[PATCH 1/2] gpu: host1x: skip redundant syncpoint loads in host1x_syncpt_wait()
From: Tanmay Patil
Date: Thu May 14 2026 - 06:34:20 EST
In host1x_syncpt_wait(), the hardware syncpoint value was loaded
initially for expiry check, and then loaded a second time to
populate the caller's value pointer. Reuse a single load for
both purposes.
After dma_fence_wait_timeout(), the previous code reloaded the syncpoint
value for the expiry check, which is only required in the timeout case.
On success (i.e., return value > 0, or return value == 0 with zero
jiffies remaining), the ISR has already cached the value before
signaling the fence. The value pointer can therefore be populated using
the cached value using host1x_syncpt_read_min() without MMIO access.
Only the timeout path requires a fresh load, move host1x_syncpt_load()
under that path.
Measured Syncpoint wait latency (50000 samples):
Average latency: 12.2 us -> 10.6 us
99.99 pct latency: 62.96 us -> 51.90 us
Signed-off-by: Tanmay Patil <tanmayp@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/host1x/syncpt.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/syncpt.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/syncpt.c
index acc7d82e0585..807c74fc6a0a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/syncpt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/syncpt.c
@@ -222,11 +222,12 @@ int host1x_syncpt_wait(struct host1x_syncpt *sp, u32 thresh, long timeout,
{
struct dma_fence *fence;
long wait_err;
+ u32 curr;
- host1x_hw_syncpt_load(sp->host, sp);
+ curr = host1x_syncpt_load(sp);
if (value)
- *value = host1x_syncpt_load(sp);
+ *value = curr;
if (host1x_syncpt_is_expired(sp, thresh))
return 0;
@@ -245,21 +246,25 @@ int host1x_syncpt_wait(struct host1x_syncpt *sp, u32 thresh, long timeout,
host1x_fence_cancel(fence);
dma_fence_put(fence);
- if (value)
- *value = host1x_syncpt_load(sp);
-
/*
* Don't rely on dma_fence_wait_timeout return value,
* since it returns zero both on timeout and if the
* wait completed with 0 jiffies left.
*/
- host1x_hw_syncpt_load(sp->host, sp);
- if (wait_err == 0 && !host1x_syncpt_is_expired(sp, thresh))
+ if (wait_err == 0 && !host1x_syncpt_is_expired(sp, thresh)) {
+ if (value)
+ *value = host1x_syncpt_load(sp);
+
return -EAGAIN;
- else if (wait_err < 0)
+ } else if (wait_err < 0) {
return wait_err;
- else
+ } else {
+ /* Success, read the value cached by ISR */
+ if (value)
+ *value = host1x_syncpt_read_min(sp);
+
return 0;
+ }
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(host1x_syncpt_wait);
--
2.54.0