On 15-07-21 10:20:44, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 04:43:36PM +0200, Stefan Agner wrote:
> > Hi Dmitry,
> >
> > As the original author of the driver I have some remarks to your review
> >
> > On 2015-07-18 01:42, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > >> + /*
> > >> + * If touch pressure is too low, stop measuring and
> > >> reenable
> > >> + * touch detection
> > >> + */
> > >> + if (val_p < min_pressure || val_p > 2000)
> > >> + break;
> >
> > This is where the modules touch pressure is used to stop the measurement
> > process and switch back to interrupt mode. See my remarks at the end.
> >
> > >> +
> > >> + /*
> > >> + * The pressure may not be enough for the first x and
> > >> the
> > >> + * second y measurement, but, the pressure is ok when
> > >> the
> > >> + * driver is doing the third and fourth measurement. To
> > >> + * take care of this, we drop the first measurement
> > >> always.
> > >> + */
> > >> + if (discard_val_on_start) {
> > >> + discard_val_on_start = false;
> > >> + } else {
> > >> + /*
> > >> + * Report touch position and sleep for
> > >> + * next measurement
> > >> + */
> > >> + input_report_abs(vf50_ts->ts_input,
> > >> + ABS_X, VF_ADC_MAX - val_x);
> > >> + input_report_abs(vf50_ts->ts_input,
> > >> + ABS_Y, VF_ADC_MAX - val_y);
> > >> + input_report_abs(vf50_ts->ts_input,
> > >> + ABS_PRESSURE, val_p);
> > >> + input_report_key(vf50_ts->ts_input, BTN_TOUCH,
> > >> 1);
> > >> + input_sync(vf50_ts->ts_input);
> > >> + }
> > >> +
> > >> + msleep(10);
> > >> + }
> > >> +
> > >> + /* Report no more touch, reenable touch detection */
> > >> + input_report_abs(vf50_ts->ts_input, ABS_PRESSURE, 0);
> > >> + input_report_key(vf50_ts->ts_input, BTN_TOUCH, 0);
> > >> + input_sync(vf50_ts->ts_input);
> > >> +
> > >> + vf50_ts_enable_touch_detection(vf50_ts);
> > >> +
> > >> + /* Wait for the pull-up to be stable on high */
> > >> + msleep(10);
> > >> +
> > >> + /* Reenable IRQ to detect touch */
> > >> + enable_irq(vf50_ts->pen_irq);
> > >> +
> > >> + dev_dbg(dev, "Reenabled touch detection interrupt\n");
> > >> +}
> > >> +
> > >> +static irqreturn_t vf50_ts_touched(int irq, void *dev_id)
> > >> +{
> > >> + struct vf50_touch_device *vf50_ts = (struct vf50_touch_device
> > >> *)dev_id;
> > >> + struct device *dev = &vf50_ts->pdev->dev;
> > >> +
> > >> + dev_dbg(dev, "Touch detected, start worker thread\n");
> > >> +
> > >> + disable_irq_nosync(irq);
> > >> +
> > >> + /* Disable the touch detection plates */
> > >> + gpiod_set_value(vf50_ts->gpio_ym, 0);
> > >> +
> > >> + /* Let the platform mux to default state in order to mux as ADC
> > >> */
> > >> + pinctrl_pm_select_default_state(dev);
> > >> +
> > >> + queue_work(vf50_ts->ts_workqueue, &vf50_ts->ts_work);
> > >
> > > If you convert this to a threaded interrupt you won't need to
> > > disable/reenable interrupt or queue work. You should also be able to use
> > > gpiod_set_value_cansleep() extending the range of ways the controller
> > > could be connected to systems.
> > >
> >
> > I'm not sure if a threaded interrupt is the right thing here. While the
> > pen is on the touchscreen (which can be for several seconds)
> > measurements have to be made in a continuous loop. Is it ok for a
> > threaded interrupt to run that long?
>
> Yes, why not? Threaded interrupt is simply a kernel thread that is woken
> when hard interrupt handler tells it to wake up. Very similar to
> interrupt + work queue, except that the kernel manages interactions
> properly for you. There are several drivers in kernel that do that, for
> example auo-pixcir-ts.c or tsc2007.c
>
> >
> > I'm also not sure if it is really safe to _not_ disable the pen down
> > GPIO interrupt. If we get a interrupt while measuring, we should ignore
> > that interrupt.
>
> The interrupt management core (you'll have to annotate it as
> IRQF_ONESHOT) will make sure it stays masked properly until the threaded
> handler completes so you do not need to disable it explicitly.
(snip)
I tried the IRQ threaded implementation. From your reply, I can see my first
implementation was wrong in the sense that I did not use the IRQF_ONESHOT flag.
The touch response time was not good in this case, however thats to be expected
in this case from what I understand now.
With the IRQF_ONESHOT specified the response time is much better compared to
what I was seeing above, but, I still feel it is not the same as with IRQ
handler
plus workqueue approach. However I have no idea how to quantify this.
So I tried explicit enabling/disabling of IRQ and to me it seems the response
slightly improves compared to IRQF_ONESHOT and the touch handling is better
compared to the IRQF_ONESHOT approach. Again however I have no idea how to
quantify it.
Perhaps we go for a request threaded irq but keep the explicit
enabling/disabling
of IRQ? Will that be acceptable?
- Sanchayan.
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