Re: [PATCH v4 03/20] dt-bindings: mfd: Add starfive,jh7110-hdmi-subsystem

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- [High] dt-bindings: mfd: bus fault during PHY probe due to artificial node split
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commit 4723344ba643109500316c0b52d890ec9a27e43e
Author: Michal Wilczynski [off-list ref]

dt-bindings: mfd: Add starfive,jh7110-hdmi-subsystem
    
Add the dt-binding for the StarFive JH7110 HDMI subsystem.
    
The JH7110 HDMI IP is a monolithic block containing both the digital
controller and analog PHY in a single register space. This binding
defines the parent device, which holds the shared register map and
populates its two children: the PHY and the controller. This is
necessary to resolve a circular clock dependency between the HDMI block
and the VOUT clock generator.

[ ... ]

+properties:
+  compatible:
+    const: starfive,jh7110-hdmi-subsystem
+
+  reg:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  phy:
+    $ref: /schemas/phy/starfive,jh7110-inno-hdmi-phy.yaml#
+
+  controller:
+    $ref: /schemas/display/bridge/starfive,jh7110-inno-hdmi-controller.yaml#

[Severity: High]
Does this artificial split of a monolithic block into child nodes create a
probe order issue?

Because the controller depends on the phy (via clocks = <&hdmi_phy> in the
example below), fw_devlink guarantees the phy driver probes first. During
its probe, the phy driver calls clk_set_rate(inno->phyclk, 297000000),
which accesses the shared register space via regmap.

However, since the HDMI system clock (JH7110_VOUTCLK_HDMI_TX_SYS) is
assigned exclusively to the controller child, it is not enabled during the
phy probe.

Will this unclocked access wedge the bus and cause a synchronous external
abort when the phy accesses the shared register window?

+
+required:
+  - compatible
+  - reg
+  - phy
+  - controller
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+  - |
+    #include <dt-bindings/clock/starfive,jh7110-crg.h>
+    #include <dt-bindings/reset/starfive,jh7110-crg.h>
+
+    soc {
+        #address-cells = <1>;
+        #size-cells = <1>;
+
+        hdmi@29590000 {
+            compatible = "starfive,jh7110-hdmi-subsystem";
+            reg = <0x29590000 0x4000>;
+
+            controller {
+                compatible = "starfive,jh7110-inno-hdmi-controller";
+                clocks = <&voutcrg JH7110_VOUTCLK_HDMI_TX_SYS>,
+                         <&voutcrg JH7110_VOUTCLK_HDMI_TX_MCLK>,
+                         <&voutcrg JH7110_VOUTCLK_HDMI_TX_BCLK>,
+                         <&hdmi_phy>;

[ ... ]

+            hdmi_phy: phy {
+                compatible = "starfive,jh7110-inno-hdmi-phy";
+                #clock-cells = <0>;
+                clocks = <&xin24m>;
+                #phy-cells = <0>;
+            };
+        };
+    };
+...

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