On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 16:51 -0700, Andrey Yurovsky wrote:
> This patch removes the internal command and data buffers that the GSPI driver
> maintained and instead relies on the Libertas core to synchronize access
> to the command and data ports as with the other interface drivers. This
> cleanup reduces the GSPI driver's memory footprint and should improve
> performance by removing the need to copy to these internal buffers.
> This also simplifies the bottom half of the interrupt handler.
>
> This is an incremental cleanup: after removing the redundant buffers, we
> can further improve the driver to use a threaded IRQ handler instead of
> maintaining its own thread. However I would like a few folks to test
> the buffer removal first and make sure that I'm not introducing
> regressions.
>
> Tested on Blackfin BF527 with DMA disabled due to an issue with the SPI
> host controller driver in the current bleeding-edge Blackfin kernel. I
> would appreciate it if someone with working DMA could test this patch
> and provide feedback.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks OK to me, but I don't have any of the SPI hardware so when you get
a Tested-by:, let me know and I'll ack.
Dan
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c | 136 ++------------------------------
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 130 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
> index 06df2e1..9e0096d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
> @@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
> #include "dev.h"
> #include "if_spi.h"
>
> -struct if_spi_packet {
> - struct list_head list;
> - u16 blen;
> - u8 buffer[0] __attribute__((aligned(4)));
> -};
> -
> struct if_spi_card {
> struct spi_device *spi;
> struct lbs_private *priv;
> @@ -66,33 +60,10 @@ struct if_spi_card {
> struct semaphore spi_thread_terminated;
>
> u8 cmd_buffer[IF_SPI_CMD_BUF_SIZE];
> -
> - /* A buffer of incoming packets from libertas core.
> - * Since we can't sleep in hw_host_to_card, we have to buffer
> - * them. */
> - struct list_head cmd_packet_list;
> - struct list_head data_packet_list;
> -
> - /* Protects cmd_packet_list and data_packet_list */
> - spinlock_t buffer_lock;
> };
>
> static void free_if_spi_card(struct if_spi_card *card)
> {
> - struct list_head *cursor, *next;
> - struct if_spi_packet *packet;
> -
> - BUG_ON(card->run_thread);
> - list_for_each_safe(cursor, next, &card->cmd_packet_list) {
> - packet = container_of(cursor, struct if_spi_packet, list);
> - list_del(&packet->list);
> - kfree(packet);
> - }
> - list_for_each_safe(cursor, next, &card->data_packet_list) {
> - packet = container_of(cursor, struct if_spi_packet, list);
> - list_del(&packet->list);
> - kfree(packet);
> - }
> spi_set_drvdata(card->spi, NULL);
> kfree(card);
> }
> @@ -774,40 +745,6 @@ out:
> return err;
> }
>
> -/* Move data or a command from the host to the card. */
> -static void if_spi_h2c(struct if_spi_card *card,
> - struct if_spi_packet *packet, int type)
> -{
> - int err = 0;
> - u16 int_type, port_reg;
> -
> - switch (type) {
> - case MVMS_DAT:
> - int_type = IF_SPI_CIC_TX_DOWNLOAD_OVER;
> - port_reg = IF_SPI_DATA_RDWRPORT_REG;
> - break;
> - case MVMS_CMD:
> - int_type = IF_SPI_CIC_CMD_DOWNLOAD_OVER;
> - port_reg = IF_SPI_CMD_RDWRPORT_REG;
> - break;
> - default:
> - lbs_pr_err("can't transfer buffer of type %d\n", type);
> - err = -EINVAL;
> - goto out;
> - }
> -
> - /* Write the data to the card */
> - err = spu_write(card, port_reg, packet->buffer, packet->blen);
> - if (err)
> - goto out;
> -
> -out:
> - kfree(packet);
> -
> - if (err)
> - lbs_pr_err("%s: error %d\n", __func__, err);
> -}
> -
> /* Inform the host about a card event */
> static void if_spi_e2h(struct if_spi_card *card)
> {
> @@ -837,8 +774,6 @@ static int lbs_spi_thread(void *data)
> int err;
> struct if_spi_card *card = data;
> u16 hiStatus;
> - unsigned long flags;
> - struct if_spi_packet *packet;
>
> while (1) {
> /* Wait to be woken up by one of two things. First, our ISR
> @@ -877,43 +812,9 @@ static int lbs_spi_thread(void *data)
> if (hiStatus & IF_SPI_HIST_CMD_DOWNLOAD_RDY ||
> (card->priv->psstate != PS_STATE_FULL_POWER &&
> (hiStatus & IF_SPI_HIST_TX_DOWNLOAD_RDY))) {
> - /* This means two things. First of all,
> - * if there was a previous command sent, the card has
> - * successfully received it.
> - * Secondly, it is now ready to download another
> - * command.
> - */
> lbs_host_to_card_done(card->priv);
> -
> - /* Do we have any command packets from the host to
> - * send? */
> - packet = NULL;
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&card->buffer_lock, flags);
> - if (!list_empty(&card->cmd_packet_list)) {
> - packet = (struct if_spi_packet *)(card->
> - cmd_packet_list.next);
> - list_del(&packet->list);
> - }
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->buffer_lock, flags);
> -
> - if (packet)
> - if_spi_h2c(card, packet, MVMS_CMD);
> }
> - if (hiStatus & IF_SPI_HIST_TX_DOWNLOAD_RDY) {
> - /* Do we have any data packets from the host to
> - * send? */
> - packet = NULL;
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&card->buffer_lock, flags);
> - if (!list_empty(&card->data_packet_list)) {
> - packet = (struct if_spi_packet *)(card->
> - data_packet_list.next);
> - list_del(&packet->list);
> - }
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->buffer_lock, flags);
>
> - if (packet)
> - if_spi_h2c(card, packet, MVMS_DAT);
> - }
> if (hiStatus & IF_SPI_HIST_CARD_EVENT)
> if_spi_e2h(card);
>
> @@ -942,40 +843,18 @@ static int if_spi_host_to_card(struct lbs_private *priv,
> u8 type, u8 *buf, u16 nb)
> {
> int err = 0;
> - unsigned long flags;
> struct if_spi_card *card = priv->card;
> - struct if_spi_packet *packet;
> - u16 blen;
>
> lbs_deb_enter_args(LBS_DEB_SPI, "type %d, bytes %d", type, nb);
>
> - if (nb == 0) {
> - lbs_pr_err("%s: invalid size requested: %d\n", __func__, nb);
> - err = -EINVAL;
> - goto out;
> - }
> - blen = ALIGN(nb, 4);
> - packet = kzalloc(sizeof(struct if_spi_packet) + blen, GFP_ATOMIC);
> - if (!packet) {
> - err = -ENOMEM;
> - goto out;
> - }
> - packet->blen = blen;
> - memcpy(packet->buffer, buf, nb);
> - memset(packet->buffer + nb, 0, blen - nb);
> + nb = ALIGN(nb, 4);
>
> switch (type) {
> case MVMS_CMD:
> - priv->dnld_sent = DNLD_CMD_SENT;
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&card->buffer_lock, flags);
> - list_add_tail(&packet->list, &card->cmd_packet_list);
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->buffer_lock, flags);
> + err = spu_write(card, IF_SPI_CMD_RDWRPORT_REG, buf, nb);
> break;
> case MVMS_DAT:
> - priv->dnld_sent = DNLD_DATA_SENT;
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&card->buffer_lock, flags);
> - list_add_tail(&packet->list, &card->data_packet_list);
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->buffer_lock, flags);
> + err = spu_write(card, IF_SPI_DATA_RDWRPORT_REG, buf, nb);
> break;
> default:
> lbs_pr_err("can't transfer buffer of type %d", type);
> @@ -983,9 +862,6 @@ static int if_spi_host_to_card(struct lbs_private *priv,
> break;
> }
>
> - /* Wake up the spi thread */
> - up(&card->spi_ready);
> -out:
> lbs_deb_leave_args(LBS_DEB_SPI, "err=%d", err);
> return err;
> }
> @@ -1062,9 +938,6 @@ static int __devinit if_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
>
> sema_init(&card->spi_ready, 0);
> sema_init(&card->spi_thread_terminated, 0);
> - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&card->cmd_packet_list);
> - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&card->data_packet_list);
> - spin_lock_init(&card->buffer_lock);
>
> /* Initialize the SPI Interface Unit */
> err = spu_init(card, pdata->use_dummy_writes);
> @@ -1141,6 +1014,9 @@ static int __devinit if_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> goto terminate_thread;
> }
>
> + /* poke the IRQ handler so that we don't miss the first interrupt */
> + up(&card->spi_ready);
> +
> /* Start the card.
> * This will call register_netdev, and we'll start
> * getting interrupts... */
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