Re: [PATCH v2 01/14] v4l: vsp1: Fill display list headers without holding dlm spinlock

[Kieran Bingham <kieranbingham@gmail.com>]

Hi Laurent,

On 26/06/17 19:12, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> The display list headers are filled using information from the display
> list only. Lower the display list manager spinlock contention by filling
> the headers without holding the lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com>

Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@ideasonboard.com>

> ---
>  drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c
> index aaf17b13fd78..dc47e236c780 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c
> @@ -483,8 +483,6 @@ void vsp1_dl_list_commit(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl)
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	bool update;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&dlm->lock, flags);
> -
>  	if (dl->dlm->mode == VSP1_DL_MODE_HEADER) {
>  		struct vsp1_dl_list *dl_child;
>  
> @@ -501,7 +499,11 @@ void vsp1_dl_list_commit(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl)
>  
>  			vsp1_dl_list_fill_header(dl_child, last);
>  		}
> +	}
>  
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&dlm->lock, flags);
> +
> +	if (dl->dlm->mode == VSP1_DL_MODE_HEADER) {
>  		/*
>  		 * Commit the head display list to hardware. Chained headers
>  		 * will auto-start.
>