Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] clk: meson: a1: add support for Amlogic A1 clock driver

[Jian Hu]

On 2019/11/25 18:14, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> On Thu 21 Nov 2019 at 04:21, Jian Hu <jian.hu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Jerome
> >
> > On 2019/11/20 23:35, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> > > On Wed 20 Nov 2019 at 10:28, Jian Hu <jian.hu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, jerome
> > > >
> > > > Is there any problem about fixed_pll_dco's parent_data?
> > > >
> > > > Now both name and fw_name are described in parent_data.
> > >
> > > Yes, there is a problem.  This approach is incorrect, as I've tried to
> > > explain a couple times already. Let me try to re-summarize why this
> > > approach is incorrect.
> > >
> > > Both fw_name and name should be provided when it is possible that
> > > the DT does not describe the input clock. IOW, it is only for controllers
> > > which relied on the global name so far and are now starting to describe
> > > the clock input in DT
> > >
> > > This is not your case.
> > > Your controller is new and DT will have the correct
> > > info
> > >
> > > You are trying work around an ordering issue by providing both fw_name
> > > and name. This is not correct and I'll continue to nack it.
> > >
> > > If the orphan clock is not reparented as you would expect, I suggest you
> > > try to look a bit further at how the reparenting of orphans is done in
> > > CCF and why it does not match your expectation.
> > I have debugged the handle for orphan clock in CCF, Maybe you are missing
> > the last email.
>
> Nope, got it the first time
>
> > Even though the clock index exit, it will get failed for the orphan clock's
> > parent clock due to it has not beed added to the provider.
>
> If the provider is not registered yet, of course any query to it won't
> work. This why I have suggested to this debug *further* :
>
> * Is the orphan reparenting done when a new provider is registered ?
> * If not, should it be done ? is this your problem ?
Yes, the orphan reparenting is done when the new provider is registered.

Reparenting the orphan will be done when each clock is registered by 
devm_clk_hw_register. And at this time the provider has not been 
registered. After all clocks are registered by devm_clk_hw_register, the
provider will be registered by devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider.

Reparenting the orphan will fail when fw_name is added alone, the couse 
is that devm_clk_hw_register is always running ahead of 
devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider.

That is why it will failed to get parent for the orphan clock.



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