Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] ata: ahci_imx: Enlarge RX water mark for i.MX8QM SATA

From: Damien Le Moal
Date: Mon Jul 15 2024 - 18:01:34 EST


On 7/15/24 10:53, Richard Zhu wrote:
> The RXWM(RxWaterMark) sets the minimum number of free location within
> the RX FIFO before the watermark is exceeded which in turn will cause
> the Transport Layer to instruct the Link Layer to transmit HOLDS to
> the transmitting end.
>
> Based on the default RXWM value 0x20, RX FIFO overflow might be
> observed on i.MX8QM MEK board, when some Gen3 SATA disks are used.
>
> The FIFO overflow will result in CRC error, internal error and protocol
> error, then the SATA link is not stable anymore.
>
> To fix this issue, enlarge RX water mark setting from 0x20 to 0x29.
>
> Fixes: 027fa4dee935 ("ahci: imx: add the imx8qm ahci sata support")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c b/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
> index e94c0fdea2260..12d69a6429b6a 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ enum {
> /* Clock Reset Register */
> IMX_CLOCK_RESET = 0x7f3f,
> IMX_CLOCK_RESET_RESET = 1 << 0,
> + /* IMX8QM SATA specific control registers */
> + IMX8QM_SATA_AHCI_VEND_PTC = 0xc8,
> + IMX8QM_SATA_AHCI_VEND_PTC_RXWM_MASK = 0x7f,

Please use GENMASK() macro to define this.

> + IMX8QM_SATA_AHCI_VEND_PTC_NEWRXWM = 0x29,

Here too. And I do not see the point of the "NEW" in the macro name.

Also, what is "_VEND_" supposed to mean in the macro names ? "Vendor" ?
If that is the case, remove that too, which will give you shorter macro names.
If not, then spell it out because that is not clear.

> };
>
> enum ahci_imx_type {
> @@ -466,6 +470,12 @@ static int imx8_sata_enable(struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv)
> phy_power_off(imxpriv->cali_phy0);
> phy_exit(imxpriv->cali_phy0);
>
> + /* RxWaterMark setting */
> + val = readl(hpriv->mmio + IMX8QM_SATA_AHCI_VEND_PTC);
> + val &= ~IMX8QM_SATA_AHCI_VEND_PTC_RXWM_MASK;
> + val |= IMX8QM_SATA_AHCI_VEND_PTC_NEWRXWM;
> + writel(val, hpriv->mmio + IMX8QM_SATA_AHCI_VEND_PTC);
> +
> return 0;
>
> err_sata_phy_exit:

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research