On Mon, 17 Aug 2015, Barry Song wrote: > 2015-07-22 21:04 GMT+08:00 Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > Lots of platforms contain clocks which if turned off would prove fatal. > > The only way to recover from these catastrophic failures is to restart > > the board(s). Now, when a clock provider is registered with the > > framework it is possible for a list of critical clocks to be supplied > > which must be kept ungated. Each clock mentioned in the newly > > introduced 'critical-clock' property will be clk_prepare_enable()d > > where the normal references will be taken. This will prevent the > > common clk framework from attempting to gate them during the normal > > clk_disable_unused() and disable_clock() procedures. > > > > Note that it will still be possible for knowledgeable drivers to turn > > these clocks off using clk_{enable,disable}_critical() calls. > > > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> > > hi Lee, > i have another email about this. i am wondering whether > CLK_IGNORE_UNUSE is still useful after your patch. another solution > for your patch might be extending the current CLK_IGNORE_UNUSE to > runtime? > > > copy the mail here: > currently we can set a CLK_IGNORE_UNUSE flag to a clock to stop > clk_disable_unused() from disabling it at the boot stage: > > static void clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core) > { > ... > > if (core->flags & CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED) > goto unlock_out; > } > > static int clk_disable_unused(void) > { > ... > > clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(core); > ... > return 0; > } > > late_initcall_sync(clk_disable_unused); > > so if there are two clocks A and B, A is the parent of B, and A is > marked as CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED. > > in boot stage if there is nobody using A and B, Linux will disable B > due to clk_disable_unused() , but keep A being enabled since A has > CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED. > > but in Linux runtime, we might frequently disable /enable B in runtime > power management, this will cause A disabled since Linux will not > check CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED for runtime disabling clk . > > so this makes CLK_IGNORE_UNUSE only work if we don't disable its > sub-clock at runtime. this looks making no sense. > > i am thinking whether we should do some changes to make it have side > affect for runtime clk disable. otherwise, why do we want to stop it > from being disabled during boot stage? This is one of this problems, along with some others that this set aims to solve. Extending CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED is not a good idea. In fact, if we can phase it out completely, that will be a good thing. Since this set Mike has submitted an alternitive solution. Please see: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/linux.kernel/kX_nWSsWRxU/IZSjhG5Ed4oJ > I am not sure whether i missed something in clk core level support. > > -barry > > > --- > > drivers/clk/clk-conf.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-conf.c b/drivers/clk/clk-conf.c > > index aad4796..f83c1c2 100644 > > --- a/drivers/clk/clk-conf.c > > +++ b/drivers/clk/clk-conf.c > > @@ -116,6 +116,45 @@ static int __set_clk_rates(struct device_node *node, bool clk_supplier) > > return 0; > > } > > > > +static int __set_critical_clocks(struct device_node *node, bool clk_supplier) > > +{ > > + struct of_phandle_args clkspec; > > + struct clk *clk; > > + struct property *prop; > > + const __be32 *cur; > > + uint32_t index; > > + int ret; > > + > > + if (!clk_supplier) > > + return 0; > > + > > + of_property_for_each_u32(node, "critical-clock", prop, cur, index) { > > + clkspec.np = node; > > + clkspec.args_count = 1; > > + clkspec.args[0] = index; > > + > > + clk = of_clk_get_from_provider(&clkspec); > > + if (IS_ERR(clk)) { > > + pr_err("clk: couldn't get clock %u for %s\n", > > + index, node->full_name); > > + return PTR_ERR(clk); > > + } > > + > > + clk_init_critical(clk); > > + > > + ret = clk_prepare_enable(clk); > > + if (ret) { > > + pr_err("Failed to enable clock %u for %s: %d\n", > > + index, node->full_name, ret); > > + return ret; > > + } > > + > > + pr_debug("Setting clock as critical %pC\n", clk); > > + } > > + > > + return 0; > > +} > > + > > /** > > * of_clk_set_defaults() - parse and set assigned clocks configuration > > * @node: device node to apply clock settings for > > @@ -139,6 +178,10 @@ int of_clk_set_defaults(struct device_node *node, bool clk_supplier) > > if (rc < 0) > > return rc; > > > > - return __set_clk_rates(node, clk_supplier); > > + rc = __set_clk_rates(node, clk_supplier); > > + if (rc < 0) > > + return rc; > > + > > + return __set_critical_clocks(node, clk_supplier); > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_clk_set_defaults); -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html