RE: [PATCH] tty: serial: qcom-geni-serial: Fix get_clk_div_rate() which otherwise could return a sub-optimal clock rate.

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Hi,


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 4:36 AM
> To: Vijaya Krishna Nivarthi (Temp) (QUIC) <quic_vnivarth@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
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> Cc: Mukesh Savaliya (QUIC) <quic_msavaliy@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: qcom-geni-serial: Fix get_clk_div_rate()
> which otherwise could return a sub-optimal clock rate.
> 
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> of any links or attachments, and do not enable macros.
> 
> Quoting Vijaya Krishna Nivarthi (2022-06-21 10:57:19)
> > In the logic around call to clk_round_rate, for some corner
> > conditions,
> 
> clk_round_rate(), not the parethesis to indicate it's a function.

Done.

> 
> > get_clk_div_rate() could return an sub-optimal clock rate. Also, if an
> > exact clock rate was not found lowest clock was being returned.
> >
> > Search for suitable clock rate in 2 steps
> > a) exact match or within 2% tolerance
> > b) within 5% tolerance
> > This also takes care of corner conditions.
> >
> > Fixes: c2194bc999d4 ("tty: serial: qcom-geni-serial: Remove uart
> > frequency table. Instead, find suitable frequency with call to
> > clk_round_rate")
> > Signed-off-by: Vijaya Krishna Nivarthi <quic_vnivarth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c | 134
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 102 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
> > b/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
> > index 2e23b65..8d247c1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
> > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
> > @@ -943,52 +943,123 @@ static int qcom_geni_serial_startup(struct
> uart_port *uport)
> >         return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > -static unsigned long get_clk_div_rate(struct clk *clk, unsigned int baud,
> > -                       unsigned int sampling_rate, unsigned int *clk_div)
> > +static unsigned long find_clk_rate_in_tol(struct clk *clk, unsigned int
> desired_clk,
> > +                       unsigned int *clk_div, unsigned int
> > +percent_tol, bool *exact_match)
> 
> Do we really need to pass in a bool pointer here for 'exact_match'?
> Can't we calculate the exact match value in the callsite and simply pass a bool
> (not pointer) to constrain the logic in this function?
>

Passing exact_match as pointer.

 
> >  {
> > +       unsigned long freq;
> > +       unsigned long div, maxdiv, new_div;
> > +       unsigned long long mult;
> 
> I think u64 is used more often than unsigned long long.

Done.

> 
> >         unsigned long ser_clk;
> > -       unsigned long desired_clk;
> > -       unsigned long freq, prev;
> > -       unsigned long div, maxdiv;
> > -       int64_t mult;
> > -
> > -       desired_clk = baud * sampling_rate;
> > -       if (!desired_clk) {
> > -               pr_err("%s: Invalid frequency\n", __func__);
> > -               return 0;
> > -       }
> > +       unsigned long test_freq, offset, new_freq;
> >
> > +       ser_clk = 0;
> >         maxdiv = CLK_DIV_MSK >> CLK_DIV_SHFT;
> > -       prev = 0;
> > +       div = 1;
> >
> > -       for (div = 1; div <= maxdiv; div++) {
> > -               mult = div * desired_clk;
> > -               if (mult > ULONG_MAX)
> > +       while (div <= maxdiv) {
> > +               mult = (unsigned long long)div * desired_clk;
> 
> Cast to u64?

Done.


> 
> > +               if (mult != (unsigned long)mult)
> 
> What is this checking for? Do we expect the rate to be larger than 32-bits on
> 32-bit machines?
>

Since we are multiplying rate with divider this is safety check?

 
> >                         break;
> >
> > -               freq = clk_round_rate(clk, (unsigned long)mult);
> > -               if (!(freq % desired_clk)) {
> > -                       ser_clk = freq;
> > -                       break;
> > +               /*
> > +                * Loop requesting a freq within tolerance and possibly exact freq.
> > +                *
> > +                * We'll keep track of the lowest freq inexact match we found
> > +                * but always try to find a perfect match. NOTE: this algorithm
> > +                * could miss a slightly better freq if there's more than one
> > +                * freq between (freq - offset) and (freq) but (freq) can't be made
> > +                * exactly, but that's OK.
> > +                *
> > +                * This absolutely relies on the fact that the Qualcomm clock
> > +                * driver always rounds up.
> > +                * We make use of exact_match as an I/O param.
> > +                */
> > +
> > +               /* look only for exact match if within tolerance is already found */
> > +               if (ser_clk)
> > +                       offset = 0;
> > +               else
> > +                       offset = (mult * percent_tol) / 100;
> 
> This needs to use div_u64() to be compatible with 32-bit machines.
>

Done. Thank you.

 
> > +
> > +               test_freq = mult - offset;
> > +               freq = clk_round_rate(clk, test_freq);
> > +
> > +               /*
> > +                * A dead-on freq is an insta-win, look for it only in 1st run
> > +                */
> > +               if (*exact_match) {
> > +                       if (!(freq % desired_clk)) {
> > +                               ser_clk = freq;
> > +                               *clk_div = freq / desired_clk;
> > +                               return ser_clk;
> > +                       }
> > +               }
> > +
> > +               if (!ser_clk) {
> > +                       new_div = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(freq, desired_clk);
> > +                       new_freq = new_div * desired_clk;
> > +                       offset = (new_freq * percent_tol) / 100;
> > +
> > +                       if (new_freq - offset <= freq && freq <= new_freq + offset) {
> > +                               /* Save the first (lowest freq) within tolerance */
> > +                               ser_clk = freq;
> > +                               *clk_div = new_div;
> > +                               /* no more search for exact match required in 2nd run */
> > +                               if (!(*exact_match))
> > +                                       break;
> > +                       }
> >                 }
> >
> > -               if (!prev)
> > -                       ser_clk = freq;
> > -               else if (prev == freq)
> > +               div = freq / desired_clk + 1;
> > +
> > +               /*
> > +                * Only time clock framework doesn't round up is if
> > +                * we're past the max clock rate. We're done searching
> > +                * if that's the case.
> > +                */
> > +               if (freq < test_freq)
> >                         break;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       *exact_match = false;
> > +       return ser_clk;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static unsigned long get_clk_div_rate(struct clk *clk, unsigned int baud,
> > +                       unsigned int sampling_rate, unsigned int
> > +*clk_div) {
> > +       unsigned long ser_clk;
> > +       unsigned long desired_clk;
> > +       unsigned long desired_tol;
> > +       bool exact_match;
> >
> > -               prev = freq;
> > +       desired_clk = baud * sampling_rate;
> > +       if (!desired_clk) {
> > +               pr_err("%s: Invalid frequency\n", __func__);
> > +               return 0;
> >         }
> >
> > -       if (!ser_clk) {
> > -               pr_err("%s: Can't find matching DFS entry for baud %d\n",
> > -                                                               __func__, baud);
> > +       /* try to find exact clock rate or within 2% tolerance */
> > +       ser_clk = 0;
> > +       exact_match = true;
> > +       desired_tol = 2;
> > +
> > +       ser_clk = find_clk_rate_in_tol(clk, desired_clk, clk_div, desired_tol,
> &exact_match);
> > +       if (ser_clk) {
> > +               if (!exact_match)
> > +                       pr_warn("Cannot find exact match clk_rate,
> > + using one within 2 percent tolerance\n");
> 
> Should this be a pr_warn_once()? Because otherwise users are going to see
> this error potentially quite often if tolerances can't be achieved.
> 

Removed the message and implemented as per Doug's suggestion.


> >                 return ser_clk;
> >         }
> >
> > -       *clk_div = ser_clk / desired_clk;
> > -       if (!(*clk_div))
> > -               *clk_div = 1;
> > +       /* try within 5% tolerance now, no need to look for exact match */
> > +       exact_match = false;
> > +       desired_tol = 5;
> > +
> > +       ser_clk = find_clk_rate_in_tol(clk, desired_clk, clk_div, desired_tol,
> &exact_match);
> > +       if (ser_clk)
> > +               pr_warn("Cannot find exact match clk_rate, using one
> > + within 5 percent tolerance\n");
> 
> This is a debug print?
>

Removed the message and implemented as per Doug's suggestion.


> > +       else
> > +               pr_err("Cannot find suitable clk_rate, giving up\n");
> >
> >         return ser_clk;
> >  }

Thank you.




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