Re: [PATCH 01/15] iio: buffer-dma: Get rid of incoming/outgoing queues

[Paul Cercueil]

Le dim., nov. 21 2021 at 19:49:03 +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen 
<lars@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> On 11/21/21 6:52 PM, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> > Hi Lars,
> >
> > Le dim., nov. 21 2021 at 17:23:35 +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen 
> > <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> > > On 11/15/21 3:19 PM, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> > > > The buffer-dma code was using two queues, incoming and outgoing, to
> > > > manage the state of the blocks in use.
> > > >
> > > > While this totally works, it adds some complexity to the code,
> > > > especially since the code only manages 2 blocks. It is much easier 
> > > > to
> > > > just check each block's state manually, and keep a counter for the 
> > > > next
> > > > block to dequeue.
> > > >
> > > > Since the new DMABUF based API wouldn't use these incoming and 
> > > > outgoing
> > > > queues anyway, getting rid of them now makes the upcoming changes
> > > > simpler.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > The outgoing queue is going to be replaced by fences, but I think 
> > > we need to keep the incoming queue.
> >
> > Blocks are always accessed in sequential order, so we now have a 
> > "queue->next_dequeue" that cycles between the buffers allocated for 
> > fileio.
> >
> > > > [...]
> > > > @@ -442,28 +435,33 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_dma_buffer_disable);
> > > >   static void iio_dma_buffer_enqueue(struct iio_dma_buffer_queue 
> > > > *queue,
> > > >       struct iio_dma_buffer_block *block)
> > > >   {
> > > > -    if (block->state == IIO_BLOCK_STATE_DEAD) {
> > > > +    if (block->state == IIO_BLOCK_STATE_DEAD)
> > > >           iio_buffer_block_put(block);
> > > > -    } else if (queue->active) {
> > > > +    else if (queue->active)
> > > >           iio_dma_buffer_submit_block(queue, block);
> > > > -    } else {
> > > > +    else
> > > >           block->state = IIO_BLOCK_STATE_QUEUED;
> > > > -        list_add_tail(&block->head, &queue->incoming);
> > > If iio_dma_buffer_enqueue() is called with a dmabuf and the buffer 
> > > is not active, it will be marked as queued, but we don't actually 
> > > keep a reference to it anywhere. It will never be submitted to 
> > > the DMA, and it will never be signaled as completed.
> >
> > We do keep a reference to the buffers, in the queue->fileio.blocks 
> > array. When the buffer is enabled, all the blocks in that array 
> > that are in the "queued" state will be submitted to the DMA.
> But not when used in combination with the DMA buf changes later in 
> this series.

That's still the case after the DMABUF changes of the series. Or can 
you point me exactly what you think is broken?

-Paul