linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] ufs: core: Add host quirk QUIRK_MCQ_EXPAND_QUEUE

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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2023 03:27:13 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] ufs: core: Add host quirk
 QUIRK_MCQ_EXPAND_QUEUE_SLOT

On Wed, 2023-10-25 at 11:10 -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>  	 
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>  On 10/25/23 01:56, Chun-Hung Wu wrote:
> > This quirk needs to be enabled if the host controller cannot 
> > distinguish queue full or empty.
> 
>  From the UFSHCI 4.0 specification: "When the head and tail doorbells
> are
> equal, the queue is empty. [ ... ] When the head and tail doorbells
> are
> not equal, the queue contains queue entries."
> 
> How is it possible that a host controller cannot distinguish queue
> full
> or queue empty? Which (head - tail) values cause trouble? More
> information is needed.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bart.
> 
From UFSHCI 4.0 spec "When the head and tail doorbells are equal, the
queue is empty. *Nothe that this definition means there will always be
one empty queue entry"
One of our platform does not keep one empty queue
entry for CQ full
case, that's  why we need this patch to fix this corner case.

Thanks,
Chun-Hung