Re: [PATCH v1] of: platform: Batch fwnode parsing in the init_machine() path

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On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 10:55 AM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Saravana,
>
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 10:51:51AM -0700, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 7:08 AM Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 5:59 PM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > When commit 93d2e4322aa7 ("of: platform: Batch fwnode parsing when
> > > > adding all top level devices") optimized the fwnode parsing when all top
> > > > level devices are added, it missed out optimizing this for platform
> > > > where the top level devices are added through the init_machine() path.
> > > >
> > > > This commit does the optimization for all paths by simply moving the
> > > > fw_devlink_pause/resume() inside of_platform_default_populate().
> > > >
> > > > Reported-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/of/platform.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
> > > >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
> > > > index 071f04da32c8..79972e49b539 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/of/platform.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
> > > > @@ -501,8 +501,21 @@ int of_platform_default_populate(struct device_node *root,
> > > >                                  const struct of_dev_auxdata *lookup,
> > > >                                  struct device *parent)
> > > >  {
> > > > -       return of_platform_populate(root, of_default_bus_match_table, lookup,
> > > > -                                   parent);
> > > > +       int ret;
> > > > +
> > > > +       /*
> > > > +        * fw_devlink_pause/resume() are only safe to be called around top
> > > > +        * level device addition due to locking constraints.
> > > > +        */
> > > > +       if (!root)
> > > > +               fw_devlink_pause();
> > > > +
> > > > +       ret = of_platform_populate(root, of_default_bus_match_table, lookup,
> > > > +                                  parent);
> > >
> > > of_platform_default_populate() vs. of_platform_populate() is just a
> > > different match table. I don't think the behavior should otherwise be
> > > different.
> > >
> > > There's also of_platform_probe() which has slightly different matching
> > > behavior. It should not behave differently either with respect to
> > > devlinks.
> >
> > So I'm trying to do this only when the top level devices are added for
> > the first time. of_platform_default_populate() seems to be the most
> > common path. For other cases, I think we just need to call
> > fw_devlink_pause/resume() wherever the top level devices are added for
> > the first time. As I said in the other email, we can't add
> > fw_devlink_pause/resume() by default to of_platform_populate().
> >
> > Do you have other ideas for achieving "call fw_devlink_pause/resume()
> > only when top level devices are added for the first time"?
>
> I'm not an expert in this domain, but before investigating it, would you
> be able to share a hack patch that implements this (in the most simple
> way) to check if it actually fixes the delays I experience on my system
> ?

So I take it the patch I sent out didn't work for you? Can you tell me
what machine/DT you are using?

-Saravana



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