mutual exculsion between clk_prepare_enable /clk_disable_unprepare and clk_set_parent

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 02:02:57PM +0800, Xiaoguang Chen wrote:

Hi, Mike

We met a issue between clk_prepare_enable /clk_disable_unprepare and
clk_set_parent.

clk_prepare_enable/disable_unprepare are perfectly fine in themselves.
You're looking at the problem wrongly - because drivers can perfectly
well call clk_prepare() and clk_unprepare() themselves.  There's no
requirement for the enable and prepare to be paired together under any
kind of lock.

and if below condition occurs, there will be problem

thread1                                                 thread 2
call clk_disable_unprepare

Okay, if we're calling clk_disable_unprepare(), then the clock
must already have been prepared and enabled - which means that
the current parent is already prepared and enabled.

1) clk_disable
get enable lock
...............
release enable lock

This may result in the parent being disabled too.

                                                     call clk_set_parent
                                                     get prepare lock
                                                     set clock's
parent to another parent

At this point, the existing parent clock should be disabled if this
clock was enabled, and unprepared if this clock was prepared.  The
new parent should be prepared and enabled as appropriate too so that
everything is kept balanced.

                                                     release prepare lock

2) clk_unprepare
get prepare lock
unprepare parent clock <<--------------
release prepare lock

And with the above guarantee - which is required in any case to make
reparenting safe - there's no problem here.

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