linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 0/2] mei: add timeout to send

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:20:28 -0500
From:   Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>
To:     Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
CC:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
        "Daniel Vetter" <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Lubart <vitaly.lubart@...el.com>,
        <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 0/2] mei: add timeout to send

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 02:47:33PM +0200, Alexander Usyskin wrote:
> When driver wakes up the firmware from the low power state,
> it is sending a memory ready message.
> The send is done via synchronous/blocking function to ensure
> that firmware is in ready state. However, in case of firmware
> undergoing reset send might be block forever.
> To address this issue a timeout is added to blocking
> write command on the internal bus.
> 
> Introduce the __mei_cl_send_timeout function to use instead of
> __mei_cl_send in cases where timeout is required.
> The mei_cl_write has only two callers and there is no need to split
> it into two functions.
> 
> V2: address review comments:
>  - split __mei_cl_send and __mei_cl_send_timeout
>  - add units to timeout KDoc
>  - use MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT to squash wait to one macro
> 
> V3: - split the state fix into separate patch
>     - document define unit
>     - expand timeout KDoc

These 2 patches looks good to me now.

Greg, whenever you review it, please let me know if it is
okay to me to push these through the drm-fixes, or if you
prefer these to the mei branches.

Btw, Alexander, would we have a good "Fixes:" tag for these
patches?

Thanks,
Rodrigo.

> 
> Alexander Usyskin (2):
>   mei: add timeout to send
>   mei: bus-fixup: change pxp mode only if message was sent
> 
>  drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c | 14 +++++++++-----
>  drivers/misc/mei/bus.c       | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/misc/mei/client.c    | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/misc/mei/client.h    |  2 +-
>  drivers/misc/mei/main.c      |  2 +-
>  drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h   |  2 ++
>  6 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>