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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/locking.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/locking.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3a7ffb3d87 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/locking.rst @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +================= +SoundWire Locking +================= + +This document explains locking mechanism of the SoundWire Bus. Bus uses +following locks in order to avoid race conditions in Bus operations on +shared resources. + + - Bus lock + + - Message lock + +Bus lock +======== + +SoundWire Bus lock is a mutex and is part of Bus data structure +(sdw_bus) which is used for every Bus instance. This lock is used to +serialize each of the following operations(s) within SoundWire Bus instance. + + - Addition and removal of Slave(s), changing Slave status. + + - Prepare, Enable, Disable and De-prepare stream operations. + + - Access of Stream data structure. + +Message lock +============ + +SoundWire message transfer lock. This mutex is part of +Bus data structure (sdw_bus). This lock is used to serialize the message +transfers (read/write) within a SoundWire Bus instance. + +Below examples show how locks are acquired. + +Example 1 +--------- + +Message transfer. + + 1. For every message transfer + + a. Acquire Message lock. + + b. Transfer message (Read/Write) to Slave1 or broadcast message on + Bus in case of bank switch. + + c. Release Message lock + + :: + + +----------+ +---------+ + | | | | + | Bus | | Master | + | | | Driver | + | | | | + +----+-----+ +----+----+ + | | + | bus->ops->xfer_msg() | + <-------------------------------+ a. Acquire Message lock + | | b. Transfer message + | | + +-------------------------------> c. Release Message lock + | return success/error | d. Return success/error + | | + + + + +Example 2 +--------- + +Prepare operation. + + 1. Acquire lock for Bus instance associated with Master 1. + + 2. For every message transfer in Prepare operation + + a. Acquire Message lock. + + b. Transfer message (Read/Write) to Slave1 or broadcast message on + Bus in case of bank switch. + + c. Release Message lock. + + 3. Release lock for Bus instance associated with Master 1 :: + + +----------+ +---------+ + | | | | + | Bus | | Master | + | | | Driver | + | | | | + +----+-----+ +----+----+ + | | + | sdw_prepare_stream() | + <-------------------------------+ 1. Acquire bus lock + | | 2. Perform stream prepare + | | + | | + | bus->ops->xfer_msg() | + <-------------------------------+ a. Acquire Message lock + | | b. Transfer message + | | + +-------------------------------> c. Release Message lock + | return success/error | d. Return success/error + | | + | | + | return success/error | 3. Release bus lock + +-------------------------------> 4. Return success/error + | | + + + |