Re: [PATCH 3/3] dmaengine: at_xdmac: double FIFO flush needed to compute residue

From: Nicolas Ferre
Date: Fri May 13 2016 - 08:28:15 EST


Le 12/05/2016 16:54, Ludovic Desroches a écrit :
> Due to the way CUBC register is updated, a double flush is needed to
> compute an accurate residue. First flush aim is to get data from the DMA
> FIFO and second one ensures that we won't report data which are not in
> memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: e1f7c9eee707 ("dmaengine: at_xdmac: creation of the atmel
> eXtended DMA Controller driver")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx #v4.1 and later

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
> index b02494e..75bd662 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
> @@ -1425,7 +1425,16 @@ at_xdmac_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_cookie_t cookie,
> residue = desc->xfer_size;
> /*
> * Flush FIFO: only relevant when the transfer is source peripheral
> - * synchronized.
> + * synchronized. Flush is needed before reading CUBC because data in
> + * the FIFO are not reported by CUBC. Reporting a residue of the
> + * transfer length while we have data in FIFO can cause issue.
> + * Usecase: atmel USART has a timeout which means I have received
> + * characters but there is no more character received for a while. On
> + * timeout, it requests the residue. If the data are in the DMA FIFO,
> + * we will return a residue of the transfer length. It means no data
> + * received. If an application is waiting for these data, it will hang
> + * since we won't have another USART timeout without receiving new
> + * data.
> */
> mask = AT_XDMAC_CC_TYPE | AT_XDMAC_CC_DSYNC;
> value = AT_XDMAC_CC_TYPE_PER_TRAN | AT_XDMAC_CC_DSYNC_PER2MEM;
> @@ -1481,6 +1490,19 @@ at_xdmac_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_cookie_t cookie,
> }
>
> /*
> + * Flush FIFO: only relevant when the transfer is source peripheral
> + * synchronized. Another flush is needed here because CUBC is updated
> + * when the controller sends the data write command. It can lead to
> + * report data that are not written in the memory or the device. The
> + * FIFO flush ensures that data are really written.
> + */
> + if ((desc->lld.mbr_cfg & mask) == value) {
> + at_xdmac_write(atxdmac, AT_XDMAC_GSWF, atchan->mask);
> + while (!(at_xdmac_chan_read(atchan, AT_XDMAC_CIS) & AT_XDMAC_CIS_FIS))
> + cpu_relax();
> + }
> +
> + /*
> * Remove size of all microblocks already transferred and the current
> * one. Then add the remaining size to transfer of the current
> * microblock.
>


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Nicolas Ferre