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Date:   Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:14:28 -0500
From:   Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>
To:     Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>, <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <linux-can@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/4] can: m_can: Create a m_can platform framework

Wolfgang

On 3/15/19 9:51 AM, Dan Murphy wrote:
> On 3/14/19 9:38 AM, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Am 14.03.19 um 15:04 schrieb Dan Murphy:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> On 3/14/19 2:26 AM, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>>>> Hello Dan,
>>>>
>>>> we are close...
>>>>
>>>> Am 13.03.19 um 17:26 schrieb Dan Murphy:
>>>>> Create a m_can platform framework that peripherial
>>>>> devices can register to and use common code and register sets.
>>>>> The peripherial devices may provide read/write and configuration
>>>>> support of the IP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> v9 - Added back the CSR clearing as this is needed for TCAN device, fixed clean
>>>>> function to clean index for version > 30, removed extra skb free and fixed work
>>>>> handler to handle FIFO full for perpheral devices - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1050120/
>>>>>
>>>>> v8 - Added a clean function for the tx_skb, cleaned up skb on BUS_OFF and on xmit
>>>>> BUSY - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1047980/
>>>>> v7 - Fixed remaining new checkpatch issues, removed CSR setting, fixed tx hard
>>>>> start function to return tx_busy, and renamed device callbacks - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1047220/
>>>>> v6 - Squashed platform patch to this patch for bissectablity, fixed coding style
>>>>> issues, updated Kconfig help, placed mcan reg offsets back into c file, renamed
>>>>> priv->skb to priv->tx_skb and cleared perp interrupts at ISR start -
>>>>> Patch 1 comments - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1042446/
>>>>> Patch 2 comments - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1042442/
>>>>>
>>>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/Kconfig          |  13 +-
>>>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/Makefile         |   1 +
>>>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c          | 733 +++++++++++++------------
>>>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h          | 110 ++++
>>>>>  drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c | 202 +++++++
>>>>>  5 files changed, 714 insertions(+), 345 deletions(-)
>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/Kconfig b/drivers/net/can/m_can/Kconfig
>>>>> index 04f20dd39007..f7119fd72df4 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/Kconfig
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/Kconfig
>>>>> @@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
>>>>>  config CAN_M_CAN
>>>>> +	tristate "Bosch M_CAN support"
>>>>> +	---help---
>>>>> +	  Say Y here if you want support for Bosch M_CAN controller framework.
>>>>> +	  This is common support for devices that embed the Bosch M_CAN IP.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +config CAN_M_CAN_PLATFORM
>>>>> +	tristate "Bosch M_CAN support for io-mapped devices"
>>>>>  	depends on HAS_IOMEM
>>>>> -	tristate "Bosch M_CAN devices"
>>>>> +	depends on CAN_M_CAN
>>>>>  	---help---
>>>>> -	  Say Y here if you want to support for Bosch M_CAN controller.
>>>>> +	  Say Y here if you want support for IO Mapped Bosch M_CAN controller.
>>>>> +	  This support is for devices that have the Bosch M_CAN controller
>>>>> +	  IP embedded into the device and the IP is IO Mapped to the processor.
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/Makefile b/drivers/net/can/m_can/Makefile
>>>>> index 8bbd7f24f5be..057bbcdb3c74 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/Makefile
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/Makefile
>>>>> @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
>>>>>  #
>>>>>  
>>>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_CAN_M_CAN) += m_can.o
>>>>> +obj-$(CONFIG_CAN_M_CAN_PLATFORM) += m_can_platform.o
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
>>>>> index 9b449400376b..56336aefc567 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
>> ...  snip ...
>>
>>>>> +static netdev_tx_t m_can_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
>>>>> +				    struct net_device *dev)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	struct m_can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (can_dropped_invalid_skb(dev, skb))
>>>>> +		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (priv->is_peripherial) {
>>>>> +		if (priv->tx_skb) {
>>>>> +			netdev_err(dev, "hard_xmit called while tx busy\n");
>>>>> +			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
>>>>> +		}
>>>>> +
>>>>> +		if (priv->can.state == CAN_STATE_BUS_OFF) {
>>>>> +			m_can_clean(dev);
>>>>> +		} else {
>>>>> +			priv->tx_skb = skb;
>>>>> +			queue_work(priv->tx_wq, &priv->tx_work);
>>>>
>>>> You removed "netif_stop_queue(cdev->net)" here. Does that work with just
>>>> *one* "tx_skb"? I think you need an array then!? I'm afraid, this will
>>>> require quite some changes and you should also measure the benefit of
>>>> queuing outgoing messages first. For the time being, it would be fine
>>>> for me to stop the queue here and add an appropriate comment.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes I removed this in favor of allowing the work handler to stop the queue.
>>>
>>> If the version is < 30 then the queue is stopped immediately.  If the version > 30 then the queue is
>>> only stopped if FIFO is full.
>>
>> Yes, and the next call to m_can_start_xmit() will probably return with
>> NETDEV_TX_BUSY. You should at least add a "netif_stop_queue(cdev->net)"
>> before returning NETDEV_TX_BUSY, otherwice the upper layer will retry
>> immediately resulting in high CPU load. Anyway, the purpose of this
>> return code is to signal errors/bugs in the start/stop flow control:
>>
> 
> Ack
> 
>> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt#L81
>>
>>>
>>> I did see the message "tcan4x5x spi1.0 can0: hard_xmit called while tx busy" 
>>> more with no gap and no polling in the cangen request.
>>
>> You usually should never see that message.
>>
>>>
>>>> BTW, how big is the FIFO size on your system:
>>>>
>>>
>>> This value is set to 1.
>>>
>>>>   tx_fifo_size = mram_config_vals[7];
>>
>> Then I'm surprised that you see "hard_xmit called while tx busy" at all.
>> Are you sure that "cdev->version" is 32 on the tcan4x5?
>>
> 
> tcan4x5x spi1.0 can0: Version of M_CAN is 32
> 

UGH!  I just found that I spelled peripheral wrong so I am making that change in the code as
well

Dan


>> Wolfgang
>>
> 
> 


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Dan Murphy

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