RE: [PATCH] rtw88: Add delay on polling h2c command status bit

[Tony Chuang]

> Subject: [PATCH] rtw88: Add delay on polling h2c command status bit
> 
> On some systems we can constanly see rtw88 complains:
> [39584.721375] rtw_pci 0000:03:00.0: failed to send h2c command
> 
> Increase interval of each check to wait the status bit really changes.
> 
> While at it, add some helpers so we can use standarized
> readx_poll_timeout() macro.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c  | 12 ++++++------
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/hci.h |  4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> index 05c430b3489c..bc9982e77524 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
>  /* Copyright(c) 2018-2019  Realtek Corporation
>   */
> 
> +#include <linux/iopoll.h>
> +
>  #include "main.h"
>  #include "coex.h"
>  #include "fw.h"
> @@ -193,8 +195,8 @@ static void rtw_fw_send_h2c_command(struct
> rtw_dev *rtwdev,
>  	u8 box;
>  	u8 box_state;
>  	u32 box_reg, box_ex_reg;
> -	u32 h2c_wait;
>  	int idx;
> +	int ret;
> 
>  	rtw_dbg(rtwdev, RTW_DBG_FW,
>  		"send H2C content %02x%02x%02x%02x %02x%02x%02x%02x\n",
> @@ -226,12 +228,10 @@ static void rtw_fw_send_h2c_command(struct
> rtw_dev *rtwdev,
>  		goto out;
>  	}
> 
> -	h2c_wait = 20;
> -	do {
> -		box_state = rtw_read8(rtwdev, REG_HMETFR);
> -	} while ((box_state >> box) & 0x1 && --h2c_wait > 0);
> +	ret = readx_poll_timeout(rr8, REG_HMETFR, box_state,
> +				 !((box_state >> box) & 0x1), 100, 3000);
> 
> -	if (!h2c_wait) {
> +	if (ret) {
>  		rtw_err(rtwdev, "failed to send h2c command\n");
>  		goto out;
>  	}
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/hci.h
> b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/hci.h
> index 2cba327e6218..24062c7079c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/hci.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/hci.h
> @@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ rtw_write8_mask(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32 addr,
> u32 mask, u8 data)
>  	rtw_write8(rtwdev, addr, set);
>  }
> 
> +#define rr8(addr)      rtw_read8(rtwdev, addr)
> +#define rr16(addr)     rtw_read16(rtwdev, addr)
> +#define rr32(addr)     rtw_read32(rtwdev, addr)
> +
>  static inline enum rtw_hci_type rtw_hci_type(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
>  {
>  	return rtwdev->hci.type;
> --

I think the timeout is because the H2C is triggered when the lower 4 bytes are written.
So, we probably should write h2c[4] ~ h2c[7] before h2c[0] ~ h2c[3].

But this delay still works, I think you can keep it, and reorder the h2c write sequence.

Yen-Hsuan