Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] clk: amlogic: Add handling for PLL lock failure

From: Chuan Liu

Date: Thu Oct 30 2025 - 07:49:36 EST


Hi Jerome,

On 10/30/2025 5:15 PM, Chuan Liu wrote:
Hi Jerome,

On 10/30/2025 4:32 PM, Jerome Brunet wrote:
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On Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 13:24, Chuan Liu via B4 Relay <devnull+chuan.liu.amlogic.com@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Chuan Liu <chuan.liu@xxxxxxxxxxx>

If the PLL fails to lock, it should be disabled, This makes the logic
more complete, and also helps save unnecessary power consumption when
the PLL is malfunctioning.

Signed-off-by: Chuan Liu <chuan.liu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++ +------------------
  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c b/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c
index f81ebf6cc981..6c794adb8ccd 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/meson/clk-pll.c
@@ -353,6 +353,23 @@ static int meson_clk_pcie_pll_enable(struct clk_hw *hw)
       return -EIO;
  }

+static void meson_clk_pll_disable(struct clk_hw *hw)
+{
+     struct clk_regmap *clk = to_clk_regmap(hw);
+     struct meson_clk_pll_data *pll = meson_clk_pll_data(clk);
+
+     /* Put the pll is in reset */
+     if (MESON_PARM_APPLICABLE(&pll->rst))
+             meson_parm_write(clk->map, &pll->rst, 1);
+
+     /* Disable the pll */
+     meson_parm_write(clk->map, &pll->en, 0);
+
+     /* Disable PLL internal self-adaption current module */
+     if (MESON_PARM_APPLICABLE(&pll->current_en))
+             meson_parm_write(clk->map, &pll->current_en, 0);
+}
+
  static int meson_clk_pll_enable(struct clk_hw *hw)
  {
       struct clk_regmap *clk = to_clk_regmap(hw);
@@ -397,29 +414,17 @@ static int meson_clk_pll_enable(struct clk_hw *hw)
               meson_parm_write(clk->map, &pll->l_detect, 0);
       }

-     if (meson_clk_pll_wait_lock(hw))
+     if (meson_clk_pll_wait_lock(hw)) {
+             /* disable PLL when PLL lock failed. */
+             meson_clk_pll_disable(hw);
+             pr_warn("%s: PLL lock failed!!!\n", clk_hw_get_name(hw));
+

This is something that's likely to spam, so pr_warn_once() (if you must warn)

Different PLLs or different timing conditions may trigger PLL lock
failures repeatedly, so using pr_warn_once() might not achieve the
intended effect.

Do you mind keeping pr_warn() here?

and I don't think 3 "!" are necessary to convey the message.


In the next version, I'll remove the "!", and replace pr_warn to
pr_warn_once.

Some drivers that reference the clock may not check the function’s
return value (even though that's not ideal), so adding this warning
makes the issue more noticeable.

               return -EIO;
+     }

       return 0;
  }

-static void meson_clk_pll_disable(struct clk_hw *hw)
-{
-     struct clk_regmap *clk = to_clk_regmap(hw);
-     struct meson_clk_pll_data *pll = meson_clk_pll_data(clk);
-
-     /* Put the pll is in reset */
-     if (MESON_PARM_APPLICABLE(&pll->rst))
-             meson_parm_write(clk->map, &pll->rst, 1);
-
-     /* Disable the pll */
-     meson_parm_write(clk->map, &pll->en, 0);
-
-     /* Disable PLL internal self-adaption current module */
-     if (MESON_PARM_APPLICABLE(&pll->current_en))
-             meson_parm_write(clk->map, &pll->current_en, 0);
-}
-
  static int meson_clk_pll_set_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long rate,
                                 unsigned long parent_rate)
  {

--
Jerome