Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/a6xx: fix for kernels without CONFIG_NVMEM

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On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:06 AM Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 7:45 AM Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 2/19/2021 9:30 PM, Rob Clark wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 2:44 AM Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On 2/18/2021 9:41 PM, Rob Clark wrote:
> > >>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 4:28 AM Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 2/18/2021 2:05 AM, Jonathan Marek wrote:
> > >>>>> On 2/17/21 3:18 PM, Rob Clark wrote:
> > >>>>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:08 AM Jordan Crouse
> > >>>>>> <jcrouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 07:14:16PM +0530, Akhil P Oommen wrote:
> > >>>>>>>> On 2/17/2021 8:36 AM, Rob Clark wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 12:10 PM Jonathan Marek <jonathan@xxxxxxxx>
> > >>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Ignore nvmem_cell_get() EOPNOTSUPP error in the same way as a
> > >>>>>>>>>> ENOENT error,
> > >>>>>>>>>> to fix the case where the kernel was compiled without CONFIG_NVMEM.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Fixes: fe7952c629da ("drm/msm: Add speed-bin support to a618 gpu")
> > >>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Marek <jonathan@xxxxxxxx>
> > >>>>>>>>>> ---
> > >>>>>>>>>>     drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c | 6 +++---
> > >>>>>>>>>>     1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
> > >>>>>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
> > >>>>>>>>>> index ba8e9d3cf0fe..7fe5d97606aa 100644
> > >>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
> > >>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
> > >>>>>>>>>> @@ -1356,10 +1356,10 @@ static int a6xx_set_supported_hw(struct
> > >>>>>>>>>> device *dev, struct a6xx_gpu *a6xx_gpu,
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>            cell = nvmem_cell_get(dev, "speed_bin");
> > >>>>>>>>>>            /*
> > >>>>>>>>>> -        * -ENOENT means that the platform doesn't support
> > >>>>>>>>>> speedbin which is
> > >>>>>>>>>> -        * fine
> > >>>>>>>>>> +        * -ENOENT means no speed bin in device tree,
> > >>>>>>>>>> +        * -EOPNOTSUPP means kernel was built without CONFIG_NVMEM
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> very minor nit, it would be nice to at least preserve the gist of the
> > >>>>>>>>> "which is fine" (ie. some variation of "this is an optional thing and
> > >>>>>>>>> things won't catch fire without it" ;-))
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> (which is, I believe, is true, hopefully Akhil could confirm.. if not
> > >>>>>>>>> we should have a harder dependency on CONFIG_NVMEM..)
> > >>>>>>>> IIRC, if the gpu opp table in the DT uses the 'opp-supported-hw'
> > >>>>>>>> property,
> > >>>>>>>> we will see some error during boot up if we don't call
> > >>>>>>>> dev_pm_opp_set_supported_hw(). So calling "nvmem_cell_get(dev,
> > >>>>>>>> "speed_bin")"
> > >>>>>>>> is a way to test this.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> If there is no other harm, we can put a hard dependency on
> > >>>>>>>> CONFIG_NVMEM.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> I'm not sure if we want to go this far given the squishiness about
> > >>>>>>> module
> > >>>>>>> dependencies. As far as I know we are the only driver that uses this
> > >>>>>>> seriously
> > >>>>>>> on QCOM SoCs and this is only needed for certain targets. I don't
> > >>>>>>> know if we
> > >>>>>>> want to force every target to build NVMEM and QFPROM on our behalf.
> > >>>>>>> But maybe
> > >>>>>>> I'm just saying that because Kconfig dependencies tend to break my
> > >>>>>>> brain (and
> > >>>>>>> then Arnd has to send a patch to fix it).
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Hmm, good point.. looks like CONFIG_NVMEM itself doesn't have any
> > >>>>>> other dependencies, so I suppose it wouldn't be the end of the world
> > >>>>>> to select that.. but I guess we don't want to require QFPROM
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I guess at the end of the day, what is the failure mode if you have a
> > >>>>>> speed-bin device, but your kernel config misses QFPROM (and possibly
> > >>>>>> NVMEM)?  If the result is just not having the highest clk rate(s)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Atleast on sc7180's gpu, using an unsupported FMAX breaks gmu. It won't
> > >>>> be very obvious what went wrong when this happens!
> > >>>
> > >>> Ugg, ok..
> > >>>
> > >>> I suppose we could select NVMEM, but not QFPROM, and then the case
> > >>> where QFPROM is not enabled on platforms that have the speed-bin field
> > >>> in DT will fail gracefully and all other platforms would continue on
> > >>> happily?
> > >>>
> > >>> BR,
> > >>> -R
> > >>
> > >> Sounds good to me.
> > >>
> > >
> > > You probably should do a quick test with NVMEM enabled but QFPROM
> > > disabled to confirm my theory, but I *think* that should work
> > >
> > > BR,
> > > -R
> > >
> >
> > I tried it on an sc7180 device. The suggested combo (CONFIG_NVMEM + no
> > CONFIG_QCOM_QFPROM) makes the gpu probe fail with error "failed to read
> > speed-bin. Some OPPs may not be supported by hardware". This is good
> > enough clue for the developer that he should fix the broken speedbin
> > detection.
> >
>
> Ok, great.. then sounds like selecting NVMEM is a good approach
>

btw, did anyone ever send a patch to select NVMEM?  I'm not seeing one
but I could be overlooking something

BR,
-R
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