Re: [PATCH v7 4/4] Bluetooth: btqca: inject command complete event during fw download

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Balakrishna,

> Latest qualcomm chips are not sending an command complete event for
> every firmware packet sent to chip. They only respond with a vendor
> specific event for the last firmware packet. This optimization will
> decrease the BT ON time. Due to this we are seeing a timeout error
> message logs on the console during firmware download. Now we are
> injecting a command complete event once we receive an vendor specific
> event for the last RAM firmware packet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Balakrishna Godavarthi <bgodavar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/bluetooth/btqca.h |  3 +++
> 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c
> index ec9e03a6b778..0b533f65f652 100644
> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c
> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c
> @@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ static void qca_tlv_check_data(struct rome_config *config,
> 		 * In case VSE is skipped, only the last segment is acked.
> 		 */
> 		config->dnld_mode = tlv_patch->download_mode;
> +		config->dnld_type = config->dnld_mode;
> 
> 		BT_DBG("Total Length           : %d bytes",
> 		       le32_to_cpu(tlv_patch->total_size));
> @@ -264,6 +265,31 @@ static int qca_tlv_send_segment(struct hci_dev *hdev, int seg_size,
> 	return err;
> }
> 
> +static int qca_inject_cmd_complete_event(struct hci_dev *hdev)
> +{
> +	struct hci_event_hdr *hdr;
> +	struct hci_ev_cmd_complete *evt;
> +	struct sk_buff *skb;
> +
> +	skb = bt_skb_alloc(sizeof(*hdr) + sizeof(*evt) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!skb)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	hdr = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
> +	hdr->evt = HCI_EV_CMD_COMPLETE;
> +	hdr->plen = sizeof(*evt) + 1;
> +
> +	evt = skb_put(skb, sizeof(*evt));
> +	evt->ncmd = 1;
> +	evt->opcode = HCI_OP_NOP;
> +
> +	skb_put_u8(skb, QCA_HCI_CC_SUCCESS);
> +
> +	hci_skb_pkt_type(skb) = HCI_EVENT_PKT;
> +
> +	return hci_recv_frame(hdev, skb);
> +}
> +
> static int qca_download_firmware(struct hci_dev *hdev,
> 				  struct rome_config *config)
> {
> @@ -297,11 +323,22 @@ static int qca_download_firmware(struct hci_dev *hdev,
> 		ret = qca_tlv_send_segment(hdev, segsize, segment,
> 					    config->dnld_mode);
> 		if (ret)
> -			break;
> +			goto out;
> 
> 		segment += segsize;
> 	}
> 
> +	/* Latest qualcomm chipsets are not sending a command complete event
> +	 * for every fw packet sent. They only respond with a vendor specific
> +	 * event for the last packet. This optimization in the chip will
> +	 * decrease the BT in initialization time. Here we will inject a command
> +	 * complete event to avoid a command timeout error message.
> +	 */
> +	if ((config->dnld_type == ROME_SKIP_EVT_VSE_CC ||
> +	    config->dnld_type == ROME_SKIP_EVT_VSE))
> +		return qca_inject_cmd_complete_event(hdev);
> +

have you actually considered using __hci_cmd_send in that case. It is allowed for vendor OGF to use that command. I see you actually do use it and now I am failing to understand what this is for.

Regards

Marcel