linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtw88: Add delay on polling h2c command status bit

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <83B3A3D8-833A-42BE-9EB0-59C95B349B01@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Apr 2020 21:35:29 +0800
From:   Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Tony Chuang <yhchuang@...ltek.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "open list:REALTEK WIRELESS DRIVER (rtw88)" 
        <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtw88: Add delay on polling h2c command status bit



> On Apr 6, 2020, at 21:24, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> 
> Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com> writes:
> 
>>> On Apr 6, 2020, at 20:17, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com> writes:
>>> 
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/hci.h
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/hci.h
>>>> @@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ rtw_write8_mask(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32
>>>> addr, u32 mask, u8 data)
>>>> 	rtw_write8(rtwdev, addr, set);
>>>> }
>>>> 
>>>> +#define rr8(addr)      rtw_read8(rtwdev, addr)
>>>> +#define rr16(addr)     rtw_read16(rtwdev, addr)
>>>> +#define rr32(addr)     rtw_read32(rtwdev, addr)
>>> 
>>> For me these macros reduce code readability, not improve anything. They
>>> hide the use of rtwdev variable, which is evil, and a name like rr8() is
>>> just way too vague. Please keep the original function names as is.
>> 
>> The inspiration is from another driver.
>> readx_poll_timeout macro only takes one argument for the op.
>> Some other drivers have their own poll_timeout implementation,
>> and I guess it makes sense to make one specific for rtw88.
> 
> I'm not even understanding the problem you are tying to fix with these
> macros. The upstream philosopyhy is to have the source code readable and
> maintainable, not to use minimal number of characters. There's a reason
> why we don't name our functions a(), b(), c() and so on.

The current h2c polling doesn't have delay between each interval, so the polling is too fast and the following logic considers it's a timeout.
The readx_poll_timeout() macro provides a generic mechanism to setup an interval delay and timeout which is what we need here.
However readx_poll_timeout only accepts one parameter which usually is memory address, while we need to pass both rtwdev and address.

So if hiding rtwdev is evil, we can roll our own variant of readx_poll_timeout() to make the polling readable.

Kai-Heng

> 
> -- 
> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches