Messages in this thread Patch in this message | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <> | Subject | [PATCH] media: platform: mtk-mdp: Fix mdp_ipi_comm structure alignment | Date | Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:56:53 +0100 |
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The mdp_ipi_comm structure defines a command that is either PROCESS (start processing) or DEINIT (destroy instance); we are using this one to send PROCESS or DEINIT commands from Linux to an MDP instance through a VPU write but, while the first wants us to stay 4-bytes aligned, the VPU instead requires an 8-bytes data alignment.
Keeping in mind that these commands are executed immediately after sending them (hence not chained with others before the VPU/MDP "actually" start executing), it is fine to simply add a padding of 4 bytes to this structure: this keeps the same performance as before, as we're still stack-allocating it, while avoiding hackery inside of mtk-vpu to ensure alignment bringing a definitely bigger performance impact.
Fixes: c8eb2d7e8202 ("[media] media: Add Mediatek MDP Driver") Signed-off-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com> ---
This patch has been tested on Acer Chromebook R 13 (MT8173 Elm) on Debian Sid.
This is an alternative solution to the mtk-vpu approach, found here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210920170408.1561-1-dafna.hirschfeld@collabora.com
drivers/media/platform/mtk-mdp/mtk_mdp_ipi.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-mdp/mtk_mdp_ipi.h b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-mdp/mtk_mdp_ipi.h index 2cb8cecb3077..b810c96695c8 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-mdp/mtk_mdp_ipi.h +++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-mdp/mtk_mdp_ipi.h @@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ struct mdp_ipi_init { * @ipi_id : IPI_MDP * @ap_inst : AP mtk_mdp_vpu address * @vpu_inst_addr : VPU MDP instance address + * @padding : Alignment padding */ struct mdp_ipi_comm { uint32_t msg_id; uint32_t ipi_id; uint64_t ap_inst; uint32_t vpu_inst_addr; + uint32_t padding; }; /** -- 2.35.1
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