Re: [PATCH] i2c: bcm2835: Model Divider in CCF

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Annaliese McDermond <nh6z@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> Model the I2C bus clock divider as a part of the Core Clock Framework.
> Primarily this removes the clk_get_rate() call from each transfer.
> This call causes problems for slave drivers that themselves have
> internal clock components that are controlled by an I2C interface.
> When the slave's internal clock component is prepared, the prepare
> lock is obtained, and it makes calls to the I2C subsystem to
> command the hardware to activate the clock.  In order to perform
> the I2C transfer, this driver sets the divider, which requires
> it to get the parent clock rate, which it does with clk_get_rate().
> Unfortunately, this function will try to take the clock prepare
> lock, which is already held by the slave's internal clock calls
> creating a deadlock.
>
> Modeling the divider in the CCF natively removes this dependency
> and the divider value is only set upon changing the bus clock
> frequency or changes in the parent clock that cascade down to this
> divisor.  This obviates the need to set the divider with every
> transfer and avoids the deadlock described above.  It also should
> provide better clock debugging and save a few cycles on each
> transfer due to not having to recalcuate the divider value.

Any chance we could reuse clk_register_divider() instead of having our
own set/round/recalc rate implementations?

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