Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] mmc: sdhci: Support maximum DMA latency request via PM QoS

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On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 03:40:36 PM Adrian Hunter wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Here are some patches to address an issue with SDHCI
> in Intel Baytrail. Intel Baytrail has been observed
> sometimes to hang if host controllers are using DMA
> while deep C-states are used. Workaround that by
> specifying a maximum DMA latency that will prevent
> deep C-states.
> 
> The first patch adds a new PM QOS function so that
> the SDHCI driver can do a "lazy" cancel of the QoS
> request from within its "finish" tasklet.
> 
> The second patch adds support to SDHCI for specifying a
> maximum DMA latency.
> 
> The third and fourth patches take that facility into
> use for Baytrail.
> 
> Ad hoc testing with Lenovo Thinkpad 10 showed a stress
> test could run for at least 24 hours with the patches,
> compared to less than an hour without.
> 
> These patches are on top of my driver strength patches
> which are on top of my re-tuning patches.
> 
> 
> Adrian Hunter (4):
>       PM / QoS: Add pm_qos_cancel_request_lazy() that doesn't sleep
>       mmc: sdhci: Support maximum DMA latency request via PM QOS
>       mmc: sdhci-acpi: Fix device hang on Intel BayTrail
>       mmc: sdhci-pci: Fix device hang on Intel BayTrail

I'm a bit concerned about the CPUID-based blacklisting of things and
whether or not the SDHCI driver is the right place for doing that.

Maybe we should do it from within the LPSS driver instead?


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