RE: [PATCH] media: chips-media: wave5: Add hrtimer based polling support

From: jackson . lee
Date: Wed Feb 21 2024 - 04:00:40 EST


Hello Sebastian


> @nas.chung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or @jackson.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Could you
> please run tests on the hardware with this patch and review this patch to
> make sure that this doesn't break the other hardware with
> Wave5 chips. Thanks!
>
> On 25.01.2024 18:38, Devarsh Thakkar wrote:
> >Add support for starting a polling timer in case interrupt is not
>
> s/interrupt/an interrupt/
>
> >available. This helps keep the VPU functional in SoC's such as AM62A,
> >where
>
> s/helps keep/helps to keep/
> s/SoC's/SoCs/
>
> >the hardware interrupt hookup may not be present due to an SoC errata [1].
>
> I would prefer if we do not hack the driver to adjust to SoC errata,
> instead of adding polling functionality you could also implement a fake
> IRQ chip, then the driver can still assume that an interrupt is present
> and you create a virtual interrupt source that does polling in the
> background.
> You could start by adding the fake irq-chip within the wave5 folder and
> later on that could be moved to the `drivers/irqchip/` directory (by you
> or someone else), which would be a nice addition to the Linux kernel to
> provide machines without IRQ support a way to register an interrupt.
> Please have a look at that potential solution, you potentially need to
> share the registers between the codec and the fake irq-chip in the DTS.
>
> >
> >The timer is shared across all instances of encoder and decoder and is
>
> s/encoder and decoder/encoders and decoders/
>
> >started when first instance of encoder or decoder is opened and stopped
>
> s/first/the first/
> s/encoder or decoder/an encoder or a decoder/
>
> >when last instance is closed, thus avoiding per instance polling and
> >saving
>
> s/last/the last/
>
> >CPU bandwidth.
> >
> >hrtimer callback is called with 5ms polling interval while any of the
>
> s/hrtimer/The hrtimer/
>
> >encoder/decoder instances are running to check the interrupt status as
> >being done in irq handler.
>
> s/irq/the irq/
>
> Could you ellaborate why you choose the HRtimer for this job and why does
> it need to be a 5ms polling interval, is that a requirement of this
> specific hardware or the best constant you figured out during testing?
>
> >
> >Based on above interrupt status, use a worker thread to iterate over
> >the
>
> s/on above interrupt status/on the interrupt status above/
>
> >interrupt status for each instance and send completion event as being
> >done
>
> s/completion/a completion/
>
> >in irq thread function.
>
> s/irq/the irq/
>
> >
> >Parse for irq number before v4l2 device registration and if not
> >available only then, initialize hrtimer and worker thread.
>
> Thanks for the effort on the description but you do not have to write out
> word for word what the code is doing, the code should be descriptive
> enough on its own.
> More important is that you clearly describe, for example:
> - why did you choose a certain design?
> - why did you choose for the HRtimer?
> - why is the 5ms interval is important (are other intervals also valid?)
> - why did you choose to add a polling mechanism instead of possible
> alternatives (like for example an fake irq-chip),
> -
> >
> >Move the core functionality of irq thread function to a separate
> >function
>
> s/irq/the irq/
>
> >wave5_vpu_handle_irq so that it can be used by both the worker thread
> >when using polling mode and irq thread when using interrupt mode.
>
> s/irq/the irq/
>
> >
> >Protect hrtimer access and instance list with device specific mutex
> >locks
>
> s/hrtimer/the hrtimer/
>
> >to avoid race conditions while different instances of encoder and
> >decoder
>
> s/encoder and decoder/encoders and decoders/
>
> >are started together.
> >
> >Add module param to change polling interval for debug purpose.
>
> s/module/a module/
> s/polling/the polling/
> s/debug purpose/debugging purposes/
>
> Here again is the question, what can the user expect with different
> polling intervals? Is there a valid range of intervals?
>
> The actual implementation seems good, but I would like to first make sure
> that we take the best possible approach to this issue.
>
> Greetings,
> Sebastian
>
> >
> >[1] https://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/spruj16
> >(Ref: Section 4.2.3.3 Resets, Interrupts, and Clocks)
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Devarsh Thakkar <devarsht@xxxxxx>

For this patch,

Tested-by: Jackson Lee <jackson.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> >---
> >Test logs:
> >https://gist.github.com/devarsht/613bc8aa66e65814c8374ffb6a4f50fb
> >---
> > .../platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-helper.c | 16 ++-
> > .../chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c | 13 +-
> > .../chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c | 13 +-
> > .../platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu.c | 117 ++++++++++++------
> > .../platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.h | 4 +
> > 5 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-helper.c
> >b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-helper.c
> >index 8433ecab230c..475b7628964f 100644
> >--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-helper.c
> >+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-helper.c
> >@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ int wave5_vpu_release_device(struct file *filp,
> > char *name)
> > {
> > struct vpu_instance *inst = wave5_to_vpu_inst(filp->private_data);
> >+ struct vpu_device *dev = inst->dev;
> >+ int ret = 0;
> >
> > v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(inst->v4l2_fh.m2m_ctx);
> > if (inst->state != VPU_INST_STATE_NONE) { @@ -71,8 +73,20 @@ int
> >wave5_vpu_release_device(struct file *filp,
> > }
> >
> > wave5_cleanup_instance(inst);
> >+ if (dev->irq < 0) {
> >+ ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->dev_lock);
> >+ if (ret)
> >+ return ret;
> >
> >- return 0;
> >+ if (list_empty(&dev->instances)) {
> >+ dev_dbg(dev->dev, "Disabling the hrtimer\n");
> >+ hrtimer_cancel(&dev->hrtimer);
> >+ }
> >+
> >+ mutex_unlock(&dev->dev_lock);
> >+ }
> >+
> >+ return ret;
> > }
> >
> > int wave5_vpu_queue_init(void *priv, struct vb2_queue *src_vq, struct
> >vb2_queue *dst_vq, diff --git
> >a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
> >b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
> >index ef227af72348..c8624c681fa6 100644
> >--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
> >+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
> >@@ -1810,7 +1810,6 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_dec(struct file *filp)
> > v4l2_fh_add(&inst->v4l2_fh);
> >
> > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inst->list);
> >- list_add_tail(&inst->list, &dev->instances);
> >
> > inst->v4l2_m2m_dev = inst->dev->v4l2_m2m_dec_dev;
> > inst->v4l2_fh.m2m_ctx =
> >@@ -1867,6 +1866,18 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_dec(struct file *filp)
> >
> > wave5_vdi_allocate_sram(inst->dev);
> >
> >+ ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->dev_lock);
> >+ if (ret)
> >+ goto cleanup_inst;
> >+
> >+ if (dev->irq < 0 && !hrtimer_active(&dev->hrtimer) &&
> list_empty(&dev->instances))
> >+ hrtimer_start(&dev->hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(dev-
> >vpu_poll_interval * NSEC_PER_MSEC),
> >+ HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
> >+
> >+ list_add_tail(&inst->list, &dev->instances);
> >+
> >+ mutex_unlock(&dev->dev_lock);
> >+
> > return 0;
> >
> > cleanup_inst:
> >diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
> >b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
> >index f29cfa3af94a..9e88424761b6 100644
> >--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
> >+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
> >@@ -1554,7 +1554,6 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_enc(struct file *filp)
> > v4l2_fh_add(&inst->v4l2_fh);
> >
> > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inst->list);
> >- list_add_tail(&inst->list, &dev->instances);
> >
> > inst->v4l2_m2m_dev = inst->dev->v4l2_m2m_enc_dev;
> > inst->v4l2_fh.m2m_ctx =
> >@@ -1729,6 +1728,18 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_enc(struct file *filp)
> >
> > wave5_vdi_allocate_sram(inst->dev);
> >
> >+ ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->dev_lock);
> >+ if (ret)
> >+ goto cleanup_inst;
> >+
> >+ if (dev->irq < 0 && !hrtimer_active(&dev->hrtimer) &&
> list_empty(&dev->instances))
> >+ hrtimer_start(&dev->hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(dev-
> >vpu_poll_interval * NSEC_PER_MSEC),
> >+ HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
> >+
> >+ list_add_tail(&inst->list, &dev->instances);
> >+
> >+ mutex_unlock(&dev->dev_lock);
> >+
> > return 0;
> >
> > cleanup_inst:
> >diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu.c
> >b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu.c
> >index bfe4caa79cc9..968ec9baf1ef 100644
> >--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu.c
> >+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu.c
> >@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ struct wave5_match_data {
> > const char *fw_name;
> > };
> >
> >+static int vpu_poll_interval = 5;
> >+module_param(vpu_poll_interval, int, 0644);
> >+
> > int wave5_vpu_wait_interrupt(struct vpu_instance *inst, unsigned int
> >timeout) {
> > int ret;
> >@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ int wave5_vpu_wait_interrupt(struct vpu_instance *inst,
> unsigned int timeout)
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> >-static irqreturn_t wave5_vpu_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev_id)
> >+static void wave5_vpu_handle_irq(void *dev_id)
> > {
> > u32 seq_done;
> > u32 cmd_done;
> >@@ -48,42 +51,67 @@ static irqreturn_t wave5_vpu_irq_thread(int irq, void
> *dev_id)
> > struct vpu_instance *inst;
> > struct vpu_device *dev = dev_id;
> >
> >- if (wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_VPU_VPU_INT_STS)) {
> >- irq_reason = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev,
> W5_VPU_VINT_REASON);
> >- wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_REASON_CLR,
> irq_reason);
> >- wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_CLEAR, 0x1);
> >-
> >- list_for_each_entry(inst, &dev->instances, list) {
> >- seq_done = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev,
> W5_RET_SEQ_DONE_INSTANCE_INFO);
> >- cmd_done = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev,
> W5_RET_QUEUE_CMD_DONE_INST);
> >-
> >- if (irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_INIT_SEQ) ||
> >- irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_ENC_SET_PARAM)) {
> >- if (seq_done & BIT(inst->id)) {
> >- seq_done &= ~BIT(inst->id);
> >- wave5_vdi_write_register(dev,
> W5_RET_SEQ_DONE_INSTANCE_INFO,
> >- seq_done);
> >- complete(&inst->irq_done);
> >- }
> >+ irq_reason = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_REASON);
> >+ wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_REASON_CLR, irq_reason);
> >+ wave5_vdi_write_register(dev, W5_VPU_VINT_CLEAR, 0x1);
> >+
> >+ list_for_each_entry(inst, &dev->instances, list) {
> >+ seq_done = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev,
> W5_RET_SEQ_DONE_INSTANCE_INFO);
> >+ cmd_done = wave5_vdi_read_register(dev,
> W5_RET_QUEUE_CMD_DONE_INST);
> >+
> >+ if (irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_INIT_SEQ) ||
> >+ irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_ENC_SET_PARAM)) {
> >+ if (seq_done & BIT(inst->id)) {
> >+ seq_done &= ~BIT(inst->id);
> >+ wave5_vdi_write_register(dev,
> W5_RET_SEQ_DONE_INSTANCE_INFO,
> >+ seq_done);
> >+ complete(&inst->irq_done);
> > }
> >+ }
> >
> >- if (irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_DEC_PIC) ||
> >- irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_ENC_PIC)) {
> >- if (cmd_done & BIT(inst->id)) {
> >- cmd_done &= ~BIT(inst->id);
> >- wave5_vdi_write_register(dev,
> W5_RET_QUEUE_CMD_DONE_INST,
> >- cmd_done);
> >- inst->ops->finish_process(inst);
> >- }
> >+ if (irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_DEC_PIC) ||
> >+ irq_reason & BIT(INT_WAVE5_ENC_PIC)) {
> >+ if (cmd_done & BIT(inst->id)) {
> >+ cmd_done &= ~BIT(inst->id);
> >+ wave5_vdi_write_register(dev,
> W5_RET_QUEUE_CMD_DONE_INST,
> >+ cmd_done);
> >+ inst->ops->finish_process(inst);
> > }
> >-
> >- wave5_vpu_clear_interrupt(inst, irq_reason);
> > }
> >+
> >+ wave5_vpu_clear_interrupt(inst, irq_reason);
> > }
> >+}
> >+
> >+static irqreturn_t wave5_vpu_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev_id) {
> >+ struct vpu_device *dev = dev_id;
> >+
> >+ if (wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_VPU_VPU_INT_STS))
> >+ wave5_vpu_handle_irq(dev);
> >
> > return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > }
> >
> >+static void wave5_vpu_irq_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work) {
> >+ struct vpu_device *dev = container_of(work, struct vpu_device,
> work);
> >+
> >+ if (wave5_vdi_read_register(dev, W5_VPU_VPU_INT_STS))
> >+ wave5_vpu_handle_irq(dev);
> >+}
> >+
> >+static enum hrtimer_restart wave5_vpu_timer_callback(struct hrtimer
> >+*timer) {
> >+ struct vpu_device *dev =
> >+ container_of(timer, struct vpu_device, hrtimer);
> >+
> >+ kthread_queue_work(dev->worker, &dev->work);
> >+ hrtimer_forward_now(timer, ns_to_ktime(vpu_poll_interval *
> >+NSEC_PER_MSEC));
> >+
> >+ return HRTIMER_RESTART;
> >+}
> >+
> > static int wave5_vpu_load_firmware(struct device *dev, const char
> *fw_name,
> > u32 *revision)
> > {
> >@@ -209,16 +237,24 @@ static int wave5_vpu_probe(struct platform_device
> >*pdev)
> >
> > dev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
> > if (dev->irq < 0) {
> >- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get irq resource\n");
> >- ret = -ENXIO;
> >- goto err_enc_unreg;
> >- }
> >-
> >- ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, dev->irq, NULL,
> >- wave5_vpu_irq_thread, IRQF_ONESHOT,
> "vpu_irq", dev);
> >- if (ret) {
> >- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Register interrupt handler, fail: %d\n",
> ret);
> >- goto err_enc_unreg;
> >+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get irq resource, falling
> back to polling\n");
> >+ hrtimer_init(&dev->hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
> HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
> >+ dev->hrtimer.function = &wave5_vpu_timer_callback;
> >+ dev->worker = kthread_create_worker(0, "vpu_irq_thread");
> >+ if (IS_ERR(dev->worker)) {
> >+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to create vpu irq
> worker\n");
> >+ ret = PTR_ERR(dev->worker);
> >+ goto err_vdi_release;
> >+ }
> >+ dev->vpu_poll_interval = vpu_poll_interval;
> >+ kthread_init_work(&dev->work, wave5_vpu_irq_work_fn);
> >+ } else {
> >+ ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, dev->irq, NULL,
> >+ wave5_vpu_irq_thread, IRQF_ONESHOT,
> "vpu_irq", dev);
> >+ if (ret) {
> >+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Register interrupt handler,
> fail: %d\n", ret);
> >+ goto err_enc_unreg;
> >+ }
> > }
> >
> > ret = wave5_vpu_load_firmware(&pdev->dev, match_data->fw_name,
> >&fw_revision); @@ -254,6 +290,11 @@ static int wave5_vpu_remove(struct
> >platform_device *pdev) {
> > struct vpu_device *dev = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
> >
> >+ if (dev->irq < 0) {
> >+ kthread_destroy_worker(dev->worker);
> >+ hrtimer_cancel(&dev->hrtimer);
> >+ }
> >+
> > mutex_destroy(&dev->dev_lock);
> > mutex_destroy(&dev->hw_lock);
> > clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(dev->num_clks, dev->clks); diff --git
> >a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.h
> >b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.h
> >index 352f6e904e50..edc50450ddb8 100644
> >--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.h
> >+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.h
> >@@ -756,6 +756,10 @@ struct vpu_device {
> > u32 product_code;
> > struct ida inst_ida;
> > struct clk_bulk_data *clks;
> >+ struct hrtimer hrtimer;
> >+ struct kthread_work work;
> >+ struct kthread_worker *worker;
> >+ int vpu_poll_interval;
> > int num_clks;
> > };
> >
> >--
> >2.34.1
> >
> >