Re: [PATCH v20 2/4] mailbox: mediatek: Add Mediatek CMDQ driver

[Horng-Shyang Liao <hs.liao@mediatek.com>]

Hi Jassi,

On Thu, 2017-01-26 at 10:08 +0530, Jassi Brar wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 8:36 AM, HS Liao <hs.liao@mediatek.com> wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..747bcd3
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
> 
> ...
> 
> > +static void cmdq_task_exec(struct cmdq_pkt *pkt, struct cmdq_thread *thread)
> > +{
> > +       struct cmdq *cmdq;
> > +       struct cmdq_task *task;
> > +       unsigned long curr_pa, end_pa;
> > +
> > +       cmdq = dev_get_drvdata(thread->chan->mbox->dev);
> > +
> > +       /* Client should not flush new tasks if suspended. */
> > +       WARN_ON(cmdq->suspended);
> > +
> > +       task = kzalloc(sizeof(*task), GFP_ATOMIC);
> > +       task->cmdq = cmdq;
> > +       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&task->list_entry);
> > +       task->pa_base = dma_map_single(cmdq->mbox.dev, pkt->va_base,
> > +                                      pkt->cmd_buf_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
> >
> You seem to parse the requests and responses, that should ideally be
> done in client driver.
> Also, we are here in atomic context, can you move it in client driver
> (before the spin_lock)?
> Maybe by adding a new 'pa_base' member as well in 'cmdq_pkt'.

will do

> ....
> > +
> > +       cmdq->mbox.num_chans = CMDQ_THR_MAX_COUNT;
> > +       cmdq->mbox.ops = &cmdq_mbox_chan_ops;
> > +       cmdq->mbox.of_xlate = cmdq_xlate;
> > +
> > +       /* make use of TXDONE_BY_ACK */
> > +       cmdq->mbox.txdone_irq = false;
> > +       cmdq->mbox.txdone_poll = false;
> > +
> > +       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cmdq->thread); i++) {
> >
> You mean  i < CMDQ_THR_MAX_COUNT

will do

> > +               cmdq->thread[i].base = cmdq->base + CMDQ_THR_BASE +
> > +                               CMDQ_THR_SIZE * i;
> > +               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmdq->thread[i].task_busy_list);
> >
> You seem the queue mailbox requests in this controller driver? why not
> use the mailbox api for that?
> 
> > +               init_timer(&cmdq->thread[i].timeout);
> > +               cmdq->thread[i].timeout.function = cmdq_thread_handle_timeout;
> > +               cmdq->thread[i].timeout.data = (unsigned long)&cmdq->thread[i];
> >
> Here again... you seem to ignore the polling mechanism provided by the
> mailbox api, and implement your own.

The queue is used to record the tasks which are flushed into CMDQ
hardware (GCE). We are handling time critical tasks, so we have to
queue them in GCE rather than a software queue (e.g. mailbox buffer).
Let me use display as an example. Many display tasks are flushed into
CMDQ to wait next vsync event. When vsync event is triggered by display
hardware, GCE needs to process all flushed tasks "within vblank" to
prevent garbage on screen. This is all done by GCE (without CPU)
to fulfill time critical requirement. After GCE finish its work,
it will generate interrupts, and then CMDQ driver will let clients know
which tasks are done.

We have discussed the similar thing before.
Please take a look at the following link,
especially from 2016/10/5 to.2016/10/11 about tx_done.
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9312953/

> > diff --git a/include/linux/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.h b/include/linux/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..3433c64
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/include/linux/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.h
> ....
> > +
> > +struct cmdq_pkt {
> > +       void                    *va_base;
> >
> maybe add 'pa_base' here so you don't have to do dma_map_single() in send_data

will do

> > +       size_t                  cmd_buf_size; /* command occupied size */
> > +       size_t                  buf_size; /* real buffer size */
> > +       struct cmdq_task_cb     cb;
> > +};
> > +
> > +#endif /* __MTK_CMDQ_MAILBOX_H__ */
> > --
> > 1.9.1
> >

Thanks,
HS