Re: [PATCH v5 00/21] PM / devferq: Add generic exynos bus frequency driver and new passive governor

From: Anand Moon
Date: Sun Mar 27 2016 - 08:28:38 EST


Hi Chanwoo Choi,

On 24 March 2016 at 10:00, Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Anand and Tobias,
>
> To Anand,
> First of all, thanks to your test on previous patchset.
> I removed the your tested-by tag from this version
> because I modified the devfreq core using DEVFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER notifier.
> I think that this patch-set need to test with this patchset.
> If you possible, could you please test this patch-set? Thanks in advance.
>
I have being following this series, I have tested this series on Odroid U3.

Please feel free to add my Tested tag if needed

Tested-by: Anand Moon <linux.amoon@xxxxxxxxx>

Best Regards
-Anand Moon

> To Tobias,
> I fixed the following issues reported by you. Thanks your test and report.
> - RCU locking issue
> - debugfs error during kernel booting
>
> Best Regards,
> Chanwoo Choi
>
> On 2016ë 03ì 24ì 13:25, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> This patchset uses the DEVFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER notifier to connecth
>> devfreq device using ondemand governor and devfreq device using passive
>> governor. Also I fix the some issue reported by 'Tobias Jakobi' and add the
>> detailed issue information. But, this patchset don't modify the anything of
>> Device Tree patches (patch12 ~ patch21) which already got the reviewed-by
>> from Exynos Soc Maintainer.
>>
>> I tested it on exynos3250-rinato and exynos4412-odroidu3 board.
>>
>> [Description]
>> This patch-set includes the two features as following. The generic exynos bus
>> frequency driver is able to support almost Exynos SoCs for bus frequency
>> scaling. And the new passive governor is able to make the dependency on
>> between devices for frequency/voltage scaling. I had posted the patch-set[1]
>> with the similiar concept. This is is revised version for exynos bus frequency.
>> - Generic exynos bus frequency driver
>> - New passive governor of DEVFREQ framework
>> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/7/872
>> : [PATCHv3 0/8] devfreq: Add generic exynos memory-bus frequency driver
>>
>> Changes from v4:
>> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/14/43)
>> - Add new DEVFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER notifier. The passive
>> devfreq device recevie the changed frequency of parent
>> devfreq device through DEVFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER.
>> - Add governor type to identify thme using the defined constant
>> - Modify the passive governor using the DEVFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER notifier.
>> - Fix the RCU locking probrlm (Reported-by: Tobias Jakobi)
>> - Fix the debugfs error during the kernel booting (Reported-by: Tobias Jakobi)
>>
>> Changes from v3:
>> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/11/75)
>> - Add the reviewed-by tag from Krzysztof Kozlowski (patch2/3/13/14/15/16/17)
>> - Fix typo of the description on patch14
>> - Modify the subject and description of patch17
>> - Reorder the 'bus_xxx' device tree node alphabetically in
>> both exynos3250-rinato/monk.dts and exynos4412-trats/odroidu3
>>
>> Changes from v2:
>> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/8/869)
>> - Fix typo on documentation
>> - Modify the more appropriate sentence on patch description
>> - Add the detailed description about both parent and passive bus device
>> - Modify the DMC frequency for Exynos4x12 DMC bus (200MHz -> 267MHz)
>> - Modify the voltage of 200MHz was included in Exynos3250 DMC bus (800mV -> 825mV)
>> - Rename OPP nodes as 'opp@<opp-hz>'
>> - Delete the duplicate 'opp-microvolt' property of passive devfreq device
>> - Reorder the 'bus_xxx' device tree node alphabetically in exynos3250-rinato/monk.dts
>> - Reorder the 'bus_xxx' device tree node alphabetically in exynos4412-trats/odroidu3
>> - Add new exynos4412-ppmu-common.dtsi to remove the duplicate PPMU dt node
>> on rinato/monk/trats2/odroid-u3 board
>> - Add the log message if bus device is registered to devfreq framework successfully
>> - Add the reviewed-by tag from Krzysztof Kozlowski
>> - Add the tested-by tag from Anand Moon on Odroid U3
>> - Add 'SAMSUNG BUS FREQUENCY DRIVER' entry to MAINTAINERS
>>
>> Changes from v1:
>> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/26/260)
>> - Check whether the instance of regulator is NULL or not
>> when executing regulator_disable() because of only parent
>> devfreq device has the regulator instance. After fixing it,
>> the wake-up from suspend state is well working. (patch1)
>> - Fix bug which checks 'bus-clk' instead of 'bus->regulator'
>> after calling devm_clk_get() (on patch1)
>> - Update the documentation to remove the description about
>> DEVFREQ-EVENT subsystem (on patch2)
>> - Add the full name of DMC (Dynamic Memory Controller) (on patch2)
>> - Modify the detailed correlation of buses for Exynos3250
>> on documentation (patch2)
>> - Add the MFC bus node for Exynos3250 (on patch11, patch12)
>> - Fix the duplicate frequency of bus_display on Exynos4x12.dtsi
>> - Add the PPMU node for exynos4412-odroidu3
>> - Add the support of bus frequency for exynos4412-odroidu3
>>
>> Detailed descirption for patch-set:
>> 1. Add generic exynos bus frequency driver
>> : This patch-set adds the generic exynos bus frequency driver for AXI bus
>> of sub-blocks in exynos SoC. The Samsung Exynos SoC have the common
>> architecture for bus between DRAM and sub-blocks in SoC.
>>
>> There are the different buses according to Exynos SoC because Exynos SoC
>> has the differnt sub-blocks and bus speed. In spite of this difference
>> among Exynos SoCs, this driver is able to support almost Exynos SoC by adding
>> unique data of each bus in the devicetree file.
>>
>> In devicetree, each bus node has a bus clock, regulator, operation-point
>> and devfreq-event devices which measure the utilization of each bus block.
>>
>> For example,
>> - The bus of DMC block in exynos3250.dtsi are listed below:
>>
>> bus_dmc: bus_dmc {
>> compatible = "samsung,exynos-bus";
>> clocks = <&cmu_dmc CLK_DIV_DMC>;
>> clock-names = "bus";
>> operating-points-v2 = <&bus_dmc_opp_table>;
>> status = "disabled";
>> };
>>
>> bus_dmc_opp_table: opp_table1 {
>> compatible = "operating-points-v2";
>> opp-shared;
>>
>> opp@50000000 {
>> opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <50000000>;
>> opp-microvolt = <800000>;
>> };
>> opp@100000000 {
>> opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <100000000>;
>> opp-microvolt = <800000>;
>> };
>> opp@134000000 {
>> opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <134000000>;
>> opp-microvolt = <800000>;
>> };
>> opp@200000000 {
>> opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <200000000>;
>> opp-microvolt = <825000>;
>> };
>> opp@400000000 {
>> opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <400000000>;
>> opp-microvolt = <875000>;
>> };
>> };
>>
>> - Usage case to handle the frequency and voltage of bus on runtime
>> in exynos3250-rinato.dts are listed below:
>>
>> &bus_dmc {
>> devfreq-events = <&ppmu_dmc0_3>, <&ppmu_dmc1_3>;
>> vdd-supply = <&buck1_reg>; /* VDD_MIF */
>> status = "okay";
>> };
>>
>> 2. Add new passive governor of DEVFREQ framework (patch5-patch7)
>> : This patch-set add the new passive governor for DEVFREQ framework.
>> The existing governors (ondemand, performance and so on) are used for DVFS
>> (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling) drivers. The existing governors
>> are independently used for specific device driver which don't give the
>> influence to other device drviers and also don't receive the effect from
>> other device drivers.
>>
>> The passive governor depends on operation of parent driver with existing
>> governors(ondemand, performance and so on) extremely and is not able to
>> decide the new frequency by oneself. According to the decided new frequency
>> of parent driver with governor, the passive governor uses it to decide
>> the appropriate frequency for own device driver. The passive governor
>> must need the following information from device tree:
>>
>> For exameple,
>> There are one more bus device drivers in Exynos3250 which need to
>> change their source clock according to their utilization on runtime.
>> But, they share the same power line (e.g., regulator). So, LEFTBUS bus
>> driver is operated as parent with ondemand governor and then the rest
>> device driver with passive governor.
>>
>> The buses of Internal block in exynos3250.dtsi are listed below:
>> When LEFTBUS bus driver (parent) changes the bus frequency with
>> ondemand governor on runtime, the rest bus devices which sharing
>> the same power line (VDD_INT) will change the each bus frequency
>> according to the decision of LEFTBUS bus driver (parent).
>>
>> - INT (Internal) block
>> : VDD_INT |--- LEFTBUS
>> |--- PERIL
>> |--- MFC
>> |--- G3D
>> |--- RIGHTBUS
>> |--- FSYS
>> |--- LCD0
>> |--- PERIR
>> |--- ISP
>> |--- CAM
>>
>> - The buss of INT block in exynos3250.dtsi are listed below:
>> bus_leftbus: bus_leftbus {
>> compatible = "samsung,exynos-bus";
>> clocks = <&cmu CLK_DIV_GDL>;
>> clock-names = "bus";
>> operating-points-v2 = <&bus_leftbus_opp_table>;
>> status = "disabled";
>> };
>>
>> bus_rightbus: bus_rightbus {
>> compatible = "samsung,exynos-bus";
>> clocks = <&cmu CLK_DIV_GDR>;
>> clock-names = "bus";
>> operating-points-v2 = <&bus_leftbus_opp_table>;
>> status = "disabled";
>> };
>>
>> (Omit the rest bus dt node)
>>
>> - Usage case to handle the frequency and voltage of bus on runtime
>> in exynos3250-rinato.dts are listed below:
>> /* Parent bus device of VDD_INT */
>> &bus_leftbus {
>> devfreq-events = <&ppmu_leftbus_3>, <&ppmu_rightbus_3>;
>> vdd-supply = <&buck3_reg>;
>> status = "okay";
>> };
>>
>> /* Passive bus device depend on LEFTBUS bus. */
>> &bus_rightbus {
>> devfreq = <&bus_leftbus>; /* 'devfreq' property indicates
>> the phandle of parent device. */
>> status = "okay";
>> };
>>
>> (Omit the rest bus dt node)
>>
>> Chanwoo Choi (21):
>> PM / devfreq: exynos: Add generic exynos bus frequency driver
>> PM / devfreq: exynos: Add documentation for generic exynos bus frequency driver
>> PM / devfreq: Add devfreq_get_devfreq_by_phandle()
>> PM / devfreq: Add new DEVFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER notifier
>> PM / devfreq: Add governer type with unique number
>> PM / devfreq: Add new passive governor
>> PM / devfreq: exynos: Add support of bus frequency of sub-blocks using passive governor
>> PM / devfreq: exynos: Update documentation for bus devices using passive governor
>> PM / devfreq: exynos: Add the detailed correlation between sub-blocks and power line
>> PM / devfreq: exynos: Remove unused exynos4/5 busfreq driver
>> MAINTAINERS: Add samsung bus frequency driver entry
>> ARM: dts: Add DMC bus node for Exynos3250
>> ARM: dts: Add DMC bus frequency for exynos3250-rinato/monk
>> ARM: dts: Add bus nodes using VDD_INT for Exynos3250
>> ARM: dts: Add bus nodes using VDD_MIF for Exynos4x12
>> ARM: dts: Add bus nodes using VDD_INT for Exynos4x12
>> ARM: dts: Add bus nodes using VDD_MIF for Exynos4210
>> ARM: dts: Add exynos4412-ppmu-common dtsi to delete duplicate PPMU nodes
>> ARM: dts: Add support of bus frequency using VDD_INT for exynos3250-rinato
>> ARM: dts: Expand the voltage range of buck1/3 regulator for exynos4412-odroidu3
>> ARM: dts: Add support of bus frequency for exynos4412-trats/odroidu3
>>
>> .../devicetree/bindings/devfreq/exynos-bus.txt | 390 ++++++++
>> MAINTAINERS | 9 +
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos3250-monk.dts | 47 +-
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos3250-rinato.dts | 88 +-
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos3250.dtsi | 181 ++++
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4210.dtsi | 159 +++
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4412-odroid-common.dtsi | 56 +-
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4412-ppmu-common.dtsi | 50 +
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4412-trats2.dts | 88 +-
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4x12.dtsi | 174 ++++
>> drivers/devfreq/Kconfig | 35 +-
>> drivers/devfreq/Makefile | 4 +-
>> drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 224 ++++-
>> drivers/devfreq/exynos-bus.c | 561 +++++++++++
>> drivers/devfreq/exynos/Makefile | 3 -
>> drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos4_bus.c | 1055 --------------------
>> drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos4_bus.h | 110 --
>> drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos5_bus.c | 431 --------
>> drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos_ppmu.c | 119 ---
>> drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos_ppmu.h | 86 --
>> drivers/devfreq/governor.h | 21 +
>> drivers/devfreq/governor_passive.c | 192 ++++
>> drivers/devfreq/governor_performance.c | 1 +
>> drivers/devfreq/governor_powersave.c | 1 +
>> drivers/devfreq/governor_simpleondemand.c | 1 +
>> drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c | 1 +
>> include/linux/devfreq.h | 70 ++
>> 27 files changed, 2209 insertions(+), 1948 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/devfreq/exynos-bus.txt
>> create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4412-ppmu-common.dtsi
>> create mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/exynos-bus.c
>> delete mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/exynos/Makefile
>> delete mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos4_bus.c
>> delete mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos4_bus.h
>> delete mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos5_bus.c
>> delete mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos_ppmu.c
>> delete mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/exynos/exynos_ppmu.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/governor_passive.c
>>
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