linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 017/192] [PATCH 017/135] clk: xgene: Fix divider with non-zero shift value

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:26:01 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
To:     Loc Ho <lho@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 017/192] [PATCH 017/135] clk: xgene: Fix divider
 with non-zero shift value

On Tue, 2016-09-20 at 09:07 -0700, Loc Ho wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> >> 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> >>
> >> ------------------
> >>
> >> [ Upstream commit 1382ea631ddddb634850a3795527db0feeff5aaf ]
> >>
> >> The X-Gene clock driver missed the divider shift operation when
> >> set the divider value.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Loc Ho <lho@....com>
> >> Fixes: 308964caeebc ("clk: Add APM X-Gene SoC clock driver")
> >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/clk/clk-xgene.c |    3 ++-
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> --- a/drivers/clk/clk-xgene.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk-xgene.c
> >> @@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ static int xgene_clk_set_rate(struct clk
> >>               /* Set new divider */
> >>               data = xgene_clk_read(pclk->param.divider_reg +
> >>                               pclk->param.reg_divider_offset);
> >> -             data &= ~((1 << pclk->param.reg_divider_width) - 1);
> >> +             data &= ~((1 << pclk->param.reg_divider_width) - 1)
> >> +                             << pclk->param.reg_divider_shift;
> > [...]
> >
> > This still does the wrong thing when the shift value is non-zero: it
> > clears all bits to the right of the divider field in data.  I think the
> > correct assignment is:
> >
> >                 data &= ~(((1 << pclk->param.reg_divider_width) - 1)
> >                           << pclk->param.reg_divider_shift);
> >
> 
> Yes... There was an later patch that address this -
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8458361

But it didn't go into this stable update, because you didn't point that
out during review.

Greg, the upstream commit is:

commit 0f4c7a138dfefb0ebdbaf56e3ba2acd2958a6605
Author: Loc Ho <lho@....com>
Date:   Mon Feb 29 14:15:43 2016 -0700

    clk: xgene: Add missing parenthesis when clearing divider value

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Software Developer, Codethink Ltd.