Re: [RFC PATCH] mmc: sdhci-pci-gli: fix GL9750 DMA write corruption

Adrian Hunter
2026-01-30T10:52:49Z

Genesys folks : Any comment on this?

On 18/01/2026 01:48, Matthew Schwartz wrote:
> The GL9750 SD host controller has intermittent data corruption during
> DMA write operations, which has been traced to an incorrect burst
> configuration. This was discovered by comparing initialization sequences
> between the working GL9767 controller and GL9750 and seeing that the
> GM_BURST register was handled differently.
>
> Clearing bits 16-17 eliminates the corruption with f3write/f3read tests
> while maintaining full DMA write/read performance.
>
> Fixes: e51df6ce668a ("mmc: host: sdhci-pci: Add Genesys Logic GL975x support")
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mmc/33d12807-5c72-41ce-8679-57aa11831fad@linux.dev/
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Schwartz <matthew.schwartz@linux.dev>
> ---
>
> Hi all,
>
> I arrived at this after a whole bunch of guesswork based on the other
> Genesys card readers in the kernel that do work, like GL9767. I landed on
> register 0x510 which appears to be "GM_BURST_SIZE" and ended up going
> through each bit and either setting it or masking it. Eventually, I
> arrived at masking bits 16-17 which seemed to stabilize writes completely.
>
> Could someone at Genesys confirm what this register is for on GL9750, and
> what those bits are? At least locally, I have been able to run 50GB of
> f3write/f3read without any corruption while before even 1GB would corrupt.
> This also maintains the same read/write speed as before this change. I
> tried searching online but was unable to find any relevant docs, and I'd
> like to confirm the purpose of those bits before sending this out as v1.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
> ---
> drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-gli.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-gli.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-gli.c
> index b0f91cc9e40e4..a06b0cf11f12d 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-gli.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-gli.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
> #define GLI_9750_WT_EN_ON 0x1
> #define GLI_9750_WT_EN_OFF 0x0
>
> +#define SDHCI_GLI_9750_GM_BURST_SIZE 0x510
> +#define SDHCI_GLI_9750_GM_BURST_SIZE_MASK GENMASK(17, 16)
> +
> #define SDHCI_GLI_9750_CFG2 0x848
> #define SDHCI_GLI_9750_CFG2_L1DLY GENMASK(28, 24)
> #define GLI_9750_CFG2_L1DLY_VALUE 0x1F
> @@ -629,6 +632,11 @@ static void gl9750_hw_setting(struct sdhci_host *host)
>
> gl9750_wt_on(host);
>
> + /* clear GM_BURST bits to avoid corruption with DMA writes */
> + value = sdhci_readl(host, SDHCI_GLI_9750_GM_BURST_SIZE);
> + value &= ~SDHCI_GLI_9750_GM_BURST_SIZE_MASK;
> + sdhci_writel(host, value, SDHCI_GLI_9750_GM_BURST_SIZE);
> +
> value = sdhci_readl(host, SDHCI_GLI_9750_CFG2);
> value &= ~SDHCI_GLI_9750_CFG2_L1DLY;
> /* set ASPM L1 entry delay to 7.9us */