Re: [PATCH v2] pwm: stm32-lp: add check in case requested period cannot be achieved

[Uwe Kleine-König]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 04:54:21PM +0200, Fabrice Gasnier wrote:
> LPTimer can use a 32KHz clock for counting. It depends on clock tree
> configuration. In such a case, PWM output frequency range is limited.
> Although unlikely, nothing prevents user from requesting a PWM frequency
> above counting clock (32KHz for instance):
> - This causes (prd - 1) = 0xffff to be written in ARR register later in
> the apply() routine.
> This results in badly configured PWM period (and also duty_cycle).
> Add a check to report an error is such a case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If you are interested to improve the driver further, there are a few
things that I would welcome to see fixed in a tested patch:

 - duty calculation uses requested instead of implemented period.
 - stm32_pwm_lp_apply calls pwm_get_state
 - Calculation of prd could be done without a loop
 - A hint about relevant documentation in the driver's header would be
   great
 - Documentation about behaviour of the hardware is missing:
   - Does the hardware complete the currently running period when
     STM32_LPTIM_CR is cleared?
   - Does the output stop in the inactive output level when the PWM is
     stopped?
 - clk_get_rate might be called without the clock being enabled.
 - The driver does:

 	ret = regmap_write(priv->regmap, STM32_LPTIM_CMP, prd - (1 + dty));

   That looks wrong. (Consider dty == prd.)

Best regards
Uwe

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