Re: [PATCH 10/14] media: rzg2l-cru: Manually track active slot number

From: Jacopo Mondi

Date: Tue Mar 31 2026 - 03:54:07 EST


Hi Tommaso

On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 06:25:59PM +0200, Tommaso Merciai wrote:
>
> Hi Jacopo,
> Thanks for your patch,
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 06:10:15PM +0100, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > From: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The CRU cycles over the hardware slots where the destination address for
> > the next frame has to be programmed.
> >
> > The RZ/G2L version of the IP has a register that tells which is the
> > last used slot by the hardware but, unfortunately, such register is not
> > available on RZ/G3E and RZ/V2H(P).
> >
> > The driver currently compares the value of the AMnMADRSL/H register
> > which report "the memory address which the current video data was
> > written to" and compares it with the address programmed in the slots.
> >
> > This heuristic requires a bit of book keeping and proper locking. As the
> > driver handles the FrameEnd interrupt, it's way easier to keep track
> > of the slot that has been used by ourselves with a driver variable.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > .../media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-cru.h | 7 +++--
> > .../media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-video.c | 35 ++++------------------
> > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-cru.h b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-cru.h
> > index b46696a0012b..bc66b0c8c15e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-cru.h
> > +++ b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-cru.h
> > @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct rzg2l_cru_info {
> > * @vdev: V4L2 video device associated with CRU
> > * @v4l2_dev: V4L2 device
> > * @num_buf: Holds the current number of buffers enabled
> > + *
>
> Maybe you can drop this.
> Sorry for the nitpick.

Should I ?

The rest of the documentation has blank lines that match the ones in
the struct members declaration. I think I should try to be consistent.

>
> > * @svc_channel: SVC0/1/2/3 to use for RZ/G3E
> > * @notifier: V4L2 asynchronous subdevs notifier
> > *
> > @@ -117,9 +118,10 @@ struct rzg2l_cru_info {
> > * @mdev_lock: protects the count, notifier and csi members
> > * @pad: media pad for the video device entity
> > *
> > - * @hw_lock: protects the slot counter, hardware programming of
> > - * slot addresses and the @buf_addr[] list
> > + * @hw_lock: protects the @active_slot counter, hardware programming
> > + * of slot addresses and the @buf_addr[] list
> > * @buf_addr: Memory addresses where current video data is written
> > + * @active_slot: The slot in use
> > *
> > * @lock: protects @queue
> > * @queue: vb2 buffers queue
> > @@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ struct rzg2l_cru_dev {
> >
> > spinlock_t hw_lock;
> > dma_addr_t buf_addr[RZG2L_CRU_HW_BUFFER_DEFAULT];
> > + unsigned int active_slot;
> >
> > struct mutex lock;
> > struct vb2_queue queue;
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-video.c b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-video.c
> > index 9406a089ec9f..17e0153052e1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-video.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/platform/renesas/rzg2l-cru/rzg2l-video.c
> > @@ -637,31 +637,6 @@ irqreturn_t rzg2l_cru_irq(int irq, void *data)
> > return IRQ_RETVAL(handled);
> > }
> >
> > -static int rzg3e_cru_get_current_slot(struct rzg2l_cru_dev *cru)
> > -{
> > - u64 amnmadrs;
> > - int slot;
> > -
> > - /*
> > - * When AMnMADRSL is read, AMnMADRSH of the higher-order
> > - * address also latches the address.
> > - *
> > - * AMnMADRSH must be read after AMnMADRSL has been read.
> > - */
> > - amnmadrs = rzg2l_cru_read(cru, AMnMADRSL);
> > - amnmadrs |= (u64)rzg2l_cru_read(cru, AMnMADRSH) << 32;
> > -
> > - /* Ensure amnmadrs is within this buffer range */
> > - for (slot = 0; slot < cru->num_buf; slot++) {
> > - if (amnmadrs >= cru->buf_addr[slot] &&
> > - amnmadrs < cru->buf_addr[slot] + cru->format.sizeimage)
> > - return slot;
> > - }
> > -
> > - dev_err(cru->dev, "Invalid MB address 0x%llx (out of range)\n", amnmadrs);
> > - return -EINVAL;
> > -}
> > -
> > irqreturn_t rzg3e_cru_irq(int irq, void *data)
> > {
> > struct rzg2l_cru_dev *cru = data;
> > @@ -693,9 +668,8 @@ irqreturn_t rzg3e_cru_irq(int irq, void *data)
> > return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > }
> >
> > - slot = rzg3e_cru_get_current_slot(cru);
> > - if (slot < 0)
> > - return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > + slot = cru->active_slot;
> > + cru->active_slot = (cru->active_slot + 1) % cru->num_buf;
> >
> > dev_dbg(cru->dev, "Current written slot: %d\n", slot);
> > cru->buf_addr[slot] = 0;
> > @@ -762,6 +736,9 @@ static int rzg2l_cru_start_streaming_vq(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count
> > goto assert_aresetn;
> > }
> >
> > + cru->active_slot = 0;
> > + cru->sequence = 0;
> > +
> > /* Allocate scratch buffer */
> > cru->scratch = dma_alloc_coherent(cru->dev, cru->format.sizeimage,
> > &cru->scratch_phys, GFP_KERNEL);
> > @@ -772,8 +749,6 @@ static int rzg2l_cru_start_streaming_vq(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count
> > goto assert_presetn;
> > }
> >
> > - cru->sequence = 0;
> > -
> > ret = rzg2l_cru_set_stream(cru, 1);
> > if (ret) {
> > return_unused_buffers(cru, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED);
> >
> > --
> > 2.53.0
> >
>
> Tested-by: Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai.xr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai.xr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Kind Regards,
> Tommaso
>
>