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Date:   Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:21:45 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Tamás Szűcs <tszucs@...tonmail.ch>
Cc:     Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Linux MMC List <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mmc: sdhi: fill in actual_clock

Hi Tamás,

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 8:37 PM Tamás Szűcs <tszucs@...tonmail.ch> wrote:
> Save set clock in mmc_host actual_clock enabling exporting it via debugfs.
> This will indicate the precise SD clock in I/O settings rather than only the
> sometimes misleading requested clock.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tamás Szűcs <tszucs@...tonmail.ch>

Thanks for the update!

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

However, one question below.

> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_core.c
> @@ -166,10 +166,13 @@ static void renesas_sdhi_set_clock(struct tmio_mmc_host *host,
>         sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_SD_CARD_CLK_CTL, ~CLK_CTL_SCLKEN &
>                 sd_ctrl_read16(host, CTL_SD_CARD_CLK_CTL));
>
> -       if (new_clock == 0)
> +       if (new_clock == 0) {
> +               host->mmc->actual_clock = 0;

The actual clock is present in the debugfs output only when non-zero.
Hence userspace cannot distinguish between an old kernel where the
Renesas SDHI driver didn't fill in actual_clock, and a new kernel when
the SDHI controller is powered down.
Could that be an issue? Should the old value be retained?
Probably it's OK, as this is debugfs, not an official ABI.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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