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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] bus: mhi: core: Remove link_status() callback
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On 4/6/2020 11:58 PM, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:04:37PM -0600, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:
>> If the MHI core detects invalid data due to a PCI read, it calls into
>> the controller via link_status() to double check that the link is infact
>> down. All in all, this is pretty pointless, and racy. There are no good
>> reasons for this, and only drawbacks.
>>
>> Its pointless because chances are, the controller is going to do the same
>> thing to determine if the link is down - attempt a PCI access and compare
>> the result. This does not make the link status decision any smarter.
>>
>> Its racy because its possible that the link was down at the time of the
>> MHI core access, but then recovered before the controller access. In this
>> case, the controller will indicate the link is not down, and the MHI core
>> will precede to use a bad value as the MHI core does not attempt to retry
>> the access.
>>
>> Retrying the access in the MHI core is a bad idea because again, it is
>> racy - what if the link is down again? Furthermore, there may be some
>> higher level state associated with the link status, that is now invalid
>> because the link went down.
>>
>> The only reason why the MHI core could see "invalid" data when doing a PCI
>> access, that is actually valid, is if the register actually contained the
>> PCI spec defined sentinel for an invalid access. In this case, it is
>> arguable that the MHI implementation broken, and should be fixed, not
>> worked around.
>>
>> Therefore, remove the link_status() callback before anyone attempts to
>> implement it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@codeaurora.org>
>
> LGTM. But as per the IRC discussion I'd like the mhi_reg_read() to be
> implemented as a callback in mhi_controller struct inorder to truly make MHI
> a PCI agnostic bus.
>
> Since we don't have any controller driver in mainline, I think it is the
> good time to do this change.

No problem. I thought you might prefer that approach, hence the
discussion. :)

Do you want that included in this change, or as a follow up?

>
> For this,
>
> Reviewed-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
>
> Thanks,
> Mani
>
>> ---
>> drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c | 6 ++----
>> drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c | 5 ++---
>> include/linux/mhi.h | 2 --
>> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c
>> index b38359c..2af08d57 100644
>> --- a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c
>> +++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/init.c
>> @@ -812,10 +812,8 @@ int mhi_register_controller(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl,
>> if (!mhi_cntrl)
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> - if (!mhi_cntrl->runtime_get || !mhi_cntrl->runtime_put)
>> - return -EINVAL;
>> -
>> - if (!mhi_cntrl->status_cb || !mhi_cntrl->link_status)
>> + if (!mhi_cntrl->runtime_get || !mhi_cntrl->runtime_put ||
>> + !mhi_cntrl->status_cb)
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> ret = parse_config(mhi_cntrl, config);
>> diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c
>> index eb4256b..473278b8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c
>> @@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ int __must_check mhi_read_reg(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl,
>> {
>> u32 tmp = readl(base + offset);
>>
>> - /* If there is any unexpected value, query the link status */
>> - if (PCI_INVALID_READ(tmp) &&
>> - mhi_cntrl->link_status(mhi_cntrl))
>> + /* If the value is invalid, the link is down */
>> + if (PCI_INVALID_READ(tmp))
>> return -EIO;
>>
>> *out = tmp;
>> diff --git a/include/linux/mhi.h b/include/linux/mhi.h
>> index ad19960..be704a4 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/mhi.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/mhi.h
>> @@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ struct mhi_controller_config {
>> * @syserr_worker: System error worker
>> * @state_event: State change event
>> * @status_cb: CB function to notify power states of the device (required)
>> - * @link_status: CB function to query link status of the device (required)
>> * @wake_get: CB function to assert device wake (optional)
>> * @wake_put: CB function to de-assert device wake (optional)
>> * @wake_toggle: CB function to assert and de-assert device wake (optional)
>> @@ -417,7 +416,6 @@ struct mhi_controller {
>>
>> void (*status_cb)(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl,
>> enum mhi_callback cb);
>> - int (*link_status)(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl);
>> void (*wake_get)(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl, bool override);
>> void (*wake_put)(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl, bool override);
>> void (*wake_toggle)(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl);
>> --
>> Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the
>> Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.


--
Jeffrey Hugo
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the
Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.

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