Re: [PATCH] videobuf2/vb2_buffer_done: Changing the position of spinlock to protect only the required code

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Satendra,

Thanks for the patch.

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 01:51:36PM +0530, Satendra Singh Thakur wrote:
> 1.Currently, in the func vb2_buffer_done, spinlock protects
> following code
> vb->state = VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED;
> list_add_tail(&vb->done_entry, &q->done_list);
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->done_lock, flags);
> vb->state = state;
> atomic_dec(&q->owned_by_drv_count);
> 2.The spinlock is mainly needed to protect list related ops and
> vb->state = STATE_ERROR or STATE_DONE as in other funcs
> vb2_discard_done
> __vb2_get_done_vb
> vb2_core_poll.
> 3. Therefore, spinlock is mainly needed for
>    list_add, list_del, list_first_entry ops
>    and state = STATE_DONE and STATE_ERROR to protect
>    done_list queue.
> 3. Hence, state = STATE_QUEUED doesn't need spinlock protection.
> 4. Also atomic_dec dones't require the same as its already atomic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Satendra Singh Thakur <satendra.t@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> index f32ec73..968b403 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> @@ -923,17 +923,17 @@ void vb2_buffer_done(struct vb2_buffer *vb, enum vb2_buffer_state state)
>  			call_void_memop(vb, finish, vb->planes[plane].mem_priv);
>  	}
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->done_lock, flags);
>  	if (state == VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED ||
>  	    state == VB2_BUF_STATE_REQUEUEING) {
>  		vb->state = VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED;
>  	} else {

You could move flags here as well. I wonder what others think.

>  		/* Add the buffer to the done buffers list */
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&q->done_lock, flags);
>  		list_add_tail(&vb->done_entry, &q->done_list);
>  		vb->state = state;

The state could be assigned without holding the lock here.

> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->done_lock, flags);
>  	}
>  	atomic_dec(&q->owned_by_drv_count);
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->done_lock, flags);
>  
>  	trace_vb2_buf_done(q, vb);
>  

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Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus
sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx