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Message-ID: <CAA8EJpqM0vQZR5yEbGeBBPbog4KoEiTp1kWRwrjuwO4wo_umaw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 10:38:41 +0000
From: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
To: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>
Cc: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@...cinc.com>, Georgi Djakov <djakov@...nel.org>, 
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@...nel.org>, 
	Sibi Sankar <quic_sibis@...cinc.com>, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Odelu Kukatla <quic_okukatla@...cinc.com>, 
	Mike Tipton <quic_mdtipton@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] dt-bindings: interconnect: Add EPSS L3 compatible
 for SA8775P

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 at 09:35, Konrad Dybcio
<konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
> On 4.11.2024 7:40 AM, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 11/1/2024 12:26 AM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 12:23:57PM +0530, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 10/26/2024 8:15 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> >>>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 12:30:56PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
> >>>>> Add Epoch Subsystem (EPSS) L3 interconnect provider binding on
> >>>>> SA8775P SoCs.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@...cinc.com>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml         | 4 ++++
> >>>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
> >>>>> index 21dae0b92819..042ca44c32ec 100644
> >>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
> >>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
> >>>>> @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ properties:
> >>>>>                - qcom,sm8250-epss-l3
> >>>>>                - qcom,sm8350-epss-l3
> >>>>>            - const: qcom,epss-l3
> >>>>> +      - items:
> >>>>> +          - enum:
> >>>>> +              - qcom,sa8775p-epss-l3
> >>>>> +          - const: qcom,epss-l3-perf
> >>>>
> >>>> Why is it -perf? What's so different about it?
> >>>
> >>> The EPSS instance in SA8775P uses PERF_STATE register instead of REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks.
> >>> So adding new generic compatible "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for PERF_STATE register based l3 scaling.
> >>
> >> Neither sm8250 nor sc7280 use this compatible, while they also use
> >> PERF_STATE register.
> >>
> > That is correct, both sm8250 and sc7280 use perf state register.
> > The intention for adding "qcom,epss-l3-perf" generic compatible is to use it for the chipsets which use perf state register for l3 scaling.
> > Using generic compatible avoids the need for adding chipset specific compatible in match table.
>
> That is exactly what bindings guidelines forbid.
>
> You need a SoC-specific compatible so that you can address platform-
> specific quirks that may arise in the future while keeping backwards
> compatibility with older device trees

The proposed bindings have SoC-specific compat. If that's not against
the current rules, I'd prefer to have qcom,epss-l3-perf to be added to
sc7280 and sm8250 too.


-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry

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