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Message-ID: <988be02c105b2d0719eb2bdf875d9587@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:50:29 +0530
From:   Balakrishna Godavarthi <bgodavar@...eaurora.org>
To:     Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
Cc:     marcel@...tmann.org, johan.hedberg@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org,
        hemantg@...eaurora.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] Bluetooth: hci_qca: use wait_until_sent() for
 power pulses

Hi Matthias,

On 2019-01-17 01:52, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 05:16:01PM +0530, Balakrishna Godavarthi wrote:
>> wcn3990 requires a power pulse to turn ON/OFF along with
>> regulators. Sometimes we are observing the power pulses are sent
>> out with some time delay, due to queuing these commands. This is
>> causing synchronization issues with chip, which intern delay the
>> chip setup or may end up with communication issues.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Balakrishna Godavarthi <bgodavar@...eaurora.org>
>> ---
>> Changes in v8:
>>  * Updated 1 second timeout instead of indefinite wait.
>> 
>> Changes in v7:
>>  *  updated the wait time to 5 ms after sending power pulses.
>> 
>> Changes in v6:
>>  * added serdev_device_write_flush() in qca_send_power_pulse
>>    instead during the power off pulse.
>> 
>> Changes in v5:
>>  * added serdev_device_write_flush() in qca_power_off().
>> ---
>>  drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c | 46 
>> ++++++++++++++++---------------------
>>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c
>> index f036c8f98ea3..681bfa30467e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c
>> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c
>> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
>>  #define IBS_WAKE_RETRANS_TIMEOUT_MS	100
>>  #define IBS_TX_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS		2000
>>  #define BAUDRATE_SETTLE_TIMEOUT_MS	300
>> +#define POWER_PULSE_TRANS_TIMEOUT_MS	1000
> 
> nit: Not that it should make a different in normal operation, but 1s
> seems extreme. Is there really any chance that the byte hasn't been
> sent after say 100ms (which is still an eternity for a single byte)?
> 
[Bala]: i missed to address this. for now let us have 1 second delay.
         based on stress test or further enchantments we can reduce this 
delay.

>>  /* susclk rate */
>>  #define SUSCLK_RATE_32KHZ	32768
>> @@ -1013,11 +1014,10 @@ static inline void host_set_baudrate(struct 
>> hci_uart *hu, unsigned int speed)
>>  		hci_uart_set_baudrate(hu, speed);
>>  }
>> 
>> -static int qca_send_power_pulse(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 cmd)
>> +static int qca_send_power_pulse(struct hci_uart *hu, u8 cmd)
>>  {
>> -	struct hci_uart *hu = hci_get_drvdata(hdev);
>> -	struct qca_data *qca = hu->priv;
>> -	struct sk_buff *skb;
>> +	int ret;
>> +	int timeout = __msecs_to_jiffies(POWER_PULSE_TRANS_TIMEOUT_MS);
> 
> use msecs_to_jiffies()
> 
>>  	/* These power pulses are single byte command which are sent
>>  	 * at required baudrate to wcn3990. On wcn3990, we have an external
>> @@ -1029,22 +1029,22 @@ static int qca_send_power_pulse(struct hci_dev 
>> *hdev, u8 cmd)
>>  	 * save power. Disabling hardware flow control is mandatory while
>>  	 * sending power pulses to SoC.
>>  	 */
>> -	bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "sending power pulse %02x to SoC", cmd);
>> -
>> -	skb = bt_skb_alloc(sizeof(cmd), GFP_KERNEL);
>> -	if (!skb)
>> -		return -ENOMEM;
>> +	bt_dev_dbg(hu->hdev, "sending power pulse %02x to controller", cmd);
>> 
>> +	serdev_device_write_flush(hu->serdev);
>>  	hci_uart_set_flow_control(hu, true);
>> +	ret = serdev_device_write_buf(hu->serdev, &cmd, sizeof(cmd));
>> +	if (ret < 0) {
>> +		bt_dev_err(hu->hdev, "failed to send power pulse %02x", cmd);
>> +		return ret;
>> +	}
>> 
>> -	skb_put_u8(skb, cmd);
>> -	hci_skb_pkt_type(skb) = HCI_COMMAND_PKT;
>> -
>> -	skb_queue_tail(&qca->txq, skb);
>> -	hci_uart_tx_wakeup(hu);
>> -
>> -	/* Wait for 100 uS for SoC to settle down */
>> -	usleep_range(100, 200);
>> +	serdev_device_wait_until_sent(hu->serdev, timeout);
>> +	/* Wait of 5ms is required for assuring to send the byte on the Tx
>> +	 * line and also for the controller to settle down for the received
>> +	 * byte.
>> +	 */
>> +	usleep_range(5000, 6000);
> 
> I incorrectly claimed that there might be still bytes sitting in the
> UART FIFO when serdev_device_wait_until_sent() returns, Johan
> corrected me on that (thanks!). So if it takes the SoC 100us to settle
> down we should be good with the original code.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Matthias

-- 
Regards
Balakrishna.