Re: [PATCH v5 08/18] thermal: sun8i: support mod clocks

From: Vasily Khoruzhick
Date: Sun Oct 20 2019 - 23:42:18 EST


On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 9:14 AM Frank Lee <tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> HI Vasily,

Hi Yangtao,

Sorry for the late reply,

> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 11:01 AM Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 1:06 PM OndÅej Jirman <megous@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 04:54:15PM -0700, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 4:46 PM Frank Lee <tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > HI Vasily,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 2:17 PM Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 10:31 PM Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > H3 has extra clock, so introduce something in ths_thermal_chip/ths_device
> > > > > > > and adds the process of the clock.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is pre-work for supprt it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> > > > > > > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c
> > > > > > > index b934bc81eba7..6f4294c2aba7 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c
> > > > > > > @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct tsensor {
> > > > > > > };
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > struct ths_thermal_chip {
> > > > > > > + bool has_mod_clk;
> > > > > > > int sensor_num;
> > > > > > > int offset;
> > > > > > > int scale;
> > > > > > > @@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ struct ths_device {
> > > > > > > struct regmap *regmap;
> > > > > > > struct reset_control *reset;
> > > > > > > struct clk *bus_clk;
> > > > > > > + struct clk *mod_clk;
> > > > > > > struct tsensor sensor[MAX_SENSOR_NUM];
> > > > > > > };
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > @@ -274,6 +276,12 @@ static int sun8i_ths_resource_init(struct ths_device *tmdev)
> > > > > > > if (IS_ERR(tmdev->bus_clk))
> > > > > > > return PTR_ERR(tmdev->bus_clk);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > + if (tmdev->chip->has_mod_clk) {
> > > > > > > + tmdev->mod_clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "mod");
> > > > > > > + if (IS_ERR(tmdev->mod_clk))
> > > > > > > + return PTR_ERR(tmdev->mod_clk);
> > > > > > > + }
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > ret = reset_control_deassert(tmdev->reset);
> > > > > > > if (ret)
> > > > > > > return ret;
> > > > > > > @@ -282,12 +290,18 @@ static int sun8i_ths_resource_init(struct ths_device *tmdev)
> > > > > > > if (ret)
> > > > > > > goto assert_reset;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - ret = sun50i_ths_calibrate(tmdev);
> > > > > > > + ret = clk_prepare_enable(tmdev->mod_clk);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You have to set rate of modclk before enabling it since you can't rely
> > > > > > on whatever bootloader left for you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also I found that parameters you're using for PC_TEMP_PERIOD, ACQ0 and
> > > > > > ACQ1 are too aggressive and may result in high interrupt rate to the
> > > > > > point when it may stall RCU. I changed driver a bit to use params from
> > > > > > Philipp Rossak's work (modclk set to 4MHz, PC_TEMP_PERIOD is 7, ACQ0
> > > > > > is 255, ACQ1 is 63) and it fixed RCU stalls for me, see [1] for
> > > > > > details.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why is the RCU stall happening, is it caused by a deadlock?
> > > > > Can you provide log information and your configuration?
> > > > > I am a bit curious.
> > > >
> > > > It's not deadlock, I believe it just can't handle that many interrupts
> > > > when running at lowest CPU frequency. Even with Philipp's settings
> > > > there's ~20 interrupts a second from ths. I don't remember how many
> > > > interrupts were there with your settings.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately there's nothing interesting in backtraces, I'm using
> > > > Pine64-LTS board.
> > >
> > > Recently there was a similar issue, with buggy CCU driver that caused
> > > CIR interrupts being fired constantly, and it also resulted in RCU
> > > stalls. Looks like a comon cause of RCU stalls.
> > >
> > > THS timing settings probably need to be made specific to the SoC, because
> > > I noticed that the same settings lead to wildly different timings on
> > > different SoCs.
> > >
> > > It would be good to measure how often ths interrupt fires with this driver
> > > on various SoCs.
> > >
> > > 20 times a second and more sounds like overkill. I'd expect a useful
> > > range to be at most 5-10 times a second. That should be enough to stop
> > > overheating the SoC due to suddenly increased load, even without a
> > > heatsink.
> >
> > Note that A64 has 3 sensors and each sensor has individual interrupt,
> > so technically it's 6-7 interrupts per sensor per second
>
> You only need to increase the value of the period to reduce the number
> of interrupts.
> Can you test the relationship between the period and the number of interrupts
> when the mod clock does not change and stays 24M?

I played a bit with your settings and 24M,

with PERIOD = 57 I get 26 interrupts / second
with 87 - 18 interrupts / second
with 116 - 12-15 interrupts / second.

I think we should use 116 for A64 since with it we get reasonable
number of ths interrupts in a second.

Regards,
Vasily

> Thx.
> Yangtao
>
> >
> > > regards,
> > > o.
> > >
> > > > > Thx,
> > > > > Yangtao
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1] https://github.com/anarsoul/linux-2.6/commit/46b8bb0fe2ccd1cd88fa9181a2ecbf79e8d513b2
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > if (ret)
> > > > > > > goto bus_disable;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > + ret = sun50i_ths_calibrate(tmdev);
> > > > > > > + if (ret)
> > > > > > > + goto mod_disable;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > return 0;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +mod_disable:
> > > > > > > + clk_disable_unprepare(tmdev->mod_clk);
> > > > > > > bus_disable:
> > > > > > > clk_disable_unprepare(tmdev->bus_clk);
> > > > > > > assert_reset:
> > > > > > > @@ -395,6 +409,7 @@ static int sun8i_ths_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > > > > > {
> > > > > > > struct ths_device *tmdev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > + clk_disable_unprepare(tmdev->mod_clk);
> > > > > > > clk_disable_unprepare(tmdev->bus_clk);
> > > > > > > reset_control_assert(tmdev->reset);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > 2.17.1
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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