Re: [PATCH 2/2] mtd: spi-nor: add a stateless method to support memory size above 128Mib

From: Cyrille Pitchen
Date: Wed Dec 07 2016 - 11:29:46 EST


Le 07/12/2016 Ã 17:20, Marek Vasut a Ãcrit :
> On 12/06/2016 05:52 PM, Cyrille Pitchen wrote:
>> This patch provides an alternative mean to support memory above 16MiB
>> (128Mib) by replacing 3byte address op codes by their associated 4byte
>> address versions.
>>
>> Using the dedicated 4byte address op codes doesn't change the internal
>> state of the SPI NOR memory as opposed to using other means such as
>> updating a Base Address Register (BAR) and sending command to enter/leave
>> the 4byte mode.
>>
>> Hence when a CPU reset occurs, early bootloaders don't need to be aware
>> of BAR value or 4byte mode being enabled: they can still access the first
>> 16MiB of the SPI NOR memory using the regular 3byte address op codes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Vignesh R <vigneshr@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>> 1 file changed, 93 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
>> index 8abe134e174a..606c030c566d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
>> @@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ struct flash_info {
>> * bit. Must be used with
>> * SPI_NOR_HAS_LOCK.
>> */
>> +#define SPI_NOR_4B_OPCODES BIT(10) /*
>> + * Use dedicated 4byte address op codes
>> + * to support memory size above 128Mib.
>> + */
>> };
>>
>> #define JEDEC_MFR(info) ((info)->id[0])
>> @@ -188,6 +192,91 @@ static inline struct spi_nor *mtd_to_spi_nor(struct mtd_info *mtd)
>> return mtd->priv;
>> }
>>
>> +
>> +struct spi_nor_address_entry {
>> + u8 src_opcode;
>> + u8 dst_opcode;
>> +};
>> +
>> +static u8 spi_nor_convert_opcode(u8 opcode,
>> + const struct spi_nor_address_entry *entries,
>> + size_t num_entries)
>> +{
>> + int min, max;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * This function implements a dichotomic search in the entries[]
>> + * array indexed by src_opcode. Hence we assume that the entries[]
>> + * array is sorted by src_opcode.
>> + * The dichotomic search has a logarithmic complexity as opposed
>> + * to a simple loop on all entires, which has a linear complexity:
>> + * it means that when n is the number of entries in the input array,
>> + * the dichotomic search performs O(log2(n)) comparisons whereas
>> + * a simple loop performs O(n) comparisons.
>> + */
>> + min = 0;
>> + max = num_entries - 1;
>> + while (min <= max) {
>> + int mid = (min + max) >> 1;
>> + const struct spi_nor_address_entry *entry = &entries[mid];
>> +
>> + if (opcode == entry->src_opcode)
>> + return entry->dst_opcode;
>> +
>> + if (opcode < entry->src_opcode)
>> + max = mid - 1;
>> + else
>> + min = mid + 1;
>> + }
>
> You have like 16 entries in that table, just do a linear search, this is
> only complex for no benefit.

Well ok, I agree with you, it's too much overkill for what it does.
For readiness purpose, what about a simple and straight forward switch()
statement? Let's forget about cache-line and other memory/time optimizations :)

>
>> + /* No conversion found */
>> + return opcode;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static u8 spi_nor_3to4_opcode(u8 opcode)
>> +{
>> + /* MUST be sorted by 3byte opcode (cf spi_nor_convert_opcode). */
>> +#define ENTRY_3TO4(_opcode) { _opcode, _opcode##_4B }
>> + static const struct spi_nor_address_entry spi_nor_3to4_table[] = {
>
> You can make this static const struct const for extra constness :-)
>
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_PP), /* 0x02 */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ), /* 0x03 */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_FAST), /* 0x0b */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_BE_4K), /* 0x20 */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_4), /* 0x32 */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_PP_1_4_4), /* 0x38 */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_2), /* 0x3b */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_BE_32K), /* 0x52 */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_4), /* 0x6b */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_1_2_2), /* 0xbb */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_SE), /* 0xd8 */
>> + ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_1_4_4), /* 0xeb */
>
> I'd probably break this into three smaller tables, read/program/erase
> and then call something like:
>
> spi_nor_3to4_opcode(nor->read_opcode, read_opcode_table,
> ARRAY_SIZE(read_opcode_table));
>
> This would further reduce the table size (heck, it'd probably fit into a
> cacheline), so linear search would be more than enough.
>
>> + };
>> +#undef ENTRY_3TO4
>> +
>> + return spi_nor_convert_opcode(opcode, spi_nor_3to4_table,
>> + ARRAY_SIZE(spi_nor_3to4_table));
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void spi_nor_set_4byte_opcodes(struct spi_nor *nor,
>> + const struct flash_info *info)
>> +{
>> + /* Do some manufacturer fixups first */
>> + switch (JEDEC_MFR(info)) {
>> + case SNOR_MFR_SPANSION:
>> + /* No small sector erase for 4-byte command set */
>> + nor->erase_opcode = SPINOR_OP_SE;
>> + nor->mtd.erasesize = info->sector_size;
>> + break;
>> +
>> + default:
>> + break;
>> + }
>> +
>> + nor->read_opcode = spi_nor_3to4_opcode(nor->read_opcode);
>> + nor->program_opcode = spi_nor_3to4_opcode(nor->program_opcode);
>> + nor->erase_opcode = spi_nor_3to4_opcode(nor->erase_opcode);
>> +}
>> +
>> /* Enable/disable 4-byte addressing mode. */
>> static inline int set_4byte(struct spi_nor *nor, const struct flash_info *info,
>> int enable)
>> @@ -1486,27 +1575,10 @@ int spi_nor_scan(struct spi_nor *nor, const char *name, enum read_mode mode)
>> else if (mtd->size > 0x1000000) {
>> /* enable 4-byte addressing if the device exceeds 16MiB */
>> nor->addr_width = 4;
>> - if (JEDEC_MFR(info) == SNOR_MFR_SPANSION) {
>> - /* Dedicated 4-byte command set */
>> - switch (nor->flash_read) {
>> - case SPI_NOR_QUAD:
>> - nor->read_opcode = SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_4_4B;
>> - break;
>> - case SPI_NOR_DUAL:
>> - nor->read_opcode = SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_2_4B;
>> - break;
>> - case SPI_NOR_FAST:
>> - nor->read_opcode = SPINOR_OP_READ_FAST_4B;
>> - break;
>> - case SPI_NOR_NORMAL:
>> - nor->read_opcode = SPINOR_OP_READ_4B;
>> - break;
>> - }
>> - nor->program_opcode = SPINOR_OP_PP_4B;
>> - /* No small sector erase for 4-byte command set */
>> - nor->erase_opcode = SPINOR_OP_SE_4B;
>> - mtd->erasesize = info->sector_size;
>> - } else
>> + if (JEDEC_MFR(info) == SNOR_MFR_SPANSION ||
>> + info->flags & SPI_NOR_4B_OPCODES)
>> + spi_nor_set_4byte_opcodes(nor, info);
>> + else
>> set_4byte(nor, info, 1);
>> } else {
>> nor->addr_width = 3;
>>
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