Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH v6 2/3] ASoC: Add multiple CPU DAI support for PCM ops

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@@ -64,23 +64,27 @@ static bool snd_soc_dai_stream_valid(struct snd_soc_dai *dai, int stream) */ void snd_soc_runtime_activate(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd, int stream) {

• struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = rtd->cpu_dai; int i; lockdep_assert_held(&rtd->pcm_mutex); if (stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) {

• cpu_dai->playback_active++;
  

• for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_cpu_dai; i++)
  

• 	rtd->cpu_dais[i]->playback_active++;
  

  for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_codecs; i++) rtd->codec_dais[i]->playback_active++; } else {

• cpu_dai->capture_active++;
  

• for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_cpu_dai; i++)
  

• 	rtd->cpu_dais[i]->capture_active++;
  

  for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_codecs; i++) rtd->codec_dais[i]->capture_active++; }

• cpu_dai->active++;
• cpu_dai->component->active++;

• for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_cpu_dai; i++) {

• rtd->cpu_dais[i]->component->active++;
  

• rtd->cpu_dais[i]->active++;
  

• }

This is becoming complicated, how many times do we need to ref-count?

Earlier we incremented cpu_dai->playback_active++ and here it is cpu_dais->component->active++

my point was whether this can be simplified to use a single counter, even before we do the change to multi-cpu?

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@@ -258,7 +266,6 @@ static int soc_pcm_params_symmetry(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params) { struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = substream->private_data;

• struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = rtd->cpu_dai; unsigned int rate, channels, sample_bits, symmetry, i; rate = params_rate(params);

@@ -266,41 +273,54 @@ static int soc_pcm_params_symmetry(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, sample_bits = snd_pcm_format_physical_width(params_format(params)); /* reject unmatched parameters when applying symmetry */

• symmetry = cpu_dai->driver->symmetric_rates ||

• rtd->dai_link->symmetric_rates;
  

This was a logical OR, but...

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• symmetry = rtd->dai_link->symmetric_rates;
• for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_cpu_dai; i++)

• symmetry |= rtd->cpu_dais[i]->driver->symmetric_rates;
  

this is a bitwise OR. is this ok?

I made this change on purpose and I am struggling to remember the reason :( If I dont figure that out, I will go back to logical OR..

the same change was made for multiple codecs, but it's worth rechecking.

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@@ -422,30 +461,55 @@ static void soc_pcm_init_runtime_hw(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream) rates = snd_pcm_rate_mask_intersect(codec_stream->rates, rates); }

• for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_cpu_dai; i++) {

• cpu_dai_drv = rtd->cpu_dais[i]->driver;
  

• if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)
  

• 	cpu_stream = &cpu_dai_drv->playback;
  

• else
  

• 	cpu_stream = &cpu_dai_drv->capture;
  

• cpu_chan_min = max(cpu_chan_min,
  

• 			cpu_stream->channels_min);
  

• cpu_chan_max = min(cpu_chan_max,
  

• 			cpu_stream->channels_max);
  

• if (hw->formats)
  

• 	hw->formats &= cpu_stream->formats;
  

• else
  

• 	hw->formats = cpu_stream->formats;
  

Can you double-check the 'else' case? This doesn't seem right, you will always use the format used for the last cpu_dai. If the formats are identical for all cpu_dais, then this can be moved outside of the loop.

In the second iteration, we would always go into the if (hw->formats) case.

Sorry I don't get your comment. This test is now placed inside of a for loop, so why would the hw->formats change between iterations?

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@@ -963,11 +1070,14 @@ static int soc_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, if (ret < 0) goto component_err;

• /* store the parameters for each DAIs */
• cpu_dai->rate = params_rate(params);
• cpu_dai->channels = params_channels(params);
• cpu_dai->sample_bits =

• snd_pcm_format_physical_width(params_format(params));
  

• for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_cpu_dai; i++) {

• /* store the parameters for each DAIs */
  

• cpu_dai = rtd->cpu_dais[i];
  

• cpu_dai->rate = params_rate(params);
  

• cpu_dai->channels = params_channels(params);
  

• cpu_dai->sample_bits =
  

• 	snd_pcm_format_physical_width(params_format(params));
  

• }

I think I've asked this before but can't recall the answer: does this mean we assume the same number of channels for each codec_dai[j] and cpu_dai[i]?

Yes, in hw_params we set the same number channels on all the DAIs as that of the stream. But, as I had mentioned in my previous replies, the machine driver would set the channel masks on the individual DAIs(like we do for SoundWire Multi link case)

so the number of channels is really defined by the stream, and for each cpu_dai and codec_dai there is a channel mask defining what the dais should produce/consume, right?

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• for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_cpu_dai; i++) {

• cpu_dai = rtd->cpu_dais[i];
  

• if (cpu_dai->driver->ops->trigger) {
  

• 	ret = cpu_dai->driver->ops->trigger(substream,
  

• 						cmd, cpu_dai);
  

• 	if (ret < 0)
  

• 		return ret;
  

• }
  

Maybe add a comment that in the multi_cpu case the triggers are supposed to be aligned, i.e. the first trigger starts the others - that would be consistent with the other comments on delay below.

Would this be the right place to add that comment? I am not sure if I got a reply to my question in the previous review cycle: "Just wondering if there can be a case of multiple CPU DAIs but you would not want them to be triggered at the same time."

Based on the answer to my question , we can add a comment here.

If you use the stream/multi cpu_dai concept you want the data to remain phase locked and triggered at the same time. If you don't care about phase, then you are handling different streams that can be handled with the existing model with a set of runtimes that deal with individual cpu_dais.

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@@ -1778,11 +1941,13 @@ static int dpcm_apply_symmetry(struct snd_pcm_substream *fe_substream, be_substream->runtime->hw.info |= SNDRV_PCM_INFO_JOINT_DUPLEX; /* Symmetry only applies if we've got an active stream. */

• if (rtd->cpu_dai->active) {
  

• 	err = soc_pcm_apply_symmetry(fe_substream,
  

• 				     rtd->cpu_dai);
  

• 	if (err < 0)
  

• 		return err;
  

• for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_cpu_dai; i++) {
  

• 	if (rtd->cpu_dais[i]->active) {
  

• 		err = soc_pcm_apply_symmetry(be_substream,
  

• 					rtd->cpu_dais[i]);
  

• 		if (err < 0)
  

• 			return err;
  

• 	}
  

  }

Can you recheck this block? In the original code the symmetry is with the fe_substream, it's now with a be_substream. Looks to me like a major typo having significant impact of the result...

This was recently fixed and changed from be_substream to fe_substream :( commit 99bcedbdebc57fe5d02fb470b7265f2208c2cf96

 ASoC: dpcm: symmetry constraint on FE substream

So, I need to fix my patch as well. Nice catch :)

I see. We want to double-check all the fixes since this work started (and yes unfortunately playing with patches lets this sort of things go through, I had the same issue yesterday with my SOF renaming patch).

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for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_codecs; i++) {

@@ -2884,13 +3049,13 @@ static int soc_rtdcom_mmap(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int soc_new_pcm(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd, int num) { struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai;

• struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = rtd->cpu_dai;

• struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai; struct snd_soc_component *component; struct snd_soc_rtdcom_list *rtdcom; struct snd_pcm *pcm; char new_name[64]; int ret = 0, playback = 0, capture = 0;

• int i;

• int i, cpu_capture = 0, cpu_playback = 0; if (rtd->dai_link->dynamic || rtd->dai_link->no_pcm) { playback = rtd->dai_link->dpcm_playback;

@@ -2904,8 +3069,16 @@ int soc_new_pcm(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd, int num) capture = 1; }

• capture = capture && cpu_dai->driver->capture.channels_min;
  

• playback = playback && cpu_dai->driver->playback.channels_min;
  

• for (i = 0; i < rtd->num_cpu_dai; i++) {
  

• 	cpu_dai = rtd->cpu_dais[i];
  

• 	if (cpu_dai->driver->playback.channels_min)
  

• 		cpu_playback = 1;
  

• 	if (cpu_dai->driver->capture.channels_min)
  

• 		cpu_capture = 1;
  

• }
  

• playback = playback && cpu_playback;
  

• capture = capture && cpu_capture;
  

  } if (rtd->dai_link->playback_only) {

@@ -3026,7 +3199,7 @@ int soc_new_pcm(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd, int num) out: dev_info(rtd->card->dev, "%s <-> %s mapping ok\n", (rtd->num_codecs > 1) ? "multicodec" : rtd->codec_dai->name,

•  cpu_dai->name);
  

•  (rtd->num_cpu_dai > 1) ? "multicpu" : rtd->cpu_dai->name);
  

  return ret; }

Took me a couple of hours to reach the end of this patch ... I had to use a visual diff to figure it out, the diff format is just too hard to look at.

Unfortunately yes :(