The kernel FIFO queue has a couple issues. The biggest issue is that
it causes extra latency in a path that can be used in real-time tasks,
such as communication with real-time remote processors.

The whole FIFO idea itself looks to be a leftover from before the
unified mailbox framework. The current mailbox framework expects
mbox_chan_received_data() to be called with data immediately as it
arrives. Remove the FIFO and pass the messages to the mailbox
framework directly as part of a threaded IRQ handler.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <a...@ti.com>
---
 drivers/mailbox/Kconfig        |   9 ---
 drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c | 107 ++-------------------------------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 111 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/Kconfig b/drivers/mailbox/Kconfig
index 42940108a1874..78e4c74fbe5c2 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/Kconfig
@@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ config OMAP2PLUS_MBOX
          OMAP2/3; or IPU, IVA HD and DSP in OMAP4/5. Say Y here if you
          want to use OMAP2+ Mailbox framework support.
 
-config OMAP_MBOX_KFIFO_SIZE
-       int "Mailbox kfifo default buffer size (bytes)"
-       depends on OMAP2PLUS_MBOX
-       default 256
-       help
-         Specify the default size of mailbox's kfifo buffers (bytes).
-         This can also be changed at runtime (via the mbox_kfifo_size
-         module parameter).
-
 config ROCKCHIP_MBOX
        bool "Rockchip Soc Integrated Mailbox Support"
        depends on ARCH_ROCKCHIP || COMPILE_TEST
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
index c5d4083125856..46747559b438f 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
@@ -65,14 +65,6 @@ struct omap_mbox_fifo {
        u32 intr_bit;
 };
 
-struct omap_mbox_queue {
-       spinlock_t              lock;
-       struct kfifo            fifo;
-       struct work_struct      work;
-       struct omap_mbox        *mbox;
-       bool full;
-};
-
 struct omap_mbox_match_data {
        u32 intr_type;
 };
@@ -90,7 +82,6 @@ struct omap_mbox_device {
 struct omap_mbox {
        const char              *name;
        int                     irq;
-       struct omap_mbox_queue  *rxq;
        struct omap_mbox_device *parent;
        struct omap_mbox_fifo   tx_fifo;
        struct omap_mbox_fifo   rx_fifo;
@@ -99,10 +90,6 @@ struct omap_mbox {
        bool                    send_no_irq;
 };
 
-static unsigned int mbox_kfifo_size = CONFIG_OMAP_MBOX_KFIFO_SIZE;
-module_param(mbox_kfifo_size, uint, S_IRUGO);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(mbox_kfifo_size, "Size of omap's mailbox kfifo (bytes)");
-
 static inline
 unsigned int mbox_read_reg(struct omap_mbox_device *mdev, size_t ofs)
 {
@@ -202,30 +189,6 @@ static void omap_mbox_disable_irq(struct omap_mbox *mbox, 
omap_mbox_irq_t irq)
        mbox_write_reg(mbox->parent, bit, irqdisable);
 }
 
-/*
- * Message receiver(workqueue)
- */
-static void mbox_rx_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-       struct omap_mbox_queue *mq =
-                       container_of(work, struct omap_mbox_queue, work);
-       u32 msg;
-       int len;
-
-       while (kfifo_len(&mq->fifo) >= sizeof(msg)) {
-               len = kfifo_out(&mq->fifo, (unsigned char *)&msg, sizeof(msg));
-               WARN_ON(len != sizeof(msg));
-
-               mbox_chan_received_data(mq->mbox->chan, (void *)(uintptr_t)msg);
-               spin_lock_irq(&mq->lock);
-               if (mq->full) {
-                       mq->full = false;
-                       omap_mbox_enable_irq(mq->mbox, IRQ_RX);
-               }
-               spin_unlock_irq(&mq->lock);
-       }
-}
-
 /*
  * Mailbox interrupt handler
  */
@@ -238,27 +201,15 @@ static void __mbox_tx_interrupt(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
 
 static void __mbox_rx_interrupt(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
 {
-       struct omap_mbox_queue *mq = mbox->rxq;
        u32 msg;
-       int len;
 
        while (!mbox_fifo_empty(mbox)) {
-               if (unlikely(kfifo_avail(&mq->fifo) < sizeof(msg))) {
-                       omap_mbox_disable_irq(mbox, IRQ_RX);
-                       mq->full = true;
-                       goto nomem;
-               }
-
                msg = mbox_fifo_read(mbox);
-
-               len = kfifo_in(&mq->fifo, (unsigned char *)&msg, sizeof(msg));
-               WARN_ON(len != sizeof(msg));
+               mbox_chan_received_data(mbox->chan, (void *)(uintptr_t)msg);
        }
 
-       /* no more messages in the fifo. clear IRQ source. */
+       /* clear IRQ source. */
        ack_mbox_irq(mbox, IRQ_RX);
-nomem:
-       schedule_work(&mbox->rxq->work);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t mbox_interrupt(int irq, void *p)
@@ -274,57 +225,15 @@ static irqreturn_t mbox_interrupt(int irq, void *p)
        return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static struct omap_mbox_queue *mbox_queue_alloc(struct omap_mbox *mbox,
-                                       void (*work)(struct work_struct *))
-{
-       struct omap_mbox_queue *mq;
-       unsigned int size;
-
-       if (!work)
-               return NULL;
-
-       mq = kzalloc(sizeof(*mq), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!mq)
-               return NULL;
-
-       spin_lock_init(&mq->lock);
-
-       /* kfifo size sanity check: alignment and minimal size */
-       size = ALIGN(mbox_kfifo_size, sizeof(u32));
-       size = max_t(unsigned int, size, sizeof(u32));
-       if (kfifo_alloc(&mq->fifo, size, GFP_KERNEL))
-               goto error;
-
-       INIT_WORK(&mq->work, work);
-       return mq;
-
-error:
-       kfree(mq);
-       return NULL;
-}
-
-static void mbox_queue_free(struct omap_mbox_queue *q)
-{
-       kfifo_free(&q->fifo);
-       kfree(q);
-}
-
 static int omap_mbox_startup(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
 {
        int ret = 0;
-       struct omap_mbox_queue *mq;
-
-       mq = mbox_queue_alloc(mbox, mbox_rx_work);
-       if (!mq)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       mbox->rxq = mq;
-       mq->mbox = mbox;
 
-       ret = request_irq(mbox->irq, mbox_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED,
-                         mbox->name, mbox);
+       ret = request_threaded_irq(mbox->irq, NULL, mbox_interrupt,
+                                  IRQF_ONESHOT, mbox->name, mbox);
        if (unlikely(ret)) {
                pr_err("failed to register mailbox interrupt:%d\n", ret);
-               goto fail_request_irq;
+               return ret;
        }
 
        if (mbox->send_no_irq)
@@ -333,18 +242,12 @@ static int omap_mbox_startup(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
        omap_mbox_enable_irq(mbox, IRQ_RX);
 
        return 0;
-
-fail_request_irq:
-       mbox_queue_free(mbox->rxq);
-       return ret;
 }
 
 static void omap_mbox_fini(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
 {
        omap_mbox_disable_irq(mbox, IRQ_RX);
        free_irq(mbox->irq, mbox);
-       flush_work(&mbox->rxq->work);
-       mbox_queue_free(mbox->rxq);
 }
 
 static int omap_mbox_chan_startup(struct mbox_chan *chan)
-- 
2.39.2


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