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From: Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Joshua Thompson <funaho@jurai.org>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 24/33] swim: Don't needlessly re-read sectors
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:26:36 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dc4c1944edecb6778534b7b5535e6b6dd8d852ae.1788513997.git.fthain@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1788513996.git.fthain@linux-m68k.org>

floppy_read_sectors() is confusing because the `track' variable seems to
conflate tracks and cylinders. Rename this variable, eliminate a division
operation and adopt suitable integer types.

For readahead to work effectively, small sequential reads should not
require waiting for spindle rotation. Unfortunately, the present algorithm
is very inefficient and does a lot of unnecessary waiting.

E.g. if the device is asked to read sectors 1 thru 16, and if sector 9
happens to be under the heads, the driver will proceed to read sectors 9
thru 18, but discard the results, while it waits for sector 1 to arrive.

If sector 1 couldn't be read on the first attempt and needs a retry, the
driver will proceed to read sectors 2 thru 18, but discard the results,
while it waits for sector 1 to come around again.

In between reading sector 1 and sector 2, the driver needlessly calls
swim_track() and swim_head() again. But what's worse is re-enabling
interrupts after each sector, because on a 68030 system this can result
in a full rotation between sectors (which would be a 200 ms wait).

Floppy drivers usually implement a track cache that can be filled in a
single rotation to solve such problems. But I think there is a simpler
solution.

After stepping the heads, use a sector bitmap to record sectors that were
successfully read from the present track. Read (or retry, if need be) the
requested sectors in whatever sequence they become available. Keep
interrupts disabled until the whole track has passed under the read head.

swim_read_sector() assumes that it can search a whole track by reading a
fixed number of sector headers (essentially, fs->secpertrack) but this
assumes no false sector headers are matched in the sector contents. To
prevent that, call swim_read_sector_data() unconditionally after any
valid sector header is matched.

Fixes: 8852ecd97488 ("m68k: mac - Add SWIM floppy support")
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org>
---
Changed since v1:
 - Use GENMASK() macro.
 - Use fs->secpertrack instead of hard-coding the high-density value.
 - Don't use a failure counter.
 - Use unsigned integers where appropriate.
 - Call swim_read_sector_data() whenever swim_read_sector_header() is
   successful. A NULL pointer is passed to indicate that no data is to be
   copied into the buffer.

Changed since v2:
 - Loop for fs->secpertrack + 1 iterations because the gap search will
   match the index gap as well as every sector gap.
 - Reinstate the failure counter because that way interrupts aren't
   disabled for too long when a medium error is encountered.
 - Improved commit log text.
---
 drivers/block/swim.c     | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 drivers/block/swim_asm.S | 12 ++++-
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/swim.c b/drivers/block/swim.c
index 9bfda4b07ba9..637810d86e37 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim.c
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ struct floppy_state {
 	enum media_type	 type;
 	int		 write_protected;
 
-	int		 total_secs;
-	int		 secpercyl;
-	int		 secpertrack;
+	unsigned int	 total_secs;
+	unsigned int	 secpercyl;
+	unsigned int	 secpertrack;
 
 	/* in-use information */
 
@@ -452,68 +452,79 @@ static int floppy_eject(struct floppy_state *fs)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int swim_read_sector(struct floppy_state *fs,
-				   int side, int track,
-				   int sector, unsigned char *buffer)
+static unsigned int swim_read_sector_range(struct floppy_state *fs,
+					unsigned int side, unsigned int track,
+					unsigned int start, unsigned int count,
+					unsigned char *buffer)
 {
 	struct swim __iomem *base = fs->swd->base;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct sector_header header;
-	int ret = -1;
-	short i;
+	unsigned int i, bits = 0;
 
-	swim_track(fs, track);
-	swim_head(base, side);
+	if (count > 0) {
+		count = min(count, fs->secpertrack);
+		bits = GENMASK(count - 1, 0);
+	}
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	for (i = 0; i < 36; i++) {
-		if (swim_read_sector_header(base, &header) ||
-		    swim_read(base, error) || header.track != track ||
-		    header.side != side || header.size != 2)
-			continue;
-		if (header.sector == sector) {
-			/* found */
-
-			ret = swim_read_sector_data(base, buffer);
-			if (swim_read(base, error))
-				ret = -EIO;
+	for (i = 0; i < fs->secpertrack + 1; i++) {
+		if (bits == 0) /* All sectors were read ok */
 			break;
+
+		if (swim_read_sector_header(base, &header) == 0 &&
+		    swim_read(base, error) == 0) {
+			unsigned int offset = header.sector - start;
+			unsigned char *buf = NULL;
+			int len;
+
+			if (header.track == track && header.side == side &&
+			    header.size == 2 && header.sector >= start &&
+			    header.sector < start + count &&
+			    (bits & BIT(offset)))
+				buf = buffer + 512 * offset;
+			len = swim_read_sector_data(base, buf);
+			if (swim_read(base, error) == 0 && buf && len == 512)
+				bits &= ~BIT(offset);
 		}
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
-	return ret;
+	return bits ? ffs(bits) - 1 : count; /* No. of contiguous ok sectors */
 }
 
 static blk_status_t floppy_read_sectors(struct floppy_state *fs,
-			       int req_sector, int sectors_nb,
-			       unsigned char *buffer)
+					unsigned int req_sector,
+					unsigned int sectors_nb,
+					unsigned char *buffer)
 {
 	struct swim __iomem *base = fs->swd->base;
-	int ret;
-	int side, track, sector;
-	int i, try;
-
+	unsigned int try = 0;
 
 	swim_drive(base, fs->location);
 	swim_READY_timeout(base);
 
-	for (i = req_sector; i < req_sector + sectors_nb; i++) {
-		int x;
-		track = i / fs->secpercyl;
-		x = i % fs->secpercyl;
-		side = x / fs->secpertrack;
-		sector = x % fs->secpertrack + 1;
-
-		try = 5;
-		do {
-			ret = swim_read_sector(fs, side, track, sector,
-						buffer);
-			if (try-- == 0)
-				return BLK_STS_IOERR;
-		} while (ret != 512);
-
-		buffer += ret;
+	while (sectors_nb) {
+		unsigned int cyl, x, head, sector, n, n_ok;
+
+		cyl = req_sector / fs->secpercyl;
+		x = req_sector % fs->secpercyl;
+		head = (x >= fs->secpertrack) ? 1 : 0;
+		sector = x % fs->secpertrack;
+		n = min(sectors_nb, fs->secpertrack - sector);
+
+		swim_track(fs, cyl);
+		swim_head(base, head);
+
+		n_ok = swim_read_sector_range(fs, head, cyl, sector + 1, n, buffer);
+		if (n_ok == n)
+			try = 0;
+		else if (++try >= 5)
+			return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+
+		buffer += 512 * n_ok;
+		sectors_nb -= n_ok;
+		req_sector += n_ok;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim_asm.S b/drivers/block/swim_asm.S
index e06aadb411a1..73d5ced1abe3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim_asm.S
+++ b/drivers/block/swim_asm.S
@@ -198,12 +198,14 @@ read_data_loop:
 	dbne	%d2, read_data_loop
 	beq	data_exit
 	moveq	#max_retry, %d2
-	moveb	%a5@, %a4@+
+	moveb	%a5@, %d3
+	bsr	.Lmaybe_store
 	dbra	%d4, 1f
 	bra	data_crc0
 1:	andb	#.Lhr_fifo_2bytes, %d5
 	beq	read_data_loop
-	moveb	%a5@, %a4@+
+	moveb	%a5@, %d3
+	bsr	.Lmaybe_store
 	dbra	%d4, read_data_loop
 
 	/* read CRC */
@@ -240,3 +242,9 @@ data_crc1:
 data_exit:
 	moveb	#0x18, %a3@(write_mode0 - read_mark)
 	rts
+
+.Lmaybe_store:
+	tstl	%a4
+	beq	9f
+	moveb	%d3, %a4@+
+9:	rts
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-04  9:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-04  9:26 [PATCH v3 00/33] block/swim: Fixes and improvements Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 31/33] swim: Define macros for constants Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 16/33] swim: Don't use the mark register to read data Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 04/33] swim: Don't disable drive after every sector Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 17/33] swim: Fix buffer overflow Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 12/33] swim: Handle FIFO timeout error Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 22/33] swim: Revisit delays Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 10/33] swim: Recalibrate when drive is probed Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 19/33] swim: Remove redundant RELAX actions Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 11/33] swim: Add track zero recalibration delay Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 08/33] swim: Enable clock divider only where appropriate Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 01/33] swim: Assert strobe with stable outputs Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 21/33] swim: Check drive ready bit Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 14/33] swim: Check for CRC errors Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 27/33] swim: Move swd initialization Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 05/33] swim: Perform ISM/IWM mode switching according to specs Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 06/33] swim: Configure parameter memory Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 23/33] swim: Remove pointless mode0 register write Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 13/33] swim: Simplify return value initialization Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 07/33] swim: Refactor SWIM setup Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 29/33] swim: Remove unused macro definitions Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 33/33] swim: Unexport global symbols Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 15/33] swim: Check error register during sector read Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 03/33] swim: Enable the drive when probing Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 02/33] swim: Select appropriate drive once only Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 26/33] swim: Remove pointless specifiers Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 18/33] swim: Convert to blocking queue Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 20/33] swim: Deduplicate polling loops Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 09/33] swim: Don't start motor until medium is present Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 32/33] swim: Define symbols for constants Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 30/33] swim: Clean up whitespace Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 25/33] swim: Don't search beyond the first data mark Finn Thain
2026-09-04  9:26 ` Finn Thain [this message]
2026-09-04  9:26 ` [PATCH v3 28/33] swim: Add some helpful references Finn Thain

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