[RFC 3/4] libertas: add asynchronous firmware loading capability
Dan Williams
dcbw at redhat.com
Mon Apr 16 17:43:34 EDT 2012
On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 17:02 +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
> As described at
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/86084
> libertas is taking a long time to load because it loads firmware
> during module loading.
>
> Add a new API for interface drivers to load their firmware
> asynchronously. The same semantics of the firmware table are followed
> like before.
>
> Interface drivers will be converted in follow-up patches, then we can
> remove the old, synchronous firmware loading function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd at laptop.org>
Looks good to me.
Dan
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/decl.h | 8 ++
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h | 10 ++
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/firmware.c | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c | 3 +
> 4 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/decl.h b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/decl.h
> index 2fb2e31..84a3aa7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/decl.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/decl.h
> @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ struct lbs_fw_table {
> };
>
> struct lbs_private;
> +typedef void (*lbs_fw_cb)(struct lbs_private *priv, int ret,
> + const struct firmware *helper, const struct firmware *mainfw);
> +
> +struct lbs_private;
> struct sk_buff;
> struct net_device;
> struct cmd_ds_command;
> @@ -70,5 +74,9 @@ int lbs_get_firmware(struct device *dev, u32 card_model,
> const struct lbs_fw_table *fw_table,
> const struct firmware **helper,
> const struct firmware **mainfw);
> +int lbs_get_firmware_async(struct lbs_private *priv, struct device *device,
> + u32 card_model, const struct lbs_fw_table *fw_table,
> + lbs_fw_cb callback);
> +void lbs_wait_for_firmware_load(struct lbs_private *priv);
>
> #endif
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h
> index f3fd447..6720054 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> #define _LBS_DEV_H_
>
> #include "defs.h"
> +#include "decl.h"
> #include "host.h"
>
> #include <linux/kfifo.h>
> @@ -180,6 +181,15 @@ struct lbs_private {
> wait_queue_head_t scan_q;
> /* Whether the scan was initiated internally and not by cfg80211 */
> bool internal_scan;
> +
> + /* Firmware load */
> + u32 fw_model;
> + wait_queue_head_t fw_waitq;
> + struct device *fw_device;
> + const struct firmware *helper_fw;
> + const struct lbs_fw_table *fw_table;
> + const struct lbs_fw_table *fw_iter;
> + lbs_fw_cb fw_callback;
> };
>
> extern struct cmd_confirm_sleep confirm_sleep;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/firmware.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/firmware.c
> index 7ec0063..8c21b83 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/firmware.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/firmware.c
> @@ -3,10 +3,151 @@
> */
>
> #include <linux/firmware.h>
> +#include <linux/firmware.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
>
> +#include "dev.h"
> #include "decl.h"
>
> +static void load_next_firmware_from_table(struct lbs_private *private);
> +
> +static void lbs_fw_loaded(struct lbs_private *priv, int ret,
> + const struct firmware *helper, const struct firmware *mainfw)
> +{
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + lbs_deb_fw("firmware load complete, code %d\n", ret);
> +
> + /* User must free helper/mainfw */
> + priv->fw_callback(priv, ret, helper, mainfw);
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
> + priv->fw_callback = NULL;
> + wake_up(&priv->fw_waitq);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
> +}
> +
> +static void do_load_firmware(struct lbs_private *priv, const char *name,
> + void (*cb)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context))
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + lbs_deb_fw("Requesting %s\n", name);
> + ret = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, name,
> + priv->fw_device, GFP_KERNEL, priv, cb);
> + if (ret) {
> + lbs_deb_fw("request_firmware_nowait error %d\n", ret);
> + lbs_fw_loaded(priv, ret, NULL, NULL);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static void main_firmware_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
> +{
> + struct lbs_private *priv = context;
> +
> + if (!firmware) {
> + /* Failed to find firmware: try next table entry */
> + load_next_firmware_from_table(priv);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + /* Firmware found! */
> + lbs_fw_loaded(priv, 0, priv->helper_fw, firmware);
> +}
> +
> +static void helper_firmware_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
> +{
> + struct lbs_private *priv = context;
> +
> + if (!firmware) {
> + /* Failed to find firmware: try next table entry */
> + load_next_firmware_from_table(priv);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + /* Firmware found! */
> + if (priv->fw_iter->fwname) {
> + priv->helper_fw = firmware;
> + do_load_firmware(priv, priv->fw_iter->fwname, main_firmware_cb);
> + } else {
> + /* No main firmware needed for this helper --> success! */
> + lbs_fw_loaded(priv, 0, firmware, NULL);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static void load_next_firmware_from_table(struct lbs_private *priv)
> +{
> + const struct lbs_fw_table *iter;
> +
> + if (!priv->fw_iter)
> + iter = priv->fw_table;
> + else
> + iter = ++priv->fw_iter;
> +
> + if (priv->helper_fw) {
> + release_firmware(priv->helper_fw);
> + priv->helper_fw = NULL;
> + }
> +
> +next:
> + if (!iter->helper) {
> + /* End of table hit. */
> + lbs_fw_loaded(priv, -ENOENT, NULL, NULL);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + if (iter->model != priv->fw_model) {
> + iter++;
> + goto next;
> + }
> +
> + priv->fw_iter = iter;
> + do_load_firmware(priv, iter->helper, helper_firmware_cb);
> +}
> +
> +void lbs_wait_for_firmware_load(struct lbs_private *priv)
> +{
> + wait_event(priv->fw_waitq, priv->fw_callback == NULL);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * lbs_get_firmware_async - Retrieves firmware asynchronously. Can load
> + * either a helper firmware and a main firmware (2-stage), or just the helper.
> + *
> + * @priv: Pointer to lbs_private instance
> + * @dev: A pointer to &device structure
> + * @card_model: Bus-specific card model ID used to filter firmware table
> + * elements
> + * @fw_table: Table of firmware file names and device model numbers
> + * terminated by an entry with a NULL helper name
> + * @callback: User callback to invoke when firmware load succeeds or fails.
> + */
> +int lbs_get_firmware_async(struct lbs_private *priv, struct device *device,
> + u32 card_model, const struct lbs_fw_table *fw_table,
> + lbs_fw_cb callback)
> +{
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
> + if (priv->fw_callback) {
> + lbs_deb_fw("firmware load already in progress\n");
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
> + return -EBUSY;
> + }
> +
> + priv->fw_device = device;
> + priv->fw_callback = callback;
> + priv->fw_table = fw_table;
> + priv->fw_iter = NULL;
> + priv->fw_model = card_model;
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
> +
> + lbs_deb_fw("Starting async firmware load\n");
> + load_next_firmware_from_table(priv);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_get_firmware_async);
> +
> /**
> * lbs_get_firmware - Retrieves two-stage firmware
> *
> @@ -18,6 +159,8 @@
> * @helper: On success, the helper firmware; caller must free
> * @mainfw: On success, the main firmware; caller must free
> *
> + * Deprecated: use lbs_get_firmware_async() instead.
> + *
> * returns: 0 on success, non-zero on failure
> */
> int lbs_get_firmware(struct device *dev, u32 card_model,
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> index 7eaf992..e96ee0a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> @@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ static int lbs_init_adapter(struct lbs_private *priv)
> priv->is_host_sleep_configured = 0;
> priv->is_host_sleep_activated = 0;
> init_waitqueue_head(&priv->host_sleep_q);
> + init_waitqueue_head(&priv->fw_waitq);
> mutex_init(&priv->lock);
>
> setup_timer(&priv->command_timer, lbs_cmd_timeout_handler,
> @@ -1037,6 +1038,8 @@ void lbs_remove_card(struct lbs_private *priv)
> if (priv->wiphy_registered)
> lbs_scan_deinit(priv);
>
> + lbs_wait_for_firmware_load(priv);
> +
> /* worker thread destruction blocks on the in-flight command which
> * should have been cleared already in lbs_stop_card().
> */
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