linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: i2c-tegra: Move clk_prepare/clk_set

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Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:56:15 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
Cc:	Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@...dia.com>, ldewangan@...dia.com,
	thierry.reding@...il.com, pdeschrijver@...dia.com,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: i2c-tegra: Move clk_prepare/clk_set_rate to probe

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:18:15AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 08/15/2014 03:47 AM, Mikko Perttunen wrote:
> >Currently the i2c-tegra bus driver prepares, enables
> >and set_rates its clocks separately for each transfer.
> >This causes locking problems when doing I2C transfers
> >from clock notifiers; see
> >http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-July/268653.html
> >
> >This patch moves clk_prepare/unprepare and clk_set_rate calls to
> >the probe function, leaving only clk_enable/disable to be
> >done on each transfer. This solves the locking issue.
> 
> >diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
> 
> >@@ -380,34 +380,33 @@ static inline int tegra_i2c_clock_enable(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
> >  {
> >  	int ret;
> >  	if (!i2c_dev->hw->has_single_clk_source) {
> >-		ret = clk_prepare_enable(i2c_dev->fast_clk);
> >+		ret = clk_enable(i2c_dev->fast_clk);
> 
> Here, both the prepare and enable wrap just the I2C transfer, ...
> 
> >@@ -428,9 +427,6 @@ static int tegra_i2c_init(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
> >  	i2c_writel(i2c_dev, val, I2C_CNFG);
> >  	i2c_writel(i2c_dev, 0, I2C_INT_MASK);
> >
> >-	clk_multiplier *= (i2c_dev->hw->clk_divisor_std_fast_mode + 1);
> >-	clk_set_rate(i2c_dev->div_clk, i2c_dev->bus_clk_rate * clk_multiplier);
> 
> ... whereas the rate is set up when the controller is initialized, i.e. much
> earlier.
> 
> >@@ -777,17 +774,39 @@ static int tegra_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> 
> >+	if (!i2c_dev->hw->has_single_clk_source) {
> >+		ret = clk_prepare(i2c_dev->fast_clk);
> >+		if (ret < 0) {
> >+			dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Clock prepare failed %d\n", ret);
> >+			return ret;
> >+		}
> >+	}
> >+
> >+	ret = clk_prepare(i2c_dev->div_clk);
> >+	if (ret < 0) {
> >+		dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Clock prepare failed %d\n", ret);
> >+		goto unprepare_fast_clk;
> >+	}
> >+
> >+	clk_multiplier *= (i2c_dev->hw->clk_divisor_std_fast_mode + 1);
> >+	ret = clk_set_rate(i2c_dev->div_clk,
> >+			   i2c_dev->bus_clk_rate * clk_multiplier);
> >+	if (ret) {
> >+		dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Clock rate change failed %d\n", ret);
> >+		goto unprepare_div_clk;
> >+	}
> 
> However, the new code sets the clock rate after the clock is prepared. I
> think the rate should be set first, then the clock prepared. While this
> likely doesn't apply to the Tegra clock controller, prepare() is allowed to
> enable the clock if enable() can't be implemented in an atomic fashion (in
> which case enable/disable would be no-ops), and we should make sure that the
> driver correctly configures the clock before potentially enabling it.
> 
> I'm not sure if a similar change to our SPI drivers is possible; after all,
> the SPI transfer rate can vary per message, so if clk_set_rate() acquires a
> lock, it seems there's no way to avoid the issue there. Luckily, we don't
> have any SPI-based chips that do anything related to clocks on any of our
> current boards...
> 
> Aside from this issue, the patch looks fine to me.

May I count this as an Ack?


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