linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 3/3] mmc: Add driver for LiteX's LiteSDCard interface

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VcSenjpZdA_wujKju5rHr8bAw2VjfL8RMKb7RW6Zmz4QA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:47:32 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     "Gabriel L. Somlo" <gsomlo@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/3] mmc: Add driver for LiteX's LiteSDCard interface

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 3:20 PM Gabriel L. Somlo <gsomlo@...il.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 01:26:08PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 3:57 AM Gabriel L. Somlo <gsomlo@...il.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 01:54:07AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Gabriel Somlo <gsomlo@...il.com> wrote:

...

> > > >     +       u32 div;
> > > >     +
> > > >     +       div = freq ? host->ref_clk / freq : 256U;
> > > >
> > > >     +       div = roundup_pow_of_two(div);
> > > >     +       div = clamp(div, 2U, 256U);
> > > >
> > > > Logically seems to me that you may join these two together, because clamped
> > > > range is power-of-2 one.
> > >
> > > `div` needs to be a power-of-2 when written to the LITEX_PHY_CLOCKERDIV
> > > register (below). And clamp() will just enforce a min/max range, so if
> > > (div = ref_clk / freq) ends up e.g., 5, I need both roundup_pow_of_two()
> > > to bump it to 8, and clamp() to enforce that it's between 2 and 256.
> > >
> > > Unless you mean I should simply write it like:
> > >
> > >         div = clamp(roundup_pow_of_two(div), 2U, 256U);
> > >
> > > ... as a single line?
> >
> > Yes, that's what I meant.
>
> Turns out, clamp really hates being passed roundup_pow_of_two()
> directly (see below). I think it's probably better if we leave
> them as-is, to avoid going the explicit cast route which Geert
> recommended against.

I see, then ignore my comment on this matter in v9.
Perhaps add a comment in the code explaining that roundup_pow_of_two()
may not be unified with clamp()?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko