[PATCH 2/3] bus: mhi: don't deinitialize and re-initialize again

Baochen Qiang baochen.qiang at oss.qualcomm.com
Mon Jul 7 18:43:49 PDT 2025



On 7/7/2025 9:11 PM, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
>>>>>>> index 4488e4cdc5e9e..bc4930fe6a367 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
>>>>>>> @@ -2213,14 +2213,9 @@ static int ath11k_core_reconfigure_on_crash(struct ath11k_base *ab)
>>>>>>>  	mutex_unlock(&ab->core_lock);
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  	ath11k_dp_free(ab);
>>>>>>> -	ath11k_hal_srng_deinit(ab);
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  	ab->free_vdev_map = (1LL << (ab->num_radios * TARGET_NUM_VDEVS(ab))) - 1;
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> -	ret = ath11k_hal_srng_init(ab);
>>>>>>> -	if (ret)
>>>>>>> -		return ret;
>>>>>>> -
>>>>>> while I agree there is no need of a dealloc/realloc, we can not simply remove calling the
>>>>>> _deinit()/_init() pair. At least the memset() cleanup to hal parameters (e.g.
>>>>> Why do is it being done in the resume handler? Shouldn't those parameters be cleaned up
>>>>> in resume handler? So when device wakes up, its state is already correct.
>>>>>
>>>> Hmm... not quite understand your question. Can you elaborate?
>>> I'm trying to understand the possibility of cleanup of hal in suspend handler. For example:
>>> * The driver has been loaded and has been working fine.
>>> * The user called suspend. So all devices would be suspended.
>>> * In suspend handler of the ath11k, we should do the necessary cleanups of the states
>>>   like hal.
>>> * When the device would resume after long time, the hal would have the correct state
>>>   already. So we'll not need to deinit and init again.
>> The hal cleanup is not only needed by suspend/resume, but also a step of reset/recover
>> process. So If we are moving the cleanup to suspend handler, similar stuff needs to be
>> done for reset/recover as well.
> It makes sense.
> 
> So clearing the hal structure completely other than ab->hal.srn_config doesn't seem
> right. I've also tested it and it crashes the whole system.
> 
> On contrary, with only the current patch applied, there is no abnormality.
> 
> num_shadow_reg_configured and avail_blk_resource are non-zero. If I make them 0,
> driver still keeps on working.
> 
> 	ab->hal.num_shadow_reg_configured = 0;
> 	ab->hal.avail_blk_resource = 0;
> 	ab->hal.current_blk_index = 0;
> 
> As you have suggested setting these 3 to zero, is there any other variable in hal
> structure which should be set to zero?

IMO srng_config, rdp, wrp and srng_key may keep unchanged through suspend/reset, all other
fields should be cleared/reinitialized.




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