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    mmc: sdio: Use mmc_pre_req() / mmc_post_req() · f0c393e2
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    SDHCI changed from using a tasklet to finish requests, to using an IRQ
    thread i.e. commit c07a48c2 ("mmc: sdhci: Remove finish_tasklet").
    Because this increased the latency to complete requests, a preparatory
    change was made to complete the request from the IRQ handler if
    possible i.e. commit 19d2f695 ("mmc: sdhci: Call mmc_request_done()
    from IRQ handler if possible").  That alleviated the situation for MMC
    block devices because the MMC block driver makes use of mmc_pre_req()
    and mmc_post_req() so that successful requests are completed in the IRQ
    handler and any DMA unmapping is handled separately in mmc_post_req().
    However SDIO was still affected, and an example has been reported with
    up to 20% degradation in performance.
    
    Looking at SDIO I/O helper functions, sdio_io_rw_ext_helper() appeared
    to be a possible candidate for making use of asynchronous requests
    within its I/O loops, but analysis revealed that these loops almost
    never iterate more than once, so the complexity of the change would not
    be warrented.
    
    Instead, mmc_pre_req() and mmc_post_req() are added before and after I/O
    submission (mmc_wait_for_req) in mmc_io_rw_extended().  This still has
    the potential benefit of reducing the duration of interrupt handlers, as
    well as addressing the latency issue for SDHCI.  It also seems a more
    reasonable solution than forcing drivers to do everything in the IRQ
    handler.
    Reported-by: default avatarDmitry Osipenko <digetx@gmail.com>
    Fixes: c07a48c2 ("mmc: sdhci: Remove finish_tasklet")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarDmitry Osipenko <digetx@gmail.com>
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200903082007.18715-1-adrian.hunter@intel.comSigned-off-by: default avatarUlf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
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