Subject: [PATCH v3 2/7] spi: imx: replace fixed timeout with calculated one

From: [email-masked] (Anton Bondarenko)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:20:06 +0100

On 05.11.2015 09:47, Sascha Hauer wrote:
>> @@ -890,12 +891,40 @@ static void spi_imx_dma_tx_callback(void *cookie)
>>   	complete(&spi_imx->dma_tx_completion);
>>   }
>>
>> +static int spi_imx_calculate_timeout(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx, int size)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long coef1 = 1;
>> +	unsigned long coef2 = MSEC_PER_SEC;
>> +	unsigned long timeout = 0;
>> +
>> +	/* Swap coeficients to avoid div by 0 */
>> +	if (spi_imx->spi_bus_clk < MSEC_PER_SEC) {
>> +		coef1 = MSEC_PER_SEC;
>> +		coef2 = 1;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/* Time with actual data transfer */
>> +	timeout += DIV_ROUND_UP(8 * size * coef1,
>> +				spi_imx->spi_bus_clk / coef2);
>> +
>> +	/* Take CS change delay related to HW */
>> +	timeout += DIV_ROUND_UP((size - 1) * 4 * coef1,
>> +				spi_imx->spi_bus_clk / coef2);
>> +
>> +	/* Add extra second for scheduler related activities */
>> +	timeout += MSEC_PER_SEC;
>> +
>> +	/* Double calculated timeout */
>> +	return msecs_to_jiffies(2 * timeout);
>> +}
>
> I think you can simplify this function to:
>
> 	timeout = size * 8 / spi_imx->spi_bus_clk;
> 	timeout += 2;
>
> 	return msecs_to_jiffies(timeout * MSEC_PER_SEC);
>
> The rationale is that when size * 8 / spi_imx->spi_bus_clk is 0 then we
> can add another second and be fine. No need to calculate this more
> accurate, in the end it's important to catch the timeout. If we do this
> one or two seconds too late doesn't matter.
>
> Sascha
>

Sascha,

What about something like this:
	timeout = size * (8 + 4) / spi_imx->spi_bus_clk;
	timeout += 2;

	return msecs_to_jiffies(2 * timeout * MSEC_PER_SEC);

I think we still need to take into account 4 CLKs between each burst.

Regards, Anton