Re: [PATCH 0/2] mmc: mmci: add quirk property to add stm32 transfer mode

From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin
Date: Thu Feb 21 2019 - 09:03:15 EST


On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 02:38:36PM +0100, Ludovic BARRE wrote:
> hi Russell & Ulf
>
> On 2/21/19 11:30 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 10:27:39AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 11:10:49AM +0100, Ludovic Barre wrote:
> > > > From: Ludovic Barre <ludovic.barre@xxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > This patch series introduces a bitmap of hardware quirks that require
> > > > some special action. This should reduce the number of boolean
> > > > into variant structure.
> > > > And adds quirk bit to define sdmmc specific transfer modes.
> > >
> > > Please find some other way to deal with these differences. As far as
> > > I'm concerned, introducing a quirk bitmask such as what was done in
> > > sdhci is a complete disaster and leads to long-term maintanability
> > > problems.
> > >
> > > We already have a way to deal with variants in mmci.
> >
> > ... to finish what I was saying ...
> >
> > and I think that:
> >
> > if (variant->blksz_datactrl16)
> > datactrl = variant->datactrl_dpsm_enable | (data->blksz << 16);
> > else if (variant->blksz_datactrl4)
> > datactrl = variant->datactrl_dpsm_enable | (data->blksz << 4);
> > else
> > datactrl = variant->datactrl_dpsm_enable | blksz_bits << 4;
> >
> > ought to become a variant function call which returns the appropriate
> > datactrl value. This would shrink the amount of variant testing in this
> > path, and also means that going forward we aren't facing an endlessly
> > increasing number of tests here.
>
> For blksz_datactrl case:
> We could create an inline function for datactrl16 and blksz_datactrl4
> which returns the appropriate datactrl value (specific for ux500v2 and
> qcom). This function could be register in mmci_host_ops structure.

Yes, this is what I'm proposing (except for the "inline" bit which
seems meaningless if it's called via the mmci_host_ops structure.)
I'm also proposing that it shouldn't just be the blksz that's
returned but anything that the variant needs to take account of,
including the stm transfer mode.

> in mmci_start_data function we could call a common function which call a
> hook if defined.
>
> int mmci_dblksz(struct mmci_host *host)

As this is returning a register value, "u32" would be more appropriate
than "int".

> {
> if (host->ops && host->ops->dblksz)
> return host->ops->dblk(host);
>
> /* default data block size definition */
> blksz_bits = ffs(data->blksz) - 1;
> return blksz_bits << 4;
> }
>
> what do you think about it?

I don't see any reason not to make the call unconditional and have every
variant supply an appropriate function pointer. IMHO that keeps stuff
cleaner.

> After, I'm afraid to multiply callback function in mmci_host_ops.
>
> For stm32 transfer mode:
> ditto, a callback function or I keep a boolean?
>
> BR
> Ludo
>
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Ludovic Barre (2):
> > > > mmc: mmci: introduce a quirks property into variant struct
> > > > mmc: mmci: add quirk property to add stm32 transfer mode
> > > >
> > > > drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c | 11 +++++++++++
> > > > drivers/mmc/host/mmci.h | 9 +++++++++
> > > > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 2.7.4
> > > >
> > > >
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