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From: nsekhar@ti•com (Sekhar Nori)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 7/7] ARM: davinci: Start using gpiolib API inplace of inline functions
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:49:05 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51C2C909.7060001@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1371202532-14628-8-git-send-email-avinashphilip@ti.com>

On 6/14/2013 3:05 PM, Philip Avinash wrote:
> Remove NEED_MACH_GPIO_H config select option for ARCH_DAVINCI to start
> use gpiolib interface for davinci platforms. However with this software
> latencies for gpio_get/set APIs will affect. Latency has increased by 18
> microsecond with gpiolib API as compared with inline API's.
> 
> Software latency is calculated on da850 EVM for gpio_get_value API by
> taking the printk timing for API execution with interrupts disabled.
> Experiment has done for inline and gpiolib API interface.
> 
>   inline gpio API with interrupt disabled
>   [   29.734337] before gpio_get
>   [   29.736847] after gpio_get
> 
>   Time difference 0.00251
> 
>   gpio library with interrupt disabled
>   [  272.876763] before gpio_get
>   [  272.879291] after gpio_get
> 
>   Time difference 0.002528
>   Latency increased by (0.002528 -  0.00251) = 18 microsecond.
> 
> Also being here
> - Moved following definitions from mach folder to include directory
> 	struct davinci_gpio_controller
> 	Macro GPIO(x)
> 	inline function __gpio_mask

> - Removed GPIO_TYPE_DAVINCI enum definition as GPIO Davinci is converted
>   to Linux device driver model.

This is bit out-of-place here. Why not do it along with removal of its
last usage in <soc>.c files?

Rest of the patch looks good to me.

Thanks,
Sekhar

      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-06-20  9:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-14  9:35 [PATCH v2 0/7] Convert GPIO Davinci to platform driver Philip Avinash
2013-06-14  9:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] gpio: davinci: coding style correction Philip Avinash
2013-06-19 10:52   ` Sekhar Nori
2013-06-14  9:35 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] gpio: davinci: move to platform device Philip Avinash
2013-06-19 11:23   ` Sekhar Nori
2013-06-14  9:35 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] ARM: davinci: da8xx: creation of gpio " Philip Avinash
2013-06-19 11:51   ` Sekhar Nori
2013-06-14  9:35 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] ARM: davinci: creation of gpio platform device for dmxxx platforms Philip Avinash
2013-06-20  6:18   ` Sekhar Nori
2013-06-14  9:35 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] ARM: davinci: da8xx: gpio device creation Philip Avinash
2013-06-20  8:40   ` Sekhar Nori
2013-06-20  9:07     ` Sekhar Nori
2013-06-14  9:35 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] ARM: davinci: dmxxx: " Philip Avinash
2013-06-20  8:55   ` Sekhar Nori
2013-06-14  9:35 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] ARM: davinci: Start using gpiolib API inplace of inline functions Philip Avinash
2013-06-19 19:05   ` Linus Walleij
2013-06-20  9:19   ` Sekhar Nori [this message]

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