Re: [PATCH 0/2] pwm-fan: Support multiple tach inputs & fix RPM calc

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On 10/4/20 1:49 AM, Paul Barker wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 at 19:09, Paul Barker <pbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> These changes were made to support a custom board where one PWM output
>> is routed to two fans, each of which has a tachometer signal routed to a
>> GPIO input on the SoC. While debugging on this board it was found that
>> the RPM readings were being overestimated due to a bug in the
>> calculation code so I've included a fix for that.
>>
>> As the custom board doesn't currently support the latest mainline kernel
>> I've tested these changes on a SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced using an
>> oscilloscope to check the PWM output and a signal generator to simulate
>> the fan tachometer signals. I've tested variants of the device tree with
>> 0, 1 and 2 fan tachometer inputs configured to ensure the logic in the
>> probe function is correct.
>>
>> The device tree bindings changes have been submitted in a separate
>> patch.
>>
>> These changes can also be pulled from:
>>
>>   https://gitlab.com/pbarker.dev/staging/linux.git
>>   tag: for-hwmon/pwm-fan_2020-09-20
>>
>> Paul Barker (2):
>>   hwmon: pwm-fan: Support multiple tachometer inputs
>>   hwmon: pwm-fan: Fix RPM calculation
>>
>>  drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c | 164 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>>  1 file changed, 100 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
>>
>>
>> base-commit: 2835d860d3fcc3e4829e96987544e811d35dee48
> 
> Ping on these, I've not had any feedback for 2 weeks.
> 

Unfortunately the patches are a bit difficult to understand,
and I did not have the time to fully analyze them. One thing I can say
is that the order should be reversed - the bug fix should come first.
Also, patch 2 adds a potential divide by 0 problem, if 'delta'
happens to be 0.

There are little details, such as replacing 'int pulses' with
'unsigned int pulses', which make things more difficult to review.
atomic_t is int. Assigning it to an unsigned int _should_ not matter
here, but again such little changes make it more difficult to review
a patch because they require extra scrutiny.

Guenter



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