Re: [PATCH 5/5] clk: implement sync_state support

From: dongxuyang

Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 05:27:18 EST


>
> The existing support for disabling unused clks runs in the late initcall
> stage, and it has been known for a long time that this is broken since
> it runs too early in the boot up process. It doesn't work for kernel
> modules, and it also doesn't work if all of the consumers haven't fully
> probed yet. Folks have long recommended to boot certain platforms with
> clk_ignore_unused to work around issues with disabling unused clks.
>
>
> Let's go ahead and add a framework-level sync_state callback for the clk
> subsystem. If a driver doesn't have a sync_state callback configured,
> which is the 99+% use case today, then let's set it up to use the
> clk_sync_state() introduced in this commit so that no driver changes
> are needed.
>
>
> At the time of this writing, there are currently only 7 clk drivers that
> implement sync_state, and all are Qualcomm SoCs where they interact with
> the interconnect framework via icc_sync_state(). A shared helper has
> been created for this platform that calls clk_sync_state(). It is
> expected that any new clk drivers that want to implement their own
> sync_state will also need to call clk_sync_state() at the end of their
> custom sync_state callback.
>
>
> There will be several stages of disabling unused clks:
>
>
> - The first phase will be executed at late_initcall and it will only
> disable unused clks that do not have a struct dev.
> - The sync_state callback will be invoked for each clk driver once all
> consumers have probed.
>
>
> This is based on previous attempts by Saravana Kannan and Abel Vesa
> that are linked below.
>
>
> This change was tested on a Thinkpad x13s laptop.
>
>
> [ 0.308051] clk: Disabling unused clocks not associated with a device
> [ 6.541069] qcom_aoss_qmp c300000.power-management: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 6.843310] qcom-qmp-pcie-phy 1c24000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 7.604556] qcom-qmp-pcie-phy 1c14000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 8.446161] qcom-qmp-usb-phy 88f1000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 8.446293] qcom-qmp-usb-phy 88ef000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 8.546067] qcom-qmp-combo-phy 88eb000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 8.546203] qcom-qmp-combo-phy 8903000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 8.546254] qcom-edp-phy aec5a00.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 15.436834] qcom-cpufreq-hw 18591000.cpufreq: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 15.436953] clk-rpmh 18200000.rsc:clock-controller: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 15.723348] qcom-qmp-pcie-phy 1c06000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 21.063241] q6prm-lpass-clock 3000000.remoteproc:glink-edge:gpr:service@2:clock-controller: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 21.081996] va_macro 3370000.codec: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 21.092740] rx_macro 3200000.rxmacro: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 21.118261] wsa_macro 3240000.codec: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> [ 21.128758] tx_macro 3220000.txmacro: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>
>
> Tested-by: Jens Glathe <jens.glathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXYzM8yLIQA
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210407034456.516204-1-saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221227204528.1899863-1-abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
> drivers/clk/clk.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> index 9cb2b42d1be4..7a15cceec620 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> @@ -1442,14 +1442,39 @@ static void clk_core_disable_unprepare(struct clk_core *core)
> clk_core_unprepare_lock(core);
> }
>
> -static void __init clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
> +/*
> + * Returns true if @core should be skipped during an unused-clock sweep for
> + * @dev. When @dev is NULL the sweep is the global late_initcall pass; when
> + * @dev is non-NULL the sweep is a per-device sync_state pass.
> + */
> +static bool clk_core_skip_unused(struct clk_core *core, struct device *dev)
> +{
> + /*
> + * At late_initcall, skip clocks that belong to a device — they will be
> + * handled at sync_state time.
> + */
> + if (!dev && core->dev)
> + return true;
> +
> + /* When called from sync_state, only process clocks for this device. */
> + if (dev && core->dev != dev)
> + return true;
> +
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> +static void clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core,
> + struct device *dev)
> {
> struct clk_core *child;
>
> lockdep_assert_held(&prepare_lock);
>
> hlist_for_each_entry(child, &core->children, child_node)
> - clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(child);
> + clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(child, dev);
> +
> + if (clk_core_skip_unused(core, dev))
> + return;
>
> if (core->prepare_count)
> return;
> @@ -1467,7 +1492,8 @@ static void __init clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
> }
> }
>
> -static void __init clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
> +static void clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core,
> + struct device *dev)
> {
> struct clk_core *child;
> unsigned long flags;
> @@ -1475,7 +1501,10 @@ static void __init clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
> lockdep_assert_held(&prepare_lock);
>
> hlist_for_each_entry(child, &core->children, child_node)
> - clk_disable_unused_subtree(child);
> + clk_disable_unused_subtree(child, dev);
> +
> + if (clk_core_skip_unused(core, dev))
> + return;
>
> if (core->flags & CLK_OPS_PARENT_ENABLE)
> clk_core_prepare_enable(core->parent);
> @@ -1508,7 +1537,7 @@ static void __init clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
> clk_core_disable_unprepare(core->parent);
> }
>
> -static bool clk_ignore_unused __initdata;
> +static bool clk_ignore_unused;
> static int __init clk_ignore_unused_setup(char *__unused)
> {
> clk_ignore_unused = true;
> @@ -1516,7 +1545,7 @@ static int __init clk_ignore_unused_setup(char *__unused)
> }
> __setup("clk_ignore_unused", clk_ignore_unused_setup);
>
> -static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
> +static int __clk_disable_unused(struct device *dev)
> {
> struct clk_core *core;
> int ret;
> @@ -1526,7 +1555,10 @@ static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
> return 0;
> }
>
> - pr_info("clk: Disabling unused clocks\n");
> + if (dev)
> + dev_info(dev, "clk: Disabling unused clocks\n");
> + else
> + pr_info("clk: Disabling unused clocks not associated with a device\n");
>
> ret = clk_pm_runtime_get_all();
> if (ret)
> @@ -1538,16 +1570,16 @@ static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
> clk_prepare_lock();
>
> hlist_for_each_entry(core, &clk_root_list, child_node)
> - clk_disable_unused_subtree(core);
> + clk_disable_unused_subtree(core, dev);
>
> hlist_for_each_entry(core, &clk_orphan_list, child_node)
> - clk_disable_unused_subtree(core);
> + clk_disable_unused_subtree(core, dev);
>
> hlist_for_each_entry(core, &clk_root_list, child_node)
> - clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(core);
> + clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(core, dev);
>
> hlist_for_each_entry(core, &clk_orphan_list, child_node)
> - clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(core);
> + clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(core, dev);
>
> clk_prepare_unlock();
>
> @@ -1555,11 +1587,16 @@ static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
>
> return 0;
> }
> +
> +static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
> +{
> + return __clk_disable_unused(NULL);
> +}
> late_initcall_sync(clk_disable_unused);
>
> void clk_sync_state(struct device *dev)
> {
> - /* Will fill in */
> + __clk_disable_unused(dev);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_sync_state);
>
> @@ -4345,8 +4382,17 @@ __clk_register(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np, struct clk_hw *hw)
> core->dev = dev;
> clk_pm_runtime_init(core);
> core->of_node = np;
> - if (dev && dev->driver)
> + if (dev && dev->driver) {
> core->owner = dev->driver->owner;
> +
> + /*
> + * If a clk provider sets their own sync_state, then it needs to
> + * also call clk_sync_state(). dev_set_drv_sync_state() won't
> + * overwrite the sync_state callback, and this call will fail
> + * with -EBUSY.
> + */
> + dev_set_drv_sync_state(dev, clk_sync_state);
> + }
> core->hw = hw;
> core->flags = init->flags;
> core->num_parents = init->num_parents;

Hi Brian,

Thank you for the patch set. I tested this in my tree on Sifive HiFive
Premier P550, and it behaved correctly.

Tested-by: Xuyang Dong <dongxuyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # hfp550

Best regards,
Xuyang Dong