Re: [PATCH 1/2] ACPI: PCC: replace wait_for_completion()

["lihuisong (C)" <lihuisong@huawei.com>]

在 2022/9/21 23:47, Sudeep Holla 写道:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 05:44:59PM +0800, Huisong Li wrote:
>> Currently, the function waiting for completion of mailbox operation is
>> 'wait_for_completion()'.  The PCC method will be permanently blocked if
>> this mailbox message fails to execute. So this patch replaces it with
>> 'wait_for_completion_timeout()'. And set the timeout interval to an
>> arbitrary retries on top of nominal to prevent the remote processor is
>> slow to respond to PCC commands.
>>
> Sounds good to me. The only concern(may be not serious) is what happens
> if we receive response from the platform after the timeout. I have tested
If OS still cann't receive response in noramal latency(must be filled 
accurately
as protocol said) + retries, there is a high probability that an 
exception occurs.
Even if we receive response after the timeout, I think there may be no 
impact,
but the response data in PCC share memory is ignored.
> for that in non ACPI non PCC context. I don't have a setup to trigger that
> with ACPI PCC + this patch to test. Other than that, I am fine with this:
>
> Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
>