Re: [PATCH v10 14/27] pwm: jz4740: Improve algorithm of clock calculation

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Mon Mar 04 2019 - 07:33:20 EST


On Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 08:34:00PM -0300, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> The previous algorithm hardcoded details about how the TCU clocks work.
> The new algorithm will use clk_round_rate to find the perfect clock rate
> for the PWM channel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Artur Rojek <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Notes:
> v9: New patch
>
> v10: - New algorithm. Instead of starting with the maximum clock rate
> and using clk_round_rate(rate - 1) to get the next (smaller)
> clock, we compute the maximum rate we can use before the
> register overflows, and apply it with clk_set_max_rate.
> Then we read the new clock rate and compute the register values
> of the period and duty from that.
> - Use NSEC_PER_SEC instead of magic 1000000000 value
>
> drivers/pwm/pwm-jz4740.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-jz4740.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-jz4740.c
> index c6136bd4434b..f497388fc818 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-jz4740.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-jz4740.c
> @@ -110,24 +110,45 @@ static int jz4740_pwm_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> struct jz4740_pwm_chip *jz4740 = to_jz4740(pwm->chip);
> struct clk *clk = jz4740->clks[pwm->hwpwm],
> *parent_clk = clk_get_parent(clk);
> - unsigned long rate, period, duty;
> + unsigned long rate, parent_rate, period, duty;
> unsigned long long tmp;
> - unsigned int prescaler = 0;
> + int ret;
>
> - rate = clk_get_rate(parent_clk);
> - tmp = (unsigned long long)rate * state->period;
> - do_div(tmp, 1000000000);
> - period = tmp;
> + parent_rate = clk_get_rate(parent_clk);
> +
> + jz4740_pwm_disable(chip, pwm);
> +
> + /* Reset the clock to the maximum rate, and we'll reduce it if needed */
> + ret = clk_set_rate(clk, parent_rate);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
>
> - while (period > 0xffff && prescaler < 6) {
> - period >>= 2;
> - rate >>= 2;
> - ++prescaler;
> + /* Limit the clock to a maximum rate that still gives us a period value
> + * which fits in 16 bits.
> + */

Please use proper block-comment style.

> + tmp = 0xffffull * NSEC_PER_SEC;
> + do_div(tmp, state->period);
> +
> + ret = clk_set_max_rate(clk, tmp);
> + if (ret) {
> + dev_err(chip->dev, "Unable to set max rate: %i\n", ret);
> + return ret;
> }
>
> - if (prescaler == 6)
> - return -EINVAL;
> + /* Read back the clock rate, as it may have been modified by
> + * clk_set_max_rate()
> + */
> + rate = clk_get_rate(clk);

That's a pretty neat trick. But also, please use proper block-comment
style.

Thierry

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