Hi Laurent,
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Prabhakar,
>
> On Thursday 28 March 2013 15:36:11 Prabhakar Lad wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> > On Thursday 28 March 2013 14:20:32 Prabhakar lad wrote:
>> >> From: Lad, Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >> Add pm_runtime support to the TI Davinci VPIF driver.
>> >> Along side this patch replaces clk_get() with devm_clk_get()
>> >> to simplify the error handling.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Lad, Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> ---
>> >>
>> >> drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
>> >> 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c
>> >> b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c index 28638a8..7d14625 100644
>> >> --- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c
>> >> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c
>
> [snip]
>
>> >> @@ -439,12 +440,17 @@ static int vpif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> >> goto fail;
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> - vpif_clk = clk_get(&pdev->dev, "vpif");
>> >> + vpif_clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "vpif");
>> >> if (IS_ERR(vpif_clk)) {
>> >> status = PTR_ERR(vpif_clk);
>> >> goto clk_fail;
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> - clk_prepare_enable(vpif_clk);
>> >> + clk_put(vpif_clk);
>> >
>> > Why do you need to call clk_put() here ?
>>
>> The above check is to see if the clock is provided, once done
>> we free it using clk_put().
>
> In that case you shouldn't use devm_clk_get(), otherwise clk_put() will be
> called again automatically at remove() time.
>
Yes agreed it should be clk_get() only.
>> >> + pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
>> >> + pm_runtime_resume(&pdev->dev);
>> >> +
>> >> + pm_runtime_get(&pdev->dev);
>> >
>> > Does runtime PM automatically handle your clock ? If so can't you remove
>> > clock handling from the driver completely ?
>>
>> Yes pm runtime take care of enabling/disabling the clocks
>> so that we don't have to do it in drivers. I believe clock
>> handling is removed with this patch, with just devm_clk_get() remaining ;)
>
> When is the clk_get() call expected to fail ? If the clock is provided by the
> SoC and always available, can't the check be removed completely ?
>
Yes I agree with you it can be removed completely assuming the clock
is always available from the Soc.
But may be I need feedback from others Hans/Sekhar what do you suggest ?
Regards,
--Prabhakar
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart
>
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