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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 05/10] drivers: qcom: rpmh-rsc: write sleep/wake requests to TCS
On Fri, Apr 27 2018 at 12:40 -0600, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:39:43AM -0600, Lina Iyer wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 25 2018 at 15:41 -0600, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
>> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 04:16:30PM -0600, Lina Iyer wrote:
>> > > Sleep and wake requests are sent when the application processor
>> > > subsystem of the SoC is entering deep sleep states like in suspend.
>> > > These requests help lower the system power requirements when the
>> > > resources are not in use.
>> > >
>> > > Sleep and wake requests are written to the TCS slots but are not
>> > > triggered at the time of writing. The TCS are triggered by the firmware
>> > > after the last of the CPUs has executed its WFI. Since these requests
>> > > may come in different batches of requests, it is the job of this
>> > > controller driver to find and arrange the requests into the available
>> > > TCSes.
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Lina Iyer <ilina@codeaurora.org>
>> > > Reviewed-by: Evan Green <evgreen@chromium.org>
>> > > ---
>> > > drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-internal.h | 8 +++
>> > > drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-rsc.c | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > > 2 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-internal.h b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-internal.h
>> > > index d9a21726e568..6e19fe458c31 100644
>> > > --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-internal.h
>> > > +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-internal.h
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> > > +static int find_match(const struct tcs_group *tcs, const struct tcs_cmd *cmd,
>> > > + int len)
>> > > +{
>> > > + int i, j;
>> > > +
>> > > + /* Check for already cached commands */
>> > > + for_each_set_bit(i, tcs->slots, MAX_TCS_SLOTS) {
>> > > + for (j = 0; j < len; j++) {
>> > > + if (tcs->cmd_cache[i] != cmd[0].addr) {
>> >
>> > Shouldn't the condition be 'tcs->cmd_cache[i + j] != cmd[j].addr'?
>> >
>> Here, we are trying to find the first address from the request and its
>> position 'i' in the cmd_cache.
>>
>> > Otherwise the code below the following if branch will never be
>> > executed. Either the 'tcs->cmd_cache[i] != cmd[0].addr' branch isn't
>> > entered because the addresses match, or the addresses don't match
>> > and the inner loop is aborted after the first iteration.
>> >
>> > > + if (j == 0)
>> > > + break;
>> > > + WARN(tcs->cmd_cache[i + j] != cmd[j].addr,
>> > > + "Message does not match previous sequence.\n");
>> We now check for the sequence using the iterator 'j' only after we have
>> found 'i' (the beginning of our request).
>>
>> I hope that helps clear the concern.
>
>It doesn't, maybe I'm just confused, the driver has a certain
>complexity and I don't claim to have a comprehensive understanding :)
>
>If I understand correctly find_match() is used to find a sequence of
>commands of length 'len' in the command cache. If that is correct I
>would expect it to do the following:
>
>1. iterate through the commands in the command cache and find a
>command that matches the first command in the sequence
>
>2. verify that the (len - 1) subsequent commands match those in the
>sequence, otherwise bail out
>
>If I'm not mistaken the current version of find_match() only checks
>that the first command exists. After that it happily increases the
>command index, but doesn't perform any checks (after finding the first
>command 'tcs->cmd_cache[i] != cmd[0].addr' remains false for the
>subsequent values of j). When j reaches (len - 1) the function
>returns the index of the first command in the cache, regardless of
>whether the other commands match or not.
>
Did you miss the check inside the WARN?
WARN(tcs->cmd_cache[i + j] != cmd[j].addr,

--Lina

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