From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jayant Chowdhary <jchowdhary@google.com>
Cc: dan.scally@ideasonboard.com, stern@rowland.harvard.edu,
laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com, m.grzeschik@pengutronix.de,
Thinh.Nguyen@synopsys.com, arakesh@google.com,
etalvala@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] usb:gadget:uvc Do not use worker thread to pump isoc usb requests
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 06:29:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023110953-tavern-underwent-63e7@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231109021251.542558-1-jchowdhary@google.com>
On Thu, Nov 09, 2023 at 02:12:50AM +0000, Jayant Chowdhary wrote:
> When we use an async work queue to perform the function of pumping
> usb requests to the usb controller, it is possible that amongst other
> factors, thread scheduling affects at what cadence we're able to pump
> requests. This could mean isoc usb requests miss their uframes - resulting
> in video stream flickers on the host device.
>
> To avoid this, we make the async_wq thread only produce isoc usb_requests
> with uvc buffers encoded into them. The process of queueing to the
> endpoint is done by the uvc_video_complete() handler. In case no
> usb_requests are ready with encoded information, we just queue a zero
> length request to the endpoint from the complete handler.
>
> For bulk endpoints the async_wq thread still queues usb requests to the
> endpoint.
>
> Change-Id: I8a33cbf83fb2f04376826185079f8b25404fe761
> Signed-off-by: Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@pengutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Jayant Chowdhary <jchowdhary@google.com>
> Suggested-by: Avichal Rakesh <arakesh@google.com>
> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> ---
> Based on top of
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20230930184821.310143-1-arakesh@google.com/T/#t:
> v1->v2: Added self Signed-Off-by and addressed review comments
> v2->v3: Encode to usb requests in async_wq; queue to ep in complete handler
> for isoc transfers.
> v3->v4: Address review comments around code style.
> v4->v5: Update comments. Remove 0 length request queueing from async_wq
> thread since it is already done by the complete handler.
You forgot to run checkpatch.pl :(
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-09 5:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-25 22:59 [PATCH] usb:gadget:uvc Do not use worker thread to pump usb requests Jayant Chowdhary
2023-10-26 6:58 ` Michael Grzeschik
2023-10-26 21:56 ` [PATCH v2] " Jayant Chowdhary
2023-10-27 7:19 ` Greg KH
2023-10-27 7:51 ` Laurent Pinchart
2023-10-27 11:10 ` Michael Grzeschik
2023-10-27 11:47 ` Laurent Pinchart
2023-10-27 13:39 ` Michael Grzeschik
2023-10-27 14:58 ` Alan Stern
2023-10-28 11:10 ` Michael Grzeschik
2023-10-28 14:09 ` Jayant Chowdhary
2023-10-31 6:11 ` Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-02 6:06 ` Jayant Chowdhary
2023-10-27 10:44 ` Greg KH
2023-11-02 6:01 ` [PATCH v3] usb:gadget:uvc Do not use worker thread to queue isoc " Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-02 16:07 ` Dan Scally
2023-11-03 7:13 ` [PATCH v4] usb:gadget:uvc Do not use worker thread to pump " Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-09 2:12 ` [PATCH v5] " Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-09 5:29 ` Greg KH [this message]
2023-11-09 7:38 ` Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-09 7:34 ` [PATCH v6] " Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-16 10:09 ` Dan Scally
2023-11-20 6:30 ` Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-20 6:20 ` [PATCH v7] " Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-03 7:28 ` [PATCH v3] usb:gadget:uvc Do not use worker thread to queue " Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-03 10:29 ` Michael Grzeschik
2023-11-06 17:51 ` Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-07 17:01 ` Dan Scally
2023-11-09 16:46 ` Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-14 18:52 ` Jayant Chowdhary
2023-11-16 10:10 ` Dan Scally
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