Re: [PATCH v1 3/4] ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5651: use devm_clk_get_optional() for mclk

[Pierre-Louis Bossart]

On 10/6/21 11:23 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 10:51:52AM -0500, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
>> On 10/6/21 10:04 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> The devm_clk_get_optional() helper returns NULL when devm_clk_get()
>>> returns -ENOENT. This makes things slightly cleaner. The added benefit
>>> is mostly cosmetic.
> 
> ...
> 
>>>  	if (SND_SOC_DAPM_EVENT_ON(event)) {
>>> -		if (byt_rt5651_quirk & BYT_RT5651_MCLK_EN) {
>>> -			ret = clk_prepare_enable(priv->mclk);
>>> -			if (ret < 0) {
>>> -				dev_err(card->dev,
>>> -					"could not configure MCLK state");
>>> -				return ret;
>>> -			}
>>> +		ret = clk_prepare_enable(priv->mclk);
>>> +		if (ret < 0) {
>>> +			dev_err(card->dev, "could not configure MCLK state");
>>> +			return ret;
>>>  		}
>>
>> I don't get why you removed the test on the BYT_RT5651_MCLK_EN quirk,
>> see below it was designed as a fall-back mode. We don't want to return
>> an error when we know the clock is not present/desired.
> 
> Why should we do a unneeded test? When we switch to the optional, there
> will be no error from these CCF APIs. Besides that it drops indentation
> level and makes code neat.

By looking at this code only one cannot really visualize that it's a
no-op. I personally prefer to see explicit intent rather than have to
dig hundreds of lines below what this clock is optional.

I am also not even sure that in real products this clock is actually
optional, the default is to make use of it:

#define BYT_RT5651_DEFAULT_QUIRKS	(BYT_RT5651_MCLK_EN | \

and the only platform without this clock is "Minnowboard Max B3" -
probably not used by anyone. I fried mine a long time ago.

We'd need to Hans to comment on this since he's really the only one
maintaining this code.

> ...
> 
>> same here, why was the quirk removed?
> 
> Same answer.
> 
> ...
> 
>> that part in the probe looks fine, but the changes above are controversial.
> 
> I didn't get. How controversial? Why? The whole point of _optional is to get
> rid of unneeded checks (since they are _anyway_ be called).

It's inconsistent since you kept the following part but no longer use it:

+		/*
+		 * Fall back to bit clock usage when clock is not
+		 * available likely due to missing dependencies.
+		 */
+		if (!priv->mclk)
+			byt_rt5651_quirk &= ~BYT_RT5651_MCLK_EN;