Re: [PATCH v2 14/14] mmc: mmci: Add Qcom specific pio_read function.

[Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>]

On 23/05/14 10:31, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:38 AM,  <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org> wrote:
>
>> From: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
>>
>> MCIFIFOCNT register behaviour on Qcom chips is very different than the other
>> pl180 integrations. MCIFIFOCNT register contains the number of
>> words that are still waiting to be transferred through the FIFO. It keeps
>> decrementing once the host CPU reads the MCIFIFO. With the existing logic and
>> the MCIFIFOCNT behaviour, mmci_pio_read will loop forever, as the FIFOCNT
>> register will always return transfer size before reading the FIFO.
>>
>> Also the data sheet states that "This register is only useful for debug
>> purposes and should not be used for normal operation since it does not reflect
>> data which may or may not be in the pipeline".
>>
>> This patch implements qcom_pio_read function so as existing mmci_pio_read is
>> not suitable for Qcom SOCs. qcom_pio_read function is only selected
>> based on qcom_fifo flag in variant data structure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
> (...)
>
>> +static int mmci_qcom_pio_read(struct mmci_host *host, char *buffer,
>> +                        unsigned int remain)
>> +{
>> +       uint32_t        *ptr = (uint32_t *) buffer;
>
Oops..

Sorry Linus, I think this change-set got something different than what I 
did. I remember your comments in the last review, I did take care of 
them but some how It got missed... I will fix these and send a new version.

> Just use u32 like the rest of the driver does.
>
>> +       int             fifo_size = variant->fifosize;
>> +
>> +       if (remain % 4)

>
> And another variant is to count the *number or words*
> to read from the FIFO rather than the number of bytes! I would do it
> like this:
>
> static int mmci_qcom_pio_read(struct mmci_host *host, char *buffer,
>                          unsigned int remain)
> {
>         u32 *ptr = (u32*) buffer;
>         unsigned int count = 0;
>         unsigned int words;
>         unsigned int fifo_size = host->variant->fifosize;
>
>         words = DIV_ROUND_UP(remain, 4);
>         while (readl(host->base + MMCISTATUS) & MCI_RXDATAAVLBL) {
>                 *ptr = readl(host->base + MMCIFIFO + (count % fifo_size));
>                 ptr++;
>                 count += 4;
>                 remain--;
>                 if (!remain)
>                         break;
>         }
>         return count;
> }
>
> I guess you will run into additional problems when you come to doing
> SDIO. This function can return *more* bytes than asked for, as it rounds
> up. It won't happen with MMC/SD transfers since these are always
> divisible by 8, but it *will* happen on SDIO!
>
> If you look carefully at the comments in mmci_pio_read() you will
> see how this is handled. Are you sure this function cannot be
> augmented to handle the qcom variant as well so you don't get this
> problem further down the road?

I did try to customize the mmci_pio_read function but I failed all the 
time. The reason being the behaviour of MCI_FIFOCNT register which is 
totally different to the way the function is written. I will give a try 
again.

Thanks,
srini
>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij
>