Re: [PATCH] RFC: mmc: dw_mmc: Always go to STATE_DATA_BUSY from STATE_DATA_ERROR

[Doug Anderson]

Seungwon,

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Seungwon Jeon <tgih.jun@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I guess Doug are debugging it with wifi, right?

Yes, we're debugging it on the Samsung ARM Chromebook on a part that
has an SDIO WiFi module by Marvell.  Bing Zhao (CCed) has a unit in
hand that generates lots of CRC errors and has been testing patches
I've sent him.


> The problem happens when dw_mci_stop_dma is called in the middle of data transfers.
> If data error occurs in the end of block, EVENT_XFER_COMPLETE might be set. So, it's fine.
> Actually, dw_mci_idmac_stop_dma stops the dma working, there is no further interrupt for dma completion.

That sounds right to me.


> There are two solutions we have applied.

I'm a little confused.  Have you already applied one or both of the
solutions you list below, or are you proposing them as alternates to
the patch I submitted?

> #1. deferring the call of dw_mci_stop_dma until EVENT_XFER_COMPLETE flag is set into pending_events.
> In this case, dma transfer will be continued with error.
>
> @@ -1062,7 +1062,6 @@ static void dw_mci_tasklet_func(unsigned long priv)
>                 case STATE_SENDING_DATA:
>                         if (test_and_clear_bit(EVENT_DATA_ERROR,
>                                                &host->pending_events)) {
> -                               dw_mci_stop_dma(host);
>                                 if (data->stop)
>                                         send_stop_cmd(host, data);
>                                 state = STATE_DATA_ERROR;
> @@ -1155,6 +1154,9 @@ static void dw_mci_tasklet_func(unsigned long priv)
>                                                 &host->pending_events))
>                                 break;
>
> +                       dw_mci_stop_dma(host);
> +                       set_bit(EVENT_XFER_COMPLETE, &host->completed_events);
> +
>                         state = STATE_DATA_BUSY;
>                         break;

I can't say that I'm quite familiar enough with the intricate details
of the driver to know whether this is a good idea or guaranteed to
work.  Do we really think that we'll still get the end of the transfer
properly if we've seen an error already?  I worry that we won't.


> #2. set EVENT_XFER_COMPLETE flag when dw_mci_stop_dma is called regardless using_dma.
>
> @@ -299,10 +299,9 @@ static void dw_mci_stop_dma(struct dw_mci *host)
>         if (host->using_dma) {
>                 host->dma_ops->stop(host);
>                 host->dma_ops->cleanup(host);
> -       } else {
> -               /* Data transfer was stopped by the interrupt handler */
> -               set_bit(EVENT_XFER_COMPLETE, &host->pending_events);
>         }
> +
> +       set_bit(EVENT_XFER_COMPLETE, &host->pending_events);
>  }

This is fairly similar to my patch but goes further.  I believe my
patch has this effect but only for the call to dw_mci_stop_dma() in
STATE_SENDING_DATA in the tasklet.  Your affects all 3 calls to
dw_mci_stop_dma().

This seems reasonable but I don't have confidence in my understanding
of this driver's state machine (especially with regards to the error
conditions) that I can say which is better.  If you think that this is
a more correct solution than mine then we can give it some testing.

Thanks!

-Doug
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