Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] hwmon: (ltc2945): add support for sense resistor

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Thu Jan 07 2021 - 10:26:29 EST


On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 12:34:16PM +0200, Alexandru Ardelean wrote:
> The sense resistor is a parameter of the board. It should be configured in
> the driver via a device-tree / ACPI property, so that the proper current
> measurements can be done in the driver.
>
> It shouldn't be necessary that userspace need to know about the value of
> the resistor. It makes things a bit harder to make the application code
> portable from one board to another.
>
> This change implements support for the sense resistor to be configured from
> DT/ACPI and used in current calculations.
> Also, the maximum power and current that can be represented by the driver
> are scaled with the value of the sense resistor.
>

In a way you are correct, but that applies to all hwmon
drivers, not just to this one. A solution which only applies
to a single driver doesn't solve the underlying problem,
which would be the desire or need to provide kernel-based
scaling for hwmon drivers. As such, I am not inclined to accept
this patch. We should think about a generic solution instead.

Note that this patch doesn't compile on 32-bit targets.

Thanks,
Guenter

> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/ltc2945.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ltc2945.c b/drivers/hwmon/ltc2945.c
> index 41df2c8b7673..e60b15832b0e 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ltc2945.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ltc2945.c
> @@ -70,9 +70,15 @@
> /**
> * struct ltc2945_state - driver instance specific data
> * @regmap: regmap object to access device registers
> + * @max_power_uw: maximum power that can be represented based on sense resistor
> + * @max_current_ma: maximum current that can be represented based on sense resistor
> + * @r_sense_mohm: current sense resistor value
> */
> struct ltc2945_state {
> struct regmap *regmap;
> + u32 max_power_uw;
> + u32 max_current_ma;
> + u32 r_sense_mohm;
> };
>
> static inline bool is_power_reg(u8 reg)
> @@ -110,9 +116,8 @@ static long long ltc2945_reg_to_val(struct device *dev, u8 reg)
> case LTC2945_MAX_POWER_THRES_H:
> case LTC2945_MIN_POWER_THRES_H:
> /*
> - * Convert to uW by assuming current is measured with
> - * an 1mOhm sense resistor, similar to current
> - * measurements.
> + * Convert to uW by and scale it with the configured
> + * sense resistor, similar to current measurements.
> * Control register bit 0 selects if voltage at SENSE+/VDD
> * or voltage at ADIN is used to measure power.
> */
> @@ -126,6 +131,7 @@ static long long ltc2945_reg_to_val(struct device *dev, u8 reg)
> /* 0.5 mV * 25 uV = 0.0125 uV resolution. */
> val = (val * 25LL) >> 1;
> }
> + val /= st->r_sense_mohm;
> break;
> case LTC2945_VIN_H:
> case LTC2945_MAX_VIN_H:
> @@ -149,13 +155,11 @@ static long long ltc2945_reg_to_val(struct device *dev, u8 reg)
> case LTC2945_MAX_SENSE_THRES_H:
> case LTC2945_MIN_SENSE_THRES_H:
> /*
> - * 25 uV resolution. Convert to current as measured with
> - * an 1 mOhm sense resistor, in mA. If a different sense
> - * resistor is installed, calculate the actual current by
> - * dividing the reported current by the sense resistor value
> - * in mOhm.
> + * 25 uV resolution. Convert to current and scale it
> + * with the value of the sense resistor.
> */
> val *= 25;
> + val /= st->r_sense_mohm;
> break;
> default:
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -163,7 +167,8 @@ static long long ltc2945_reg_to_val(struct device *dev, u8 reg)
> return val;
> }
>
> -static unsigned long ltc2945_val_clamp(u8 reg, unsigned long val)
> +static unsigned long ltc2945_val_clamp(struct ltc2945_state *st, u8 reg,
> + unsigned long val)
> {
> switch (reg) {
> case LTC2945_POWER_H:
> @@ -171,8 +176,7 @@ static unsigned long ltc2945_val_clamp(u8 reg, unsigned long val)
> case LTC2945_MIN_POWER_H:
> case LTC2945_MAX_POWER_THRES_H:
> case LTC2945_MIN_POWER_THRES_H:
> - /* No sense in clamping now, LTC2945_POWER_FULL_SCALE_UW is larger than UINT32_MAX */
> - return val;
> + return clamp_val(val, 0, st->max_power_uw);
> case LTC2945_VIN_H:
> case LTC2945_MAX_VIN_H:
> case LTC2945_MIN_VIN_H:
> @@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ static unsigned long ltc2945_val_clamp(u8 reg, unsigned long val)
> case LTC2945_MIN_SENSE_H:
> case LTC2945_MAX_SENSE_THRES_H:
> case LTC2945_MIN_SENSE_THRES_H:
> - return clamp_val(val, 0, LTC2945_SENSE_FULL_SCALE_MA);
> + return clamp_val(val, 0, st->max_current_ma);
> default:
> /*
> * This is unlikely to happen, and if it does, it should
> @@ -215,9 +219,8 @@ static int ltc2945_val_to_reg(struct device *dev, u8 reg,
> case LTC2945_MAX_POWER_THRES_H:
> case LTC2945_MIN_POWER_THRES_H:
> /*
> - * Convert to register value by assuming current is measured
> - * with an 1mOhm sense resistor, similar to current
> - * measurements.
> + * Convert to register value, scale it with the configured sense
> + * resistor value, similar to current measurements.
> * Control register bit 0 selects if voltage at SENSE+/VDD
> * or voltage at ADIN is used to measure power, which in turn
> * determines register calculations.
> @@ -236,6 +239,7 @@ static int ltc2945_val_to_reg(struct device *dev, u8 reg,
> */
> val = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(val, 25) * 2;
> }
> + val *= st->r_sense_mohm;
> break;
> case LTC2945_VIN_H:
> case LTC2945_MAX_VIN_H:
> @@ -259,12 +263,10 @@ static int ltc2945_val_to_reg(struct device *dev, u8 reg,
> case LTC2945_MAX_SENSE_THRES_H:
> case LTC2945_MIN_SENSE_THRES_H:
> /*
> - * 25 uV resolution. Convert to current as measured with
> - * an 1 mOhm sense resistor, in mA. If a different sense
> - * resistor is installed, calculate the actual current by
> - * dividing the reported current by the sense resistor value
> - * in mOhm.
> + * 25 uV resolution. Convert to current and scale it
> + * with the value of the sense resistor, in mA.
> */
> + val *= st->r_sense_mohm;
> val = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(val, 25);
> break;
> default:
> @@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ static ssize_t ltc2945_value_store(struct device *dev,
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> - val = ltc2945_val_clamp(reg, val);
> + val = ltc2945_val_clamp(st, reg, val);
>
> /* convert to register value, then clamp and write result */
> regval = ltc2945_val_to_reg(dev, reg, val);
> @@ -512,6 +514,7 @@ static int ltc2945_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> struct ltc2945_state *st;
> struct device *hwmon_dev;
> struct regmap *regmap;
> + u64 val64;
>
> st = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*st), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!st)
> @@ -523,7 +526,22 @@ static int ltc2945_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> return PTR_ERR(regmap);
> }
>
> + if (device_property_read_u32(dev, "shunt-resistor-micro-ohms",
> + &st->r_sense_mohm))
> + st->r_sense_mohm = 1000;
> +
> + if (st->r_sense_mohm < 1000) {
> + dev_err(dev, "Value too small for sense resistor, minimum 1000\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> + st->r_sense_mohm /= 1000;
> +
> st->regmap = regmap;
> + val64 = LTC2945_POWER_FULL_SCALE_UW / st->r_sense_mohm;
> + /* clamp power to ULONG_MAX, since we represent it on 32 bits */
> + st->max_power_uw = clamp_val(val64, 0, ULONG_MAX);
> +
> + st->max_current_ma = LTC2945_SENSE_FULL_SCALE_MA / st->r_sense_mohm;
>
> /* Clear faults */
> regmap_write(regmap, LTC2945_FAULT, 0x00);
> --
> 2.17.1
>