[RFC v4 09/18] ath10k: add start_once support

[Erik Stromdahl]

Add possibility to configure the driver to only start target once.
This can reduce startup time of SDIO devices significantly since
loading the firmware can take a substantial amount of time.

The patch is also necessary for high latency devices in general
since it does not seem to be possible to rerun the BMI phase
(fw upload) without power-cycling the device.

Signed-off-by: Erik Stromdahl <erik.stromdahl at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h |  2 ++
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h   |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index 4e849ec924c6..d42f6a1e5bfc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -2130,6 +2130,9 @@ int ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_firmware_mode mode,
 	int status;
 	u32 val;
 
+	if (ar->is_started && ar->hw_params.start_once)
+		return 0;
+
 	lockdep_assert_held(&ar->conf_mutex);
 
 	clear_bit(ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH, &ar->dev_flags);
@@ -2364,6 +2367,7 @@ int ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_firmware_mode mode,
 	if (status)
 		goto err_hif_stop;
 
+	ar->is_started = true;
 	return 0;
 
 err_hif_stop:
@@ -2416,6 +2420,7 @@ void ath10k_core_stop(struct ath10k *ar)
 	ath10k_htt_tx_stop(&ar->htt);
 	ath10k_htt_rx_free(&ar->htt);
 	ath10k_wmi_detach(ar);
+	ar->is_started = false;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath10k_core_stop);
 
@@ -2545,12 +2550,18 @@ static int ath10k_core_probe_fw(struct ath10k *ar)
 		goto err_unlock;
 	}
 
-	ath10k_debug_print_boot_info(ar);
-	ath10k_core_stop(ar);
+	/* Leave target running if hw_params.start_once is set */
+	if (ar->hw_params.start_once) {
+		mutex_unlock(&ar->conf_mutex);
+	} else {
+		ath10k_debug_print_boot_info(ar);
+		ath10k_core_stop(ar);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&ar->conf_mutex);
+		mutex_unlock(&ar->conf_mutex);
+
+		ath10k_hif_power_down(ar);
+	}
 
-	ath10k_hif_power_down(ar);
 	return 0;
 
 err_unlock:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
index 32cfa14d3053..ed96f9ef5209 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
@@ -798,6 +798,8 @@ struct ath10k {
 
 	bool p2p;
 
+	bool is_started;
+
 	struct {
 		enum ath10k_bus bus;
 		const struct ath10k_hif_ops *ops;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
index 53276950c95c..98f9f3ccbf96 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
@@ -576,6 +576,12 @@ struct ath10k_hw_params {
 
 	/* Target rx ring fill level */
 	u32 rx_ring_fill_level;
+
+	/* Specifies whether or not the device should be started once.
+	 * If set, the device will be started once by the early fw probe
+	 * and it will not be terminated afterwards.
+	 */
+	bool start_once;
 };
 
 struct htt_rx_desc;
-- 
2.15.1