[RFC v1 2/7] clk: meson: meson8b: do not use cpu_div3 for cpu_scale_out_sel

From: Martin Blumenstingl
Date: Wed Nov 14 2018 - 17:58:32 EST


The cpu_div3 clock (cpu_in divided by 3) generates a signal with a duty
cycle of 33%. The CPU clock however requires a clock signal with a duty
cycle of 50% to run stable.
cpu_div3 was observed to be problematic when cycling through all
available CPU frequencies (with additional patches on top of this one)
while running "stress --cpu 4" in the background. This caused sporadic
hangs where the whole system would fully lock up.

Amlogic's 3.10 kernel code also does not use the cpu_div3 clock either
when changing the CPU clock.

Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c b/drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c
index 40e77fe4ba7c..8a3c346e110d 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c
@@ -608,20 +608,27 @@ static struct clk_regmap meson8b_cpu_scale_div = {
},
};

+static u32 mux_table_cpu_scale_out_sel[] = { 0, 1, 3 };
static struct clk_regmap meson8b_cpu_scale_out_sel = {
.data = &(struct clk_regmap_mux_data){
.offset = HHI_SYS_CPU_CLK_CNTL0,
.mask = 0x3,
.shift = 2,
+ .table = mux_table_cpu_scale_out_sel,
},
.hw.init = &(struct clk_init_data){
.name = "cpu_scale_out_sel",
.ops = &clk_regmap_mux_ro_ops,
+ /*
+ * NOTE: We are skipping the parent with value 0x2 (which is
+ * "cpu_div3") because it results in a duty cycle of 33% which
+ * makes the system unstable and can result in a lockup of the
+ * whole system.
+ */
.parent_names = (const char *[]) { "cpu_in_sel",
"cpu_div2",
- "cpu_div3",
"cpu_scale_div" },
- .num_parents = 4,
+ .num_parents = 3,
.flags = CLK_SET_RATE_PARENT,
},
};
--
2.19.1