linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] clk: renesas: rzg2l: Re-assert reset on deassert timeout

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Message-ID: <aLb2Zh3ENS6B_ik4@tom-desktop>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 15:51:34 +0200
From: Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai.xr@...renesas.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: tomm.merciai@...il.com, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	biju.das.jz@...renesas.com,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] clk: renesas: rzg2l: Re-assert reset on deassert
 timeout

Hi Geert,
Thank you for your review!

On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 02:18:17PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Tommaso,
> 
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 at 12:05, Tommaso Merciai
> <tommaso.merciai.xr@...renesas.com> wrote:
> > Prevent issues during reset deassertion by re-asserting the reset if a
> > timeout occurs when trying to deassert. This ensures the reset line is in a
> > known state and improves reliability for hardware that may not immediately
> > clear the reset monitor bit.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tommaso Merciai <tommaso.merciai.xr@...renesas.com>
> 
> Thanks for your patch!
> 
> > --- a/drivers/clk/renesas/rzg2l-cpg.c
> > +++ b/drivers/clk/renesas/rzg2l-cpg.c
> > @@ -1667,9 +1667,16 @@ static int __rzg2l_cpg_assert(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev,
> >                 return 0;
> >         }
> >
> > -       return readl_poll_timeout_atomic(priv->base + reg, value,
> > -                                        assert ? (value & mask) : !(value & mask),
> > -                                        10, 200);
> > +       ret = readl_poll_timeout_atomic(priv->base + reg, value,
> > +                                       assert ? (value & mask) : !(value & mask),
> > +                                       10, 200);
> > +       if (ret && !assert) {
> > +               dev_warn(rcdev->dev, "deassert timeout, re-asserting reset id %ld\n", id);
> > +               value = mask << 16;
> > +               writel(value, priv->base + CLK_RST_R(info->resets[id].off));
> > +       }
> 
> Is this an issue you've seen during actual use?
> Would it make sense to print warnings on assertion timeouts, too?

I haven’t observed any assertion timeout issues during actual use,
so maybe printing warnings on assertion may not be necessary.
What do you think?

Thanks & Regards,
Tommaso

> 
> > +
> > +       return ret;
> >  }
> 
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> -- 
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
> 
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