Re: [RFC PATCH v6 6/9] media: tegra: Add Tegra210 Video input driver

[Dmitry Osipenko]

06.04.2020 20:02, Sowjanya Komatineni ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> 
> On 4/6/20 9:37 AM, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
>>
>> On 4/6/20 9:29 AM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
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>>> 06.04.2020 19:12, Sowjanya Komatineni ÐÐÑÐÑ:
>>>> On 4/6/20 9:05 AM, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>> 06.04.2020 18:35, Sowjanya Komatineni ÐÐÑÐÑ:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> +ÂÂÂÂ /* wait for syncpt counter to reach frame start event
>>>>>>>> threshold */
>>>>>>>> +ÂÂÂÂ err = host1x_syncpt_wait(chan->frame_start_sp, thresh,
>>>>>>>> + TEGRA_VI_SYNCPT_WAIT_TIMEOUT, &value);
>>>>>>>> +ÂÂÂÂ if (err) {
>>>>>>>> +ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ dev_err(&chan->video.dev,
>>>>>>>> +ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ "frame start syncpt timeout: %d\n", err);
>>>>>>>> +ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ /* increment syncpoint counter for timedout events */
>>>>>>>> + host1x_syncpt_incr(chan->frame_start_sp);
>>>>>>> Why incrementing is done while hardware is still active?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The sync point's state needs to be completely reset after resetting
>>>>>>> hardware. But I don't think that the current upstream host1x driver
>>>>>>> supports doing that, it's one of the known-long-standing problems of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> host1x driver.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At least the sp->max_val incrementing should be done based on the
>>>>>>> actual
>>>>>>> syncpoint value and this should be done after resetting hardware.
>>>>>> upstream host1x driver don't have API to reset or to equalize max
>>>>>> value
>>>>>> with min/load value.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So to synchronize missed event, incrementing HW syncpt counter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This should not impact as we increment this in case of missed events
>>>>>> only.
>>>>> It's wrong to touch sync point while hardware is active and it's
>>>>> active
>>>>> until being reset.
>>>>>
>>>>> You should re-check the timeout after hw resetting and manually put
>>>>> the
>>>>> syncpoint counter back into sync only if needed.
>>>> There is possibility of timeout to happen any time even during the
>>>> capture also and is not related to hw reset.
>>>>
>>>> Manual synchronization is needed when timeout of any frame events
>>>> happen
>>>> otherwise all subsequence frames will timeout due to mismatch in event
>>>> counters.
>>> My point is that hardware is stopped only after being reset, until then
>>> you should assume that sync point could be incremented by HW at any
>>> time.
>>>
>>> And if this happens that HW increments sync point after the timeout,
>>> then the sync point counter should become out-of-sync in yours case,
>>> IIUC. Because host1x_syncpt_incr() doesn't update the cached counter.
>>
>> We wait for enough time based on frame rate for syncpt increment to
>> happen and if it doesn't happen by then definitely its missed event
>> and we increment HW syncpoint for this timed event.
>>
>> cached value gets updated during syncpt wait for subsequent event.
>>
>> syncpt increment happens for all subsequent frame events during video
>> capture.
>>
> Just to be clear, syncpt max value increment happens first and syncpt
> trigger condition is programmed. hw syncpt increment happens based on HW
> events.
> 
> Wait time for HW syncpt to reach threshold is tuned to work for all
> frame rates. So if increment doesn't happen by then, its definitely
> missed event.

This is questionable. Technically, speculating about whether the tuned
value is good for all possible cases is incorrect thing to do.

Although, I guess in practice it should be good enough for the starter
and could be improved later on, once the host1x driver will be improved.

> In case of missed HW event corresponding to syncpt condition, hw syncpt
> increment does not happen and driver increments it on timeout.
> 
> As there is not API to equialize max with min incase of timeout/reset,
> incrementing HW syncpt for timed out event.
> 
> syncpt cached value gets updated during syncpt wait when it loads from
> HW syncpt.
> 
> As syncpt condition is already triggered, without compensating timeout
> events or leaving syncpt max and hw syncpt in non synchronized state for
> missed events, subsequent streamings will all timeout even on real events.
>