproc, struct rproc_vdev_pdata *vdev_
>  	pdev = platform_device_register_data(dev, "rproc-virtio", vdev_data->index, vdev_data,
>  					     sizeof(*vdev_data));
>  	if (PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pdev)) {
> -		dev_err(rproc->dev.parent,
> -			"failed to create rproc-virtio device\n");
> +		dev_err(rproc->dev.parent, "failed to create rproc-virtio device\n");
>  	}
>  
>  	return  pdev;
> diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> index 542a3d4664f2..7951a3e2b62a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
> @@ -614,10 +614,8 @@ struct rproc_vring {
>  
>  /**
>   * struct rproc_vdev - remoteproc state for a supported virtio device
> - * @refcount: reference counter for the vdev and vring allocations
>   * @subdev: handle for registering the vdev as a rproc subdevice
>   * @pdev: remoteproc virtio platform device
> - * @dev: device struct used for reference count semantics
>   * @id: virtio device id (as in virtio_ids.h)
>   * @node: list node
>   * @rproc: the rproc handle
> @@ -626,11 +624,9 @@ struct rproc_vring {
>   * @index: vdev position versus other vdev declared in resource table
>   */
>  struct rproc_vdev {
> -	struct kref refcount;
>  
>  	struct rproc_subdev subdev;
>  	struct platform_device *pdev;
> -	struct device dev;
>  
>  	unsigned int id;
>  	struct list_head node;
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index ca2fe8d9cac8..4f332ec0fdd0 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@  static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, void *ptr,
 {
 	struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc = ptr;
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
+	struct rproc_vdev_pdata vdev_data;
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
 	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev;
 	int i, ret;
 
@@ -484,25 +486,36 @@  static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, void *ptr,
 	dev_dbg(dev, "vdev rsc: id %d, dfeatures 0x%x, cfg len %d, %d vrings\n",
 		rsc->id, rsc->dfeatures, rsc->config_len, rsc->num_of_vrings);
 
-	/* we currently support only two vrings per rvdev */
-	if (rsc->num_of_vrings > ARRAY_SIZE(rvdev->vring)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "too many vrings: %d\n", rsc->num_of_vrings);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	/* Register a remoteproc virtio platform device in charge of the virtio device */
+	vdev_data.rsc_offset = offset;
+	vdev_data.id  = rsc->id;
+	vdev_data.index  = rproc->nb_vdev;
 
-	rvdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*rvdev), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rvdev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	pdev = rproc_virtio_register_device(rproc, &vdev_data);
+	if (PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pdev)) {
+		dev_err(rproc->dev.parent,
+			"failed to create rproc-virtio device\n");
+		return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pdev);
+	}
 
-	kref_init(&rvdev->refcount);
+	/*
+	 * At this point the registered remoteproc virtio platform device should has been probed.
+	 * Get the associated rproc_vdev struct to assign the vrings
+	 */
+	rvdev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	if (WARN_ON(!rvdev)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto free_rvdev;
+	}
 
-	rvdev->id = rsc->id;
-	rvdev->rproc = rproc;
-	rvdev->index = rproc->nb_vdev++;
+	rproc->nb_vdev++;
 
-	ret = rproc_rvdev_add_device(rvdev);
-	if (ret)
+	/* we currently support only two vrings per rvdev */
+	if (rsc->num_of_vrings > ARRAY_SIZE(rvdev->vring)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "too many vrings: %d\n", rsc->num_of_vrings);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto free_rvdev;
+	}
 
 	/* parse the vrings */
 	for (i = 0; i < rsc->num_of_vrings; i++) {
@@ -511,9 +524,6 @@  static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, void *ptr,
 			goto free_rvdev;
 	}
 
-	/* remember the resource offset*/
-	rvdev->rsc_offset = offset;
-
 	/* allocate the vring resources */
 	for (i = 0; i < rsc->num_of_vrings; i++) {
 		ret = rproc_alloc_vring(rvdev, i);
@@ -527,7 +537,7 @@  static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, void *ptr,
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
 		rproc_free_vring(&rvdev->vring[i]);
 free_rvdev:
-	device_unregister(&rvdev->dev);
+	rproc_virtio_unregister_device(rvdev);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1266,7 +1276,7 @@  void rproc_resource_cleanup(struct rproc *rproc)
 
 	/* clean up remote vdev entries */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(rvdev, rvtmp, &rproc->rvdevs, node)
-		kref_put(&rvdev->refcount, rproc_vdev_release);
+		rproc_virtio_unregister_device(rvdev);
 
 	rproc_coredump_cleanup(rproc);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
index 3007d29a26e1..1479c5e33e2e 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
@@ -36,12 +36,10 @@  int rproc_of_parse_firmware(struct device *dev, int index,
 			    const char **fw_name);
 
 /* from remoteproc_virtio.c */
-int rproc_rvdev_add_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev);
 struct platform_device *
 rproc_virtio_register_device(struct rproc *rproc, struct rproc_vdev_pdata *vdev_data);
 void rproc_virtio_unregister_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev);
 irqreturn_t rproc_vq_interrupt(struct rproc *rproc, int vq_id);
-void rproc_vdev_release(struct kref *ref);
 
 /* from remoteproc_debugfs.c */
 void rproc_remove_trace_file(struct dentry *tfile);
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
index 5eef679cc520..55e797095bfe 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@  static int copy_dma_range_map(struct device *to, struct device *from)
 
 static struct rproc_vdev *vdev_to_rvdev(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
-	return container_of(vdev->dev.parent, struct rproc_vdev, dev);
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
+
+	pdev = container_of(vdev->dev.parent, struct platform_device, dev);
+
+	return platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 }
 
 static  struct rproc *vdev_to_rproc(struct virtio_device *vdev)
@@ -343,13 +347,10 @@  static void rproc_virtio_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct virtio_device *vdev = dev_to_virtio(dev);
 	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = vdev_to_rvdev(vdev);
-	struct rproc *rproc = vdev_to_rproc(vdev);
 
 	kfree(vdev);
 
-	kref_put(&rvdev->refcount, rproc_vdev_release);
-
-	put_device(&rproc->dev);
+	put_device(&rvdev->pdev->dev);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@  static void rproc_virtio_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 static int rproc_add_virtio_dev(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int id)
 {
 	struct rproc *rproc = rvdev->rproc;
-	struct device *dev = &rvdev->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rvdev->pdev->dev;
 	struct virtio_device *vdev;
 	struct rproc_mem_entry *mem;
 	int ret;
@@ -436,17 +437,15 @@  static int rproc_add_virtio_dev(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int id)
 	vdev->dev.release = rproc_virtio_dev_release;
 
 	/*
-	 * We're indirectly making a non-temporary copy of the rproc pointer
+	 * We're indirectly making a non-temporary copy of the rvdev pointer
 	 * here, because drivers probed with this vdev will indirectly
 	 * access the wrapping rproc.
 	 *
-	 * Therefore we must increment the rproc refcount here, and decrement
+	 * Therefore we must increment the rvdev refcount here, and decrement
 	 * it _only_ when the vdev is released.
 	 */
-	get_device(&rproc->dev);
+	get_device(dev);
 
-	/* Reference the vdev and vring allocations */
-	kref_get(&rvdev->refcount);
 
 	ret = register_virtio_device(vdev);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -488,56 +487,30 @@  static int rproc_vdev_do_start(struct rproc_subdev *subdev)
 static void rproc_vdev_do_stop(struct rproc_subdev *subdev, bool crashed)
 {
 	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = container_of(subdev, struct rproc_vdev, subdev);
+	struct device *dev = &rvdev->pdev->dev;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = device_for_each_child(&rvdev->dev, NULL, rproc_remove_virtio_dev);
+	ret = device_for_each_child(dev, NULL, rproc_remove_virtio_dev);
 	if (ret)
-		dev_warn(&rvdev->dev, "can't remove vdev child device: %d\n", ret);
-}
-
-/**
- * rproc_rvdev_release() - release the existence of a rvdev
- *
- * @dev: the subdevice's dev
- */
-static void rproc_rvdev_release(struct device *dev)
-{
-	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = container_of(dev, struct rproc_vdev, dev);
-
-	of_reserved_mem_device_release(dev);
-
-	kfree(rvdev);
+		dev_warn(dev, "can't remove vdev child device: %d\n", ret);
 }
 
-int rproc_rvdev_add_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev)
+static int rproc_rvdev_add_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev)
 {
 	struct rproc *rproc = rvdev->rproc;
-	char name[16];
+	struct device *dev = &rvdev->pdev->dev;
 	int ret;
 
-	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "vdev%dbuffer", rvdev->index);
-	rvdev->dev.parent = &rproc->dev;
-	rvdev->dev.release = rproc_rvdev_release;
-	dev_set_name(&rvdev->dev, "%s#%s", dev_name(rvdev->dev.parent), name);
-	dev_set_drvdata(&rvdev->dev, rvdev);
-
-	ret = device_register(&rvdev->dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		put_device(&rvdev->dev);
-		return ret;
-	}
-	ret = copy_dma_range_map(&rvdev->dev, rproc->dev.parent);
+	ret = copy_dma_range_map(dev, rproc->dev.parent);
 	if (ret)
-		goto free_rvdev;
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Make device dma capable by inheriting from parent's capabilities */
-	set_dma_ops(&rvdev->dev, get_dma_ops(rproc->dev.parent));
+	set_dma_ops(dev, get_dma_ops(rproc->dev.parent));
 
-	ret = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(&rvdev->dev,
-					   dma_get_mask(rproc->dev.parent));
+	ret = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(dev, dma_get_mask(rproc->dev.parent));
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_warn(&rvdev->dev,
-			 "Failed to set DMA mask %llx. Trying to continue... (%pe)\n",
+		dev_warn(dev, "Failed to set DMA mask %llx. Trying to continue... (%pe)\n",
 			 dma_get_mask(rproc->dev.parent), ERR_PTR(ret));
 	}
 
@@ -548,34 +521,9 @@  int rproc_rvdev_add_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev)
 
 	rproc_add_subdev(rproc, &rvdev->subdev);
 
-	return 0;
+	dev_dbg(dev, "virtio dev %d added\n",  rvdev->index);
 
-free_rvdev:
-	device_unregister(&rvdev->dev);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void rproc_rvdev_remove_device(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev)
-{
-	struct rproc *rproc = rvdev->rproc;
-
-	rproc_remove_subdev(rproc, &rvdev->subdev);
-	rproc_unregister_rvdev(rvdev);
-	device_unregister(&rvdev->dev);
-}
-
-void rproc_vdev_release(struct kref *ref)
-{
-	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = container_of(ref, struct rproc_vdev, refcount);
-	struct rproc_vring *rvring;
-	int id;
-
-	for (id = 0; id < ARRAY_SIZE(rvdev->vring); id++) {
-		rvring = &rvdev->vring[id];
-		rproc_free_vring(rvring);
-	}
-
-	rproc_rvdev_remove_device(rvdev);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -594,8 +542,7 @@  rproc_virtio_register_device(struct rproc *rproc, struct rproc_vdev_pdata *vdev_
 	pdev = platform_device_register_data(dev, "rproc-virtio", vdev_data->index, vdev_data,
 					     sizeof(*vdev_data));
 	if (PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pdev)) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev.parent,
-			"failed to create rproc-virtio device\n");
+		dev_err(rproc->dev.parent, "failed to create rproc-virtio device\n");
 	}
 
 	return  pdev;
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index 542a3d4664f2..7951a3e2b62a 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -614,10 +614,8 @@  struct rproc_vring {
 
 /**
  * struct rproc_vdev - remoteproc state for a supported virtio device
- * @refcount: reference counter for the vdev and vring allocations
  * @subdev: handle for registering the vdev as a rproc subdevice
  * @pdev: remoteproc virtio platform device
- * @dev: device struct used for reference count semantics
  * @id: virtio device id (as in virtio_ids.h)
  * @node: list node
  * @rproc: the rproc handle
@@ -626,11 +624,9 @@  struct rproc_vring {
  * @index: vdev position versus other vdev declared in resource table
  */
 struct rproc_vdev {
-	struct kref refcount;
 
 	struct rproc_subdev subdev;
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
-	struct device dev;
 
 	unsigned int id;
 	struct list_head node;