Re: [PATCH V3 09/18] coresight: tmc: allocating memory when needed

From: Mathieu Poirier
Date: Mon Apr 25 2016 - 10:24:14 EST


On 25 April 2016 at 04:20, Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 22/04/16 18:14, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
>>
>> static int tmc_enable_etf_sink(struct coresight_device *csdev, u32 mode)
>> {
>> + bool used = false;
>> + char *buf = NULL;
>> unsigned long flags;
>> struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(csdev->dev.parent);
>>
>> + /* This shouldn't be happening */
>> + if (WARN_ON(mode != CS_MODE_SYSFS))
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * If a buffer is already allocated *keep holding* the lock and
>> + * jump to the fast path. Otherwise release the lock and allocate
>> + * memory to work with.
>> + */
>> spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>> + if (drvdata->buf)
>> + goto fast_path;
>> +
>> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>> +
>> + /* Allocating the memory here while outside of the spinlock */
>> + buf = kzalloc(drvdata->size, GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!buf)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + /* Let's try again */
>> + spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>> +fast_path:
>
>
> nit: As I mentioned in the previous series, could we not avoid the goto in
> the middle of the
> function,by doing :
>
> if (!drvdata->buf) {
> unlock();
> buf = alloc();
> if (!buf) return -ENOMEM;
> lock();
> }
>

If we do not move the condition below (as per your comment in the
previous set), this will indeed make the code easier to
read/understand.

I will make the change.

>
>> if (drvdata->reading) {
>> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>> + /*
>> + * Free allocated memory outside of the spinlock. There
>> is
>> + * no need to assert the validity of 'buf' since calling
>> + * kfree(NULL) is safe.
>> + */
>> + kfree(buf);
>> return -EBUSY;
>> }
>
>
> It would be good to unify the exit points as we do similar steps.
> if (drvdata->reading) {
> rc = -EBUSY;
> goto out;
> }
>>
>>
>> + /*
>> + * If drvdata::buf isn't NULL, memory was allocated for a previous
>> + * trace run but wasn't read. If so simply zero-out the memory.
>> + * Otherwise use the memory allocated above.
>> + *
>> + * The memory is freed when users read the buffer using the
>> + * /dev/xyz.{etf|etb} interface. See tmc_read_unprepare_etf() for
>> + * details.
>> + */
>> + if (drvdata->buf) {
>> + memset(drvdata->buf, 0, drvdata->size);
>> + } else {
>> + used = true;
>> + drvdata->buf = buf;
>> + }
>> +
>> tmc_etb_enable_hw(drvdata);
>> drvdata->enable = true;
>
>
> out:
>
>> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>>
>> + /* Free memory outside the spinlock if need be */
>> + if (!used && buf)
>> + kfree(buf);
>> +
>
> if (!rc)
> dev_info(drvdata->dev, "TMC-ETB/ETF enabled\n");
> return rc
>
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
>> b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
>> index 3483d139a4ac..474c70c089f3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
>
>
>> static int tmc_enable_etr_sink(struct coresight_device *csdev, u32 mode)
>> {
>> + bool used = false;
>> unsigned long flags;
>> + void __iomem *vaddr = NULL;
>> + dma_addr_t paddr;
>> struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(csdev->dev.parent);
>>
>> + /* This shouldn't be happening */
>> + if (WARN_ON(mode != CS_MODE_SYSFS))
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * If a buffer is already allocated *keep holding* the lock and
>> + * jump to the fast path. Otherwise release the lock and allocate
>> + * memory to work with.
>> + */
>> + spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>> + if (drvdata->vaddr)
>> + goto fast_path;
>> +
>> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * Contiguous memory can't be allocated while a spinlock is held.
>> + * As such allocate memory here and free it if a buffer has
>> already
>> + * been allocated (from a previous session).
>> + */
>> + vaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(drvdata->dev, drvdata->size,
>> + &paddr, GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!vaddr)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + /* Let's try again */
>> spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>> +fast_path:
>
>
> nit: Same as above.
>
> I am not too particular about the above changes, but would be good to have
> them
> reader friendly.
>
> Either way,
>
> Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
>
> Suzuki