RE: [PATCH] clk: zynqmp: pll: rectify rate rounding in zynqmp_pll_round_rate

From: Datta, Shubhrajyoti
Date: Tue Aug 30 2022 - 02:19:09 EST


[AMD Official Use Only - General]

Hi ,
Thanks for the patch.

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> Subject: [PATCH] clk: zynqmp: pll: rectify rate rounding in
> zynqmp_pll_round_rate
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> From: Quanyang Wang <quanyang.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> The function zynqmp_pll_round_rate is used to find a most appropriate PLL
> frequency which the hardware can generate according to the desired
> frequency. For example, if the desired frequency is 297MHz, considering the
> limited range from PS_PLL_VCO_MIN (1.5GHz) to PS_PLL_VCO_MAX (3.0GHz)
> of PLL, zynqmp_pll_round_rate should return 1.872GHz (297MHz * 5).
>
> There are two problems with the current code of zynqmp_pll_round_rate:
>
> 1) When the rate is below PS_PLL_VCO_MIN, it can't find a correct rate when
> the parameter "rate" is an integer multiple of *prate, in other words, if "f" is
> zero, zynqmp_pll_round_rate won't return a valid frequency which is from
> PS_PLL_VCO_MIN to PS_PLL_VCO_MAX. For example, *prate is 33MHz and
> the rate is 660MHz, zynqmp_pll_round_rate will not boost up rate and just
> return 660MHz, and this will cause clk_calc_new_rates failure since
> zynqmp_pll_round_rate returns an invalid rate out of its boundaries.
>
> 2) Even if the rate is higher than PS_PLL_VCO_MIN, there is still a risk that
> zynqmp_pll_round_rate returns an invalid rate because the function
> DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST makes some loss in the fractional part. If the parent
> clock *prate is 33333333Hz and we want to set the PLL rate to 1.5GHz, this
> function will return 1499999985Hz by using the formula below:
> value = *prate * DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(rate, *prate)).
> This value is also invalid since it's slightly smaller than PS_PLL_VCO_MIN.
> because DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST makes some loss in the fractional part.
>
> Signed-off-by: Quanyang Wang <quanyang.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhrajyoti.datta@xxxxxxx>