Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] mmc: core: API to temporarily disable retuning for SDIO CRC errors

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Mon Jun 17 2019 - 04:36:50 EST


On 14/06/19 2:41 AM, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> Normally when the MMC core sees an "-EILSEQ" error returned by a host
> controller then it will trigger a retuning of the card. This is
> generally a good idea.
>
> However, if a command is expected to sometimes cause transfer errors
> then these transfer errors shouldn't cause a re-tuning. This
> re-tuning will be a needless waste of time. One example case where a
> transfer is expected to cause errors is when transitioning between
> idle (sometimes referred to as "sleep" in Broadcom code) and active
> state on certain Broadcom WiFi SDIO cards. Specifically if the card
> was already transitioning between states when the command was sent it
> could cause an error on the SDIO bus.
>
> Let's add an API that the SDIO function drivers can call that will
> temporarily disable the auto-tuning functionality. Then we can add a
> call to this in the Broadcom WiFi driver and any other driver that
> might have similar needs.
>
> NOTE: this makes the assumption that the card is already tuned well
> enough that it's OK to disable the auto-retuning during one of these
> error-prone situations. Presumably the driver code performing the
> error-prone transfer knows how to recover / retry from errors. ...and
> after we can get back to a state where transfers are no longer
> error-prone then we can enable the auto-retuning again. If we truly
> find ourselves in a case where the card needs to be retuned sometimes
> to handle one of these error-prone transfers then we can always try a
> few transfers first without auto-retuning and then re-try with
> auto-retuning if the first few fail.
>
> Without this change on rk3288-veyron-minnie I periodically see this in
> the logs of a machine just sitting there idle:
> dwmmc_rockchip ff0d0000.dwmmc: Successfully tuned phase to XYZ
>
> Fixes: bd11e8bd03ca ("mmc: core: Flag re-tuning is needed on CRC errors")
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Not withstanding Ulf's comments:

Acked-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Moved to SDIO API only (Adrian, Ulf).
> - Renamed to make it less generic, now retune_crc_disable (Ulf).
> - Function header makes it clear host must be claimed (Ulf).
> - No more WARN_ON (Ulf).
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Took out the spinlock since I believe this is all in one context.
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Updated commit message to clarify based on discussion of v1.
>
> drivers/mmc/core/core.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/mmc/core.h | 2 ++
> include/linux/mmc/host.h | 1 +
> include/linux/mmc/sdio_func.h | 3 +++
> 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
> index 6db36dc870b5..9020cb2490f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
> @@ -144,8 +144,9 @@ void mmc_request_done(struct mmc_host *host, struct mmc_request *mrq)
> int err = cmd->error;
>
> /* Flag re-tuning needed on CRC errors */
> - if ((cmd->opcode != MMC_SEND_TUNING_BLOCK &&
> - cmd->opcode != MMC_SEND_TUNING_BLOCK_HS200) &&
> + if (cmd->opcode != MMC_SEND_TUNING_BLOCK &&
> + cmd->opcode != MMC_SEND_TUNING_BLOCK_HS200 &&
> + !host->retune_crc_disable &&
> (err == -EILSEQ || (mrq->sbc && mrq->sbc->error == -EILSEQ) ||
> (mrq->data && mrq->data->error == -EILSEQ) ||
> (mrq->stop && mrq->stop->error == -EILSEQ)))
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
> index f79f0b0caab8..f822a9630b0e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
> @@ -734,3 +734,39 @@ int sdio_set_host_pm_flags(struct sdio_func *func, mmc_pm_flag_t flags)
> return 0;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sdio_set_host_pm_flags);
> +
> +/**
> + * sdio_retune_crc_disable - temporarily disable retuning on CRC errors
> + * @func: SDIO function attached to host
> + *
> + * If the SDIO card is known to be in a state where it might produce
> + * CRC errors on the bus in response to commands (like if we know it is
> + * transitioning between power states), an SDIO function driver can
> + * call this function to temporarily disable the SD/MMC core behavior of
> + * triggering an automatic retuning.
> + *
> + * This function should be called while the host is claimed and the host
> + * should remain claimed until sdio_retune_crc_enable() is called.
> + * Specifically, the expected sequence of calls is:
> + * - sdio_claim_host()
> + * - sdio_retune_crc_disable()
> + * - some number of calls like sdio_writeb() and sdio_readb()
> + * - sdio_release_host()
> + */
> +void sdio_retune_crc_disable(struct sdio_func *func)
> +{
> + func->card->host->retune_crc_disable = true;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sdio_retune_crc_disable);
> +
> +/**
> + * sdio_retune_crc_enable - reneable retuning on CRC errors
> + * @func: SDIO function attached to host
> + *
> + * This is the compement to sdio_retune_crc_disable().
> + */
> +void sdio_retune_crc_enable(struct sdio_func *func)
> +{
> + func->card->host->retune_crc_disable = false;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sdio_retune_crc_enable);
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/core.h b/include/linux/mmc/core.h
> index 134a6483347a..02a13abf0cda 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmc/core.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmc/core.h
> @@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ int mmc_wait_for_cmd(struct mmc_host *host, struct mmc_command *cmd,
>
> int mmc_hw_reset(struct mmc_host *host);
> int mmc_sw_reset(struct mmc_host *host);
> +void mmc_expect_errors_begin(struct mmc_host *host);
> +void mmc_expect_errors_end(struct mmc_host *host);
> void mmc_set_data_timeout(struct mmc_data *data, const struct mmc_card *card);
>
> #endif /* LINUX_MMC_CORE_H */
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
> index 43d0f0c496f6..ecb7972e2423 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
> @@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ struct mmc_host {
> unsigned int retune_now:1; /* do re-tuning at next req */
> unsigned int retune_paused:1; /* re-tuning is temporarily disabled */
> unsigned int use_blk_mq:1; /* use blk-mq */
> + unsigned int retune_crc_disable:1; /* don't trigger retune upon crc */
>
> int rescan_disable; /* disable card detection */
> int rescan_entered; /* used with nonremovable devices */
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/sdio_func.h b/include/linux/mmc/sdio_func.h
> index e9dfdd501cd1..4820e6d09dac 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmc/sdio_func.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmc/sdio_func.h
> @@ -167,4 +167,7 @@ extern void sdio_f0_writeb(struct sdio_func *func, unsigned char b,
> extern mmc_pm_flag_t sdio_get_host_pm_caps(struct sdio_func *func);
> extern int sdio_set_host_pm_flags(struct sdio_func *func, mmc_pm_flag_t flags);
>
> +extern void sdio_retune_crc_disable(struct sdio_func *func);
> +extern void sdio_retune_crc_enable(struct sdio_func *func);
> +
> #endif /* LINUX_MMC_SDIO_FUNC_H */
>