Re: [PATCH v4 5/8] dmaengine: dw-edma: Fix programming the source & dest addresses for ep

[Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 10:50:14AM -0600, Zhi Li wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 10:32 AM Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 03:12:01PM -0600, Frank Li wrote:
> > > From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
> > >
> > > When eDMA is controlled by the Endpoint (EP), the current logic incorrectly
> > > programs the source and destination addresses for read and write. Since the
> > > Root complex and Endpoint uses the opposite channels for read/write, fix the
> > > issue by finding out the read operation first and program the eDMA accordingly.
> > >
> > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > > Fixes: bd96f1b2f43a ("dmaengine: dw-edma: support local dma device transfer semantics")
> > > Fixes: e63d79d1ffcd ("dmaengine: Add Synopsys eDMA IP core driver")
> > > Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
> > > ---
> > > No change between v1 to v4
> > >
> > >  drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c b/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
> > > index 66dc650577919..507f08db1aad3 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
> > > @@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ dw_edma_device_transfer(struct dw_edma_transfer *xfer)
> > >       struct dw_edma_chunk *chunk;
> > >       struct dw_edma_burst *burst;
> > >       struct dw_edma_desc *desc;
> > > +     bool read = false;
> > >       u32 cnt = 0;
> > >       int i;
> > >
> > > @@ -424,7 +425,36 @@ dw_edma_device_transfer(struct dw_edma_transfer *xfer)
> > >               chunk->ll_region.sz += burst->sz;
> > >               desc->alloc_sz += burst->sz;
> > >
> > > -             if (chan->dir == EDMA_DIR_WRITE) {
> > > +             /****************************************************************
> > > +              *
> >
> > > +              *        Root Complex                           Endpoint
> > > +              * +-----------------------+             +----------------------+
> > > +              * |                       |    TX CH    |                      |
> > > +              * |                       |             |                      |
> > > +              * |      DEV_TO_MEM       <-------------+     MEM_TO_DEV       |
> > > +              * |                       |             |                      |
> > > +              * |                       |             |                      |
> > > +              * |      MEM_TO_DEV       +------------->     DEV_TO_MEM       |
> > > +              * |                       |             |                      |
> > > +              * |                       |    RX CH    |                      |
> > > +              * +-----------------------+             +----------------------+
> > > +              *
> > > +              * If eDMA is controlled by the Root complex, TX channel
> > > +              * (EDMA_DIR_WRITE) is used for memory read (DEV_TO_MEM) and RX
> > > +              * channel (EDMA_DIR_READ) is used for memory write (MEM_TO_DEV).
> > > +              *
> > > +              * If eDMA is controlled by the endpoint, RX channel
> > > +              * (EDMA_DIR_READ) is used for memory read (DEV_TO_MEM) and TX
> > > +              * channel (EDMA_DIR_WRITE) is used for memory write (MEM_TO_DEV).
> >
> > Either I have some wrong notion about this issue, or something wrong
> > with the explanation above and with this fix below.
> >
> > From my understanding of the possible DW eDMA IP-core setups the
> > scatch above and the text below it are incorrect. Here is the way the
> > DW eDMA can be used:
> > 1) Embedded into the DW PCIe Host/EP controller. In this case
> > CPU/Application Memory is the memory of the CPU attached to the
> > host/EP controller, while the remote (link partner) memory is the PCIe
> > bus memory. In this case MEM_TO_DEV operation is supposed to be
> > performed by the Tx/Write channels, while the DEV_TO_MEM operation -
> > by the Rx/Read channels.
> >
> > Note it's applicable for both Host and End-point case, when Linux is
> > running on the CPU-side of the eDMA controller. So if it's DW PCIe
> > end-point, then MEM_TO_DEV means copying data from the local CPU
> > memory into the remote memory. In general the remote memory can be
> > either some PCIe device on the bus or the Root Complex' CPU memory,
> > each of which is some remote device anyway from the Local CPU
> > perspective.
> >
> > 2) Embedded into the PCIe EP. This case is implemented in the
> > drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-pcie.c driver. AFAICS from the commits log
> > and from the driver code, that device is a Synopsys PCIe EndPoint IP
> > prototype kit. It is a normal PCIe peripheral device with eDMA
> > embedded, which CPU/Application interface is connected to some
> > embedded SRAM while remote (link partner) interface is directed
> > towards the PCIe bus. At the same time the device is setup and handled
> > by the code running on a CPU connected to the PCIe Host controller.  I
> > think that in order to preserve the normal DMA operations semantics we
> > still need to consider the MEM_TO_DEV/DEV_TO_MEM operations from the
> > host CPU perspective, since that's the side the DMA controller is
> > supposed to be setup from.  In this MEM_TO_DEV is supposed to be used
> > to copy data from the host CPU memory into the remote device memory.
> > It means to allocate Rx/Read channel on the eDMA controller, so one
> > would be read data from the Local CPU memory and copied it to the PCIe
> > device SRAM. The logic of the DEV_TO_MEM direction would be just
> > flipped. The eDMA PCIe device shall use Tx/Write channel to copy data
> > from it's SRAM into the Host CPU memory.
> >
> > Please note as I understand the case 2) describes the Synopsys PCIe
> > EndPoint IP prototype kit, which is based on some FPGA code. It's just
> > a test setup with no real application, while the case 1) is a real setup
> > available on our SoC and I guess on yours.
> 

> I think yes. But Remote EP also is a one kind of usage module. Just no one
> writes an EP functional driver for it yet.  Even pci-epf-test was just
> a test function.
> I previously sent vNTB patches to implement a virtual network between
> RC and EP,
> you can look if you have interest.

AFAIU the remote EP case is the same as 1) anyway. The remote EP is
handled by its own CPU, which sets up the DW PCIe EP controller
together with eDMA synthesized into the CPU' SoC. Am I right? While
the case 2) doesn't have any CPU attached on the PCIe EP. It's just an
FPGA with PCIe interface and eDMA IP-core installed. In that case all
the setups are performed by the PCIe Host CPU. That's the root problem
that causes having all the DEV_TO_MEM/MEM_TO_DEV complications.

So to speak I would suggest for at least to have the scatch fixed in
accordance with the logic explained in my message.

> 
> >
> > So what I suggest in the framework of this patch is just to implement
> > the case 1) only. While the case 2) as it's an artificial one can be
> > manually handled by the DMA client drivers. BTW There aren't ones available
> > in the kernel anyway. The only exception is an old-time attempt to get
> > an eDMA IP test-driver mainlined into the kernel:
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pci/patch/cc195ac53839b318764c8f6502002cd6d933a923.1547230339.git.gustavo.pimentel@synopsys.com/
> > But it was long time ago. So it's unlikely to be accepted at all.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > -Sergey
> >
> > > +              *
> > > +              ****************************************************************/
> > > +
> >
> > > +             if ((dir == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM && chan->dir == EDMA_DIR_READ) ||
> > > +                 (dir == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM && chan->dir == EDMA_DIR_WRITE))
> > > +                     read = true;
> >

> > Seeing the driver support only two directions DMA_DEV_TO_MEM/DMA_DEV_TO_MEM
> > and EDMA_DIR_READ/EDMA_DIR_WRITE, this conditional statement seems
> > redundant.

Am I getting a response on this comment? In accordance with that
conditional statement having dir == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM means performing
read operation. If dir equals DMA_MEM_TO_DEV then a write operation
will be performed. The code path doesn't depend on the chan->dir
value.

-Sergey

> >
> > > +
> > > +             /* Program the source and destination addresses for DMA read/write */
> > > +             if (read) {
> > >                       burst->sar = src_addr;
> > >                       if (xfer->type == EDMA_XFER_CYCLIC) {
> > >                               burst->dar = xfer->xfer.cyclic.paddr;
> > > --
> > > 2.24.0.rc1
> > >