Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/3] ASoC: fsl_asrc_dma: Reuse the dma channel if available in Back-End

[Shengjiu Wang]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 8:33 AM Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 06:05:49PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> > The dma channel has been requested by Back-End cpu dai driver already.
> > If fsl_asrc_dma requests dma chan with same dma:tx symlink, then
> > there will be below warning with SDMA.
> >
> > [   48.174236] fsl-esai-dai 2024000.esai: Cannot create DMA dma:tx symlink
> >
> > or with EDMA the request operation will fail for EDMA channel
> > can only be requested once.
> >
> > So If we can reuse the dma channel of Back-End, then the issue can be
> > fixed.
> >
> > In order to get the dma channel which is already requested in Back-End.
> > we use the exported two functions (snd_soc_lookup_component_nolocked
> > and soc_component_to_pcm). If we can get the dma channel, then reuse it,
> > if can't, then request a new one.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_common.h |  2 ++
> >  sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_dma.c    | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> > diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_common.h b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_common.h
> > index 77665b15c8db..09512bc79b80 100644
> > --- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_common.h
> > +++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_common.h
> > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ enum asrc_pair_index {
> >   * @dma_chan: inputer and output DMA channels
> >   * @dma_data: private dma data
> >   * @pos: hardware pointer position
> > + * @req_dma_chan_dev_to_dev: flag for release dev_to_dev chan
>
> Since we only have dma_request call for back-end only:
> + * @req_dma_chan: flag to release back-end dma chan

I prefer to use the description "flag to release dev_to_dev chan"
because we won't release the dma chan of the back-end. if the chan
is from the back-end, it is owned by the back-end component.

>
> > diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_dma.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_dma.c
> > index d6a3fc5f87e5..5ecb77d466d3 100644
> > --- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_dma.c
> > +++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_asrc_dma.c
> > @@ -160,6 +161,9 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dma_hw_params(struct snd_soc_component *component,
> >               substream_be = snd_soc_dpcm_get_substream(be, stream);
> >               dma_params_be = snd_soc_dai_get_dma_data(dai, substream_be);
> >               dev_be = dai->dev;
> > +             component_be = snd_soc_lookup_component_nolocked(dev_be, SND_DMAENGINE_PCM_DRV_NAME);
> > +             if (component_be)
> > +                     tmp_chan = soc_component_to_pcm(component_be)->chan[substream->stream];
>
> Should we use substream_be->stream or just substream->stream?

substream_be->stream should be better.

>
> And would be better to add these lines right before we really use
> tmp_chan because there's still some distance till it reaches that
> point. And would be better to have a line of comments too.

ok.

>
> > @@ -205,10 +209,14 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dma_hw_params(struct snd_soc_component *component,
> >        */
> >       if (!asrc->use_edma) {
> >               /* Get DMA request of Back-End */
> > -             tmp_chan = dma_request_slave_channel(dev_be, tx ? "tx" : "rx");
> > +             if (!tmp_chan) {
> > +                     tmp_chan_new = dma_request_slave_channel(dev_be, tx ? "tx" : "rx");
> > +                     tmp_chan = tmp_chan_new;
>
> This is a bit confusing...though I finally got it :)
> So probably better to have a line of comments.

ok.

>
> > @@ -220,9 +228,26 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dma_hw_params(struct snd_soc_component *component,
> >
> >               pair->dma_chan[dir] =
> >                       dma_request_channel(mask, filter, &pair->dma_data);
> > +             pair->req_dma_chan_dev_to_dev = true;
> >       } else {
> > -             pair->dma_chan[dir] =
> > -                     asrc->get_dma_channel(pair, dir);
> > +             /*
> > +              * With EDMA, there is two dma channels can be used for p2p,
> > +              * one is from ASRC, one is from another peripheral
> > +              * (ESAI or SAI). Previously we select the dma channel of ASRC,
> > +              * but find an issue for ideal ratio case, there is no control
> > +              * for data copy speed, the speed is faster than sample
> > +              * frequency.
> > +              *
> > +              * So we switch to use dma channel of peripheral (ESAI or SAI),
> > +              * that copy speed of DMA is controlled by data consumption
> > +              * speed in the peripheral FIFO.
> > +              */
>
> This sounds like a different issue and should be fixed separately?
> If you prefer not to, better to move this one to commit log, other
> than having a changelog here, in my opinion.

ok, will move it in commit log.

>
> Since it no longer uses get_dma_channel() for EDMA case, we should
> update the comments at the top as well.
>
> > +             pair->req_dma_chan_dev_to_dev = false;
> > +             pair->dma_chan[dir] = tmp_chan;
> > +             if (!pair->dma_chan[dir]) {
> > +                     pair->dma_chan[dir] = dma_request_slave_channel(dev_be, tx ? "tx" : "rx");
> > +                     pair->req_dma_chan_dev_to_dev = true;
> > +             }
> >       }
>
> Now there are some duplicated lines between these if-else routines, so
> combining my previous comments, we can do (sample change, not tested):

ok, will try yours.

>
> @@ -197,18 +199,29 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dma_hw_params(struct snd_soc_component *component,
>         dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, mask);
>         dma_cap_set(DMA_CYCLIC, mask);
>
> +       /*
> +        * The Back-End device might have already requested a DMA channel,
> +        * so try to reuse it first, and then request a new one upon NULL.
> +        */
> +       component_be = snd_soc_lookup_component_nolocked(dev_be, SND_DMAENGINE_PCM_DRV_NAME);
> +       if (component_be)       // should probably error out if !component_be?
> +               tmp_chan = be_chan = soc_component_to_pcm(component_be)->chan[substream->stream];
> +       if (!tmp_chan)
> +               tmp_chan = dma_request_slave_channel(dev_be, tx ? "tx" : "rx");
> +
>         /*
>          * An EDMA DEV_TO_DEV channel is fixed and bound with DMA event of each
>          * peripheral, unlike SDMA channel that is allocated dynamically. So no
> -        * need to configure dma_request and dma_request2, but get dma_chan via
> -        * dma_request_slave_channel directly with dma name of Front-End device
> +        * need to configure dma_request and dma_request2, but get dma_chan of
> +        * Back-End device directly via dma_request_slave_channel.
>          */
>         if (!asrc->use_edma) {
>                 /* Get DMA request of Back-End */
> -               tmp_chan = dma_request_slave_channel(dev_be, tx ? "tx" : "rx");
>                 tmp_data = tmp_chan->private;
>                 pair->dma_data.dma_request = tmp_data->dma_request;
> -               dma_release_channel(tmp_chan);
> +               /* Do not release tmp_chan if we are reusing the Back-End one */
> +               if (!be_chan)
> +                       dma_release_channel(tmp_chan);
>
>                 /* Get DMA request of Front-End */
>                 tmp_chan = asrc->get_dma_channel(pair, dir);
> @@ -220,9 +233,11 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dma_hw_params(struct snd_soc_component *component,
>
>                 pair->dma_chan[dir] =
>                         dma_request_channel(mask, filter, &pair->dma_data);
> +               pair->req_dma_chan = true;
>         } else {
> -               pair->dma_chan[dir] =
> -                       asrc->get_dma_channel(pair, dir);
> +               pair->dma_chan[dir] = tmp_chan;
> +               /* Do not flag to release if we are reusing the Back-End one */
> +               pair->req_dma_chan = !be_chan;
>         }
>
>         if (!pair->dma_chan[dir]) {
>
> > @@ -273,19 +299,21 @@ static int fsl_asrc_dma_hw_params(struct snd_soc_component *component,
> >  static int fsl_asrc_dma_hw_free(struct snd_soc_component *component,
> >                               struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
> >  {
> > +     bool tx = substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK;
> >       struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
> >       struct fsl_asrc_pair *pair = runtime->private_data;
> > +     u8 dir = tx ? OUT : IN;
> >
> >       snd_pcm_set_runtime_buffer(substream, NULL);
> >
> > -     if (pair->dma_chan[IN])
> > -             dma_release_channel(pair->dma_chan[IN]);
> > +     if (pair->dma_chan[!dir])
> > +             dma_release_channel(pair->dma_chan[!dir]);
> >
> > -     if (pair->dma_chan[OUT])
> > -             dma_release_channel(pair->dma_chan[OUT]);
> > +     if (pair->dma_chan[dir] && pair->req_dma_chan_dev_to_dev)
> > +             dma_release_channel(pair->dma_chan[dir]);
>
> Why we only apply this to one direction?

if the chan is from the back-end, it is owned by the back-end
component, so it should be released by the back-end component,
not here. That's why I added the flag "req_dma_chan".