From: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
To: Changhuang Liang <changhuang.liang@starfivetech.com>
Cc: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@gmail.com>,
linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] spi: dw: Add DMA support for enhanced memory operations
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:10:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e77a4254-2041-47f1-b0a7-b496f77a29d1@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923095705.233297-3-changhuang.liang@starfivetech.com>
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On Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 02:57:05AM -0700, Changhuang Liang wrote:
> Implement DMA support for enhanced SPI memory operations. On some
> platforms, such as JHB100, only one DMA channel is available for the
> enhanced SPI controller, so the channel is allocated dynamically based
> on the transfer direction.
>
> Add enhanced memory DMA callbacks (init/exit, setup, can_dma, transfer)
> to struct dw_spi_dma_ops and hook them into the generic DMA operations.
> The channel is requested per operation and released afterwards.
>
> In dw_spi_exec_enh_mem_op(), record the direction in dws->tx_dir and use
> the DMA path when a channel is available, can_dma_enh_mem() accepts the
> transfer, and the transfer exceeds the FIFO length; otherwise fall back
> to the interrupt path.
>
> Rework dw_spi_dma_wait_tx_done() to take an explicit speed_hz, add one
> to TXFLR for the word possibly left in the shift register, and compute
> the delay in ns or us, dropping the dependency on the xfer pointer.
>
> Also move the udelay(5) workaround into dw_spi_enh_write_cmd_addr() so
> it applies to both paths, and enable the generic DMA setup in
> dw_spi_jhb100_init().
>
> Signed-off-by: Changhuang Liang <changhuang.liang@starfivetech.com>
> ---
> drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c | 107 ++++++++++-----
> drivers/spi/spi-dw-dma.c | 281 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/spi/spi-dw-mmio.c | 2 +
> drivers/spi/spi-dw.h | 10 ++
> 4 files changed, 357 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c b/drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c
> index 04a5b48373e1..6da3812f72f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c
> @@ -970,6 +970,15 @@ static void dw_spi_enh_write_cmd_addr(struct dw_spi *dws, const struct spi_mem_o
>
> dw_spi_set_cs(mem->spi, false);
> }
> +
> + /*
> + * FIXME: The exact reason for this delay is not fully understood,
> + * but empirical testing shows it significantly improves the stability
> + * of read/write operations. Without this delay, occasional transfer
> + * errors or timeouts may occur under certain conditions.
> + * Keeping it as a safeguard based on practical validation.
> + */
> + udelay(5);
> }
>
> static int dw_spi_exec_enh_mem_op(struct spi_mem *mem, const struct spi_mem_op *op)
> @@ -981,6 +990,8 @@ static int dw_spi_exec_enh_mem_op(struct spi_mem *mem, const struct spi_mem_op *
> unsigned long long ms;
> int ret;
>
> + dws->dma_mapped = false;
> +
> switch (op->data.buswidth) {
> case 0:
> case 1:
> @@ -1004,10 +1015,13 @@ static int dw_spi_exec_enh_mem_op(struct spi_mem *mem, const struct spi_mem_op *
> cfg.dfs = 8;
> cfg.freq = clamp(op->max_freq, 0U, dws->max_mem_freq);
> cfg.ndf = op->data.nbytes;
> - if (op->data.dir == SPI_MEM_DATA_IN)
> + if (op->data.dir == SPI_MEM_DATA_IN) {
> cfg.tmode = DW_SPI_CTRLR0_TMOD_RO;
> - else
> + dws->tx_dir = false;
> + } else {
> cfg.tmode = DW_SPI_CTRLR0_TMOD_TO;
> + dws->tx_dir = true;
> + }
>
> if (op->data.buswidth == op->addr.buswidth &&
> op->data.buswidth == op->cmd.buswidth)
> @@ -1043,47 +1057,68 @@ static int dw_spi_exec_enh_mem_op(struct spi_mem *mem, const struct spi_mem_op *
> }
> }
>
> - dw_spi_enh_write_cmd_addr(dws, op, mem);
> -
> - /*
> - * FIXME: The exact reason for this delay is not fully understood,
> - * but empirical testing shows it significantly improves the stability
> - * of read/write operations. Without this delay, occasional transfer
> - * errors or timeouts may occur under certain conditions.
> - * Keeping it as a safeguard based on practical validation.
> - */
> - udelay(5);
> + if (dws->dma_ops && dws->dma_ops->dma_enh_mem_init &&
> + dws->dma_ops->can_dma_enh_mem && op->data.nbytes > dws->fifo_len) {
> + ret = dws->dma_ops->dma_enh_mem_init(ctlr->dev.parent, dws);
> + if (ret) {
> + dev_dbg(&ctlr->dev, "DMA enh mem init failed (%d)\n", ret);
This doesn't pay attention to the probe time detection of DMA, and
there's no probe time path for requesting the channels so we'll always
drop and request the channel.
> + if (dws->dma_mapped) {
> + dw_spi_enh_write_cmd_addr(dws, op, mem);
>
> - /* Use timeout calculation from spi_transfer_wait() */
> - ms = 8LL * MSEC_PER_SEC * (dws->rx_len ? dws->rx_len : dws->tx_len);
> - do_div(ms, dws->current_freq);
> + ret = dws->dma_ops->dma_enh_mem_transfer(mem, op);
>
> - /*
> - * Increase it twice and add 200 ms tolerance, use
> - * predefined maximum in case of overflow.
> - */
> - ms += ms + 200;
> - if (ms > UINT_MAX)
> - ms = UINT_MAX;
> + dws->dma_ops->dma_enh_mem_exit(dws);
Do we check for errors from the hardware anywhere?
> +static int dw_spi_dma_wait_tx_done(struct dw_spi *dws, u32 speed_hz)
> {
> int retry = DW_SPI_WAIT_RETRIES;
> struct spi_delay delay;
> + unsigned long ns, us;
> u32 nents;
>
> - nents = dw_readl(dws, DW_SPI_TXFLR);
> - delay.unit = SPI_DELAY_UNIT_SCK;
> - delay.value = nents * dws->n_bytes * BITS_PER_BYTE;
> + /* Account for the word that may still be in the shift register */
> + nents = dw_readl(dws, DW_SPI_TXFLR) + 1;
This affects all DMA users and wasn't really explained, it should
probably be a separate patch.
> +static int dw_spi_enh_mem_dma_caps_init(struct dw_spi *dws)
> +{
> +static void dw_spi_enh_mem_dma_maxburst_init(struct dw_spi *dws)
> +{
These are very close to the non-enhanced versions, it would be better to
factor out the common bits.
> +static int dw_spi_enh_mem_dma_init_generic(struct device *dev, struct dw_spi *dws)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (dws->tx_dir) {
> + if (dws->txchan)
> + return -EBUSY;
Surely if the driver already has a channel there's no error?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-24 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-23 9:57 [PATCH v1 0/2] Add enhance SPI DMA support for JHB100 SFC Changhuang Liang
2026-09-23 9:57 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] spi: dw: Request DMA channels at runtime instead of probe Changhuang Liang
2026-09-24 18:02 ` Mark Brown
2026-09-25 6:30 ` Changhuang Liang
2026-09-23 9:57 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] spi: dw: Add DMA support for enhanced memory operations Changhuang Liang
2026-09-24 18:10 ` Mark Brown [this message]
2026-09-25 7:29 ` Changhuang Liang
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