Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] brcmfmac: sdio: Deal better w/ transmission errors related to idle

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On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 at 13:02, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 19:57, Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> This series attempts to deal better with the expected transmission
> >> errors related to the idle states (handled by the Always-On-Subsystem
> >> or AOS) on the SDIO-based WiFi on rk3288-veyron-minnie,
> >> rk3288-veyron-speedy, and rk3288-veyron-mickey.
> >>
> >> Some details about those errors can be found in
> >> <https://crbug.com/960222>, but to summarize it here: if we try to
> >> send the wakeup command to the WiFi card at the same time it has
> >> decided to wake up itself then it will behave badly on the SDIO bus.
> >> This can cause timeouts or CRC errors.
> >>
> >> When I tested on 4.19 and 4.20 these CRC errors can be seen to cause
> >> re-tuning.  Since I am currently developing on 4.19 this was the
> >> original problem I attempted to solve.
> >>
> >> On mainline it turns out that you don't see the retuning errors but
> >> you see tons of spam about timeouts trying to wakeup from sleep.  I
> >> tracked down the commit that was causing that and have partially
> >> reverted it here.  I have no real knowledge about Broadcom WiFi, but
> >> the commit that was causing problems sounds (from the descriptioin) to
> >> be a hack commit penalizing all Broadcom WiFi users because of a bug
> >> in a Cypress SD controller.  I will let others comment if this is
> >> truly the case and, if so, what the right solution should be.
> >>
> >> For v3 of this series I have added 2 patches to the end of the series
> >> to address errors that would show up on systems with these same SDIO
> >> WiFi cards when used on controllers that do periodic retuning.  These
> >> systems need an extra fix to prevent the retuning from happening when
> >> the card is asleep.
> >>
> >> I believe v5 of this series is all ready to go assuming Kalle Valo is
> >> good with it.  I've added after-the-cut notes to patches awaiting his
> >> Ack and have added other tags collected so far.
> >>
> >> Changes in v5:
> >> - Add missing sdio_retune_crc_enable() in comments (Ulf).
> >> - /s/reneable/re-enable (Ulf).
> >> - Remove leftover prototypes: mmc_expect_errors_begin() / end() (Ulf).
> >> - Rewording of "sleep command" in commit message (Arend).
> >>
> >> Changes in v4:
> >> - Moved to SDIO API only (Adrian, Ulf).
> >> - Renamed to make it less generic, now retune_crc_disable (Ulf).
> >> - Function header makes it clear host must be claimed (Ulf).
> >> - No more WARN_ON (Ulf).
> >> - Adjust to API rename (Adrian, Ulf).
> >> - Moved retune hold/release to SDIO API (Adrian).
> >> - Adjust to API rename (Adrian).
> >>
> >> Changes in v3:
> >> - Took out the spinlock since I believe this is all in one context.
> >> - Expect errors for all of brcmf_sdio_kso_control() (Adrian).
> >> - ("mmc: core: Export mmc_retune_hold_now() mmc_retune_release()") new for v3.
> >> - ("brcmfmac: sdio: Don't tune while the card is off") new for v3.
> >>
> >> Changes in v2:
> >> - A full revert, not just a partial one (Arend).  ...with explicit Cc.
> >> - Updated commit message to clarify based on discussion of v1.
> >>
> >> Douglas Anderson (5):
> >>   Revert "brcmfmac: disable command decode in sdio_aos"
> >>   mmc: core: API to temporarily disable retuning for SDIO CRC errors
> >>   brcmfmac: sdio: Disable auto-tuning around commands expected to fail
> >>   mmc: core: Add sdio_retune_hold_now() and sdio_retune_release()
> >>   brcmfmac: sdio: Don't tune while the card is off
> >>
> >>  drivers/mmc/core/core.c                       |  5 +-
> >>  drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c                    | 77 +++++++++++++++++++
> >>  .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c        | 17 ++--
> >>  include/linux/mmc/host.h                      |  1 +
> >>  include/linux/mmc/sdio_func.h                 |  6 ++
> >>  5 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> --
> >> 2.22.0.410.gd8fdbe21b5-goog
> >>
> >
> > Applied for fixes, thanks!
> >
> > Some minor changes:
> > 1) Dropped the a few "commit notes", that was more related to version
> > and practical information about the series.
> > 2) Dropped fixes tags for patch 2->5, but instead put a stable tag
> > targeted for v4.18+.
> >
> > Awaiting an ack from Kalle before sending the PR to Linus.
> >
> > Kalle, perhaps you prefer to pick patch 1, as it could go separate.
> > Then please tell - and/or if there is anything else you want me to
> > change.
>
> TBH I haven't followed the thread (or patches) that closely :) So feel
> free to take them and push them to Linus.
>

I take that as an ack and will add your tag for it, thanks!

Kind regards
Uffe



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