linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: tcpm: Move to high priority workqueue for processing events

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:16:25 -0700
From:   Badhri Jagan Sridharan <badhri@...gle.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     reg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        USB <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: tcpm: Move to high priority workqueue for
 processing events

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:58 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
>
> On 7/13/20 11:05 PM, reg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 01:43:00PM -0700, Badhri Jagan Sridharan wrote:
> >> "tReceiverResponse 15 ms Section 6.6.2
> >> The receiver of a Message requiring a response Shall respond
> >> within tReceiverResponse in order to ensure that the
> >> sender’s SenderResponseTimer does not expire."
> >>
> >> When the cpu complex is busy running other lower priority
> >> work items, TCPM's work queue sometimes does not get scheduled
> >> on time to meet the above requirement from the spec.
> >> Elevating the TCPM's work queue to higher priority allows
> >> TCPM to meet tReceiverResponse in a busy system.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Badhri Jagan Sridharan <badhri@...gle.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c | 2 +-
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> >> index 82b19ebd7838e0..088b6f1fa1ff89 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> >> @@ -4747,7 +4747,7 @@ struct tcpm_port *tcpm_register_port(struct device *dev, struct tcpc_dev *tcpc)
> >>      mutex_init(&port->lock);
> >>      mutex_init(&port->swap_lock);
> >>
> >> -    port->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(dev_name(dev));
> >> +    port->wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("%s", WQ_HIGHPRI, dev_name(dev));
> >
> > How are you "guaranteeing" that this is really going to change anything
> > on a highly loaded machine?
> >
> > Yes, it might make things better, but if you have a hard deadline like
> > this, you need to do things a bit differently to always ensure that you
> > meet it.  I do not think this change is that fix, do you?
> >
Yes Greg I agree with you, moving to HIGHPRI was making it better but
is not going to
solve the problem always. I was wondering whether are there better
ways of doing this.

>
> Good point. The worker in drivers/watchdog/ !watchdog_dev.c might be
> useful as a starting point. There may be better examples - this is
> just one I know of which had a similar problem. See commits
> 38a1222ae4f3 and 1ff688209e2e.
>
> Guenter

Thanks a lot Guenter !! Very useful pointers, will review the
approaches in both the
commits !