Re: [PATCH] i2c: i2c-tegra: Move clk_prepare/clk_set_rate to probe

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Tue Sep 02 2014 - 07:56:17 EST


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:18:15AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 08/15/2014 03:47 AM, Mikko Perttunen wrote:
> >Currently the i2c-tegra bus driver prepares, enables
> >and set_rates its clocks separately for each transfer.
> >This causes locking problems when doing I2C transfers
> >from clock notifiers; see
> >http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-July/268653.html
> >
> >This patch moves clk_prepare/unprepare and clk_set_rate calls to
> >the probe function, leaving only clk_enable/disable to be
> >done on each transfer. This solves the locking issue.
>
> >diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
>
> >@@ -380,34 +380,33 @@ static inline int tegra_i2c_clock_enable(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
> > {
> > int ret;
> > if (!i2c_dev->hw->has_single_clk_source) {
> >- ret = clk_prepare_enable(i2c_dev->fast_clk);
> >+ ret = clk_enable(i2c_dev->fast_clk);
>
> Here, both the prepare and enable wrap just the I2C transfer, ...
>
> >@@ -428,9 +427,6 @@ static int tegra_i2c_init(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
> > i2c_writel(i2c_dev, val, I2C_CNFG);
> > i2c_writel(i2c_dev, 0, I2C_INT_MASK);
> >
> >- clk_multiplier *= (i2c_dev->hw->clk_divisor_std_fast_mode + 1);
> >- clk_set_rate(i2c_dev->div_clk, i2c_dev->bus_clk_rate * clk_multiplier);
>
> ... whereas the rate is set up when the controller is initialized, i.e. much
> earlier.
>
> >@@ -777,17 +774,39 @@ static int tegra_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> >+ if (!i2c_dev->hw->has_single_clk_source) {
> >+ ret = clk_prepare(i2c_dev->fast_clk);
> >+ if (ret < 0) {
> >+ dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Clock prepare failed %d\n", ret);
> >+ return ret;
> >+ }
> >+ }
> >+
> >+ ret = clk_prepare(i2c_dev->div_clk);
> >+ if (ret < 0) {
> >+ dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Clock prepare failed %d\n", ret);
> >+ goto unprepare_fast_clk;
> >+ }
> >+
> >+ clk_multiplier *= (i2c_dev->hw->clk_divisor_std_fast_mode + 1);
> >+ ret = clk_set_rate(i2c_dev->div_clk,
> >+ i2c_dev->bus_clk_rate * clk_multiplier);
> >+ if (ret) {
> >+ dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "Clock rate change failed %d\n", ret);
> >+ goto unprepare_div_clk;
> >+ }
>
> However, the new code sets the clock rate after the clock is prepared. I
> think the rate should be set first, then the clock prepared. While this
> likely doesn't apply to the Tegra clock controller, prepare() is allowed to
> enable the clock if enable() can't be implemented in an atomic fashion (in
> which case enable/disable would be no-ops), and we should make sure that the
> driver correctly configures the clock before potentially enabling it.
>
> I'm not sure if a similar change to our SPI drivers is possible; after all,
> the SPI transfer rate can vary per message, so if clk_set_rate() acquires a
> lock, it seems there's no way to avoid the issue there. Luckily, we don't
> have any SPI-based chips that do anything related to clocks on any of our
> current boards...
>
> Aside from this issue, the patch looks fine to me.

May I count this as an Ack?

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