linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mmc: tegra: Force correct divider calculation on DDR50/52

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:03:08 +0100
From:   Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
To:     Aapo Vienamo <avienamo@...dia.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@...adex.com>,
        Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>
CC:     <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmc: tegra: Force correct divider calculation on DDR50/52


On 16/07/18 15:34, Aapo Vienamo wrote:
> Tegra SDHCI controllers require the SDHCI clock divider to be configured
> to divide the clock by two in DDR50/52 modes. Incorrectly configured
> clock divider results in corrupted data.
> 
> Prevent the possibility of incorrectly calculating the divider value due
> to clock rate rounding or low parent clock frequency by not assigning
> host->max_clk to clk_get_rate() on tegra_sdhci_set_clock().
> 
> See the comments for further details.
> 
> Fixes: a8e326a ("mmc: tegra: implement module external clock change")
> Signed-off-by: Aapo Vienamo <avienamo@...dia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-tegra.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-tegra.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-tegra.c
> index ddf00166..908b23e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-tegra.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-tegra.c
> @@ -210,9 +210,24 @@ static void tegra_sdhci_set_clock(struct sdhci_host *host, unsigned int clock)
>  	if (!clock)
>  		return sdhci_set_clock(host, clock);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * In DDR50/52 modes the Tegra SDHCI controllers require the SDHCI 
> +	 * divider to be configured to divided the host clock by two. The SDHC
> +	 * clock divider is calculated as part of sdhci_set_clock() by
> +	 * sdhci_calc_clk(). The divider is calculated from host->max_clk and
> +	 * the requested clock rate.
> +	 *
> +	 * By setting the host->max_clk to clock * 2 the divider calculation
> +	 * will always result in the correct value for DDR50/52 modes,
> +	 * regardless of clock rate rounding, which may happen if the value
> +	 * from clk_get_rate() is used.
> +	 */
>  	host_clk = tegra_host->ddr_signaling ? clock * 2 : clock;
>  	clk_set_rate(pltfm_host->clk, host_clk);
> -	host->max_clk = clk_get_rate(pltfm_host->clk);
> +	if (tegra_host->ddr_signaling)
> +		host->max_clk = host_clk;
> +	else
> +		host->max_clk = clk_get_rate(pltfm_host->clk);
>  
>  	sdhci_set_clock(host, clock);
>  

I see what you are saying, but should we be concerned that we are not
getting the rate we are requesting in the first place?

Maybe it would help if you could provide a specific example showing a
case where we request rate X and get Y, and then this leads to a bad
rate Z later.
 
Cheers
Jon

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