Thread (18 messages) 18 messages, 5 authors, 2013-10-16

Re: [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq: exynos4x12: Use the common clock framework to set APLL clock rate

From: Yadwinder Singh Brar <hidden>
Date: 2013-09-26 06:14:59
Also in: linux-samsung-soc, lkml

Hi Tomasz,
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Lukasz Majewski [off-list ref] wrote:
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In the exynos4x12_set_apll() function, the APLL frequency is set with
direct register manipulation.

Such approach is not allowed in the common clock framework. The frequency
is changed, but the corresponding clock value is not updated. This causes
wrong frequency read from cpufreq's cpuinfo_cur_freq sysfs attribute.
This patch looks incomplete, leaving the driver in untidy state, perhaps its
doesn't fix the above stated problem completely. what about
if (!exynos4x12_pms_change(old_index, new_index)) becomes true?

IMHO, this driver needs lot more work in addition to this patch to cleanly and
completely move the cpufreq driver to common clock framework.
I agree that the other case needs to be handled as well. Basically the
whole conditional block dependent on exynos4x12_pms_change() can be safely
dropped, because this condition is already handled in PLL driver.
Exactly!
Lukasz is already working on further rework of this driver to clean it up
from legacy code, but this will have to wait for 3.13, as 3.12 is already
in rc stage and only fixes can be accepted for it.
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For fixing this issue urgently, setting CLK_GET_RATE_NOCACHE for apll
in clk driver can also be quicker fix.
Unfortunately this is not how this flag works. It only makes
clk_get_rate() call ->recalc_rate() operation of the clock instead of
instantly returning cached rate - it doesn't seem to work recursively.
hmm.. yes it can't help in our case as it recursively walks only the subtree
of clk but in our case we are changing rate of parent.

Regards,
Yadwinder
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