Re: [PATCH 6/6] soundwire: qcom: do not probe devices before bus/link init

Pierre-Louis Bossart
2023-05-03T14:13:37Z

On 5/3/23 03:00, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 01/05/2023 15:43, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 5/1/23 07:24, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 20/04/2023 23:37, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/20/23 05:16, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>>> Soundwire devices are supposed to be kept in reset state (powered off)
>>>>> till their probe() or component bind() callbacks. However if they are
>>>>> already powered on, then they might enumerate before the master
>>>>> initializes bus in qcom_swrm_init() leading to occasional errors like:
>>>>
>>>> The problem statement is really hard to follow.
>>>>
>>>> The peripheral can only be enumerated AFTER
>>>> a) the manager starts the bus clock and transmitting PING frames
>>>> b) the peripheral detects the sync words for 16 frames in a row.
>>>> c) the peripheral reports as Attached in the Device0 slot
>>>>
>>>> That sequence holds whether the manager does the enumeration manually or
>>>> relies on hardware-assisted autoenumeration. This is what the spec requires.
>>>>
>>>> So why can't the bus clock start be controlled by the manager driver,
>>>> and started once all required initializations are done?
>>>>
>>>> I mean, there's got to be some sort of parent-child hierarchy with
>>>> manager first, peripheral(s) second, I don't get how these steps could
>>>> be inverted or race.
>>>>
>>>>> qcom-soundwire 6d30000.soundwire-controller: Qualcomm Soundwire controller v2.0.0 Registered
>>>>> wcd938x_codec audio-codec: bound sdw:0:0217:010d:00:4 (ops wcd938x_sdw_component_ops)
>>>>> wcd938x_codec audio-codec: bound sdw:0:0217:010d:00:3 (ops wcd938x_sdw_component_ops)
>>>>> qcom-soundwire 6ad0000.soundwire-controller: swrm_wait_for_wr_fifo_avail err write overflow
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem primarily lies in Qualcomm Soundwire controller probe() sequence:
>>>>> 1. request_threaded_irq()
>>>>> 2. sdw_bus_master_add() - which will cause probe() and component bind()
>>>>> of Soundwire devices, e.g. WCD938x codec drivers. Device drivers
>>>>> might already start accessing their registers.
>>>>
>>>> not if the bus clock hasn't started...
>>>>
>>>>> 3. qcom_swrm_init() - which initializes the link/bus and enables
>>>>> interrupts.
>>>>
>>>> if you can move the clock start in 3) then problem solved. Why can't
>>>> this be done?
>>>
>>> Responding to all your three responses:
>>> The clock is enabled in this 3. qcom_swrm_init(), so the old code to my
>>> knowledge is written exactly how you expect.
>>>
>>> However even with stopped clock, the device enumerates at
>>> sdw_bus_master_add(), before anything is enabled.
>>
>> Erm, that's not physically possible...
>>
>> The peripheral can report as attached and be enumerated by the manager,
>> i.e. assigned a non-zero "Device Number" after the peripheral
>> synchronizes on 16 frames with valid static and dynamic syncwords. That
>> can only happen if there is a clock toggling and PING frames transmitted
>> on the data line.
>>
>> There's something else at play here.
>
> Yes, I think you are right and that "else" is my limited knowledge on
> the entire setup.
>
> You gave me awesome hint in email before that probe != enumeration !=
> initialization, however the wcd938x sound codec drivers were assuming
> some steps are equal.
>
> wcd938x comes with three devices on two drivers:
> 1. RX Soundwire device (wcd938x-sdw.c driver)
> 2. TX Soundwire device, which is used as regmap (also wcd938x-sdw.c driver)
> 3. platform device (wcd938x.c driver) - glue and component master,
> actually having most of the code using TX Soundwire device regmap.
>
> The probe of each RX and TX Soundwire devices added components, but that
> this did not mean devices were enumerated, as you said.
>
> Considering what Mark said about using regcache (and sync it), I am now
> replacing entire solution with proper regcache handling device
> enumeration after component bind.

I thought you were talking about ASoC "struct snd_soc_component" but no,
that's "struct component_ops" in wcd938x-sdw.c

Now I think I get the scope of the problem, I didn't click on the fact
that it's a platform driver that registers ASoC components, and not the
SoundWire codec driver.

That's certainly more complicated than any other SoundWire-based systems
I've seen so far. It's already difficult to keep track of the SoundWire
peripheral driver .probe(), the ASoC component .probe(), the SoundWire
bus .update_status() callback and now there's
the component .bind() added.

Wow. What could possibly go wrong, eh?