linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/9] regulator: core: Try full range when adjusting regulators to constraints

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:29:07 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] regulator: core: Try full range when adjusting
 regulators to constraints

On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 10:11:19AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:

> Currently when we try to bring regulator in bounds of its constraints,
> we pick either the minimum or maximum voltage as the target. This fails
> if the regulator range is not continuous, and the target voltage is not
> an exact value the regulator can achieve, i.e. the target is not aligned
> to the step of the regulator.

This seems like you have buggy constraints, constraints which allow
voltages that can't physically be satisfied don't make obvious sense.

> -		if (current_uV < rdev->constraints->min_uV) {
> +		if (current_uV < rdev->constraints->min_uV ||
> +		    current_uV > rdev->constraints->max_uV) {
>  			target_min = rdev->constraints->min_uV;
> -			target_max = rdev->constraints->min_uV;
> -		}
> -
> -		if (current_uV > rdev->constraints->max_uV) {
> -			target_min = rdev->constraints->max_uV;
>  			target_max = rdev->constraints->max_uV;
>  		}

This is most likely going to cause disruption to systems where the
voltage is over the constraint voltage - it will result in the voltage
being lowered to the minimum allowed which will have a much higher
chance of upsetting things.  This is why we don't just do a constraints
run.

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