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SubjectRe: [PATCH RESEND v2 4/5] clk: mxl: Add validation for register reads/writes
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Hi Stephen,


On 30/9/2022 9:02 am, Stephen Boyd wrote:
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> Quoting Rahul Tanwar (2022-09-28 23:10:10)
>> On 29/9/2022 8:20 am, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>>> + u32 mask;
>>>>
>>>> + /*
>>>> + * Some clocks support parent clock dividers but they do not
>>>> + * support clock gating (clk enable/disable). Such types of
>>>> + * clocks might call this function with width as 0 during
>>>> + * clk_prepare_enable() call. Handle such cases by not doing
>>>> + * anything during clk_prepare_enable() but handle clk_set_rate()
>>>> + * correctly
>>>> + */
>>>> + if (!width)
>>>> + return;
>>>
>>> Why are the clk_ops assigned in a way that makes the code get here? Why
>>> can't we have different clk_ops, or not register the clks at all, when
>>> the hardware can't be written?
>>
>>
>> The hardware can actually be written for such clks but only for
>> clk_set_rate() op for setting the clk rate. Just that hardware does not
>> provide any way to enable/disable such clks.
>>
>> Alternative way to handle such clks could be that the clk consumer does
>> not invoke clk_prepare_enable() before invoking clk_set_rate(). But we
>> want to avoid making changes in the clk consumer code to keep it
>> standard. And handle it here by just validating the width parameter.
>
> Why not have different clk_ops then that doesn't do anything for
> enable/disable and only does it for set_rate?
>


There is only one clk entry which falls in this category. Adding a
different clk_ops for just one clk would need many more lines of code
addition which appears to be a overkill.

I have removed this change in v3 and used the driver internal flag to
handle this particular clk. That requires minimal change and looks
logical addition.

Thanks,
Rahul


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