Re: [PATCH 4/5] clk: spacemit: reject rate changes to running firmware PLLs

[Yao Zi]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 10:02:47AM +0800, Troy Mitchell wrote:
> On Thu Sep 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM +08, Yao Zi wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 10:07:04PM +0800, Troy Mitchell wrote:
> >> CLK_SET_RATE_GATE only protects clocks prepared through CCF. A PLL left
> >> running by firmware can have a zero prepare count, so this flag alone
> >> cannot prevent set_rate() from reprogramming a live PLL.
> >
> > Would it be a better idea to simply turn off the PLL before reprogramming,
> > since protected by CLK_SET_RATE_GATE, re-programming never happens when
> > the PLL is required by downstream? This also seems to be simpler.
> Then assigned-clock-rates on the PLL provider node?

Protecting PLL from rate-changing when it's enabled, and re-programming
the PLL to a recommended rate, are separate goals. This review comment
only focuses on the former (i.e. changes in this patch).

> I tested this
> on K3: .set_rate() was called during provider registration, with PLL3's
> prepare count still zero while the CPUs were running on it. Disabling
> PLL3 hung the board. CLK_SET_RATE_GATE therefore does not protect users
> that CCF has not yet accounted for.

I think it's caused by asynchronous probing. The APMU controller might
probe and register clocks after the PLL one, so the prepare/enable
counters of the PLLs might not match the reality during the gap.

> 
> -- 
> Troy Mitchell
> 

Best regards,
Yao Zi