Re: [PATCH review for 4.4 12/47] clk: wm831x: fix usleep_range with bad range

From: Charles Keepax
Date: Fri Sep 22 2017 - 04:46:47 EST


On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 04:45:02AM +0000, Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin) wrote:
> From: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit ed784c532a3d0959db488f40a96c5127f63d42dc ]
>
> The delay here is not in atomic context and does not seem critical with
> respect to precision, but usleep_range(min,max) with min==max results in
> giving the timer subsystem no room to optimize uncritical delays. Fix
> this by setting the range to 2000,3000 us.
>
> Fixes: commit f05259a6ffa4 ("clk: wm831x: Add initial WM831x clock driver")
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/clk/clk-wm831x.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-wm831x.c b/drivers/clk/clk-wm831x.c
> index 763aed2de893..dfedcf5bc429 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/clk-wm831x.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk-wm831x.c
> @@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ static int wm831x_fll_prepare(struct clk_hw *hw)
> if (ret != 0)
> dev_crit(wm831x->dev, "Failed to enable FLL: %d\n", ret);
>
> - usleep_range(2000, 2000);
> + /* wait 2-3 ms for new frequency taking effect */
> + usleep_range(2000, 3000);

Does this patch really make sense for stable, isn't this really
just a small optimisation? The patch is pretty harmless so I
can't see applying it causing any problems, just curious what
problems not having it is causing.

Thanks,
Charles