Re: [PATCH 07/13] clk: samsung: gs101: mark PERIC0 IP TOP gate clock as critical

[Tudor Ambarus]

On 12/14/23 16:09, Sam Protsenko wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 10:01 AM Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/14/23 15:37, Sam Protsenko wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 4:52 AM Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Testing USI8 I2C with an eeprom revealed that when the USI8 leaf clock
>>>> is disabled it leads to the CMU_TOP PERIC0 IP gate clock disablement,
>>>> which then makes the system hang. To prevent this, mark
>>>> CLK_GOUT_CMU_PERIC0_IP as critical. Other clocks will be marked
>>>> accordingly when tested.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/clk/samsung/clk-gs101.c | 2 +-
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/clk/samsung/clk-gs101.c b/drivers/clk/samsung/clk-gs101.c
>>>> index 3d194520b05e..08d80fca9cd6 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/clk/samsung/clk-gs101.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/clk/samsung/clk-gs101.c
>>>> @@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ static const struct samsung_gate_clock cmu_top_gate_clks[] __initconst = {
>>>>              "mout_cmu_peric0_bus", CLK_CON_GAT_GATE_CLKCMU_PERIC0_BUS,
>>>>              21, 0, 0),
>>>>         GATE(CLK_GOUT_CMU_PERIC0_IP, "gout_cmu_peric0_ip", "mout_cmu_peric0_ip",
>>>> -            CLK_CON_GAT_GATE_CLKCMU_PERIC0_IP, 21, 0, 0),
>>>> +            CLK_CON_GAT_GATE_CLKCMU_PERIC0_IP, 21, CLK_IS_CRITICAL, 0),
>>>
>>> This clock doesn't seem like a leaf clock. It's also not a bus clock.
>>> Leaving it always running makes the whole PERIC0 CMU clocked, which
>>> usually should be avoided. Is it possible that the system freezes
>>> because some other clock (which depends on peric0_ip) gets disabled as
>>> a consequence of disabling peric0_ip? Maybe it's some leaf clock which
>>> is not implemented yet in the clock driver? Just looks weird to me
>>> that the system hangs because of CMU IP clock disablement. It's
>>> usually something much more specific.
>>
>> The system hang happened when I tested USI8 in I2C configuration with an
>> eeprom. After the eeprom is read the leaf gate clock that gets disabled
>> is the one on PERIC0 (CLK_GOUT_PERIC0_CLK_PERIC0_USI8_USI_CLK). I assume
>> this leads to the CMU_TOP gate (CLK_CON_GAT_GATE_CLKCMU_PERIC0_IP)
>> disablement which makes the system hang. Either marking the CMU_TOP gate
>> clock as critical (as I did in this patch) or marking the leaf PERIC0
>> gate clock as critical, gets rid of the system hang. Did I choose wrong?
>>
> 
> Did you already implement 100% of clocks in CMU_PERIC0? If no, there

yes.

> is a chance some other leaf clock (which is not implemented yet in
> your driver) gets disabled as a result of PERIC0_IP disablement, which
> might actually lead to that hang you observe. Usually it's some
> meaningful leaf clock, e.g. GIC or interconnect clocks. Please check
> clk-exynos850.c driver for CLK_IS_CRITICAL and CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED flags
> and the corresponding comments I left there, maybe it'll give you more
> particular idea about what to look for. Yes, making the whole CMU
> always running without understanding why (i.e. because of which
> particular leaf clock) might not be the best way of handling this

because of CLK_GOUT_PERIC0_CLK_PERIC0_USI8_USI_CLK

> issue. I might be mistaken, but at least please check if you
> implemented all clocks for PERIC0 first and if making some meaningful
> leaf clock critical makes more sense.
> 

Thanks,
ta