On 2022-02-25 9:44 PM, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
On 2/25/22 12:50, Cezary Rojewski wrote:
On 2022-02-25 2:27 AM, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
+int avs_ipc_init_instance(struct avs_dev *adev, u16 module_id, u8 instance_id, + u8 ppl_id, u8 core_id, u8 domain,
you should explain the relationship between ppl_id and core_id. It seems that in the same pipeline different modules instances can be pegged to different cores, which isn't very intuitive given the previous explanation that a pipeline is a scheduling unit.
The domain as a u8 is not very clear either, I was under the impression there were only two domains (LL and EDF)?
Hmm.. such explanations are supposed to be part of HW or FW specifications. I don't believe kernel is a place for that. Fields found
how do you expect people with no access to those specs to understand this code then?
You have to describe the concepts in vague-enough terms that someone familiar with DSPs can understand.
Added kernel-doc for said function to address this.
here are needed to provide all the necessary information firmware expects when requesting INIT_INSTANCE. What's possible and how's everything handled internally is for firmware to decide and explain. There are no if-statements in the driver's code that force ppl_id/core_id relation so I don't see why reader would get an impression there is some dependency. What's in the topology gets routed to firmware with help of above function.
Just to confirm: yes, you can have multiple cores engaged in servicing modules found in single pipelines.
In regard to field name/sizes: again, these match firmware equivalents 1:1 so it's easy to switch back and forth.
add comments then.
Ack.
+ void *param, u32 param_size) +{ + union avs_module_msg msg = AVS_MODULE_REQUEST(INIT_INSTANCE); + struct avs_ipc_msg request; + int ret;
+ msg.module_id = module_id; + msg.instance_id = instance_id; + /* firmware expects size provided in dwords */ + msg.ext.init_instance.param_block_size = + DIV_ROUND_UP(param_size, sizeof(u32)); + msg.ext.init_instance.ppl_instance_id = ppl_id; + msg.ext.init_instance.core_id = core_id; + msg.ext.init_instance.proc_domain = domain;
+ request.header = msg.val; + request.data = param; + request.size = param_size;
isn't there a need to check if the module can be initialized? there's got to be some dependency on pipeline state?
IPC handlers found in message.c have one and only one purpose only: send a message. Firmware will return an error if arguments passed are invalid.
Also, note that ALSA/ASoC already have a working state machine for streaming. There is no reason to re-implement it here.
add a comment then.
Ack.
+}
+int avs_ipc_bind(struct avs_dev *adev, u16 module_id, u8 instance_id, + u16 dst_module_id, u8 dst_instance_id, + u8 dst_queue, u8 src_queue)
what does a queue represent?
In firmware's nomenclature pin/index/queue are synonyms when speaking about module instances.
well, that's worthy of a comment...
Ack.