On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Saravana,
>
> On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 03:30:39PM -0700, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 3:22 PM Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 12:43 PM Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> > > > On 01/10/2020 21:24, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 5:56 AM Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> > > > >> On 01/10/2020 11:22, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > > >>> On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 11:17:48AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > > >>>> * Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> [201001 07:53]:
> > > > >>>>> * Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx> [200930 12:41]:
> > > > >>>>>> Fwiw on my beagle x15
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> v5.8
> > > > >>>>>> [ 9.908787] Run /sbin/init as init process
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> v5.9-rc7
> > > > >>>>>> [ 15.085373] Run /sbin/init as init process
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> It appears to be 'fixed' in next-20200928: the board does not even boot.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Yeah so it seems :(
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> next-20200928 on omap5
> > > > >>>>>> [ 9.936806] Run /sbin/init as init process
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> -rc7 spends most of it's time:
> > > > >>>>>> [ 7.635530] Micrel KSZ9031 Gigabit PHY 48485000.mdio:01: attached PHY driver [Micrel KSZ9031 Gigabit PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=48485000.mdio:01, irq=POLL)
> > > > >>>>>> [ 14.956671] cpsw 48484000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
> > > > >>>>>> [ 15.005211] IP-Config: Complete:
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Booting with initcall_debug I see this with current Linux next:
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> ...
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.697313] cpuidle: using governor menu
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.701353] initcall init_menu+0x0/0xc returned 0 after 0 usecs
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.707458] calling gpmc_init+0x0/0x10 @ 1
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.711784] initcall gpmc_init+0x0/0x10 returned 0 after 0 usecs
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.717974] calling omap3_l3_init+0x0/0x10 @ 1
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.722653] initcall omap3_l3_init+0x0/0x10 returned 0 after 0 usecs
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.729201] calling omap_l3_init+0x0/0x10 @ 1
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.733791] initcall omap_l3_init+0x0/0x10 returned 0 after 0 usecs
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.740314] calling gate_vma_init+0x0/0x70 @ 1
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.744976] initcall gate_vma_init+0x0/0x70 returned 0 after 0 usecs
> > > > >>>>> [ 1.751522] calling customize_machine+0x0/0x30 @ 1
> > > > >>>>> [ 3.823114] initcall customize_machine+0x0/0x30 returned 0 after 2011718 usecs
> > > > >>>>> [ 3.830566] calling init_atags_procfs+0x0/0xec @ 1
> > > > >>>>> [ 3.835583] No ATAGs?
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> And the long time above with customize_machine() ends up being
> > > > >>>> pdata_quirks_init() calling of_platform_populate().
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> That's what the delay is for me (I think I've reported that initially).
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>>> Laurent & Tomi, care to check what you guys see in the slow booting case
> > > > >>>>> after booting with initcall_debug?
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> But maybe the long delay is something else for you guys so please check.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> It's all devlink :( Looks like sometimes, improvements (PM) could became so complicated
> > > > >> that time required to execute such algorithms may completely eliminate all expected benefits.
> > > > >> Will not be surprised if PM consumption also increased instead of decreasing in some cases.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> not sure if it's 100% correct, but below diff reduces boot time
> > > > >> from 7.6sec to 3.7sec :P
> > > > >>
> > > > >> before:
> > > > >> [ 0.053870] cpuidle: using governor menu
> > > > >> [ 2.505971] No ATAGs?
> > > > >> ...
> > > > >> [ 7.562317] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1024K
> > > > >>
> > > > >> after:
> > > > >> [ 0.053800] cpuidle: using governor menu
> > > > >> [ 0.136853] No ATAGs?
> > > > >> [ 3.716218] devtmpfs: mounted
> > > > >> [ 3.719628] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1024K
> > > > >> [ 3.724266] Run /sbin/init as init process
> > > > >>
> > > > >> ----
> > > > >> diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
> > > > >> index 071f04da32c8..e0cc37ed46ca 100644
> > > > >> --- a/drivers/of/platform.c
> > > > >> +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
> > > > >> @@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
> > > > >> pr_debug(" starting at: %pOF\n", root);
> > > > >>
> > > > >> device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause();
> > > > >> + fw_devlink_pause();
> > > > >> for_each_child_of_node(root, child) {
> > > > >> rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, lookup, parent, true);
> > > > >> if (rc) {
> > > > >> @@ -488,6 +489,7 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
> > > > >> break;
> > > > >> }
> > > > >> }
> > > > >> + fw_devlink_resume();
> > > > >> device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume();
> > > > >>
> > > > >> of_node_set_flag(root, OF_POPULATED_BUS);
> > > > >> @@ -538,9 +540,7 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
> > > > >> }
> > > > >>
> > > > >> /* Populate everything else. */
> > > > >> - fw_devlink_pause();
> > > > >> of_platform_default_populate(NULL, NULL, NULL);
> > > > >> - fw_devlink_resume();
> > > > >
> > > > > Your analysis is right, but this change is not safe. You'll get an
> > > > > unlocked linked list trampling if you call it outside of where it's
> > > > > called now. That's explicitly why I didn't do it the way this patch
> > > > > does it.
> > > > >
> > > > > To explain more, if you call fw_devlink_pause/resume() inside
> > > > > of_platform_populate() you can end up calling it in the context of
> > > > > another device's probe function. When a device's probe function is
> > > > > called, a has a bunch of other locks held and you'll cause a deadlock.
> > > > > To avoid that, I had to use defer_fw_devlink_lock to manage the list
> > > > > used by fw_devlink_pause/resume().
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll add more details later. But yeah, this patch isn't safe as is.
> > > >
> > > > I assume you going to fix it your way, right?
> > >
> > > I'll be glad to fix this if I find a way out. But currently, there's
> > > no "my way" for a generic fix to use inside of_platform_populate().
> > > However...
> > >
> > > > Just FYI. On ARM main DT population path is:
> > > >
> > > > arch_initcall(customize_machine)
> > > > machine_desc->init_machine();
> > > > of_platform_default_populate();
> > > > -- or --
> > > > of_platform_populate();
> > > >
> > > > the of_platform_default_populate_init() called later due to make/linker dependencies.
> > > >
> > > > As result, existing pause/resume optimizations don't fully working.
> > >
> > > We can just add this optimization around all the other places the top
> > > level addition of DT devices is done. I wasn't aware of (more like
> > > forgot) the init_machine() path.
> > >
> > > Can you give the call path in your case? Just to make it a bit easier for me.
> >
> > I think I have a simple solution. I can just move the
> > fw_devlink_pause/resume() inside of_platform_default_populate() and
> > call those only if "root" == NULL.
>
> I'd be happy to test a patch. On my device, the initial
> of_platform_populate() call from machine_desc->init_machine() takes
> between 6 and 10 seconds to run with v5.9-rc5, compared to 200ms on
> v5.7. That's a fairly bad regression, all the people who have worked
> hard so reduce boot time would really hate this :-)
Thanks! Patch coming up in a few minutes.
-Saravana
