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Message-ID: <f08513c8-56d6-4551-8ac6-84641c134552@salutedevices.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 16:54:41 +0300
From: George Stark <gnstark@...utedevices.com>
To: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>
CC: <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>, <khilman@...libre.com>,
<jbrunet@...libre.com>, <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
<linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org>,
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
<kernel@...utedevices.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] pwm: meson: Support constant and polarity bits
Hello Uwe
Thanks for the review.
On 11/4/24 12:32, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello George,
>
> there are two minor things I dislike in this patch/driver. But I'm not
> sure the alternatives are objectively considerably better. See below and
> judge yourself.
...
>> @@ -68,6 +72,8 @@ static struct meson_pwm_channel_data {
>> u8 clk_div_shift;
>> u8 clk_en_shift;
>> u32 pwm_en_mask;
>> + u32 const_en_mask;
>> + u32 inv_en_mask;
>> } meson_pwm_per_channel_data[MESON_NUM_PWMS] = {
>> {
>> .reg_offset = REG_PWM_A,
>> @@ -75,6 +81,8 @@ static struct meson_pwm_channel_data {
>> .clk_div_shift = MISC_A_CLK_DIV_SHIFT,
>> .clk_en_shift = MISC_A_CLK_EN_SHIFT,
>> .pwm_en_mask = MISC_A_EN,
>> + .const_en_mask = MISC_A_CONSTANT_EN,
>> + .inv_en_mask = MISC_A_INVERT_EN,
>> },
>> {
>> .reg_offset = REG_PWM_B,
>> @@ -82,6 +90,8 @@ static struct meson_pwm_channel_data {
>> .clk_div_shift = MISC_B_CLK_DIV_SHIFT,
>> .clk_en_shift = MISC_B_CLK_EN_SHIFT,
>> .pwm_en_mask = MISC_B_EN,
>> + .const_en_mask = MISC_B_CONSTANT_EN,
>> + .inv_en_mask = MISC_B_INVERT_EN,
>> }
>> };
>
> So the generic register description describes the const and invert bits,
> but it doesn't apply to all IPs. Thinking about that, I wonder why this
> struct exists at all. I would have done this as follows:
>
> #define MESON_PWM_REG_PWM(chan) (0 + 4 * (chan))
>
> #define MESON_PWM_REG_MISC (8)
> #define MESON_PWM_REG_MISC_EN(chan) BIT(chan)
> #define MESON_PWM_REG_MISC_CLK_SEL(chan) GENMASK(5 + 2 * (chan), 4 + 2 * (chan))
> ....
>
> and then use these constants directly (with pwm->hwpwm as parameter if
> needed) in the code. I would expect this to result in more efficient and
> smaller code.
I've been looking into this driver for more than a year and got used to
it so much so never thought about changing the foundations :) Although
it's an interesting thought.
1. I took meson_pwm_enable() without
const patches and reimplemented it using only defines (e.g. w/o local
var channel_data) and objdumped current and new versions. New version
turned out to be one instruction longer (arm64, gcc, default -O2). So
total difference in executable code may be not that significant although
we can win in C-code line count.
2. Things like
#define MISC_B_EN BIT(1)
#define MISC_A_EN BIT(0)
is more straightforward and can be matched to the datasheet easier
comparing to (a + b * (chan)) things.
So I'm not sure either.
>> @@ -227,6 +252,15 @@ static void meson_pwm_enable(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm)
>>
>> value = readl(meson->base + REG_MISC_AB);
>> value |= channel_data->pwm_en_mask;
>> +
>> + if (meson->data->has_constant)
>> + meson_pwm_assign_bit(&value, channel_data->const_en_mask,
>> + channel->constant);
>
> Personally I'd prefer:
>
> value &= ~MESON_PWM_REG_MISC_CONST_EN(pwm->hwpwm);
> if (meson->data->has_constant && channel->constant)
> value |= MESON_PWM_REG_MISC_CONST_EN(pwm->hwpwm);
>
> even though your variant only mentions the mask once. While it has this
> repetition, it's clear what happens without having to know what
> meson_pwm_assign_bit() does. Maybe that's subjective?
>
Actually I also don't like meson_pwm_assign_bit() too match and I'm
surprised there's no something like this in the kernel already.
I again objdumped versions meson_pwm_assign_bit() vs double mask
repetition. Unconditional bit clearing takes only a single instruction:
// value &= ~channel_data->const_en_mask;
9ac: 0a250040 bic w0, w2, w5
So in the current series I could drop meson_pwm_assign_bit() and use:
value &= ~channel_data->const_en_mask;
if (meson->data->has_constant && channel->constant)
value |= channel_data->const_en_mask;
If it's decided now or later to drop meson_pwm_channel_data then
w\o meson_pwm_assign_bit() future patch will be line-to-line change.
What you think?
> Best regards
> Uwe
--
Best regards
George
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