Re: [PATCH 3/7] phy: qcom-qmp-combo: Introduce orientation variable

From: Bjorn Andersson
Date: Thu May 04 2023 - 11:16:46 EST


On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 03:44:53PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 08:29:07PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 01:48:16PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 08:40:06PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
>
> > > > static void qmp_v3_dp_aux_init(struct qmp_combo *qmp);
> > > > @@ -1955,29 +1962,23 @@ static void qmp_v3_configure_dp_tx(struct qmp_combo *qmp)
> > > > static bool qmp_combo_configure_dp_mode(struct qmp_combo *qmp)
> > > > {
> > > > u32 val;
> > > > - bool reverse = false;
> > > > + bool reverse = qmp->orientation == TYPEC_ORIENTATION_REVERSE;
>
> > > It also looks like these callbacks end up being called without holding
> > > the qmp->phy_mutex via phy->power_on(). Perhaps there is no risk for a
> > > concurrent switch notification and dp phy power-on but it's not that
> > > obvious.
>
> > It seems we're arriving here from hpd_event_thread(), while
> > phy_power_on() and phy_power_off() will be called in some other context.
> > I've not been able to convince myself if DP driver ensures ordering, or
> > if we have an existing race here...
>
> > Unless you insist, I would prefer to follow up with an additional patch
> > once we've landed this series. The fix will depend on the phy_mutex
> > shuffling patch anyways...
>
> Sure.
>
> But perhaps you can just move the orientation == qmp->orientation check
> under the mutex in qmp_combo_typec_switch_set() for now (in case I
> forgot to point that out earlier).
>

qmp_combo_probe() and qmp_combo_typec_switch_set() are the only writers
to qmp->orientation, so that check can't race with any updates and hence
doesn't need to be protected.

Reading the code again, qmp_combo_configure_dp_mode() is invoked from
phy_power_on(), not the hpd_event_thread(), as I claimed yesterday.

But we shouldn't do qmp_combo_dp_power_on() in parallel with the
reinitialization following a switch in orientation, qmp->orientation
might change, but we definitely would have two contexts reconfiguring
the hardware simultaneously - perhaps this was the cause for the 10%
crashes I hit when trying to extend this to handle typec_mux as well...

I will grab the phy_mux in qmp_combo_configure_dp_mode() as well, thanks
for "insisting" :)

Regards,
Bjorn