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RE: [PATCH] mwifiex: sdio: reset adapter using mmc_hw_reset

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Hi Andreas,

> From: Andreas Fenkart [mailto:afenkart@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 10:20 PM
> To: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Amitkumar Karwar; Avinash Patil; Andreas Fenkart
> Subject: [PATCH] mwifiex: sdio: reset adapter using mmc_hw_reset
> 
> Since 1fb654fd97ff("mmc: sdio: add reset callback to bus operations"),
> sdio cards can be power cycled using mmc_hw_reset.
> The use mmc_remove_host/mmc_add_host is discouraged, because these are
> internal functions to the mmc core and should only be used by mmc hosts
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Fenkart <afenkart@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> -------
>  drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.h |  3 +++
>  2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c
> index a0b121f..e4c35ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.c
> @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ mwifiex_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func, const
> struct sdio_device_id *id)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
>  	card->func = func;
> +	card->device_id = id;
> 
>  	func->card->quirks |= MMC_QUIRK_BLKSZ_FOR_BYTE_MODE;
> 
> @@ -2107,26 +2108,46 @@ mwifiex_update_mp_end_port(struct
> mwifiex_adapter *adapter, u16 port)
>  		    port, card->mp_data_port_mask);
>  }
> 
> +static void mwifiex_recreate_adapter(struct sdio_mmc_card *card) {
> +	struct sdio_func *func = card->func;
> +	const struct sdio_device_id *device_id = card->device_id;
> +
> +	/* TODO mmc_hw_reset does not require destroying and re-probing
> the
> +	 * whole adapter. Hence there was no need to for this rube-
> goldberg
> +	 * design to reload the fw from an external workqueue. If we don't
> +	 * destroy the adapter we could reload the fw from
> +	 * mwifiex_main_work_queue directly.
> +	 * The real difficulty with fw reset is to restore all the user
> +	 * settings applied through ioctl. By destroying and recreating
> the
> +	 * adapter, we take the easy way out, since we rely on user space
> to
> +	 * restore them. We assume that user space will treat the new
> +	 * incarnation of the adapter(interfaces) as if they had been just
> +	 * discovered and initializes them from scratch.
> +	 */
> +
> +	mwifiex_sdio_remove(func);
> +
> +	/* power cycle the adapter */
> +	sdio_claim_host(func);
> +	mmc_hw_reset(func->card->host);
> +	sdio_release_host(func);
> +
> +	mwifiex_sdio_probe(func, device_id);
> +}
> +
>  static struct mwifiex_adapter *save_adapter;  static void
> mwifiex_sdio_card_reset_work(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)  {
>  	struct sdio_mmc_card *card = adapter->card;
> -	struct mmc_host *target = card->func->card->host;
> -
> -	/* The actual reset operation must be run outside of driver
> thread.
> -	 * This is because mmc_remove_host() will cause the device to be
> -	 * instantly destroyed, and the driver then needs to end its
> thread,
> -	 * leading to a deadlock.
> -	 *
> -	 * We run it in a totally independent workqueue.
> -	 */
> 
> -	mwifiex_dbg(adapter, WARN, "Resetting card...\n");
> -	mmc_remove_host(target);
> -	/* 200ms delay is based on experiment with sdhci controller */
> -	mdelay(200);
> -	target->rescan_entered = 0; /* rescan non-removable cards */
> -	mmc_add_host(target);
> +	/* TODO card pointer is unprotected. If the adapter is removed
> +	 * physically, sdio core might trigger mwifiex_sdio_remove, before
> this
> +	 * workqueue is run, which will destroy the adapter struct. When
> this
> +	 * workqueue eventually exceutes it will dereference an invalid
> adapter
> +	 * pointer
> +	 */
> +	mwifiex_recreate_adapter(card);
>  }
> 
>  /* This function read/write firmware */ diff --git
> a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.h
> b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.h
> index 6f645cf..c44da61 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sdio.h
> @@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ struct sdio_mmc_card {
> 
>  	struct mwifiex_sdio_mpa_tx mpa_tx;
>  	struct mwifiex_sdio_mpa_rx mpa_rx;
> +
> +	/* needed for card reset */
> +	const struct sdio_device_id *device_id;
>  };
> 
>  struct mwifiex_sdio_device {
> --
> 2.1.4

Looks fine to me.

Acked-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Amitkumar
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