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[v5,3/5] mtd: devices: m25p80: add support for mmap read request

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Vignesh Raghavendra Dec. 11, 2015, 4:09 a.m. UTC
Certain spi controllers may provide accelerated interface to read from
m25p80 type flash devices. This interface provides better read
performance than regular SPI interface.
Call spi_flash_read(), if supported, to make use of such interface.

Signed-off-by: Vignesh R <vigneshr@ti.com>
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v5: No changes

 drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

Comments

Mark Brown Feb. 9, 2016, 7:36 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 09:39:58AM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:

> +	if (spi_flash_read_supported(spi)) {
> +		struct spi_flash_read_message msg;
> +		int ret;
> +
> +		msg.buf = buf;
> +		msg.from = from;
> +		msg.len = len;
> +		msg.read_opcode = nor->read_opcode;
> +		msg.addr_width = nor->addr_width;
> +		msg.dummy_bytes = dummy;
> +		/* TODO: Support other combinations */
> +		msg.opcode_nbits = SPI_NBITS_SINGLE;
> +		msg.addr_nbits = SPI_NBITS_SINGLE;
> +		msg.data_nbits = m25p80_rx_nbits(nor);
> +
> +		ret = spi_flash_read(spi, &msg);
> +		*retlen = msg.retlen;
> +		return ret;

Looking at this I can't help but think that spi_flash_read() ought to
have the stub in rather than the caller.  But given that we're pretty
much only ever expecting one user I'm not 100% sure it actually matters.
Anyway, I applied the first two patches.
Vignesh Raghavendra Feb. 11, 2016, 5:33 a.m. UTC | #2
On 02/10/2016 01:06 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 09:39:58AM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
> 
>> +	if (spi_flash_read_supported(spi)) {
>> +		struct spi_flash_read_message msg;
>> +		int ret;
>> +
>> +		msg.buf = buf;
>> +		msg.from = from;
>> +		msg.len = len;
>> +		msg.read_opcode = nor->read_opcode;
>> +		msg.addr_width = nor->addr_width;
>> +		msg.dummy_bytes = dummy;
>> +		/* TODO: Support other combinations */
>> +		msg.opcode_nbits = SPI_NBITS_SINGLE;
>> +		msg.addr_nbits = SPI_NBITS_SINGLE;
>> +		msg.data_nbits = m25p80_rx_nbits(nor);
>> +
>> +		ret = spi_flash_read(spi, &msg);
>> +		*retlen = msg.retlen;
>> +		return ret;
> 
> Looking at this I can't help but think that spi_flash_read() ought to
> have the stub in rather than the caller.  But given that we're pretty
> much only ever expecting one user I'm not 100% sure it actually matters.

Well, my initial patch set passed long list of arguments to
spi_flash_read(), but Brian suggested to use struct[1] in order to avoid
unnecessary churn when things need changed in the API.


[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/11/454
Mark Brown Feb. 12, 2016, 10:37 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:03:50AM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
> On 02/10/2016 01:06 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 09:39:58AM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:

> >> +	if (spi_flash_read_supported(spi)) {
> >> +		struct spi_flash_read_message msg;
> >> +		int ret;

> > Looking at this I can't help but think that spi_flash_read() ought to
> > have the stub in rather than the caller.  But given that we're pretty
> > much only ever expecting one user I'm not 100% sure it actually matters.

> Well, my initial patch set passed long list of arguments to
> spi_flash_read(), but Brian suggested to use struct[1] in order to avoid
> unnecessary churn when things need changed in the API.

I don't see what that has to do with my point?
Vignesh Raghavendra Feb. 16, 2016, 8 a.m. UTC | #4
On 02/13/2016 04:07 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:03:50AM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
>> On 02/10/2016 01:06 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
>>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 09:39:58AM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
> 
>>>> +	if (spi_flash_read_supported(spi)) {
>>>> +		struct spi_flash_read_message msg;
>>>> +		int ret;
> 
>>> Looking at this I can't help but think that spi_flash_read() ought to
>>> have the stub in rather than the caller.  But given that we're pretty
>>> much only ever expecting one user I'm not 100% sure it actually matters.
> 
>> Well, my initial patch set passed long list of arguments to
>> spi_flash_read(), but Brian suggested to use struct[1] in order to avoid
>> unnecessary churn when things need changed in the API.
> 
> I don't see what that has to do with my point?
> 

AFAIU, your previous comment was to move initialization of
spi_flash_read_message struct to spi_flash_read(). This would mean
sending long list of arguments to spi_flash_read() which needs to be
updated whenever an argument needs to be added/deleted (in future).
Instead passing around a struct would be much easier in case of
adding/removing parameters.
Please correct me if I misunderstood your comment?
Mark Brown Feb. 16, 2016, 12:38 p.m. UTC | #5
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 01:30:49PM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
> On 02/13/2016 04:07 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:03:50AM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
> >> On 02/10/2016 01:06 AM, Mark Brown wrote:

> >>> Looking at this I can't help but think that spi_flash_read() ought to
> >>> have the stub in rather than the caller.  But given that we're pretty
> >>> much only ever expecting one user I'm not 100% sure it actually matters.

> >> Well, my initial patch set passed long list of arguments to
> >> spi_flash_read(), but Brian suggested to use struct[1] in order to avoid
> >> unnecessary churn when things need changed in the API.

> > I don't see what that has to do with my point?

> AFAIU, your previous comment was to move initialization of
> spi_flash_read_message struct to spi_flash_read(). This would mean

No, not at all.  I'm talking about how we handle the case where we don't
have hardware support for this and need to implement it in software -
currently that's in a separate place to the place where we call the
driver.
Vignesh Raghavendra Feb. 17, 2016, 4:11 p.m. UTC | #6
On 02/16/2016 06:08 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 01:30:49PM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
>> On 02/13/2016 04:07 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
>>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:03:50AM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
>>>> On 02/10/2016 01:06 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
>>>>> Looking at this I can't help but think that spi_flash_read() ought to
>>>>> have the stub in rather than the caller.  But given that we're pretty
>>>>> much only ever expecting one user I'm not 100% sure it actually matters.
> 
>>>> Well, my initial patch set passed long list of arguments to
>>>> spi_flash_read(), but Brian suggested to use struct[1] in order to avoid
>>>> unnecessary churn when things need changed in the API.
> 
>>> I don't see what that has to do with my point?
> 
>> AFAIU, your previous comment was to move initialization of
>> spi_flash_read_message struct to spi_flash_read(). This would mean
> 
> No, not at all.  I'm talking about how we handle the case where we don't
> have hardware support for this and need to implement it in software -
> currently that's in a separate place to the place where we call the
> driver.
> 

Yeah, but AFAIK, hardware accelerated read support is applicable for
m25p80 flashes only, I doubt whether spi_flash_read() will be used by
other types. I felt keeping the software implementation in m25p80_read()
will be consistent with m25p80_write().
Vignesh Raghavendra Feb. 24, 2016, 12:21 p.m. UTC | #7
On 02/17/2016 09:41 PM, R, Vignesh wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/16/2016 06:08 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 01:30:49PM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
>>> On 02/13/2016 04:07 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:03:50AM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
>>>>> On 02/10/2016 01:06 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Looking at this I can't help but think that spi_flash_read() ought to
>>>>>> have the stub in rather than the caller.  But given that we're pretty
>>>>>> much only ever expecting one user I'm not 100% sure it actually matters.
>>
>>>>> Well, my initial patch set passed long list of arguments to
>>>>> spi_flash_read(), but Brian suggested to use struct[1] in order to avoid
>>>>> unnecessary churn when things need changed in the API.
>>
>>>> I don't see what that has to do with my point?
>>
>>> AFAIU, your previous comment was to move initialization of
>>> spi_flash_read_message struct to spi_flash_read(). This would mean
>>
>> No, not at all.  I'm talking about how we handle the case where we don't
>> have hardware support for this and need to implement it in software -
>> currently that's in a separate place to the place where we call the
>> driver.
>>
> 
> Yeah, but AFAIK, hardware accelerated read support is applicable for
> m25p80 flashes only, I doubt whether spi_flash_read() will be used by
> other types. I felt keeping the software implementation in m25p80_read()
> will be consistent with m25p80_write().

Is there any further work required on the patch? If not, what's the plan
to merge this patch?
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diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index fe9ceb7b5405..00094a668c62 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -131,6 +131,26 @@  static int m25p80_read(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t from, size_t len,
 	/* convert the dummy cycles to the number of bytes */
 	dummy /= 8;
 
+	if (spi_flash_read_supported(spi)) {
+		struct spi_flash_read_message msg;
+		int ret;
+
+		msg.buf = buf;
+		msg.from = from;
+		msg.len = len;
+		msg.read_opcode = nor->read_opcode;
+		msg.addr_width = nor->addr_width;
+		msg.dummy_bytes = dummy;
+		/* TODO: Support other combinations */
+		msg.opcode_nbits = SPI_NBITS_SINGLE;
+		msg.addr_nbits = SPI_NBITS_SINGLE;
+		msg.data_nbits = m25p80_rx_nbits(nor);
+
+		ret = spi_flash_read(spi, &msg);
+		*retlen = msg.retlen;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	spi_message_init(&m);
 	memset(t, 0, (sizeof t));