Re: [PATCH 3/3] usb: gadget: default U1/U2 exit latencies to maximum

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On 9/16/2016 12:55 AM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> John Youn <John.Youn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> John Youn <John.Youn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>>> John Youn <John.Youn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>>>> On 8/31/2016 2:38 AM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>>>>>>>> If we don't know what are the actual U1/U2 exit
>>>>>>>> latencies from the UDC, we're better off using
>>>>>>>> maximum latencies as default. This should avoid
>>>>>>>> any problems with too frequent U1/U2 entry.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>  include/linux/usb/gadget.h | 12 ++++++++++--
>>>>>>>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
>>>>>>>> index 3667d667cab1..20cb590c658e 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
>>>>>>>> +++ b/include/linux/usb/gadget.h
>>>>>>>> @@ -276,11 +276,19 @@ static inline void usb_ep_fifo_flush(struct usb_ep *ep)
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>  /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>> +/**
>>>>>>>> + * struct usb_dcd_config_params - Default U1/U2 exit latencies
>>>>>>>> + * @bU1DevExitLat: U1 Exit Latency in us
>>>>>>>> + * @bU2DevExitLat: U2 Exit Latency in us
>>>>>>>> + *
>>>>>>>> + * Note that we will be setting U1/U2 exit latencies to their maximum
>>>>>>>> + * by default if no value is passed by the UDC Driver.
>>>>>>>> + */
>>>>>>>>  struct usb_dcd_config_params {
>>>>>>>>  	__u8  bU1DevExitLat;	/* U1 Device exit Latency */
>>>>>>>> -#define USB_DEFAULT_U1_DEV_EXIT_LAT	0x01	/* Less then 1 microsec */
>>>>>>>> +#define USB_DEFAULT_U1_DEV_EXIT_LAT	10 /* us */
>>>>>>>>  	__le16 wU2DevExitLat;	/* U2 Device exit Latency */
>>>>>>>> -#define USB_DEFAULT_U2_DEV_EXIT_LAT	0x1F4	/* Less then 500 microsec */
>>>>>>>> +#define USB_DEFAULT_U2_DEV_EXIT_LAT	2047 /* us */
>>>>>>>>  };
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Felipe,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Speaking of this, how would you feel about adding module parameters in
>>>>>>> the dwc3-pci to set these? And we also have several more settings in
>>>>>>> our internal tree that we need for IP validation and debugging.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As you know the IP is highly configurable, and we do much of the
>>>>>>> testing against these configurations via software settings. And our
>>>>>>> validation platform is not a typical platform. Basically we have a
>>>>>>> single platform, but the instantiated IP and PHY could be configured
>>>>>>> in any way so it could need different values passed in for
>>>>>>> testing. Like the U1/U2 exit latencies, LPM NYET threshold, HIRD,
>>>>>>> USB2/3 SUSPHY, LPM sleep mode, GFLADJ, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And some things that are automatically detected we need to restrict or
>>>>>>> disable to get full coverage. Such as disabling U1/U2 and LPM, maximum
>>>>>>> speed, dr_mode, NUMP, RX thresholding, RX thresholding packet count.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know module parameters are typically frowned upon so do you
>>>>>>> recommend another approach?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I completely understand the situation. Module parameters are, well,
>>>>>> rather unsophisticated. FPGA validation is, however, a 'peculiar' use
>>>>>> case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to avoid module parameters as much as possible, but apart from
>>>>>> module parameters, the only thing I can think of is a specific
>>>>>> sub-directory on debugfs which only gets compile if EXPERT &&
>>>>>> DWC3_VALIDATION_MODE or whatever.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would debugfs work for you? The only problem is for things which get
>>>>>> discovered during probe()
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes that's the problem, otherwise I'd be fine with debugfs. Almost
>>>>> everything we need is initialized on probe. I thought of maybe
>>>>> refactoring the dwc3 code so that this doesn't have to happen on probe
>>>>> and we can trigger a "module reset" or something. But that is not
>>>>> exactly clean either.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does it seem reasonable to add module params to the PCI driver for
>>>> this use case? At least until/if there is some better solution. We can
>>>> guard it with a config option if necessary.
>>>
>>> module parameters are user-space ABI. Once added, we can't easily
>>> remove. I've been considering if kprobes could be used to change stuff
>>> like this.
>>>
>>> module parameters also feel like a big, big hammer to hit a tiny nail
>>> head. I don't want to add any module parameters for stuff like this. And
>>> since you've been pushing for them for a while, it only shows that
>>> you're only concerned about your use case ;-)
>>
>> Maybe so, but module params are the easiest, workable solution. It
> 
> It might be easy to implement but it becomes a pain as time
> passes. I can give you a concrete example (using device properties to
> illustrate):
> 
> We introduced way back a property for platform code to tell us that
> $this dwc3 instance needed the driver to resize FIFOs. The only reason
> for this was because OMAP5 ES1.0 had default FIFO sizes which were less
> than a full bulk USB 3.0 packet (< 1024 bytes) so we couldn't receive
> any USB 3.0 packets.
> 
> Documentation was clear that this property was only needed if default
> FIFO sizes were bad and yet several bindings started using it
> blindly. Granted, this is one occasion where it really didn't cause
> problems to resize FIFO, but now imagine what happens when we introduce
> several module parameters and people start using it without really
> knowing what they're for. We will start getting "bug reports" because
> someone passed a e.g. "number_of_endpoints=0" parameter to dwc3 and the
> driver didn't allocate any EP structure, or something silly like that.

Sure, that's a problem. But you have the same issue with DT bindings
and users setting the wrong things there. I've also had these issues
for dwc2.

And there are potentially several things we may want to control that
should have no exposure to the user... but we can discuss that when we
get to it :)

> 
>> doesn't affect any other modules other than dwc3-pci, and they will
>> only touch certain already-defined DT bindings. So in terms of
>> maintainability, the code is all in one place, in one module, and it
>> should be stable since the bindings are already defined as part of the
>> ABI of dwc3.ko.
> 
> dwc3-pci is also used by non-FPGA platforms :-) I really don't want to
> introduce module parameters and I really think debugfs can be used here
> for your case. Just expose all parameters you want to dwc3-pci's debugfs
> (needs to be created) and blacklist dwc3.ko so it doesn't load
> automatically.
> 
> Then, load dwc3-pci, mount debugfs, set all parameters you need and
> manually modprobe dwc3.ko. No module parameters, debugfs is usually not
> shipping in products, and we can still wrap dwc3-pci's debugfs creation
> with a #ifdef DWC3_FPGA_PROTOTYPE_EXTRAS or something along those lines.

Ok that should work.

Do you think it is worth it to create a glue driver just for HAPS with
those settings adjustable only there?

Regards,
John
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