Re: [PATCH 1/8] counter/ti-eqep: implement over/underflow events

[David Lechner]

On 10/25/21 2:13 AM, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 08:33:36PM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
> > This adds support to the TI eQEP counter driver for subscribing to
> > overflow and underflow events using the counter chrdev interface.
> >
> > Since this is the first event added, this involved adding an irq
> > handler. Also, additional range checks had to be added to the ceiling
> > attribute to avoid infinite interrupts.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi David,
>
> This looks functionally okay, but I have a couple minor comments inline.
>
> > ---
> >   drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >   1 file changed, 117 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c b/drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c
> > index 09817c953f9a..b7c79435e127 100644
> > --- a/drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c
> > +++ b/drivers/counter/ti-eqep.c
> > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> >   
> >   #include <linux/bitops.h>
> >   #include <linux/counter.h>
> > +#include <linux/interrupt.h>
> >   #include <linux/kernel.h>
> >   #include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
> >   #include <linux/module.h>
> > @@ -67,6 +68,44 @@
> >   #define QEPCTL_UTE		BIT(1)
> >   #define QEPCTL_WDE		BIT(0)
> >   
> > +#define QEINT_UTO		BIT(11)
> > +#define QEINT_IEL		BIT(10)
> > +#define QEINT_SEL		BIT(9)
> > +#define QEINT_PCM		BIT(8)
> > +#define QEINT_PCR		BIT(7)
> > +#define QEINT_PCO		BIT(6)
> > +#define QEINT_PCU		BIT(5)
> > +#define QEINT_WTO		BIT(4)
> > +#define QEINT_QDC		BIT(3)
> > +#define QEINT_PHE		BIT(2)
> > +#define QEINT_PCE		BIT(1)
> > +
> > +#define QFLG_UTO		BIT(11)
> > +#define QFLG_IEL		BIT(10)
> > +#define QFLG_SEL		BIT(9)
> > +#define QFLG_PCM		BIT(8)
> > +#define QFLG_PCR		BIT(7)
> > +#define QFLG_PCO		BIT(6)
> > +#define QFLG_PCU		BIT(5)
> > +#define QFLG_WTO		BIT(4)
> > +#define QFLG_QDC		BIT(3)
> > +#define QFLG_PHE		BIT(2)
> > +#define QFLG_PCE		BIT(1)
> > +#define QFLG_INT		BIT(0)
> > +
> > +#define QCLR_UTO		BIT(11)
> > +#define QCLR_IEL		BIT(10)
> > +#define QCLR_SEL		BIT(9)
> > +#define QCLR_PCM		BIT(8)
> > +#define QCLR_PCR		BIT(7)
> > +#define QCLR_PCO		BIT(6)
> > +#define QCLR_PCU		BIT(5)
> > +#define QCLR_WTO		BIT(4)
> > +#define QCLR_QDC		BIT(3)
> > +#define QCLR_PHE		BIT(2)
> > +#define QCLR_PCE		BIT(1)
> > +#define QCLR_INT		BIT(0)
> > +
> >   /* EQEP Inputs */
> >   enum {
> >   	TI_EQEP_SIGNAL_QEPA,	/* QEPA/XCLK */
> > @@ -233,12 +272,46 @@ static int ti_eqep_action_read(struct counter_device *counter,
> >   	}
> >   }
> >   
> > +static int ti_eqep_events_configure(struct counter_device *counter)
> > +{
> > +	struct ti_eqep_cnt *priv = counter->priv;
> > +	struct counter_event_node *event_node;
> > +	u32 qeint = 0;
> > +
> > +	list_for_each_entry(event_node, &counter->events_list, l) {
> > +		switch (event_node->event) {
> > +		case COUNTER_EVENT_OVERFLOW:
> > +			qeint |= QEINT_PCO;
> > +			break;
> > +		case COUNTER_EVENT_UNDERFLOW:
> > +			qeint |= QEINT_PCU;
> > +			break;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return regmap_write_bits(priv->regmap16, QEINT, ~0, qeint);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int ti_eqep_watch_validate(struct counter_device *counter,
> > +				  const struct counter_watch *watch)
> > +{
> > +	switch (watch->event) {
> > +	case COUNTER_EVENT_OVERFLOW:
> > +	case COUNTER_EVENT_UNDERFLOW:
> > +		return 0;
> > +	default:
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	}
> > +}
> > +
> >   static const struct counter_ops ti_eqep_counter_ops = {
> >   	.count_read	= ti_eqep_count_read,
> >   	.count_write	= ti_eqep_count_write,
> >   	.function_read	= ti_eqep_function_read,
> >   	.function_write	= ti_eqep_function_write,
> >   	.action_read	= ti_eqep_action_read,
> > +	.events_configure = ti_eqep_events_configure,
> > +	.watch_validate	= ti_eqep_watch_validate,
> >   };
> >   
> >   static int ti_eqep_position_ceiling_read(struct counter_device *counter,
> > @@ -260,11 +333,17 @@ static int ti_eqep_position_ceiling_write(struct counter_device *counter,
> >   					  u64 ceiling)
> >   {
> >   	struct ti_eqep_cnt *priv = counter->priv;
> > +	u32 qposmax = ceiling;
> >   
> > -	if (ceiling != (u32)ceiling)
> > +	/* ensure that value fits in 32-bit register */
> > +	if (qposmax != ceiling)
> >   		return -ERANGE;
> >   
> > -	regmap_write(priv->regmap32, QPOSMAX, ceiling);
> > +	/* protect against infinite overflow interrupts */
> > +	if (qposmax == 0)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
>
> Would you be able to explain this scenario a bit further? My expectation
> would be that an overflow event would only occur if the position
> increased past the ceiling (i.e. increased to greater than 0). Of
> course, running the device with a ceiling of 0 effectively guarantees
> overflow eventss with every movement, but I would expect a stationary
> device to sit with a position of 0 and thus no overflow events.

This is just the way the hardware works. I discovered this the first
time I enabled interrupts. Even if you clear the interrupt, it is
triggered again immediately when QPOSMAX == 0.