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Message-ID: <fb137f96-b1a1-30ee-cd92-d52f1f0f76d7@ti.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:06:04 -0500
From:   "Mendez, Judith" <jm@...com>
To:     Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
CC:     Chandrasekar Ramakrishnan <rcsekar@...sung.com>,
        Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Andrew Davis <afd@...com>,
        Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        <linux-can@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Schuyler Patton <spatton@...com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 5/5] can: m_can: Add hrtimer to generate software
 interrupt

Hello Marc,

On 4/14/2023 1:20 PM, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> On 13.04.2023 17:30:51, Judith Mendez wrote:
>> Add a hrtimer to MCAN struct. Each MCAN will have its own
>> hrtimer instantiated if there is no hardware interrupt found.
>>
>> The hrtimer will generate a software interrupt every 1 ms. In
> 
> Are you sure about the 1ms?
> 
>> hrtimer callback, we check if there is a transaction pending by
>> reading a register, then process by calling the isr if there is.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Judith Mendez <jm@...com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c          | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>   drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h          |  3 +++
>>   drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c |  9 +++++++--
>>   3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
>> index 8e83d6963d85..bb9d53f4d3cc 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
>> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
>>   #include <linux/pinctrl/consumer.h>
>>   #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>>   #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>> +#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
>>   
>>   #include "m_can.h"
>>   
>> @@ -1584,6 +1585,11 @@ static int m_can_close(struct net_device *dev)
>>   	if (!cdev->is_peripheral)
>>   		napi_disable(&cdev->napi);
>>   
>> +	if (dev->irq < 0) {
>> +		dev_info(cdev->dev, "Disabling the hrtimer\n");
> 
> Make it a dev_dbg() or remove completely.
> 

Will do, thanks.

>> +		hrtimer_cancel(&cdev->hrtimer);
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	m_can_stop(dev);
>>   	m_can_clk_stop(cdev);
>>   	free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
>> @@ -1792,6 +1798,19 @@ static netdev_tx_t m_can_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
>>   	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>>   }
>>   
>> +enum hrtimer_restart hrtimer_callback(struct hrtimer *timer)
>> +{
>> +	irqreturn_t ret;
> 
> never read value?
> 

I have removed ret completely now.

>> +	struct m_can_classdev *cdev =
>> +		container_of(timer, struct m_can_classdev, hrtimer);
>> +
>> +	ret = m_can_isr(0, cdev->net);
>> +
>> +	hrtimer_forward_now(timer, ns_to_ktime(5 * NSEC_PER_MSEC));
> 
> There's ms_to_ktime()....and the "5" doesn't match your patch
> description.
> 
>> +
>> +	return HRTIMER_RESTART;
>> +}
>> +
>>   static int m_can_open(struct net_device *dev)
>>   {
>>   	struct m_can_classdev *cdev = netdev_priv(dev);
>> @@ -1836,8 +1855,9 @@ static int m_can_open(struct net_device *dev)
>>   	}
>>   
>>   	if (err < 0) {
>> -		netdev_err(dev, "failed to request interrupt\n");
>> -		goto exit_irq_fail;
>> +		dev_info(cdev->dev, "Enabling the hrtimer\n");
>> +		cdev->hrtimer.function = &hrtimer_callback;
>> +		hrtimer_start(&cdev->hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(0), HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
> 
> IMHO it makes no sense to request an IRQ if the device doesn't have one,
> and then try to fix up things in the error path. What about this?
> 
> --- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
> @@ -1831,9 +1831,11 @@ static int m_can_open(struct net_device *dev)
>                   err = request_threaded_irq(dev->irq, NULL, m_can_isr,
>                                              IRQF_ONESHOT,
>                                              dev->name, dev);
> -        } else {
> +        } else if (dev->irq) {
>                   err = request_irq(dev->irq, m_can_isr, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name,
>                                     dev);
> +        } else {
> +                // polling
>           }
>   
>           if (err < 0) {
> 
>>   	}

Thanks for the recommendation, I will include in v2.

>>   
>>   	/* start the m_can controller */
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
>> index a839dc71dc9b..ed046d77fdb9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
>> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
>>   #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>>   #include <linux/slab.h>
>>   #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>> +#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
>>   
>>   /* m_can lec values */
>>   enum m_can_lec_type {
>> @@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ struct m_can_classdev {
>>   	int is_peripheral;
>>   
>>   	struct mram_cfg mcfg[MRAM_CFG_NUM];
>> +
>> +	struct hrtimer hrtimer;
>>   };
>>   
>>   struct m_can_classdev *m_can_class_allocate_dev(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv);
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
>> index 9c1dcf838006..53e1648e9dab 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
>> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>>   
>>   #include <linux/phy/phy.h>
>>   #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>> +#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
>>   
>>   #include "m_can.h"
>>   
>> @@ -98,8 +99,12 @@ static int m_can_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>   	addr = devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname(pdev, "m_can");
>>   	irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, "int0");
>>   	if (IS_ERR(addr) || irq < 0) {
> 
> What about the IS_ERR(addr) case?
> 

Added, thanks.

>> -		ret = -EINVAL;
>> -		goto probe_fail;
>> +		if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
>> +			ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
>> +			goto probe_fail;
>> +		}
>> +		dev_info(mcan_class->dev, "Failed to get irq, initialize hrtimer\n");
>> +		hrtimer_init(&mcan_class->hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
> 
> I don't like it when polling is unconditionally set up in case of an irq
> error. I'm not sure if we need an explicit device tree property....

This is an interesting thought, I would definitely like to look more 
into this. Though I am thinking it would be part of future optimization 
patch. Thanks so much for your recommendation.

regards,
Judith

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