From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sowjanya Komatineni Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v11 6/9] media: tegra: Add Tegra210 Video input driver Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 08:38:37 -0700 Message-ID: <1767e50f-efb7-5e89-22f6-0917821b660d@nvidia.com> References: <1588197606-32124-1-git-send-email-skomatineni@nvidia.com> <298187f6-2425-4813-1ae1-f256c179623e@nvidia.com> <9c942bc9-703e-3bbb-eeab-f37e69dc1ded@nvidia.com> <668d9b65-9590-cc97-41c3-2c1a5cfbbe61@nvidia.com> <289d9c92-383f-3257-de7b-46179724285a@nvidia.com> <9aa64f21-7b23-7228-b5eb-d2ff092682ad@nvidia.com> <668cc4a0-2c81-0d87-b801-9fbf64e19137@nvidia.com> <525e481b-9137-6fdd-bbf9-3779a5704e6b@nvidia.com> <4f095181-2338-3b71-316c-f8bbfc7865cc@nvidia.com> <50e872bb-913a-7b47-3264-af6b1cedb0e2@nvidia.com> <6ae2d00d-7955-d12b-5b56-955ef72ece26@nvidia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Sender: linux-tegra-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Dmitry Osipenko , thierry.reding-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, jonathanh-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, frankc-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, hverkuil-qWit8jRvyhVmR6Xm/wNWPw@public.gmane.org, sakari.ailus-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org, helen.koike-ZGY8ohtN/8qB+jHODAdFcQ@public.gmane.org Cc: sboyd-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, linux-media-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-clk-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-tegra-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org On 5/2/20 8:16 AM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote: > 02.05.2020 06:55, Sowjanya Komatineni =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: >> On 5/1/20 8:39 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>> >>> On 5/1/20 2:05 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>> >>>> On 5/1/20 1:58 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 5/1/20 1:44 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 5/1/20 11:03 AM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 4/30/20 4:33 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 4/30/20 4:14 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And in this case synchronization between start/finish >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> threads should be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> needed in regards to freezing. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Was thinking to have counter to track outstanding frame >>>>>>>>>>>>>> w.r.t single shot issue b/w start and finish and allow to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> freeze only when no outstanding frames in process. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> This will make sure freeze will not happen when any buffers >>>>>>>>>>>>>> are in progress >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note that this could be a wrong assumption, I'm not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> closely familiar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with how freezer works. >>>>>>>>>>>>> kthread_start can unconditionally allow try_to_freeze before >>>>>>>>>>>>> start of frame capture >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> We can compute captures inflight w.r.t single shot issued >>>>>>>>>>>>> during capture start and finished frames by kthread_finish >>>>>>>>>>>>> and allow kthread_finish to freeze only when captures >>>>>>>>>>>>> inflight is 0. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> This allows freeze to happen b/w frames but not in middle of >>>>>>>>>>>>> frame >>>>>>>>>> will have caps inflight check in v12 to allow freeze finish >>>>>>>>>> thread only when no captures are in progress >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> try_to_freeze() returns thread frozen state and looks like we >>>>>>>>> can use this in kthread finish to allow finish thread to freeze >>>>>>>>> only when kthread_start is already frozen and no buffers in >>>>>>>>> progress/initiated for capture. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> chan->capture_frozen holds frozen state returned from >>>>>>>> try_to_freeze() in start kthread >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> chan->capture_reqs increments after every single shot issued. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> static int chan_capture_kthread_finish(void *data) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> { >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 struct tegra_vi_channel *chan =3D data; >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 struct tegra_channel_buffer *buf; >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 int caps_inflight; >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 set_freezable(); >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 while (1) { >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 wait_event_interruptible(ch= an->done_wait, >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0!list_empty(&chan->done) || >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0kthread_should_stop()); >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 /* dequeue buffers and fini= sh capture */ >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 buf =3D dequeue_buf_done(ch= an); >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 while (buf) { >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 tegra_ch= annel_capture_done(chan, buf); >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 buf =3D = dequeue_buf_done(chan); >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 } >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (kthread_should_stop()) >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 break; >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 caps_inflight =3D chan->cap= ture_reqs - chan->sequence; >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (chan->capture_frozen &&= !caps_inflight) >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 try_to_f= reeze(); >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 } >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 return 0; >>>>>>>> } >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Freezing happens prior to suspend() during suspend entry and when >>>>>>> we implement suspend/resume during suspend we stop streaming where >>>>>>> we stop threads anyway. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So, was thinking why we need these threads freezable here? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Dmitry, >>>>>> >>>>>> Did some testing and below are latest observation and fix I tested. >>>>>> >>>>>> wait_event_interruptible() uses schedule() which blocks the freezer. >>>>>> When I do suspend while keeping streaming active in background, I >>>>>> see freezing of these threads fail and call trace shows __schedule >>>>>> -> __switch_to from these kthreads. >>>>>> >>>>>> wait_event_freezable() uses freezable_schedule() which should not >>>>>> block the freezer but we can't use this here as we need conditional >>>>>> try_to_freeze(). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> So, doing below sequence works where we set PF_FREEZER_SKIP flag >>>>>> thru freezer_not_count() before wait_event which calls schedule() >>>>>> and remove PF_FREEZER_SKIP after schedule allows try_to_freeze to >>>>>> work and also conditional try_to_freeze below prevents freezing >>>>>> thread in middle of capture. >>>>>> >>>>>> while (1) { >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 freezer_not_count() >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 wait_event_interruptible() >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 freezer_count() >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ... >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ... >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (chan->capture_frozen && !caps_inflight) >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 try_to_freeze() >>>>>> } >>>>>> >>>>>> Please comment if you agree with above sequence. Will include this >>>>>> in v12. >>>>>> >>>> sorry, freezer_count() does try_to_freeze after clearing skip flag. >>>> So, dont think we can use this as we need conditional try_to_freeze. >>>> Please ignore above sequence. >>>>> Or probably we can take closer look on this later when we add >>>>> suspend/resume support as it need more testing as well. >>>>> >>>>> As this is initial series which has TPG only I think we shouldn't >>>>> get blocked on this now. Series-2 and 3 will be for sensor support >>>>> and on next series when we add suspend/resume will look into this. >>>>> >>>>> >>> When freeze activity starts and in case if finish thread freezes prior >>> to start thread issuing capture, its the VI hardware writes data to >>> the allocated buffer address. >>> >>> finish thread just checks for the event from the hardware and we don't >>> handle/process directly on memory in this driver. >>> >>> So even we freeze done thread when single shot is issued frame buffer >>> gets updated. >>> >>> In case if capture thread is frozen there will not buffers queued to >>> process by finish thread. So, this will not be an issue. >>> >>> So, probably we don't need to do conditional try_to_freeze and what we >>> have should work good in this corner case. >>> >> I still need to change wait_event_interruptible() to >> wait_event_freezable() but no need to synchronize finish thread freeze >> with start thread as even on issuing capture start its vi hardware that >> does frame buffer update and finish thread just checks for mw_ack event >> and returns buffer to application. > The problem we are primarily trying to avoid is to have suspending being > done in the middle of IO. > > IIUC, even if system will be suspended in the middle of VI IO, it won't > be fatal. In worst case the buffer capture should fail on resume from > suspend. Could you please try to simulate this potential issue and see > what result will be on suspending in the middle of VI IO? > > We don't want to suspend system / stop streaming in the middle of IO, so > this problem of a proper threads tear-down still exists. It should > become easier to resolve the problem in a case of a proper suspending > callback because the "start" thread could be turned down at any time, so > it should be easier to maintain a proper tear-down order when threads > are fully controlled by the driver, i.e. the "start" thread goes down > first and the "finish" is second, blocking until the capture is completed= . > > I think yours suggestion about dropping the freezing from the threads > for now and returning back to it later on (once a proper suspend/resume > support will be added) sounds reasonable. > > But if you'd want to keep the freezing, then the easy solution could be > like that: > > 1. "start" thread could freeze at any time > 2. "finish" thread could freeze only when the "start" thread is frozen > and capture isn't in-progress. Use frozen(kthread_start_capture) to > check the freezing state. > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.7-rc3/source/include/linux/freezer.h#= L25 That's exactly what I tried, below is the snippet. But as mentioned I am seeing freezing fail when I=20 wait_event_interruptible() in either of the threads. =C2=A0=C2=A0 60.368709] Call trace: [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.371216] __switch_to+0xec/0x140 [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.374768] __schedule+0x32c/0x668 [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.378315] schedule+0x78/0x118 [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.381606]=C2=A0 chan_capture_kthread_finish+0x244/0x2a0 [teg= ra_video] [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.387865] kthread+0x124/0x150 [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.391150] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x1c wait_event_interruptible() API uses schedule() which blocks freezer=20 while wait_event_freezable APIs uses freezable_schedule() which allows=20 to skip freezer during schedule and then clears skip and calls=20 try_to_freeze() But we can't use wait_event_freezable() here as we need conditional freeze. =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 while (1) { =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 caps_inflight =3D chan->capture_reqs= - chan->sequence; =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (frozen(chan->kthread_start_captu= re) && !caps_inflight) =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 wait_event_freeza= ble(chan->done_wait, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 !list_empty(&chan->done) || =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 kthread_should_stop()); =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 else =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 wait_event_interr= uptible(chan->done_wait, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0!list_empty(&chan->done) || =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0kthread_should_stop()); =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 /* dequeue buffers and finish captur= e */ =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ... =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ... =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (kthread_should_stop()) =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 break; =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 } From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A73C47254 for ; 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Sat, 2 May 2020 15:39:14 +0000 Received: from [10.2.165.119] (172.20.13.39) by DRHQMAIL107.nvidia.com (10.27.9.16) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1473.3; Sat, 2 May 2020 15:39:13 +0000 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v11 6/9] media: tegra: Add Tegra210 Video input driver To: Dmitry Osipenko , , , , , , CC: , , , , , References: <1588197606-32124-1-git-send-email-skomatineni@nvidia.com> <298187f6-2425-4813-1ae1-f256c179623e@nvidia.com> <9c942bc9-703e-3bbb-eeab-f37e69dc1ded@nvidia.com> <668d9b65-9590-cc97-41c3-2c1a5cfbbe61@nvidia.com> <289d9c92-383f-3257-de7b-46179724285a@nvidia.com> <9aa64f21-7b23-7228-b5eb-d2ff092682ad@nvidia.com> <668cc4a0-2c81-0d87-b801-9fbf64e19137@nvidia.com> <525e481b-9137-6fdd-bbf9-3779a5704e6b@nvidia.com> <4f095181-2338-3b71-316c-f8bbfc7865cc@nvidia.com> <50e872bb-913a-7b47-3264-af6b1cedb0e2@nvidia.com> <6ae2d00d-7955-d12b-5b56-955ef72ece26@nvidia.com> From: Sowjanya Komatineni Message-ID: <1767e50f-efb7-5e89-22f6-0917821b660d@nvidia.com> Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 08:38:37 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Originating-IP: [172.20.13.39] X-ClientProxiedBy: HQMAIL107.nvidia.com (172.20.187.13) To DRHQMAIL107.nvidia.com (10.27.9.16) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en-US DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nvidia.com; s=n1; t=1588433942; bh=pxcgxWnOms0JNCGY0beIKmduC/mRp9XnIN7OhVSyJcM=; h=X-PGP-Universal:Subject:To:CC:References:From:Message-ID:Date: User-Agent:MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:X-Originating-IP: X-ClientProxiedBy:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Language; b=aJtvOclBmhT+mJgqzKWTyuTP/Vlpb71oE1FlnnmXlKb+PRftx7g4K6nemwx9b92Pe duOdp9JVdinqKnpylIL1SHg12NBo3vta1Lvd1X6ShJ4gc0kxmz/6nN1Kf+klOhF6w/ twp4HgMJemxtPmcVj9b8qa2LBkS2x29lZB5Hz05/Z6TwySOgOMo2MBCE2eUWVWXE5o nLkhVyoxCcLC8of7ZZq2V2vOf+Z9t2ImCVsDcoDcjaxbX54kx5oHJ4wF7nP0uxFD7h Wmot91uezjNKk0vPilPFJwa7ZajlwVoYG2vQ/Fsirqr6WPYTUbwhk5Y71rdPrijMQd /11ALUebQx0BA== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 5/2/20 8:16 AM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote: > 02.05.2020 06:55, Sowjanya Komatineni =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: >> On 5/1/20 8:39 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>> >>> On 5/1/20 2:05 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>> >>>> On 5/1/20 1:58 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 5/1/20 1:44 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 5/1/20 11:03 AM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 4/30/20 4:33 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 4/30/20 4:14 PM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And in this case synchronization between start/finish >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> threads should be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> needed in regards to freezing. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Was thinking to have counter to track outstanding frame >>>>>>>>>>>>>> w.r.t single shot issue b/w start and finish and allow to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> freeze only when no outstanding frames in process. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> This will make sure freeze will not happen when any buffers >>>>>>>>>>>>>> are in progress >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note that this could be a wrong assumption, I'm not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> closely familiar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with how freezer works. >>>>>>>>>>>>> kthread_start can unconditionally allow try_to_freeze before >>>>>>>>>>>>> start of frame capture >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> We can compute captures inflight w.r.t single shot issued >>>>>>>>>>>>> during capture start and finished frames by kthread_finish >>>>>>>>>>>>> and allow kthread_finish to freeze only when captures >>>>>>>>>>>>> inflight is 0. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> This allows freeze to happen b/w frames but not in middle of >>>>>>>>>>>>> frame >>>>>>>>>> will have caps inflight check in v12 to allow freeze finish >>>>>>>>>> thread only when no captures are in progress >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> try_to_freeze() returns thread frozen state and looks like we >>>>>>>>> can use this in kthread finish to allow finish thread to freeze >>>>>>>>> only when kthread_start is already frozen and no buffers in >>>>>>>>> progress/initiated for capture. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> chan->capture_frozen holds frozen state returned from >>>>>>>> try_to_freeze() in start kthread >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> chan->capture_reqs increments after every single shot issued. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> static int chan_capture_kthread_finish(void *data) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> { >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 struct tegra_vi_channel *chan =3D data; >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 struct tegra_channel_buffer *buf; >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 int caps_inflight; >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 set_freezable(); >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 while (1) { >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 wait_event_interruptible(ch= an->done_wait, >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0!list_empty(&chan->done) || >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0kthread_should_stop()); >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 /* dequeue buffers and fini= sh capture */ >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 buf =3D dequeue_buf_done(ch= an); >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 while (buf) { >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 tegra_ch= annel_capture_done(chan, buf); >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 buf =3D = dequeue_buf_done(chan); >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 } >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (kthread_should_stop()) >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 break; >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 caps_inflight =3D chan->cap= ture_reqs - chan->sequence; >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (chan->capture_frozen &&= !caps_inflight) >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 try_to_f= reeze(); >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 } >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 return 0; >>>>>>>> } >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Freezing happens prior to suspend() during suspend entry and when >>>>>>> we implement suspend/resume during suspend we stop streaming where >>>>>>> we stop threads anyway. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So, was thinking why we need these threads freezable here? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Dmitry, >>>>>> >>>>>> Did some testing and below are latest observation and fix I tested. >>>>>> >>>>>> wait_event_interruptible() uses schedule() which blocks the freezer. >>>>>> When I do suspend while keeping streaming active in background, I >>>>>> see freezing of these threads fail and call trace shows __schedule >>>>>> -> __switch_to from these kthreads. >>>>>> >>>>>> wait_event_freezable() uses freezable_schedule() which should not >>>>>> block the freezer but we can't use this here as we need conditional >>>>>> try_to_freeze(). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> So, doing below sequence works where we set PF_FREEZER_SKIP flag >>>>>> thru freezer_not_count() before wait_event which calls schedule() >>>>>> and remove PF_FREEZER_SKIP after schedule allows try_to_freeze to >>>>>> work and also conditional try_to_freeze below prevents freezing >>>>>> thread in middle of capture. >>>>>> >>>>>> while (1) { >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 freezer_not_count() >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 wait_event_interruptible() >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 freezer_count() >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ... >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ... >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (chan->capture_frozen && !caps_inflight) >>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 try_to_freeze() >>>>>> } >>>>>> >>>>>> Please comment if you agree with above sequence. Will include this >>>>>> in v12. >>>>>> >>>> sorry, freezer_count() does try_to_freeze after clearing skip flag. >>>> So, dont think we can use this as we need conditional try_to_freeze. >>>> Please ignore above sequence. >>>>> Or probably we can take closer look on this later when we add >>>>> suspend/resume support as it need more testing as well. >>>>> >>>>> As this is initial series which has TPG only I think we shouldn't >>>>> get blocked on this now. Series-2 and 3 will be for sensor support >>>>> and on next series when we add suspend/resume will look into this. >>>>> >>>>> >>> When freeze activity starts and in case if finish thread freezes prior >>> to start thread issuing capture, its the VI hardware writes data to >>> the allocated buffer address. >>> >>> finish thread just checks for the event from the hardware and we don't >>> handle/process directly on memory in this driver. >>> >>> So even we freeze done thread when single shot is issued frame buffer >>> gets updated. >>> >>> In case if capture thread is frozen there will not buffers queued to >>> process by finish thread. So, this will not be an issue. >>> >>> So, probably we don't need to do conditional try_to_freeze and what we >>> have should work good in this corner case. >>> >> I still need to change wait_event_interruptible() to >> wait_event_freezable() but no need to synchronize finish thread freeze >> with start thread as even on issuing capture start its vi hardware that >> does frame buffer update and finish thread just checks for mw_ack event >> and returns buffer to application. > The problem we are primarily trying to avoid is to have suspending being > done in the middle of IO. > > IIUC, even if system will be suspended in the middle of VI IO, it won't > be fatal. In worst case the buffer capture should fail on resume from > suspend. Could you please try to simulate this potential issue and see > what result will be on suspending in the middle of VI IO? > > We don't want to suspend system / stop streaming in the middle of IO, so > this problem of a proper threads tear-down still exists. It should > become easier to resolve the problem in a case of a proper suspending > callback because the "start" thread could be turned down at any time, so > it should be easier to maintain a proper tear-down order when threads > are fully controlled by the driver, i.e. the "start" thread goes down > first and the "finish" is second, blocking until the capture is completed= . > > I think yours suggestion about dropping the freezing from the threads > for now and returning back to it later on (once a proper suspend/resume > support will be added) sounds reasonable. > > But if you'd want to keep the freezing, then the easy solution could be > like that: > > 1. "start" thread could freeze at any time > 2. "finish" thread could freeze only when the "start" thread is frozen > and capture isn't in-progress. Use frozen(kthread_start_capture) to > check the freezing state. > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.7-rc3/source/include/linux/freezer.h#= L25 That's exactly what I tried, below is the snippet. But as mentioned I am seeing freezing fail when I=20 wait_event_interruptible() in either of the threads. =C2=A0=C2=A0 60.368709] Call trace: [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.371216] __switch_to+0xec/0x140 [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.374768] __schedule+0x32c/0x668 [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.378315] schedule+0x78/0x118 [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.381606]=C2=A0 chan_capture_kthread_finish+0x244/0x2a0 [teg= ra_video] [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.387865] kthread+0x124/0x150 [=C2=A0=C2=A0 60.391150] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x1c wait_event_interruptible() API uses schedule() which blocks freezer=20 while wait_event_freezable APIs uses freezable_schedule() which allows=20 to skip freezer during schedule and then clears skip and calls=20 try_to_freeze() But we can't use wait_event_freezable() here as we need conditional freeze. =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 while (1) { =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 caps_inflight =3D chan->capture_reqs= - chan->sequence; =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (frozen(chan->kthread_start_captu= re) && !caps_inflight) =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 wait_event_freeza= ble(chan->done_wait, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 !list_empty(&chan->done) || =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 kthread_should_stop()); =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 else =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 wait_event_interr= uptible(chan->done_wait, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0!list_empty(&chan->done) || =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0kthread_should_stop()); =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 /* dequeue buffers and finish captur= e */ =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ... =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ... =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (kthread_should_stop()) =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 break; =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 }