linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] devfreq: rk3399_dmc: Pass ODT and auto power down parameters to TF-A.

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Date:   Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:50:13 -0400
From:   Gaël PORTAY <gael.portay@...labora.com>
To:     Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Derek Basehore <dbasehore@...omium.org>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
        Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
        MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
        Klaus Goger <klaus.goger@...obroma-systems.com>,
        Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>,
        linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, Randy Li <ayaka@...lik.info>,
        kernel@...labora.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Lin Huang <hl@...k-chips.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] devfreq: rk3399_dmc: Pass ODT and auto power down
 parameters to TF-A.

Hi Matthias,

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 05:33:52PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> ...
> > @@ -95,6 +103,19 @@ static int rk3399_dmcfreq_target(struct device *dev, unsigned long *freq,
> >  
> >  	mutex_lock(&dmcfreq->lock);
> >  
> > +	if (target_rate >= dmcfreq->odt_dis_freq)
> > +		odt_enable = true;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * This makes a SMC call to the TF-A to set the DDR PD (power-down)
> > +	 * timings and to enable or disable the ODT (on-die termination)
> > +	 * resistors.
> > +	 */
> > +	arm_smccc_smc(ROCKCHIP_SIP_DRAM_FREQ, dmcfreq->odt_pd_arg0,
> > +		      dmcfreq->odt_pd_arg1,
> > +		      ROCKCHIP_SIP_CONFIG_DRAM_SET_ODT_PD,
> > +		      odt_enable, 0, 0, 0, &res);
> 
> Is it necessary/desirable to make this call for every frequency
> change? IIUC it should be only needed when odt_enable changes and the
> driver could track the state. If the DDR frequency doesn't change too
> often and the overhead of the call is small it shouldn't be really
> important though.
>

I will test your solution first to make sure there is no regression to
run that call for frequency change only.

Also, the call takes around 300us.

> > ...
> > @@ -334,6 +357,34 @@ static int rk3399_dmcfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  		return ret;
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	/* Try to find the optional reference to the pmu syscon */
> > +	node = of_parse_phandle(np, "rockchip,pmu", 0);
> > +	if (node) {
> 
> The 'optional' part doesn't seem to be accurate: according to the
> binding (https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1052322/) the
> property is required and the code below assumes that data->regmap_pmu
> is set.
>

Indeed.

> > +		data->regmap_pmu = syscon_node_to_regmap(node);
> > +		if (IS_ERR(data->regmap_pmu))
> > +			return PTR_ERR(data->regmap_pmu);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	/* Get DDR type */
> 
> nit: the comment doesn't add much value, thanks to good variable
> naming this is evident from the code.
> 
> > +	regmap_read(data->regmap_pmu, RK3399_PMUGRF_OS_REG2, &val);
> > +	ddr_type = (val >> RK3399_PMUGRF_DDRTYPE_SHIFT) &
> > +		    RK3399_PMUGRF_DDRTYPE_MASK;
> > +
> > +	/* Get the odt_dis_freq parameter in function of the DDR type */
> 
> nit: ditto
> 
> (if you prefer to keep these comments I'm not opposed to keeping them,
> but I don't think they are needed)
>

I will remove all the comments in the v3.

> Cheers
> 
> Matthias
> 
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Regards,
Gaël

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