Re: [PATCH V2 07/15] cpufreq: mediatek: Add opp notification for SVS support

[Kevin Hilman]

Hi Rex,

Rex-BC Chen <rex-bc.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 13:29 -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>> Rex-BC Chen <rex-bc.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > From: "Andrew-sh.Cheng" <andrew-sh.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > 
>> > The Smart Voltage Scaling (SVS) is a hardware which calculates
>> > suitable
>> > SVS bank voltages to OPP voltage table.
>> > 
>> > When the SVS is enabled, cpufreq should listen to opp notification
>> > and do
>> > proper actions when receiving events of disable and voltage
>> > adjustment.
>> 
>> So listenting for OPP notifications should be done only when SVS is
>> enabled...
>> 
>
> Thanks for your review.
> Yes, the OPP notification is only called from MediaTek SVS.
>
>> [...]
>> 
>> >  static int mtk_cpu_dvfs_info_init(struct mtk_cpu_dvfs_info *info,
>> > int cpu)
>> >  {
>> >  	struct device *cpu_dev;
>> > @@ -392,6 +455,17 @@ static int mtk_cpu_dvfs_info_init(struct
>> > mtk_cpu_dvfs_info *info, int cpu)
>> >  	info->intermediate_voltage = dev_pm_opp_get_voltage(opp);
>> >  	dev_pm_opp_put(opp);
>> >  
>> > +	info->opp_cpu = cpu;
>> > +	info->opp_nb.notifier_call = mtk_cpufreq_opp_notifier;
>> > +	ret = dev_pm_opp_register_notifier(cpu_dev, &info->opp_nb);
>> 
>> ...but here youlisten to OPP notifications unconditionally.  Seems
>> there
>> should be a check whether SVS is enabled before deciding to register.
>> 
>> Kevin
>>
> Do you think it's ok that we wrap it with the SVS Kconfig define?
> like
> #ifdef CONFIG_MTK_SVS
> mtk_cpufreq_opp_notifier()
> ...
> dev_pm_opp_register_notifier()
> #endif

Generally, we don't like to see #ifdefs in C files[1].

But more importantly, compile-time check is not enough, because SVS
feature could be compiled into kernel, but not actually enabled for an
SoC (e.g. DT node not enabled, etc.) so checking this at compile time is
not enough.

Ideally, the SVSdriver should provide a function that allows others to
check if it's enabled.  That function needs to know not only if it's
compile in, but if it's enabled/running.  If SVS is not compiled in,
then that function just returns false.

Kevin

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/4.Coding.html?highlight=ifdef#ifdef-and-preprocessor-use-in-general