Re: [PATCH 06/12] i2c: qup: proper error handling for i2c error in BAM mode

[Sricharan R <sricharan@codeaurora.org>]

On 2/3/2018 1:28 PM, Abhishek Sahu wrote:
> Currently the i2c error handling in BAM mode is not working
> properly in stress condition.
> 
> 1. After an error, the FIFO are being written with FLUSH and
>    EOT tags which should not be required since already these tags
>    have been written in BAM descriptor itself.
> 
> 2. QUP state is being moved to RESET in IRQ handler in case
>    of error. When QUP HW encounters an error in BAM mode then it
>    moves the QUP STATE to PAUSE state. In this case, I2C_FLUSH
>    command needs to be executed while moving to RUN_STATE by writing
>    to the QUP_STATE register with the I2C_FLUSH bit set to 1.
> 
> 3. In Error case, sometimes, QUP generates more than one
>    interrupt which will trigger the complete again. After an error,
>    the flush operation will be scheduled after doing
>    reinit_completion which should be triggered by BAM IRQ callback.
>    If the second QUP IRQ comes during this time then it will call
>    the complete and the transfer function will assume the all the
>    BAM HW descriptors have been completed.
> 
> 4. The release DMA is being called after each error which
>    will free the DMA tx and rx channels. The error like NACK is very
>    common in I2C transfer and every time this will be overhead. Now,
>    since the error handling is proper so this release channel can be
>    completely avoided.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sahu <absahu@codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qup.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qup.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qup.c
> index 094be6a..6227a5c 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qup.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qup.c
> @@ -228,9 +228,24 @@ static irqreturn_t qup_i2c_interrupt(int irq, void *dev)
>  	if (bus_err)
>  		writel(bus_err, qup->base + QUP_I2C_STATUS);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Check for BAM mode and returns if already error has come for current
> +	 * transfer. In Error case, sometimes, QUP generates more than one
> +	 * interrupt.
> +	 */
> +	if (qup->use_dma && (qup->qup_err || qup->bus_err))
> +		return IRQ_HANDLED;
> +
>  	/* Reset the QUP State in case of error */
>  	if (qup_err || bus_err) {
> -		writel(QUP_RESET_STATE, qup->base + QUP_STATE);
> +		/*
> +		 * Don’t reset the QUP state in case of BAM mode. The BAM
> +		 * flush operation needs to be scheduled in transfer function
> +		 * which will clear the remaining schedule descriptors in BAM
> +		 * HW FIFO and generates the BAM interrupt.
> +		 */
> +		if (!qup->use_dma)
> +			writel(QUP_RESET_STATE, qup->base + QUP_STATE);
>  		goto done;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -841,20 +856,12 @@ static int qup_i2c_bam_do_xfer(struct qup_i2c_dev *qup, struct i2c_msg *msg,
>  			goto desc_err;
>  		}
>  
> -		if (rx_buf)
> -			writel(QUP_BAM_INPUT_EOT,
> -			       qup->base + QUP_OUT_FIFO_BASE);
> -
> -		writel(QUP_BAM_FLUSH_STOP, qup->base + QUP_OUT_FIFO_BASE);
> -
>  		qup_i2c_flush(qup);
>  
>  		/* wait for remaining interrupts to occur */
>  		if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&qup->xfer, HZ))
>  			dev_err(qup->dev, "flush timed out\n");
>  
> -		qup_i2c_rel_dma(qup);
> -
>  		ret =  (qup->bus_err & QUP_I2C_NACK_FLAG) ? -ENXIO : -EIO;
>  	}
>  
> 

 Reviewed-by: Sricharan R <sricharan@codeaurora.org>

Regards,
 Sricharan

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