Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmc: core: fix performance regression initializing MMC host controllers

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On 4 April 2013 15:41, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Commit fa5501890d8974301042e0202d342a6cbe8609f4 introduced a performance
> regression by adding mmc_power_up() to mmc_start_host().  mmc_power_up()
> is not necessary to host controller initialization, it is part of card
> initialization and is performed anyway asynchronously.

This commit message is a bit miss-leading. In eMMC case, when the host
driver has no possibility of power cycle the VCCQ power supply but
only the VCC, this is the only proper way to prevent violation of the
eMMC spec.

>From SD-card point of view, it is not needed, so this can be optimized
to be done as before in an asynchronous mode.

>
> This patch allows a driver to leave the power up in asynchronous code
> (as it was before).
>
> On my current target platform this reduces driver initialization from:
>
> [    1.313220] initcall sdhci_acpi_driver_init+0x0/0x12 returned 0 after 102008 usecs
>
> to this:
>
> [    1.217209] initcall sdhci_acpi_driver_init+0x0/0x12 returned 0 after 8331 usecs
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mmc/core/core.c       | 3 ++-
>  drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c | 2 ++
>  include/linux/mmc/host.h      | 1 +
>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
> index 3bf1c46..c1893c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
> @@ -2416,7 +2416,8 @@ void mmc_start_host(struct mmc_host *host)
>  {
>         host->f_init = max(freqs[0], host->f_min);
>         host->rescan_disable = 0;
> -       mmc_power_up(host);
> +       if (!(host->caps2 & MMC_CAP2_NO_PRESCAN_POWERUP))
> +               mmc_power_up(host);
>         mmc_detect_change(host, 0);
>  }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
> index 2592ddd..7bcf74b 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
> @@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ static int sdhci_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>                 host->mmc->pm_caps  |= c->slot->pm_caps;
>         }
>
> +       host->mmc->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_NO_PRESCAN_POWERUP;
> +
>         err = sdhci_add_host(host);
>         if (err)
>                 goto err_free;
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
> index 17d7148..8873e83 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
> @@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ struct mmc_host {
>  #define MMC_CAP2_PACKED_WR     (1 << 13)       /* Allow packed write */
>  #define MMC_CAP2_PACKED_CMD    (MMC_CAP2_PACKED_RD | \
>                                  MMC_CAP2_PACKED_WR)
> +#define MMC_CAP2_NO_PRESCAN_POWERUP (1 << 14)  /* Don't power up before scan */
>
>         mmc_pm_flag_t           pm_caps;        /* supported pm features */
>
> --
> 1.7.11.7
>


Some update to the commit msg, then I am happy.

Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
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