linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/37] clk: renesas: rzg2l: reduce the critical area

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Date:   Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:12:08 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Claudiu <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>
Cc:     mturquette@...libre.com, sboyd@...nel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
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        Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/37] clk: renesas: rzg2l: reduce the critical area

Hi Claudiu,

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 6:52 AM Claudiu <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev> wrote:
> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
>
> spinlock in rzg2l_mod_clock_endisable() is intended to protect the accesses
> to hardware register. There is no need to protect the instructions that set
> temporary variable which will be then written to register. Thus limit the
> spinlock only to the hardware register access.
>
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/clk/renesas/rzg2l-cpg.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/renesas/rzg2l-cpg.c
> @@ -912,13 +912,13 @@ static int rzg2l_mod_clock_endisable(struct clk_hw *hw, bool enable)
>
>         dev_dbg(dev, "CLK_ON %u/%pC %s\n", CLK_ON_R(reg), hw->clk,
>                 enable ? "ON" : "OFF");
> -       spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->rmw_lock, flags);
>
>         value = bitmask << 16;
>         if (enable)
>                 value |= bitmask;
> -       writel(value, priv->base + CLK_ON_R(reg));
>
> +       spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->rmw_lock, flags);
> +       writel(value, priv->base + CLK_ON_R(reg));
>         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rmw_lock, flags);

After this, it becomes obvious there is nothing to protect at all,
so the locking can just be removed from this function?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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