[PATCH v5 2/2] clk: Add gpio-locked fixed clock driver
From: Vyacheslav Yurkov via B4 Relay
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 05:39:38 EST
From: Vyacheslav Yurkov <V.Yurkov.EXT@xxxxxxxxxx>
A gpio-locked clock exposes a clock, which status is determined by a
GPIO signal. The common use-case is a FPGA-assisted clocking design
where peripheral clocks are generated by FPGA PLLs that are outside
CPU control, with clock-valid/PLL-lock status exposed through GPIO signals.
Consumers can use the output clock to wait until the input clock is locked
and only then initialize dependent peripherals.
Signed-off-by: Vyacheslav Yurkov <V.Yurkov.EXT@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/clk/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/clk/clk-gpio-locked.c | 169 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 170 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/clk/Makefile b/drivers/clk/Makefile
index b18af485d7f0..b904f292d683 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/clk/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_FD_KUNIT_TEST) += clk-fractional-divider_test.o
obj-$(CONFIG_COMMON_CLK) += clk-gpio.o
ifeq ($(CONFIG_OF), y)
obj-$(CONFIG_COMMON_CLK) += clk-conf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_COMMON_CLK) += clk-gpio-locked.o
endif
# KUnit specific helpers
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-gpio-locked.c b/drivers/clk/clk-gpio-locked.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b648f8763922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-gpio-locked.c
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+/*
+ * Clock Controller Guard Driver
+ *
+ * Copyright 2026 Bruker Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <linux/clk.h>
+#include <linux/clk-provider.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct gpio_locked_clk_priv - private state for the whole driver
+ * @dev: platform device
+ *
+ * @input_clk input clock
+ * @gpios: input GPIO descriptor
+ *
+ * @output_hw_clk: output clock HW descriptor
+ * @output_clock_name: output clock name
+ */
+struct gpio_locked_clk_priv {
+ struct device *dev;
+
+ struct clk *input_clk;
+ struct gpio_desc *gpios;
+
+ struct clk_hw output_hw_clk;
+ const char *output_clock_name;
+};
+
+#define to_gpio_locked_clk_priv(_hw) \
+ container_of(_hw, struct gpio_locked_clk_priv, output_hw_clk)
+
+static int gpio_locked_clk_is_enabled(struct clk_hw *hw)
+{
+ struct gpio_locked_clk_priv *priv = to_gpio_locked_clk_priv(hw);
+
+ int data = gpiod_get_value(priv->gpios);
+
+ if (data < 0) {
+ dev_err(priv->dev, "Failed to get data gpio val: %d\n",
+ data);
+ return data;
+ } else if (!data) {
+ dev_warn(priv->dev, "GPIO is not ready");
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* We can't enable the clock, but the Common Clock Framework calls only
+ * enable() not is_enabled()
+ */
+static int gpio_locked_clk_enable(struct clk_hw *hw)
+{
+ return gpio_locked_clk_is_enabled(hw);
+}
+
+/* We have to implement it, but we are not going to control
+ * parent clock selection
+ */
+static u8 gpio_locked_clk_get_parent(struct clk_hw *hw)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct clk_ops gpio_locked_clk_ops = {
+ .enable = gpio_locked_clk_enable,
+ .is_enabled = gpio_locked_clk_is_enabled,
+ .get_parent = gpio_locked_clk_get_parent,
+};
+
+static int gpio_locked_clk_parse_outputs(struct gpio_locked_clk_priv *priv)
+{
+ struct device *dev = priv->dev;
+ struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
+ int ret;
+
+ of_property_read_string_index(np, "clock-output-names", 0,
+ &priv->output_clock_name);
+
+ if (!priv->output_clock_name)
+ priv->output_clock_name = dev_name(priv->dev);
+
+ priv->output_hw_clk.init =
+ CLK_HW_INIT_FW_NAME(priv->output_clock_name,
+ __clk_get_name(priv->input_clk),
+ &gpio_locked_clk_ops, 0);
+
+ ret = devm_clk_hw_register(dev, &priv->output_hw_clk);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(dev, "failed to register output clk'%s': %d\n",
+ priv->output_clock_name, ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ dev_info(priv->dev, "Output clock '%s' registered\n", priv->output_clock_name);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int gpio_locked_clk_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+ struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+ struct gpio_locked_clk_priv *priv;
+ int ret;
+
+ priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!priv)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ priv->dev = dev;
+ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
+
+ priv->input_clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(priv->dev, NULL);
+ if (IS_ERR(priv->input_clk))
+ return dev_err_probe(priv->dev, PTR_ERR(priv->input_clk),
+ "Failed to get locked fixed clock, not yet ready\n");
+
+ priv->gpios = devm_gpiod_get(priv->dev, "locked", GPIOD_ASIS);
+ if (IS_ERR(priv->gpios)) {
+ dev_err(dev, "failed to get locked gpios: %ld\n",
+ PTR_ERR(priv->gpios));
+ return PTR_ERR(priv->gpios);
+ }
+
+ ret = gpio_locked_clk_parse_outputs(priv);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider(priv->dev, of_clk_hw_simple_get,
+ &priv->output_hw_clk);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(priv->dev, "failed to register clock provider '%s': %d\n",
+ priv->output_clock_name, ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ dev_info(dev, "registered %s gpio locked clock\n",
+ clk_hw_get_name(&priv->output_hw_clk));
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct of_device_id gpio_locked_clk_of_match[] = {
+ { .compatible = "gpio-locked-fixed-clock" },
+ { /* sentinel */ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, gpio_locked_clk_of_match);
+
+static struct platform_driver gpio_locked_clk_driver = {
+ .probe = gpio_locked_clk_probe,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "gpio-locked-fixed-clock",
+ .of_match_table = gpio_locked_clk_of_match,
+ },
+};
+module_platform_driver(gpio_locked_clk_driver);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Vyacheslav Yurkov <V.Yurkov.EXT@xxxxxxxxxx>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GPIO-locked clock driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
--
2.34.1