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Message-ID: <OSAPR01MB27374ACC15B53B3C4E43F718C29A9@OSAPR01MB2737.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 17:54:22 +0000
From: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro.jz@...esas.com>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
CC: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
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Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
Chris Paterson <Chris.Paterson2@...esas.com>,
Prabhakar Mahadev Lad <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>,
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Peter Erben <Peter.Erben@...bosch.com>,
Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 4/7] misc: Add driver for DAB IP found on Renesas R-Car
devices
Hi Laurent,
Thank you for your feedback!
> From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
> Sent: 26 February 2021 13:05
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] misc: Add driver for DAB IP found on Renesas R-
> Car devices
>
> Hi Fabrizio,
>
> Thank you for the patch.
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:37:44AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 11:51 PM Fabrizio Castro wrote:
> > >
> > > The DAB hardware accelerator found on R-Car E3 and R-Car M3-N devices
> is
> > > a hardware accelerator for software DAB demodulators.
> > > It consists of one FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) module and one decoder
> > > module, compatible with DAB specification (ETSI EN 300 401 and
> > > ETSI TS 102 563).
> > > The decoder module can perform FIC decoding and MSC decoding
> processing
> > > from de-puncture to final decoded result.
> > >
> > > This patch adds a device driver to support the FFT module only.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro.jz@...esas.com>
> > > ---
> > > MAINTAINERS | 7 ++
> > > drivers/misc/Kconfig | 1 +
> > > drivers/misc/Makefile | 1 +
> > > drivers/misc/rcar_dab/Kconfig | 11 ++
> > > drivers/misc/rcar_dab/Makefile | 8 ++
> > > drivers/misc/rcar_dab/rcar_dev.c | 176
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > drivers/misc/rcar_dab/rcar_dev.h | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > > drivers/misc/rcar_dab/rcar_fft.c | 160 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > include/uapi/linux/rcar_dab.h | 35 ++++++
> >
> > Can you explain why this is not in drivers/media/?
> >
> > I don't think we want a custom ioctl interface for a device that
> implements
> > a generic specification. My first feeling would be that this should not
> > have a user-level API but instead get called by the DAB radio driver.
> >
> > What is the intended usage model here? I assume the idea is to
> > use it in an application that receives audio or metadata from DAB.
> > What driver do you use for that?
>
> I second Arnd here, a standard API would be best.
>
> > > +static long rcar_dab_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
> cmd,
> > > + unsigned long arg)
> > > +{
> > > + void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
> > > + struct rcar_dab *dab;
> > > + int ret;
> > > +
> > > + dab = container_of(file->private_data, struct rcar_dab, misc);
> > > +
> > > + switch (cmd) {
> > > + case RCAR_DAB_IOC_FFT:
> > > + if (!access_ok(argp, sizeof(struct rcar_dab_fft_req)))
> > > + return -EFAULT;
> > > + ret = rcar_dab_fft(dab, argp);
> > > + break;
> > > + default:
> > > + ret = -ENOTTY;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + return ret;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static const struct file_operations rcar_dab_fops = {
> > > + .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> > > + .unlocked_ioctl = rcar_dab_unlocked_ioctl,
> > > +};
> >
> > There should be a '.compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl'
> > entry, provided that the arguments are compatible between
> > 32-bit and 64-bit user space.
> >
> > > +
> > > +static int rcar_dab_fft_init(struct rcar_dab *dab, struct
> rcar_dab_fft_req *fft)
> > > +{
> > > + u32 mode;
> > > +
> > > + for (mode = 0; mode < ARRAY_SIZE(rcar_dab_fft_size_lut);
> mode++)
> > > + if (rcar_dab_fft_size_lut[mode] == fft->points)
> > > + break;
> > > + if (mode == ARRAY_SIZE(rcar_dab_fft_size_lut))
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> > > + if (fft->ofdm_number == 0)
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > + rcar_dab_write(dab, RCAR_DAB_FFTSSR, mode);
> > > + rcar_dab_write(dab, RCAR_DAB_FFTNUMOFDMR, fft->ofdm_number);
> > > + rcar_dab_write(dab, RCAR_DAB_FFTINADDR, (u32)dab-
> >fft.dma_input_buf);
> > > + rcar_dab_write(dab, RCAR_DAB_FFTOUTADDR, (u32)dab-
> >fft.dma_output_buf);
> >
> > Maybe use lower_32_bits() instead of the (u32) cast.
> >
> > For clarity, you may also want to specifically ask for a 32-bit DMA mask
> > in the probe function, with a comment that describes what the hardware
> > limitation is.
> >
> > > +
> > > + if (copy_from_user(dab->fft.input_buffer, fft_req-
> >input_address,
> > > + buffer_size)) {
> > > + mutex_unlock(&dab->fft.lock);
> > > + return -EFAULT;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + dab->fft.done = false;
> > > + ret = rcar_dab_fft_init(dab, fft_req);
> > > + if (ret) {
> > > + mutex_unlock(&dab->fft.lock);
> > > + return ret;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + rcar_dab_fft_enable(dab);
> > > + wait_event_interruptible_timeout(dab->fft.wait, dab->fft.done,
> HZ);
> > > + if (!dab->fft.done) {
> > > + rcar_dab_fft_disable(dab);
> > > + ret = -EFAULT;
> >
> > -EFAULT doesn't look like the right error for timeout or signal
> > handling. Better check the return code from
> wait_event_interruptible_timeout()
> > instead.
> >
> > > +
> > > +struct rcar_dab_fft_req {
> > > + int points; /*
> > > + * The number of points to
> use.
> > > + * Legal values are 256, 512,
> 1024, and
> > > + * 2048.
> > > + */
> > > + unsigned char ofdm_number; /*
> > > + * Orthogonal Frequency
> Division
> > > + * Multiplexing (OFDM).
> > > + * Minimum value is 1, maximum
> value is
> > > + * 255.
> > > + */
> > > + void __user *input_address; /*
> > > + * User space address for the
> input
> > > + * buffer.
> > > + */
> > > + void __user *output_address; /*
> > > + * User space address for the
> output
> > > + * buffer.
> > > + */
> > > +};
> >
> > Please read Documentation/driver-api/ioctl.rst and make this a portable
> > data structure.
>
> We've suffered enough with DMA to user pointers. Let's use dmabuf
> instead.
Will give it a try
Thanks,
Fab
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart
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