[PATCH v8 00/10] dmaengine: dw: Take Baikal-T1 SoC DW DMAC peculiarities into account

[PATCH v8 00/10] dmaengine: dw: Take Baikal-T1 SoC DW DMAC peculiarities into account

[Serge Semin]

In the previous patchset I've written the next message:

> Folks, note I've removed the next patches from the series:
> [PATCH v7 04/11] dmaengine: Introduce max SG list entries capability
> [PATCH v7 11/11] dmaengine: dw: Initialize max_sg_nents capability
> It turns out the problem with the asynchronous handling of Tx- and Rx-
> SPI transfers interrupts is more complex than I expected. So in order to
> solve the problem it isn't enough to split the SG list entries submission
> up based on the max_sg_nents capability setting (though the synchronous
> one-by-one SG list entries handling does fix a part of the problem). So
> if and when I get to find a comprehensive solution for it I'll submit a
> new series with fixups. Until then please consider to merge the patchset
> in without those patches.

Those patches are returned back to the series. I've found a solution, which
fixes the problem for our hardware. A new patchset with several fixes for the
DW DMAC driver will be sent shortly after this one is merged in. Note the same
concerns the DW APB SPI driver. So please review and merge in as soon as
possible.

Regarding the patchset. Baikal-T1 SoC has an DW DMAC on-board to provide a
Mem-to-Mem, low-speed peripherals Dev-to-Mem and Mem-to-Dev functionality.
Mostly it's compatible with currently implemented in the kernel DW DMAC
driver, but there are some peculiarities which must be taken into account
in order to have the device fully supported.

First of all traditionally we replaced the legacy plain text-based dt-binding
file with yaml-based one. Secondly Baikal-T1 DW DMA Controller provides eight
channels, which alas have different max burst length configuration.
In particular first two channels may burst up to 128 bits (16 bytes) at a time
while the rest of them just up to 32 bits. We must make sure that the DMA
subsystem doesn't set values exceeding these limitations otherwise the
controller will hang up. In third currently we discovered the problem in using
the DW APB SPI driver together with DW DMAC. The problem happens if there is no
natively implemented multi-block LLP transfers support and the SPI-transfer
length exceeds the max lock size. In this case due to asynchronous handling of
Tx- and Rx- SPI transfers interrupt we might end up with DW APB SSI Rx FIFO
overflow. So if DW APB SSI (or any other DMAC service consumer) intends to use
the DMAC to asynchronously execute the transfers we'd have to at least warn
the user of the possible errors. In forth it's worth to set the DMA device max
segment size with max block size config specific to the DW DMA controller. It
shall help the DMA clients to create size-optimized SG-list items for the
controller. This in turn will cause less dw_desc allocations, less LLP
reinitializations, better DMA device performance.

Finally there is a bug in the algorithm of the nollp flag detection.
In particular even if DW DMAC parameters state the multi-block transfers
support there is still HC_LLP (hardcode LLP) flag, which if set makes expected
by the driver true multi-block LLP functionality unusable. This happens cause'
if HC_LLP flag is set the LLP registers will be hardcoded to zero so the
contiguous multi-block transfers will be only supported. We must take the
flag into account when detecting the LLP support otherwise the driver just
won't work correctly.

This patchset is rebased and tested on the mainline Linux kernel 5.8-rc5:
base-commit: 11ba468877bb ("Linux 5.8-rc5")
tag: v5.8-rc5

Changelog v2:
- Rearrange SoBs.
- Move $ref to the root level of the properties. So do do with the
  constraints in the DT binding.
- Replace "additionalProperties: false" with "unevaluatedProperties: false"
  property in the DT binding file.
- Discard default settings defined out of property enum constraint.
- Set default max-burst-len to 256 TR-WIDTH words in the DT binding.
- Discard noLLP and block_size accessors.
- Set max segment size of the DMA device structure with the DW DMA block size
  config.
- Print warning if noLLP flag is set.
- Discard max burst length accessor.
- Add comment about why hardware accelerated LLP list support depends
  on both MBLK_EN and HC_LLP configs setting.
- Use explicit bits state comparison operator in noLLP flag setting.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20200508105304.14065-1-Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru/
Changelog v3:
- Use the block_size found for the very first channel instead of looking for
  the maximum of maximum block sizes.
- Don't define device-specific device_dma_parameters object, since it has
  already been defined by the platform device core.
- Add more details into the property description about what limitations
  snps,max-burst-len defines.
- Move commit fb7e3bbfc830 ("dmaengine: dw: Take HC_LLP flag into account for
  noLLP auto-config") to the head of the series.
- Add a new patch "dmaengine: Introduce min burst length capability" as a
  result of the discussion with Vinod and Andy regarding the burst length
  capability.
- Add a new patch "dmaengine: Introduce max SG list entries capability"
  suggested by Andy.
- Add a new patch "dmaengine: Introduce DMA-device device_caps callback" as
  a result of the discussion with Vinud and Andy in the framework of DW DMA
  burst and LLP capabilities.
- Add a new patch "dmaengine: dw: Add dummy device_caps callback" as a
  preparation commit before setting the max_burst and max_sg_nents
  DW DMA capabilities.
- Override the slave channel max_burst capability instead of calculating
  the minimum value of max burst lengths and setting the DMA-device
  generic capability.
- Add a new patch "dmaengine: dw: Initialize max_sg_nents with nollp flag".
  This is required to fix the DW APB SSI issue of the Tx and Rx DMA
  channels de-synchronization.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20200526225022.20405-1-Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru/
Changelog v4:
- Use explicit if-else statement when assigning the max_sg_nents field.
- Clamp the dst and src burst lengths in the generic dwc_config() method
  instead of doing that in the encode_maxburst() callback.
- Define max_burst with u32 type in struct dw_dma_platform_data.
- Perform of_property_read_u32_array() with the platform data
  max_burst member passed directly.
- Add a new patch "dmaengine: dw: Initialize min_burst capability",
  which initializes the min_burst capability with 1.
- Fix of->if typo. It should be definitely "of" in the max_sg_list
  capability description.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20200528222401.26941-1-Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru
Changelog v5:
- Introduce macro with extreme min and max burst lengths supported by the
  DW DMA controller. Define them in the patch with default min and max burst
  length iintializations.
- Initialize max_burst length capability with extreme burst length supported
  by the DW DMAC IP-core.
- Move DW_DMA_MAX_BURST macro definition to the patch "dmaengine: dw:
  Initialize min and max burst DMA device capability".
- Add in-line comment at the point of the device_caps callback invocation.
- Add doc-comment for the device_caps member of struct dma_device

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20200529144054.4251-1-Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru
Changelog v6:
- Discard patches:
  [PATCH v5 04/11] dmaengine: Introduce max SG list entries capability
  [PATCH v5 11/11] dmaengine: dw: Initialize max_sg_nents capability
  since for now it's not enough to have them merged in to provide the SPI
  Rx FIFO overrun error fix. They will be included into another series.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20200617234028.25808-1-Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru
Changelog v7:
- Get the patches:
  [PATCH v5 04/11] dmaengine: Introduce max SG list entries capability
  [PATCH v5 11/11] dmaengine: dw: Initialize max_sg_nents capability
  back.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20200709224550.15539-1-Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru
Changelog v8:
- Meld the patch
  [PATCH v7 08/11] dmaengine: dw: Add dummy device_caps callback
  into
  [PATCH v7 10/11] dmaengine: dw: Introduce max burst length hw config
- Replace max_sg_nents with max_sg_burst capability name.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Cc: Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@baikalelectronics.ru>
Cc: Pavel Parkhomenko <Pavel.Parkhomenko@baikalelectronics.ru>
Cc: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: dmaengine@vger.kernel.org
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

Serge Semin (10):
  dt-bindings: dma: dw: Convert DW DMAC to DT binding
  dt-bindings: dma: dw: Add max burst transaction length property
  dmaengine: Introduce min burst length capability
  dmaengine: Introduce max SG burst capability
  dmaengine: Introduce DMA-device device_caps callback
  dmaengine: dw: Take HC_LLP flag into account for noLLP auto-config
  dmaengine: dw: Set DMA device max segment size parameter
  dmaengine: dw: Initialize min and max burst DMA device capability
  dmaengine: dw: Introduce max burst length hw config
  dmaengine: dw: Initialize max_sg_burst capability

 .../bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml      | 176 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt      |  69 -------
 drivers/dma/dmaengine.c                       |  12 ++
 drivers/dma/dw/core.c                         |  48 ++++-
 drivers/dma/dw/of.c                           |   5 +
 drivers/dma/dw/regs.h                         |   3 +
 include/linux/dmaengine.h                     |  16 ++
 include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h          |   5 +
 8 files changed, 264 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt

-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 01/10] dt-bindings: dma: dw: Convert DW DMAC to DT binding

[Serge Semin]

Modern device tree bindings are supposed to be created as YAML-files
in accordance with dt-schema. This commit replaces the Synopsis
Designware DMA controller legacy bare text bindings with YAML file.
The only required prorties are "compatible", "reg", "#dma-cells" and
"interrupts", which will be used by the driver to correctly find the
controller memory region and handle its events. The rest of the properties
are optional, since in case if either "dma-channels" or "dma-masters" isn't
specified, the driver will attempt to auto-detect the IP core
configuration.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

---

Changelog v2:
- Rearrange SoBs.
- Move $ref to the root level of the properties. So do do with the
  constraints.
- Discard default settings defined out of the property enum constraint.
- Replace "additionalProperties: false" with "unevaluatedProperties: false"
  property.
- Remove a label definition from the binding example.
---
 .../bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml      | 161 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt      |  69 --------
 2 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7611840a7cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Synopsys Designware DMA Controller
+
+maintainers:
+  - Viresh Kumar <vireshk@kernel.org>
+  - Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
+
+allOf:
+  - $ref: "dma-controller.yaml#"
+
+properties:
+  compatible:
+    const: snps,dma-spear1340
+
+  "#dma-cells":
+    const: 3
+    description: |
+      First cell is a phandle pointing to the DMA controller. Second one is
+      the DMA request line number. Third cell is the memory master identifier
+      for transfers on dynamically allocated channel. Fourth cell is the
+      peripheral master identifier for transfers on an allocated channel.
+
+  reg:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  interrupts:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  clocks:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  clock-names:
+    description: AHB interface reference clock.
+    const: hclk
+
+  dma-channels:
+    description: |
+      Number of DMA channels supported by the controller. In case if
+      not specified the driver will try to auto-detect this and
+      the rest of the optional parameters.
+    minimum: 1
+    maximum: 8
+
+  dma-requests:
+    minimum: 1
+    maximum: 16
+
+  dma-masters:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#definitions/uint32
+    description: |
+      Number of DMA masters supported by the controller. In case if
+      not specified the driver will try to auto-detect this and
+      the rest of the optional parameters.
+    minimum: 1
+    maximum: 4
+
+  chan_allocation_order:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#definitions/uint32
+    description: |
+      DMA channels allocation order specifier. Zero means ascending order
+      (first free allocated), while one - descending (last free allocated).
+    default: 0
+    enum: [0, 1]
+
+  chan_priority:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#definitions/uint32
+    description: |
+      DMA channels priority order. Zero means ascending channels priority
+      so the very first channel has the highest priority. While 1 means
+      descending priority (the last channel has the highest priority).
+    default: 0
+    enum: [0, 1]
+
+  block_size:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#definitions/uint32
+    description: Maximum block size supported by the DMA controller.
+    enum: [3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, 511, 1023, 2047, 4095]
+
+  data-width:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
+    description: Data bus width per each DMA master in bytes.
+    items:
+      maxItems: 4
+      items:
+        enum: [4, 8, 16, 32]
+
+  data_width:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
+    deprecated: true
+    description: |
+      Data bus width per each DMA master in (2^n * 8) bits. This property is
+      deprecated. It' usage is discouraged in favor of data-width one. Moreover
+      the property incorrectly permits to define data-bus width of 8 and 16
+      bits, which is impossible in accordance with DW DMAC IP-core data book.
+    items:
+      maxItems: 4
+      items:
+        enum:
+          - 0 # 8 bits
+          - 1 # 16 bits
+          - 2 # 32 bits
+          - 3 # 64 bits
+          - 4 # 128 bits
+          - 5 # 256 bits
+        default: 0
+
+  multi-block:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
+    description: |
+      LLP-based multi-block transfer supported by hardware per
+      each DMA channel.
+    items:
+      maxItems: 8
+      items:
+        enum: [0, 1]
+        default: 1
+
+  snps,dma-protection-control:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#definitions/uint32
+    description: |
+      Bits one-to-one passed to the AHB HPROT[3:1] bus. Each bit setting
+      indicates the following features: bit 0 - privileged mode,
+      bit 1 - DMA is bufferable, bit 2 - DMA is cacheable.
+    default: 0
+    minimum: 0
+    maximum: 7
+
+unevaluatedProperties: false
+
+required:
+  - compatible
+  - "#dma-cells"
+  - reg
+  - interrupts
+
+examples:
+  - |
+    dma-controller@fc000000 {
+      compatible = "snps,dma-spear1340";
+      reg = <0xfc000000 0x1000>;
+      interrupt-parent = <&vic1>;
+      interrupts = <12>;
+
+      dma-channels = <8>;
+      dma-requests = <16>;
+      dma-masters = <4>;
+      #dma-cells = <3>;
+
+      chan_allocation_order = <1>;
+      chan_priority = <1>;
+      block_size = <0xfff>;
+      data-width = <8 8>;
+      multi-block = <0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0>;
+      snps,max-burst-len = <16 16 4 4 4 4 4 4>;
+    };
+...
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bedceed1963..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps-dma.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-* Synopsys Designware DMA Controller
-
-Required properties:
-- compatible: "snps,dma-spear1340"
-- reg: Address range of the DMAC registers
-- interrupt: Should contain the DMAC interrupt number
-- dma-channels: Number of channels supported by hardware
-- dma-requests: Number of DMA request lines supported, up to 16
-- dma-masters: Number of AHB masters supported by the controller
-- #dma-cells: must be <3>
-- chan_allocation_order: order of allocation of channel, 0 (default): ascending,
-  1: descending
-- chan_priority: priority of channels. 0 (default): increase from chan 0->n, 1:
-  increase from chan n->0
-- block_size: Maximum block size supported by the controller
-- data-width: Maximum data width supported by hardware per AHB master
-  (in bytes, power of 2)
-
-
-Deprecated properties:
-- data_width: Maximum data width supported by hardware per AHB master
-  (0 - 8bits, 1 - 16bits, ..., 5 - 256bits)
-
-
-Optional properties:
-- multi-block: Multi block transfers supported by hardware. Array property with
-  one cell per channel. 0: not supported, 1 (default): supported.
-- snps,dma-protection-control: AHB HPROT[3:1] protection setting.
-  The default value is 0 (for non-cacheable, non-buffered,
-  unprivileged data access).
-  Refer to include/dt-bindings/dma/dw-dmac.h for possible values.
-
-Example:
-
-	dmahost: dma@fc000000 {
-		compatible = "snps,dma-spear1340";
-		reg = <0xfc000000 0x1000>;
-		interrupt-parent = <&vic1>;
-		interrupts = <12>;
-
-		dma-channels = <8>;
-		dma-requests = <16>;
-		dma-masters = <2>;
-		#dma-cells = <3>;
-		chan_allocation_order = <1>;
-		chan_priority = <1>;
-		block_size = <0xfff>;
-		data-width = <8 8>;
-	};
-
-DMA clients connected to the Designware DMA controller must use the format
-described in the dma.txt file, using a four-cell specifier for each channel.
-The four cells in order are:
-
-1. A phandle pointing to the DMA controller
-2. The DMA request line number
-3. Memory master for transfers on allocated channel
-4. Peripheral master for transfers on allocated channel
-
-Example:
-	
-	serial@e0000000 {
-		compatible = "arm,pl011", "arm,primecell";
-		reg = <0xe0000000 0x1000>;
-		interrupts = <0 35 0x4>;
-		dmas = <&dmahost 12 0 1>,
-			<&dmahost 13 1 0>;
-		dma-names = "rx", "rx";
-	};
-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 02/10] dt-bindings: dma: dw: Add max burst transaction length property

[Serge Semin]

This array property is used to indicate the maximum burst transaction
length supported by each DMA channel.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

---

Changelog v2:
- Rearrange SoBs.
- Move $ref to the root level of the properties. So do with the
  constraints.
- Set default max-burst-len to 256 TR-WIDTH words.

Changelog v3:
- Add more details into the property description about what limitations
  snps,max-burst-len defines.
---
 .../bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml          | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml
index e7611840a7cf..20870f5c14dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dma-spear1340.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,21 @@ properties:
         enum: [0, 1]
         default: 1
 
+  snps,max-burst-len:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
+    description: |
+      Maximum length of the burst transactions supported by the controller.
+      This property defines the upper limit of the run-time burst setting
+      (CTLx.SRC_MSIZE/CTLx.DST_MSIZE fields) so the allowed burst length
+      will be from 1 to max-burst-len words. It's an array property with one
+      cell per channel in the units determined by the value set in the
+      CTLx.SRC_TR_WIDTH/CTLx.DST_TR_WIDTH fields (data width).
+    items:
+      maxItems: 8
+      items:
+        enum: [4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256]
+        default: 256
+
   snps,dma-protection-control:
     $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#definitions/uint32
     description: |
-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 03/10] dmaengine: Introduce min burst length capability

[Serge Semin]

Some hardware aside from default 0/1 may have greater minimum burst
transactions length constraints. Here we introduce the DMA device
and slave capability, which if required can be initialized by the DMA
engine driver with the device-specific value.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

---

Changelog v3:
- This is a new patch created as a result of the discussion with Vinud and
  Andy in the framework of DW DMA burst and LLP capabilities.
---
 drivers/dma/dmaengine.c   | 1 +
 include/linux/dmaengine.h | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 2b06a7a8629d..2f1a7c0c5446 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ int dma_get_slave_caps(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_caps *caps)
 	caps->src_addr_widths = device->src_addr_widths;
 	caps->dst_addr_widths = device->dst_addr_widths;
 	caps->directions = device->directions;
+	caps->min_burst = device->min_burst;
 	caps->max_burst = device->max_burst;
 	caps->residue_granularity = device->residue_granularity;
 	caps->descriptor_reuse = device->descriptor_reuse;
diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index 6283917edd90..669833c15dfc 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ enum dma_residue_granularity {
  *	Since the enum dma_transfer_direction is not defined as bit flag for
  *	each type, the dma controller should set BIT(<TYPE>) and same
  *	should be checked by controller as well
+ * @min_burst: min burst capability per-transfer
  * @max_burst: max burst capability per-transfer
  * @cmd_pause: true, if pause is supported (i.e. for reading residue or
  *	       for resume later)
@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ struct dma_slave_caps {
 	u32 src_addr_widths;
 	u32 dst_addr_widths;
 	u32 directions;
+	u32 min_burst;
 	u32 max_burst;
 	bool cmd_pause;
 	bool cmd_resume;
@@ -769,6 +771,7 @@ struct dma_filter {
  *	Since the enum dma_transfer_direction is not defined as bit flag for
  *	each type, the dma controller should set BIT(<TYPE>) and same
  *	should be checked by controller as well
+ * @min_burst: min burst capability per-transfer
  * @max_burst: max burst capability per-transfer
  * @residue_granularity: granularity of the transfer residue reported
  *	by tx_status
@@ -839,6 +842,7 @@ struct dma_device {
 	u32 src_addr_widths;
 	u32 dst_addr_widths;
 	u32 directions;
+	u32 min_burst;
 	u32 max_burst;
 	bool descriptor_reuse;
 	enum dma_residue_granularity residue_granularity;
-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 04/10] dmaengine: Introduce max SG burst capability

[Serge Semin]

Some devices may lack the support of the hardware accelerated SG list
entries automatic walking through and execution. In this case a burden of
the SG list traversal and DMA engine re-initialization lies on the
DMA engine driver (normally implemented by using a DMA transfer completion
IRQ to recharge the DMA device with a next SG list entry). But such
solution may not be suitable for some DMA consumers. In particular SPI
devices need both Tx and Rx DMA channels work synchronously in order
to avoid the Rx FIFO overflow. In case if Rx DMA channel is paused for
some time while the Tx DMA channel works implicitly pulling data into the
Rx FIFO, the later will be eventually overflown, which will cause the data
loss. So if SG list entries aren't automatically fetched by the DMA
engine, but are one-by-one manually selected for execution in the
ISRs/deferred work/etc., such problem will eventually happen due to the
non-deterministic latencies of the service execution.

In order to let the DMA consumer know about the DMA device capabilities
regarding the hardware accelerated SG list traversal we introduce the
max_sg_burst capability. It is supposed to be initialized by the DMA engine
driver with 0 if there is no limitation of the number of SG entries
atomically executed and with non-zero value if there is such constraints,
so the upper limit is determined by the number set to the property.

Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

---

Changelog v3:
- This is a new patch created as a result of the discussion with Vinud and
  Andy in the framework of DW DMA burst and LLP capabilities.

Changelog v4:
- Fix of->if typo. It should be definitely of.

Changelog v8:
- Replace max_sg_nents with max_sg_burst.
---
 drivers/dma/dmaengine.c   | 1 +
 include/linux/dmaengine.h | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 2f1a7c0c5446..8177f78faeda 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ int dma_get_slave_caps(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_caps *caps)
 	caps->directions = device->directions;
 	caps->min_burst = device->min_burst;
 	caps->max_burst = device->max_burst;
+	caps->max_sg_burst = device->max_sg_burst;
 	caps->residue_granularity = device->residue_granularity;
 	caps->descriptor_reuse = device->descriptor_reuse;
 	caps->cmd_pause = !!device->device_pause;
diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index 669833c15dfc..c7e76e0ab7e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ enum dma_residue_granularity {
  *	should be checked by controller as well
  * @min_burst: min burst capability per-transfer
  * @max_burst: max burst capability per-transfer
+ * @max_sg_burst: max number of SG list entries executed in a single burst
+ *	DMA tansaction with no software intervention for reinitialization.
+ *	Zero value means unlimited number of entries.
  * @cmd_pause: true, if pause is supported (i.e. for reading residue or
  *	       for resume later)
  * @cmd_resume: true, if resume is supported
@@ -481,6 +484,7 @@ struct dma_slave_caps {
 	u32 directions;
 	u32 min_burst;
 	u32 max_burst;
+	u32 max_sg_burst;
 	bool cmd_pause;
 	bool cmd_resume;
 	bool cmd_terminate;
@@ -773,6 +777,9 @@ struct dma_filter {
  *	should be checked by controller as well
  * @min_burst: min burst capability per-transfer
  * @max_burst: max burst capability per-transfer
+ * @max_sg_burst: max number of SG list entries executed in a single burst
+ *	DMA tansaction with no software intervention for reinitialization.
+ *	Zero value means unlimited number of entries.
  * @residue_granularity: granularity of the transfer residue reported
  *	by tx_status
  * @device_alloc_chan_resources: allocate resources and return the
@@ -844,6 +851,7 @@ struct dma_device {
 	u32 directions;
 	u32 min_burst;
 	u32 max_burst;
+	u32 max_sg_burst;
 	bool descriptor_reuse;
 	enum dma_residue_granularity residue_granularity;
 
-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 05/10] dmaengine: Introduce DMA-device device_caps callback

[Serge Semin]

There are DMA devices (like ours version of Synopsys DW DMAC) which have
DMA capabilities non-uniformly redistributed between the device channels.
In order to provide a way of exposing the channel-specific parameters to
the DMA engine consumers, we introduce a new DMA-device callback. In case
if provided it gets called from the dma_get_slave_caps() method and is
able to override the generic DMA-device capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

---

Changelog v3:
- This is a new patch created as a result of the discussion with Vinod and
  Andy in the framework of DW DMA burst and LLP capabilities.

Changelog v5:
- Add in-line comment at the point of the device_caps callback invocation.
- Add doc-comment for the device_caps member of struct dma_device.
---
 drivers/dma/dmaengine.c   | 10 ++++++++++
 include/linux/dmaengine.h |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 8177f78faeda..a53e71d2bbd4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -601,6 +601,16 @@ int dma_get_slave_caps(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_caps *caps)
 	caps->cmd_resume = !!device->device_resume;
 	caps->cmd_terminate = !!device->device_terminate_all;
 
+	/*
+	 * DMA engine device might be configured with non-uniformly
+	 * distributed slave capabilities per device channels. In this
+	 * case the corresponding driver may provide the device_caps
+	 * callback to override the generic capabilities with
+	 * channel-specific ones.
+	 */
+	if (device->device_caps)
+		device->device_caps(chan, caps);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_get_slave_caps);
diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index c7e76e0ab7e1..c8d06e166371 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -799,6 +799,8 @@ struct dma_filter {
  *	be called after period_len bytes have been transferred.
  * @device_prep_interleaved_dma: Transfer expression in a generic way.
  * @device_prep_dma_imm_data: DMA's 8 byte immediate data to the dst address
+ * @device_caps: May be used to override the generic DMA slave capabilities
+ *	with per-channel specific ones
  * @device_config: Pushes a new configuration to a channel, return 0 or an error
  *	code
  * @device_pause: Pauses any transfer happening on a channel. Returns
@@ -899,6 +901,8 @@ struct dma_device {
 		struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dst, u64 data,
 		unsigned long flags);
 
+	void (*device_caps)(struct dma_chan *chan,
+			    struct dma_slave_caps *caps);
 	int (*device_config)(struct dma_chan *chan,
 			     struct dma_slave_config *config);
 	int (*device_pause)(struct dma_chan *chan);
-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 06/10] dmaengine: dw: Take HC_LLP flag into account for noLLP auto-config

[Serge Semin]

Full multi-block transfers functionality is enabled in DW DMA
controller only if CHx_MULTI_BLK_EN is set. But LLP-based transfers
can be executed only if hardcode channel x LLP register feature isn't
enabled, which can be switched on at the IP core synthesis for
optimization. If it's enabled then the LLP register is hardcoded to
zero, so the blocks chaining based on the LLPs is unsupported.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

---

Changelog v2:
- Rearrange SoBs.
- Add comment about why hardware accelerated LLP list support depends
  on both MBLK_EN and HC_LLP configs setting.
- Use explicit bits state comparison operator.

Changelog v3:
- Move the patch to the head of the series.
---
 drivers/dma/dw/core.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 drivers/dma/dw/regs.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index 21cb2a58dbd2..33e99d95b3d3 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -1178,8 +1178,17 @@ int do_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 			 */
 			dwc->block_size =
 				(4 << ((pdata->block_size >> 4 * i) & 0xf)) - 1;
+
+			/*
+			 * According to the DW DMA databook the true scatter-
+			 * gether LLPs aren't available if either multi-block
+			 * config is disabled (CHx_MULTI_BLK_EN == 0) or the
+			 * LLP register is hard-coded to zeros
+			 * (CHx_HC_LLP == 1).
+			 */
 			dwc->nollp =
-				(dwc_params >> DWC_PARAMS_MBLK_EN & 0x1) == 0;
+				(dwc_params >> DWC_PARAMS_MBLK_EN & 0x1) == 0 ||
+				(dwc_params >> DWC_PARAMS_HC_LLP & 0x1) == 1;
 		} else {
 			dwc->block_size = pdata->block_size;
 			dwc->nollp = !pdata->multi_block[i];
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
index 3fce66ecee7a..1ab840b06e79 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ struct dw_dma_regs {
 
 /* Bitfields in DWC_PARAMS */
 #define DWC_PARAMS_MBLK_EN	11		/* multi block transfer */
+#define DWC_PARAMS_HC_LLP	13		/* set LLP register to zero */
 
 /* bursts size */
 enum dw_dma_msize {
-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 07/10] dmaengine: dw: Set DMA device max segment size parameter

[Serge Semin]

Maximum block size DW DMAC configuration corresponds to the max segment
size DMA parameter in the DMA core subsystem notation. Lets set it with a
value specific to the probed DW DMA controller. It shall help the DMA
clients to create size-optimized SG-list items for the controller. This in
turn will cause less dw_desc allocations, less LLP reinitializations,
better DMA device performance.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

---

Changelog v2:
- This is a new patch created in place of the dropped one:
  "dmaengine: dw: Add LLP and block size config accessors".

Changelog v3:
- Use the block_size found for the very first channel instead of looking for
  the maximum of maximum block sizes.
- Don't define device-specific device_dma_parameters object, since it has
  already been defined by the platform device core.
---
 drivers/dma/dw/core.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index 33e99d95b3d3..fb95920c429e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -1229,6 +1229,13 @@ int do_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 			     BIT(DMA_MEM_TO_MEM);
 	dw->dma.residue_granularity = DMA_RESIDUE_GRANULARITY_BURST;
 
+	/*
+	 * For now there is no hardware with non uniform maximum block size
+	 * across all of the device channels, so we set the maximum segment
+	 * size as the block size found for the very first channel.
+	 */
+	dma_set_max_seg_size(dw->dma.dev, dw->chan[0].block_size);
+
 	err = dma_async_device_register(&dw->dma);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_dma_register;
-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 08/10] dmaengine: dw: Initialize min and max burst DMA device capability

[Serge Semin]

According to the DW APB DMAC data book the minimum burst transaction
length is 1 and it's true for any version of the controller since
isn't parametrised in the coreAssembler so can't be changed at the
IP-core synthesis stage. The maximum burst transaction can vary from
channel to channel and from controller to controller depending on a
IP-core parameter the system engineer activated during the IP-core
synthesis. Let's initialise both min_burst and max_burst members of the
DMA controller descriptor with extreme values so the DMA clients could
use them to properly optimize the DMA requests. The channels and
controller-specific max_burst length initialization will be introduced
by the follow-up patches.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

---

Changelog v4:
- This is a new patch suggested by Andy.

Changelog v5:
- Introduce macro with extreme min and max burst length supported by the
  DW DMA controller.
- Initialize max_burst length capability with extreme burst length supported
  by the DW DMAC IP-core.
---
 drivers/dma/dw/core.c                | 2 ++
 include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index fb95920c429e..afe5a2e465af 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -1223,6 +1223,8 @@ int do_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 	dw->dma.device_issue_pending = dwc_issue_pending;
 
 	/* DMA capabilities */
+	dw->dma.min_burst = DW_DMA_MIN_BURST;
+	dw->dma.max_burst = DW_DMA_MAX_BURST;
 	dw->dma.src_addr_widths = DW_DMA_BUSWIDTHS;
 	dw->dma.dst_addr_widths = DW_DMA_BUSWIDTHS;
 	dw->dma.directions = BIT(DMA_DEV_TO_MEM) | BIT(DMA_MEM_TO_DEV) |
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
index f3eaf9ec00a1..369e41e9dcc9 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 #define DW_DMA_MAX_NR_MASTERS	4
 #define DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS	8
+#define DW_DMA_MIN_BURST	1
+#define DW_DMA_MAX_BURST	256
 
 /**
  * struct dw_dma_slave - Controller-specific information about a slave
-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 09/10] dmaengine: dw: Introduce max burst length hw config

[Serge Semin]

IP core of the DW DMA controller may be synthesized with different
max burst length of the transfers per each channel. According to Synopsis
having the fixed maximum burst transactions length may provide some
performance gain. At the same time setting up the source and destination
multi size exceeding the max burst length limitation may cause a serious
problems. In our case the DMA transaction just hangs up. In order to fix
this lets introduce the max burst length platform config of the DW DMA
controller device and don't let the DMA channels configuration code
exceed the burst length hardware limitation.

Note the maximum burst length parameter can be detected either in runtime
from the DWC parameter registers or from the dedicated DT property.
Depending on the IP core configuration the maximum value can vary from
channel to channel so by overriding the channel slave max_burst capability
we make sure a DMA consumer will get the channel-specific max burst
length.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

---

Changelog v2:
- Rearrange SoBs.
- Discard dwc_get_maxburst() accessor. It's enough to have a clamping
  guard against exceeding the hardware max burst limitation.

Changelog v3:
- Override the slave channel max_burst capability instead of calculating
  the minimum value of max burst lengths and setting the DMA-device
  generic capability.

Changelog v5:
- Clamp the dst and src burst lengths in the generic dwc_config() method
  instead of doing that in the encode_maxburst() callback.
- Define max_burst with u32 type in struct dw_dma_platform_data.
- Perform of_property_read_u32_array() directly into the platform data
  max_burst member.

Changelog v6:
- Move DW_DMA_MAX_BURST macro definition to the previous patch.

Changelog v8:
- Meld the patch "dmaengine: dw: Add dummy device_caps callback" into this
  one.
---
 drivers/dma/dw/core.c                | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 drivers/dma/dw/of.c                  |  5 +++++
 drivers/dma/dw/regs.h                |  2 ++
 include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h |  3 +++
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index afe5a2e465af..588b9bae827c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -791,6 +791,11 @@ static int dwc_config(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_config *sconfig)
 
 	memcpy(&dwc->dma_sconfig, sconfig, sizeof(*sconfig));
 
+	dwc->dma_sconfig.src_maxburst =
+		clamp(dwc->dma_sconfig.src_maxburst, 0U, dwc->max_burst);
+	dwc->dma_sconfig.dst_maxburst =
+		clamp(dwc->dma_sconfig.dst_maxburst, 0U, dwc->max_burst);
+
 	dw->encode_maxburst(dwc, &dwc->dma_sconfig.src_maxburst);
 	dw->encode_maxburst(dwc, &dwc->dma_sconfig.dst_maxburst);
 
@@ -1049,6 +1054,13 @@ static void dwc_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	dev_vdbg(chan2dev(chan), "%s: done\n", __func__);
 }
 
+static void dwc_caps(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_caps *caps)
+{
+	struct dw_dma_chan *dwc = to_dw_dma_chan(chan);
+
+	caps->max_burst = dwc->max_burst;
+}
+
 int do_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 {
 	struct dw_dma *dw = chip->dw;
@@ -1189,9 +1201,12 @@ int do_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 			dwc->nollp =
 				(dwc_params >> DWC_PARAMS_MBLK_EN & 0x1) == 0 ||
 				(dwc_params >> DWC_PARAMS_HC_LLP & 0x1) == 1;
+			dwc->max_burst =
+				(0x4 << (dwc_params >> DWC_PARAMS_MSIZE & 0x7));
 		} else {
 			dwc->block_size = pdata->block_size;
 			dwc->nollp = !pdata->multi_block[i];
+			dwc->max_burst = pdata->max_burst[i] ?: DW_DMA_MAX_BURST;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1214,6 +1229,7 @@ int do_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
 	dw->dma.device_prep_dma_memcpy = dwc_prep_dma_memcpy;
 	dw->dma.device_prep_slave_sg = dwc_prep_slave_sg;
 
+	dw->dma.device_caps = dwc_caps;
 	dw->dma.device_config = dwc_config;
 	dw->dma.device_pause = dwc_pause;
 	dw->dma.device_resume = dwc_resume;
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/of.c b/drivers/dma/dw/of.c
index 9e27831dee32..1474b3817ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/of.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/of.c
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ struct dw_dma_platform_data *dw_dma_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			pdata->multi_block[tmp] = 1;
 	}
 
+	if (of_property_read_u32_array(np, "snps,max-burst-len", pdata->max_burst,
+				       nr_channels)) {
+		memset32(pdata->max_burst, DW_DMA_MAX_BURST, nr_channels);
+	}
+
 	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "snps,dma-protection-control", &tmp)) {
 		if (tmp > CHAN_PROTCTL_MASK)
 			return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
index 1ab840b06e79..76654bd13c1a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/regs.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct dw_dma_regs {
 /* Bitfields in DWC_PARAMS */
 #define DWC_PARAMS_MBLK_EN	11		/* multi block transfer */
 #define DWC_PARAMS_HC_LLP	13		/* set LLP register to zero */
+#define DWC_PARAMS_MSIZE	16		/* max group transaction size */
 
 /* bursts size */
 enum dw_dma_msize {
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ struct dw_dma_chan {
 	/* hardware configuration */
 	unsigned int		block_size;
 	bool			nollp;
+	u32			max_burst;
 
 	/* custom slave configuration */
 	struct dw_dma_slave	dws;
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
index 369e41e9dcc9..4f681df85c27 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ struct dw_dma_slave {
  * @data_width: Maximum data width supported by hardware per AHB master
  *		(in bytes, power of 2)
  * @multi_block: Multi block transfers supported by hardware per channel.
+ * @max_burst: Maximum value of burst transaction size supported by hardware
+ *	       per channel (in units of CTL.SRC_TR_WIDTH/CTL.DST_TR_WIDTH).
  * @protctl: Protection control signals setting per channel.
  */
 struct dw_dma_platform_data {
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ struct dw_dma_platform_data {
 	unsigned char	nr_masters;
 	unsigned char	data_width[DW_DMA_MAX_NR_MASTERS];
 	unsigned char	multi_block[DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS];
+	u32		max_burst[DW_DMA_MAX_NR_CHANNELS];
 #define CHAN_PROTCTL_PRIVILEGED		BIT(0)
 #define CHAN_PROTCTL_BUFFERABLE		BIT(1)
 #define CHAN_PROTCTL_CACHEABLE		BIT(2)
-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v8 10/10] dmaengine: dw: Initialize max_sg_burst capability

[Serge Semin]

Multi-block support provides a way to map the kernel-specific SG-table so
the DW DMA device would handle it as a whole instead of handling the
SG-list items or so called LLP block items one by one. So if true LLP
list isn't supported by the DW DMA engine, then soft-LLP mode will be
utilized to load and execute each LLP-block one by one. The soft-LLP mode
of the DMA transactions execution might not work well for some DMA
consumers like SPI due to its Tx and Rx buffers inter-dependency. Let's
initialize the max_sg_burst DMA channels capability based on the nollp
flag state. If it's true, no hardware accelerated LLP is available and
max_sg_burst should be set with 1, which means that the DMA engine
can handle only a single SG list entry at a time. If noLLP is set to
false, then hardware accelerated LLP is supported and the DMA engine
can handle infinite number of SG entries in a single DMA transaction.

Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

---

Changelog v3:
- This is a new patch created as a result of the discussion with Vinud and
  Andy in the framework of DW DMA burst and LLP capabilities.

Changelog v4:
- Use explicit if-else statement when assigning the max_sg_burst field.

Changelog v8:
- Replace max_sg_nents with max_sg_burst.
---
 drivers/dma/dw/core.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
index 588b9bae827c..eb9175133034 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dw/core.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,18 @@ static void dwc_caps(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_caps *caps)
 	struct dw_dma_chan *dwc = to_dw_dma_chan(chan);
 
 	caps->max_burst = dwc->max_burst;
+
+	/*
+	 * It might be crucial for some devices to have the hardware
+	 * accelerated multi-block transfers supported, aka LLPs in DW DMAC
+	 * notation. So if LLPs are supported then max_sg_burst is set to
+	 * zero which means unlimited number of SG entries can be handled in a
+	 * single DMA transaction, otherwise it's just one SG entry.
+	 */
+	if (dwc->nollp)
+		caps->max_sg_burst = 1;
+	else
+		caps->max_sg_burst = 0;
 }
 
 int do_dma_probe(struct dw_dma_chip *chip)
-- 
2.26.2

Re: [PATCH v8 00/10] dmaengine: dw: Take Baikal-T1 SoC DW DMAC peculiarities into account

[Vinod Koul]

On 23-07-20, 03:58, Serge Semin wrote:
> In the previous patchset I've written the next message:
> 
> > Folks, note I've removed the next patches from the series:
> > [PATCH v7 04/11] dmaengine: Introduce max SG list entries capability
> > [PATCH v7 11/11] dmaengine: dw: Initialize max_sg_nents capability
> > It turns out the problem with the asynchronous handling of Tx- and Rx-
> > SPI transfers interrupts is more complex than I expected. So in order to
> > solve the problem it isn't enough to split the SG list entries submission
> > up based on the max_sg_nents capability setting (though the synchronous
> > one-by-one SG list entries handling does fix a part of the problem). So
> > if and when I get to find a comprehensive solution for it I'll submit a
> > new series with fixups. Until then please consider to merge the patchset
> > in without those patches.
> 
> Those patches are returned back to the series. I've found a solution, which
> fixes the problem for our hardware. A new patchset with several fixes for the
> DW DMAC driver will be sent shortly after this one is merged in. Note the same
> concerns the DW APB SPI driver. So please review and merge in as soon as
> possible.
> 
> Regarding the patchset. Baikal-T1 SoC has an DW DMAC on-board to provide a
> Mem-to-Mem, low-speed peripherals Dev-to-Mem and Mem-to-Dev functionality.
> Mostly it's compatible with currently implemented in the kernel DW DMAC
> driver, but there are some peculiarities which must be taken into account
> in order to have the device fully supported.
> 
> First of all traditionally we replaced the legacy plain text-based dt-binding
> file with yaml-based one. Secondly Baikal-T1 DW DMA Controller provides eight
> channels, which alas have different max burst length configuration.
> In particular first two channels may burst up to 128 bits (16 bytes) at a time
> while the rest of them just up to 32 bits. We must make sure that the DMA
> subsystem doesn't set values exceeding these limitations otherwise the
> controller will hang up. In third currently we discovered the problem in using
> the DW APB SPI driver together with DW DMAC. The problem happens if there is no
> natively implemented multi-block LLP transfers support and the SPI-transfer
> length exceeds the max lock size. In this case due to asynchronous handling of
> Tx- and Rx- SPI transfers interrupt we might end up with DW APB SSI Rx FIFO
> overflow. So if DW APB SSI (or any other DMAC service consumer) intends to use
> the DMAC to asynchronously execute the transfers we'd have to at least warn
> the user of the possible errors. In forth it's worth to set the DMA device max
> segment size with max block size config specific to the DW DMA controller. It
> shall help the DMA clients to create size-optimized SG-list items for the
> controller. This in turn will cause less dw_desc allocations, less LLP
> reinitializations, better DMA device performance.
> 
> Finally there is a bug in the algorithm of the nollp flag detection.
> In particular even if DW DMAC parameters state the multi-block transfers
> support there is still HC_LLP (hardcode LLP) flag, which if set makes expected
> by the driver true multi-block LLP functionality unusable. This happens cause'
> if HC_LLP flag is set the LLP registers will be hardcoded to zero so the
> contiguous multi-block transfers will be only supported. We must take the
> flag into account when detecting the LLP support otherwise the driver just
> won't work correctly.

Applied all, thanks
-- 
~Vinod

Re: [PATCH v8 00/10] dmaengine: dw: Take Baikal-T1 SoC DW DMAC peculiarities into account

[Serge Semin]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 02:31:14PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On 23-07-20, 03:58, Serge Semin wrote:
> > In the previous patchset I've written the next message:
> > 
> > > Folks, note I've removed the next patches from the series:
> > > [PATCH v7 04/11] dmaengine: Introduce max SG list entries capability
> > > [PATCH v7 11/11] dmaengine: dw: Initialize max_sg_nents capability
> > > It turns out the problem with the asynchronous handling of Tx- and Rx-
> > > SPI transfers interrupts is more complex than I expected. So in order to
> > > solve the problem it isn't enough to split the SG list entries submission
> > > up based on the max_sg_nents capability setting (though the synchronous
> > > one-by-one SG list entries handling does fix a part of the problem). So
> > > if and when I get to find a comprehensive solution for it I'll submit a
> > > new series with fixups. Until then please consider to merge the patchset
> > > in without those patches.
> > 
> > Those patches are returned back to the series. I've found a solution, which
> > fixes the problem for our hardware. A new patchset with several fixes for the
> > DW DMAC driver will be sent shortly after this one is merged in. Note the same
> > concerns the DW APB SPI driver. So please review and merge in as soon as
> > possible.
> > 
> > Regarding the patchset. Baikal-T1 SoC has an DW DMAC on-board to provide a
> > Mem-to-Mem, low-speed peripherals Dev-to-Mem and Mem-to-Dev functionality.
> > Mostly it's compatible with currently implemented in the kernel DW DMAC
> > driver, but there are some peculiarities which must be taken into account
> > in order to have the device fully supported.
> > 
> > First of all traditionally we replaced the legacy plain text-based dt-binding
> > file with yaml-based one. Secondly Baikal-T1 DW DMA Controller provides eight
> > channels, which alas have different max burst length configuration.
> > In particular first two channels may burst up to 128 bits (16 bytes) at a time
> > while the rest of them just up to 32 bits. We must make sure that the DMA
> > subsystem doesn't set values exceeding these limitations otherwise the
> > controller will hang up. In third currently we discovered the problem in using
> > the DW APB SPI driver together with DW DMAC. The problem happens if there is no
> > natively implemented multi-block LLP transfers support and the SPI-transfer
> > length exceeds the max lock size. In this case due to asynchronous handling of
> > Tx- and Rx- SPI transfers interrupt we might end up with DW APB SSI Rx FIFO
> > overflow. So if DW APB SSI (or any other DMAC service consumer) intends to use
> > the DMAC to asynchronously execute the transfers we'd have to at least warn
> > the user of the possible errors. In forth it's worth to set the DMA device max
> > segment size with max block size config specific to the DW DMA controller. It
> > shall help the DMA clients to create size-optimized SG-list items for the
> > controller. This in turn will cause less dw_desc allocations, less LLP
> > reinitializations, better DMA device performance.
> > 
> > Finally there is a bug in the algorithm of the nollp flag detection.
> > In particular even if DW DMAC parameters state the multi-block transfers
> > support there is still HC_LLP (hardcode LLP) flag, which if set makes expected
> > by the driver true multi-block LLP functionality unusable. This happens cause'
> > if HC_LLP flag is set the LLP registers will be hardcoded to zero so the
> > contiguous multi-block transfers will be only supported. We must take the
> > flag into account when detecting the LLP support otherwise the driver just
> > won't work correctly.
> 
> Applied all, thanks

Great! Thank you very much. Now I can send out another set of patches for
review.

-Sergey

> -- 
> ~Vinod