From: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
To: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Akash Asthana <akashast@codeaurora.org>,
Stephen Boyd <swboyd@chromium.org>,
Andy Gross <agross@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-spi <linux-spi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] spi: spi-geni-qcom: Use the FIFO even more
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:11:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAD=FV=VT+7RX=vdy0Ba_AB3dyMKVGu9uwP5bS2eew2W49BdcWA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200912225302.GA3715@yoga>
Hi,
On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 3:53 PM Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat 12 Sep 16:07 CDT 2020, Douglas Anderson wrote:
>
> > In commit 902481a78ee4 ("spi: spi-geni-qcom: Actually use our FIFO") I
> > explained that the maximum size we could program the FIFO was
> > "mas->tx_fifo_depth - 3" but that I chose "mas->tx_fifo_depth()"
> > because I was worried about decreased bandwidth.
> >
> > Since that time:
> > * All the interconnect patches have landed, making things run at the
> > proper speed.
> > * I've done more measurements.
> >
> > This lets me confirm that there's really no downside of using the FIFO
> > more. Specifically I did "flashrom -p ec -r /tmp/foo.bin" on a
> > Chromebook and averaged over several runs.
>
> Wouldn't there be a downside in the form of setting the watermark that
> close to the full FIFO we have less room for being late handling the
> interrupt? Or is there some mechanism involved that will prevent
> the FIFO from being overrun?
Yeah, I had that worry too, but, as described in 902481a78ee4 ("spi:
spi-geni-qcom: Actually use our FIFO"), it doesn't seem to be a
problem. From that commit: "We are the SPI master, so it makes sense
that there would be no problems with overruns, the master should just
stop clocking."
-Doug
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-13 1:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-12 21:07 [PATCH 1/3] spi: spi-geni-qcom: Use the FIFO even more Douglas Anderson
2020-09-12 21:08 ` [PATCH 2/3] spi: spi-geni-qcom: Don't program CS_TOGGLE again and again Douglas Anderson
2020-09-12 23:01 ` Bjorn Andersson
2020-09-15 10:40 ` Akash Asthana
2020-09-12 21:08 ` [PATCH 3/3] spi: spi-geni-qcom: Slightly optimize setup of bidirectional xfters Douglas Anderson
2020-09-12 22:54 ` Bjorn Andersson
2020-09-13 1:09 ` Doug Anderson
2020-09-13 20:35 ` Doug Anderson
2020-09-13 3:45 ` kernel test robot
2020-09-13 3:45 ` kernel test robot
2020-09-13 7:31 ` kernel test robot
2020-09-13 7:31 ` kernel test robot
2020-09-12 22:53 ` [PATCH 1/3] spi: spi-geni-qcom: Use the FIFO even more Bjorn Andersson
2020-09-13 1:11 ` Doug Anderson [this message]
2020-09-13 3:12 ` Bjorn Andersson
2020-09-14 14:52 ` Mark Brown
2020-09-15 7:30 ` Akash Asthana
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