[PATCH 3/3] mtd: rawnand: Support for sequential cache reads

Miquel Raynal miquel.raynal at bootlin.com
Thu Jan 5 09:03:33 PST 2023


From: JaimeLiao <jaimeliao.tw at gmail.com>

Add support for sequential cache reads for controllers using the generic
core helpers for their fast read/write helpers.

Sequential reads may reduce the overhead when accessing physically
continuous data by loading in cache the next page while the previous
page gets sent out on the NAND bus.

The ONFI specification provides the following additional commands to
handle sequential cached reads:

* 0x31 - READ CACHE SEQUENTIAL:
  Requires the NAND chip to load the next page into cache while keeping
  the current cache available for host reads.
* 0x3F - READ CACHE END:
  Tells the NAND chip this is the end of the sequential cache read, the
  current cache shall remain accessible for the host but no more
  internal cache loading operation is required.

On the bus, a multi page read operation is currently handled like this:

	00 -- ADDR1 -- 30 -- WAIT_RDY (tR+tRR) -- DATA1_IN
	00 -- ADDR2 -- 30 -- WAIT_RDY (tR+tRR) -- DATA2_IN
	00 -- ADDR3 -- 30 -- WAIT_RDY (tR+tRR) -- DATA3_IN

Sequential cached reads may instead be achieved with:

	00 -- ADDR1 -- 30 -- WAIT_RDY (tR) -- \
		       31 -- WAIT_RDY (tRCBSY+tRR) -- DATA1_IN \
		       31 -- WAIT_RDY (tRCBSY+tRR) -- DATA2_IN \
		       3F -- WAIT_RDY (tRCBSY+tRR) -- DATA3_IN

Below are the read speed test results with regular reads and
sequential cached reads, on NXP i.MX6 VAR-SOM-SOLO in mapping mode with
a NAND chip characterized with the following timings:
* tR: 20 µs
* tRCBSY: 5 µs
* tRR: 20 ns
and the following geometry:
* device size: 2 MiB
* eraseblock size: 128 kiB
* page size: 2 kiB

============= Normal read @ 33MHz =================
mtd_speedtest: eraseblock read speed is 15633 KiB/s
mtd_speedtest: page read speed is 15515 KiB/s
mtd_speedtest: 2 page read speed is 15398 KiB/s
===================================================

========= Sequential cache read @ 33MHz ===========
mtd_speedtest: eraseblock read speed is 18285 KiB/s
mtd_speedtest: page read speed is 15875 KiB/s
mtd_speedtest: 2 page read speed is 16253 KiB/s
===================================================

We observe an overall speed improvement of about 5% when reading
2 pages, up to 15% when reading an entire block. This is due to the
~14us gain on each additional page read (tR - (tRCBSY + tRR)).

Co-developed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: JaimeLiao <jaimeliao.tw at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h      |   9 +++
 2 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
index fcaf1d717cbd..0b1fd6bbb36b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
@@ -1208,6 +1208,73 @@ static int nand_lp_exec_read_page_op(struct nand_chip *chip, unsigned int page,
 	return nand_exec_op(chip, &op);
 }
 
+static int nand_lp_exec_cont_read_page_op(struct nand_chip *chip, unsigned int page,
+					  unsigned int offset_in_page, void *buf,
+					  unsigned int len, bool check_only)
+{
+	const struct nand_interface_config *conf =
+		nand_get_interface_config(chip);
+	u8 addrs[5];
+	struct nand_op_instr start_instrs[] = {
+		NAND_OP_CMD(NAND_CMD_READ0, 0),
+		NAND_OP_ADDR(4, addrs, 0),
+		NAND_OP_CMD(NAND_CMD_READSTART, NAND_COMMON_TIMING_NS(conf, tWB_max)),
+		NAND_OP_WAIT_RDY(NAND_COMMON_TIMING_MS(conf, tR_max), 0),
+		NAND_OP_CMD(NAND_CMD_READCACHESEQ, NAND_COMMON_TIMING_NS(conf, tWB_max)),
+		NAND_OP_WAIT_RDY(NAND_COMMON_TIMING_MS(conf, tR_max),
+				 NAND_COMMON_TIMING_NS(conf, tRR_min)),
+		NAND_OP_DATA_IN(len, buf, 0),
+	};
+	struct nand_op_instr cont_instrs[] = {
+		NAND_OP_CMD(page == chip->cont_read.last_page ?
+			    NAND_CMD_READCACHEEND : NAND_CMD_READCACHESEQ,
+			    NAND_COMMON_TIMING_NS(conf, tWB_max)),
+		NAND_OP_WAIT_RDY(NAND_COMMON_TIMING_MS(conf, tR_max),
+				 NAND_COMMON_TIMING_NS(conf, tRR_min)),
+		NAND_OP_DATA_IN(len, buf, 0),
+	};
+	struct nand_operation start_op = NAND_OPERATION(chip->cur_cs, start_instrs);
+	struct nand_operation cont_op = NAND_OPERATION(chip->cur_cs, cont_instrs);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!len) {
+		start_op.ninstrs--;
+		cont_op.ninstrs--;
+	}
+
+	ret = nand_fill_column_cycles(chip, addrs, offset_in_page);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	addrs[2] = page;
+	addrs[3] = page >> 8;
+
+	if (chip->options & NAND_ROW_ADDR_3) {
+		addrs[4] = page >> 16;
+		start_instrs[1].ctx.addr.naddrs++;
+	}
+
+	/* Check if cache reads are supported */
+	if (check_only) {
+		if (nand_check_op(chip, &start_op) || nand_check_op(chip, &cont_op))
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (page == chip->cont_read.first_page)
+		return nand_exec_op(chip, &start_op);
+	else
+		return nand_exec_op(chip, &cont_op);
+}
+
+static bool rawnand_cont_read_ongoing(struct nand_chip *chip, unsigned int page)
+{
+	return chip->cont_read.ongoing &&
+		page >= chip->cont_read.first_page &&
+		page <= chip->cont_read.last_page;
+}
+
 /**
  * nand_read_page_op - Do a READ PAGE operation
  * @chip: The NAND chip
@@ -1233,10 +1300,16 @@ int nand_read_page_op(struct nand_chip *chip, unsigned int page,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (nand_has_exec_op(chip)) {
-		if (mtd->writesize > 512)
-			return nand_lp_exec_read_page_op(chip, page,
-							 offset_in_page, buf,
-							 len);
+		if (mtd->writesize > 512) {
+			if (rawnand_cont_read_ongoing(chip, page))
+				return nand_lp_exec_cont_read_page_op(chip, page,
+								      offset_in_page,
+								      buf, len, false);
+			else
+				return nand_lp_exec_read_page_op(chip, page,
+								 offset_in_page, buf,
+								 len);
+		}
 
 		return nand_sp_exec_read_page_op(chip, page, offset_in_page,
 						 buf, len);
@@ -3353,6 +3426,27 @@ static uint8_t *nand_transfer_oob(struct nand_chip *chip, uint8_t *oob,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void rawnand_enable_cont_reads(struct nand_chip *chip, unsigned int page,
+				      u32 readlen, int col)
+{
+	struct mtd_info *mtd = nand_to_mtd(chip);
+
+	if (!chip->controller->supported_op.cont_read)
+		return;
+
+	if ((col && col + readlen < (3 * mtd->writesize)) ||
+	    (!col && readlen < (2 * mtd->writesize))) {
+		chip->cont_read.ongoing = false;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	chip->cont_read.ongoing = true;
+	chip->cont_read.first_page = page;
+	if (col)
+		chip->cont_read.first_page++;
+	chip->cont_read.last_page = page + ((readlen >> chip->page_shift) & chip->pagemask);
+}
+
 /**
  * nand_setup_read_retry - [INTERN] Set the READ RETRY mode
  * @chip: NAND chip object
@@ -3426,6 +3520,8 @@ static int nand_do_read_ops(struct nand_chip *chip, loff_t from,
 	oob = ops->oobbuf;
 	oob_required = oob ? 1 : 0;
 
+	rawnand_enable_cont_reads(chip, page, readlen, col);
+
 	while (1) {
 		struct mtd_ecc_stats ecc_stats = mtd->ecc_stats;
 
@@ -5009,14 +5105,27 @@ static void rawnand_early_check_supported_ops(struct nand_chip *chip)
 	rawnand_check_data_only_read_support(chip);
 }
 
+static void rawnand_check_cont_read_support(struct nand_chip *chip)
+{
+	struct mtd_info *mtd = nand_to_mtd(chip);
+
+	if (chip->read_retries)
+		return;
+
+	if (!nand_lp_exec_cont_read_page_op(chip, 0, 0, NULL,
+					    mtd->writesize, true))
+		chip->controller->supported_op.cont_read = 1;
+}
+
 static void rawnand_late_check_supported_ops(struct nand_chip *chip)
 {
-	/* The supported_op fields should not be set by individual drivers,
-	 * warn if it happens.
-	 */
+	/* The supported_op fields should not be set by individual drivers */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(chip->controller->supported_op.cont_read);
 
 	if (!nand_has_exec_op(chip))
 		return;
+
+	rawnand_check_cont_read_support(chip);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h b/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
index 28c5dce782dd..1b0936fe3c6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ struct gpio_desc;
 
 /* Extended commands for large page devices */
 #define NAND_CMD_READSTART	0x30
+#define NAND_CMD_READCACHESEQ	0x31
+#define NAND_CMD_READCACHEEND	0x3f
 #define NAND_CMD_RNDOUTSTART	0xE0
 #define NAND_CMD_CACHEDPROG	0x15
 
@@ -1099,12 +1101,14 @@ struct nand_controller_ops {
  * @supported_op.data_only_read: The controller supports reading more data from
  *			the bus without restarting an entire read operation nor
  *			changing the column.
+ * @supported_op.cont_read: The controller supports sequential cache reads.
  */
 struct nand_controller {
 	struct mutex lock;
 	const struct nand_controller_ops *ops;
 	struct {
 		unsigned int data_only_read: 1;
+		unsigned int cont_read: 1;
 	} supported_op;
 };
 
@@ -1308,6 +1312,11 @@ struct nand_chip {
 	int read_retries;
 	struct nand_secure_region *secure_regions;
 	u8 nr_secure_regions;
+	struct {
+		bool ongoing;
+		unsigned int first_page;
+		unsigned int last_page;
+	} cont_read;
 
 	/* Externals */
 	struct nand_controller *controller;
-- 
2.34.1




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