[PATCH linux dev-4.13 2/6] gpio/aspeed: Use a cache of output data registers

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Tue May 8 11:06:36 AEST 2018


The current driver does a read/modify/write of the output
registers when changing a bit in __aspeed_gpio_set().

This is sub-optimal for a couple of reasons:

  - If any of the neighbouring GPIOs (sharing the shared
register) isn't (yet) configured as an output, it will
read the current input value, and then apply it to the
output latch, which may not be what the user expects. There
should be no bug in practice as aspeed_gpio_dir_out() will
establish a new value but it's not great either.

  - The GPIO block in the aspeed chip is clocked rather
slowly (typically 25Mhz). That extra MMIO read halves the maximum
speed at which we can toggle the GPIO.

This provides a significant performance improvement to the GPIO
based FSI master.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c
index ac54b9b25f74..a62cbf3ed4a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aspeed.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ struct aspeed_gpio {
 	u8 *offset_timer;
 	unsigned int timer_users[4];
 	struct clk *clk;
+
+	u32 *dcache;
 };
 
 struct aspeed_gpio_bank {
@@ -231,12 +233,13 @@ static void __aspeed_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset,
 	u32 reg;
 
 	addr = bank_val_reg(gpio, bank, GPIO_DATA);
-	reg = ioread32(addr);
+	reg = gpio->dcache[GPIO_BANK(offset)];
 
 	if (val)
 		reg |= GPIO_BIT(offset);
 	else
 		reg &= ~GPIO_BIT(offset);
+	gpio->dcache[GPIO_BANK(offset)] = reg;
 
 	iowrite32(reg, addr);
 }
@@ -848,7 +851,7 @@ static int __init aspeed_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	const struct of_device_id *gpio_id;
 	struct aspeed_gpio *gpio;
 	struct resource *res;
-	int rc;
+	int rc, i, banks;
 
 	gpio = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*gpio), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!gpio)
@@ -889,6 +892,20 @@ static int __init aspeed_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	gpio->chip.base = -1;
 	gpio->chip.irq_need_valid_mask = true;
 
+	/* Allocate a cache of the output registers */
+	banks = gpio->config->nr_gpios >> 5;
+	gpio->dcache = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
+				    sizeof(u32) * banks, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!gpio->dcache)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Populate it with initial values read from the HW */
+	for (i = 0; i < banks; i++) {
+		const struct aspeed_gpio_bank *bank = &aspeed_gpio_banks[i];
+		gpio->dcache[i] = ioread32(gpio->base + bank->val_regs +
+					   GPIO_DATA);
+	}
+
 	rc = devm_gpiochip_add_data(&pdev->dev, &gpio->chip, gpio);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
-- 
2.17.0



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