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SubjectRe: [PATCH] i2c: i2c-tegra: Move clk_prepare/clk_set_rate to probe
On 09/02/2014 05:56 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:18:15AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 08/15/2014 03:47 AM, Mikko Perttunen wrote:
>>> Currently the i2c-tegra bus driver prepares, enables
>>> and set_rates its clocks separately for each transfer.
>>> This causes locking problems when doing I2C transfers
>> >from clock notifiers; see
>>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-July/268653.html
>>>
>>> This patch moves clk_prepare/unprepare and clk_set_rate calls to
>>> the probe function, leaving only clk_enable/disable to be
>>> done on each transfer. This solves the locking issue.
>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
>>
>>> @@ -380,34 +380,33 @@ static inline int tegra_i2c_clock_enable(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
>>> {
>>> int ret;
>>> if (!i2c_dev->hw->has_single_clk_source) {
>>> - ret = clk_prepare_enable(i2c_dev->fast_clk);
>>> + ret = clk_enable(i2c_dev->fast_clk);
>>
>> Here, both the prepare and enable wrap just the I2C transfer, ...
>>
>>> @@ -428,9 +427,6 @@ static int tegra_i2c_init(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
>>> i2c_writel(i2c_dev, val, I2C_CNFG);
>>> i2c_writel(i2c_dev, 0, I2C_INT_MASK);
>>>
>>> - clk_multiplier *= (i2c_dev->hw->clk_divisor_std_fast_mode + 1);
>>> - clk_set_rate(i2c_dev->div_clk, i2c_dev->bus_clk_rate * clk_multiplier);
>>
>> ... whereas the rate is set up when the controller is initialized, i.e. much
>> earlier.
>>
>>> @@ -777,17 +774,39 @@ static int tegra_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>
>>> + if (!i2c_dev->hw->has_single_clk_source) {
>>> + ret = clk_prepare(i2c_dev->fast_clk);
>>> + if (ret < 0) {
>>> + dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Clock prepare failed %d\n", ret);
>>> + return ret;
>>> + }
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + ret = clk_prepare(i2c_dev->div_clk);
>>> + if (ret < 0) {
>>> + dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Clock prepare failed %d\n", ret);
>>> + goto unprepare_fast_clk;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + clk_multiplier *= (i2c_dev->hw->clk_divisor_std_fast_mode + 1);
>>> + ret = clk_set_rate(i2c_dev->div_clk,
>>> + i2c_dev->bus_clk_rate * clk_multiplier);
>>> + if (ret) {
>>> + dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Clock rate change failed %d\n", ret);
>>> + goto unprepare_div_clk;
>>> + }
>>
>> However, the new code sets the clock rate after the clock is prepared. I
>> think the rate should be set first, then the clock prepared. While this
>> likely doesn't apply to the Tegra clock controller, prepare() is allowed to
>> enable the clock if enable() can't be implemented in an atomic fashion (in
>> which case enable/disable would be no-ops), and we should make sure that the
>> driver correctly configures the clock before potentially enabling it.
>>
>> I'm not sure if a similar change to our SPI drivers is possible; after all,
>> the SPI transfer rate can vary per message, so if clk_set_rate() acquires a
>> lock, it seems there's no way to avoid the issue there. Luckily, we don't
>> have any SPI-based chips that do anything related to clocks on any of our
>> current boards...
>>
>> Aside from this issue, the patch looks fine to me.
>
> May I count this as an Ack?

Sure, once the afore-mentioned issue is resolved.


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