2023-07-17 13:58:06

by Frank Oltmanns

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Subject: [PATCH v4 03/11] clk: sunxi-ng: nkm: Improve determine rate when setting parent

Make the SET_PARENT_RATE flag independent of the parents round_rate or
determine_rate implementation.

Currently, the algorithm for ccu_nkm_find_best_with_parent_adj simply
calculates the optimal parent rate as
(1) parent = rate * m / (n * k)

Due to integer division (1) might return a parent rate that is too low.
So using this value for asking the parent for a rate it supports via
clk_hw_round_rate causes problems on
a) parents that only support finding rates that are lower than the
requested rate - which is the default for sunxi-ng ccu's.
b) parents that incidentally also support the truncated rate.

In those cases ccu_nkm_determine_rate might return A' when A is
requested and A'' when rate A' is requested.

Prevent this by trying to find a parent rate so that
(2) _rate = parent * n * k / m
matches the requested rate exactly, if possible.

Background:
===========
determine_rate may be called multiple times by the clk framework when
setting a clock's rate. But the clk framework expects that the values
determine_rate returns (i.e. the rate and parent_rate) are consistent
with previous calls.

Specifically, clock's have to ensure that if determine_rate is called
with requested rate A and the best rate it can find is A', it must also
return A' when called with requested rate A'.

Signed-off-by: Frank Oltmanns <[email protected]>
---
drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.c b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.c
index 750e2b8da24b..793160bc2d47 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_nkm.c
@@ -17,6 +17,27 @@ struct _ccu_nkm {
unsigned long m, min_m, max_m;
};

+/*
+ * Calculate the optimal parent when determining the nkm clock's rate.
+ *
+ * This function is used when the nkm clock supports setting the parent rate and ensures that the
+ * determine_rate function returns consistent values. I.e., when determine rate is called for rate A
+ * and the best rate it can find is A', this function ensures that determine_rate will also return
+ * A' when A' is requested.
+ */
+static unsigned long ccu_nkm_optimal_parent_rate(unsigned long rate, unsigned long n,
+ unsigned long k, unsigned long m)
+{
+ unsigned long _rate, parent;
+
+ parent = DIV_ROUND_UP(rate * m, n * k);
+
+ _rate = parent * n * k / m;
+ if (_rate > rate)
+ parent = rate * m / (n * k);
+ return parent;
+}
+
static unsigned long ccu_nkm_find_best_with_parent_adj(struct clk_hw *phw, struct _ccu_nkm *nkm,
unsigned long *parent, unsigned long rate)
{
@@ -29,7 +50,8 @@ static unsigned long ccu_nkm_find_best_with_parent_adj(struct clk_hw *phw, struc
for (_m = nkm->min_m; _m <= nkm->max_m; _m++) {
unsigned long tmp_rate;

- tmp_parent = clk_hw_round_rate(phw, rate * _m / (_n * _k));
+ tmp_parent = ccu_nkm_optimal_parent_rate(rate, _n, _k, _m);
+ tmp_parent = clk_hw_round_rate(phw, tmp_parent);

tmp_rate = tmp_parent * _n * _k / _m;
if (tmp_rate > rate)

--
2.41.0



2023-07-17 14:17:21

by Maxime Ripard

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 03/11] clk: sunxi-ng: nkm: Improve determine rate when setting parent

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 03:34:27PM +0200, Frank Oltmanns wrote:
> Make the SET_PARENT_RATE flag independent of the parents round_rate or
> determine_rate implementation.
>
> Currently, the algorithm for ccu_nkm_find_best_with_parent_adj simply
> calculates the optimal parent rate as
> (1) parent = rate * m / (n * k)
>
> Due to integer division (1) might return a parent rate that is too low.
> So using this value for asking the parent for a rate it supports via
> clk_hw_round_rate causes problems on
> a) parents that only support finding rates that are lower than the
> requested rate - which is the default for sunxi-ng ccu's.
> b) parents that incidentally also support the truncated rate.
>
> In those cases ccu_nkm_determine_rate might return A' when A is
> requested and A'' when rate A' is requested.
>
> Prevent this by trying to find a parent rate so that
> (2) _rate = parent * n * k / m
> matches the requested rate exactly, if possible.
>
> Background:
> ===========
> determine_rate may be called multiple times by the clk framework when
> setting a clock's rate. But the clk framework expects that the values
> determine_rate returns (i.e. the rate and parent_rate) are consistent
> with previous calls.
>
> Specifically, clock's have to ensure that if determine_rate is called
> with requested rate A and the best rate it can find is A', it must also
> return A' when called with requested rate A'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Oltmanns <[email protected]>

As stated in my earlier mail, I still disagree with that patch.

Maxime


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