From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> To: "Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org> Cc: "Michael Turquette" <mturquette@baylibre.com>, "Stephen Boyd" <sboyd@kernel.org>, "Rob Herring" <robh+dt@kernel.org>, "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, "Gregory Clement" <gregory.clement@bootlin.com>, "Sebastian Hesselbarth" <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>, "Vladimir Vid" <vladimir.vid@sartura.hr>, "Marek Behún" <kabel@kernel.org>, "Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@linux-m68k.org>, linux-clk@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] serial: mvebu-uart: implement UART clock driver for configuring UART base clock Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:33:33 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <YPxA3Zcfw8ZPNYZp@lunn.ch> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20210724094816.2y3peclaftx26kwj@pali> On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 11:48:16AM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: > On Saturday 17 July 2021 20:05:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Saturday 17 July 2021 19:26:51 Andrew Lunn wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 02:38:26PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > > @@ -445,6 +472,7 @@ static void mvebu_uart_shutdown(struct uart_port *port) > > > > static int mvebu_uart_baud_rate_set(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int baud) > > > > { > > > > unsigned int d_divisor, m_divisor; > > > > + unsigned long flags; > > > > u32 brdv, osamp; > > > > > > > > if (!port->uartclk) > > > > @@ -463,10 +491,12 @@ static int mvebu_uart_baud_rate_set(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int baud) > > > > m_divisor = OSAMP_DEFAULT_DIVISOR; > > > > d_divisor = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(port->uartclk, baud * m_divisor); > > > > > > > > + spin_lock_irqsave(&mvebu_uart_lock, flags); > > > > > > Hi Pali > > > > > > You only need spin_lock_irqsave() if you plan on taking the spinlock > > > in an interrupt handler. It seems unlikely the baud rate will be > > > changed in interrupt context? Please check, and then swap to plain > > > spin_lock(). > > > > Hello! Ok, I will check it. > > Well, driver is already using spin_lock_irqsave() in all other > functions. And some of those functions are called from interrupt context i expect. For each lock you have, you need to decide if interrupt context is an issue or not. spin_lock_irqsave() is more expansive, since it has to disable interrupts, etc. It can upset real time latency etc. So in the hot path, you want to try to avoid it, unless you actually need it. But changing the baud rate is not the hot path, it hardly every happens, so we can live with the unneeded overhead. > And in linux/clk-provider.h is documented that drivers can call > clk_enable() from an interrupt, so it means that spin_lock_irqsave() is > really needed for mvebu_uart_lock. Sure, drivers can. But in this case, does a driver actually do that? Does it change the baud rate in interrupt context? > > In other patches is updated function mvebu_uart_set_termios() which > > verifies that you can set particular baudrate. Great. It is not clear from the patches or the commit message that this has been considered. It is something worth mentioning, just to avoid questions. > > Also note that all A3720 boards have disabled UART2 in DTS. And I'm not > > sure if there is somebody who uses UART2 or who uses both UARTs. That does not really matter. You should not regression a feature because you think nobody is using it. Andrew
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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> To: "Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org> Cc: "Michael Turquette" <mturquette@baylibre.com>, "Stephen Boyd" <sboyd@kernel.org>, "Rob Herring" <robh+dt@kernel.org>, "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, "Gregory Clement" <gregory.clement@bootlin.com>, "Sebastian Hesselbarth" <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>, "Vladimir Vid" <vladimir.vid@sartura.hr>, "Marek Behún" <kabel@kernel.org>, "Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@linux-m68k.org>, linux-clk@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] serial: mvebu-uart: implement UART clock driver for configuring UART base clock Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:33:33 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <YPxA3Zcfw8ZPNYZp@lunn.ch> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20210724094816.2y3peclaftx26kwj@pali> On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 11:48:16AM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: > On Saturday 17 July 2021 20:05:40 Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Saturday 17 July 2021 19:26:51 Andrew Lunn wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 02:38:26PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > > @@ -445,6 +472,7 @@ static void mvebu_uart_shutdown(struct uart_port *port) > > > > static int mvebu_uart_baud_rate_set(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int baud) > > > > { > > > > unsigned int d_divisor, m_divisor; > > > > + unsigned long flags; > > > > u32 brdv, osamp; > > > > > > > > if (!port->uartclk) > > > > @@ -463,10 +491,12 @@ static int mvebu_uart_baud_rate_set(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int baud) > > > > m_divisor = OSAMP_DEFAULT_DIVISOR; > > > > d_divisor = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(port->uartclk, baud * m_divisor); > > > > > > > > + spin_lock_irqsave(&mvebu_uart_lock, flags); > > > > > > Hi Pali > > > > > > You only need spin_lock_irqsave() if you plan on taking the spinlock > > > in an interrupt handler. It seems unlikely the baud rate will be > > > changed in interrupt context? Please check, and then swap to plain > > > spin_lock(). > > > > Hello! Ok, I will check it. > > Well, driver is already using spin_lock_irqsave() in all other > functions. And some of those functions are called from interrupt context i expect. For each lock you have, you need to decide if interrupt context is an issue or not. spin_lock_irqsave() is more expansive, since it has to disable interrupts, etc. It can upset real time latency etc. So in the hot path, you want to try to avoid it, unless you actually need it. But changing the baud rate is not the hot path, it hardly every happens, so we can live with the unneeded overhead. > And in linux/clk-provider.h is documented that drivers can call > clk_enable() from an interrupt, so it means that spin_lock_irqsave() is > really needed for mvebu_uart_lock. Sure, drivers can. But in this case, does a driver actually do that? Does it change the baud rate in interrupt context? > > In other patches is updated function mvebu_uart_set_termios() which > > verifies that you can set particular baudrate. Great. It is not clear from the patches or the commit message that this has been considered. It is something worth mentioning, just to avoid questions. > > Also note that all A3720 boards have disabled UART2 in DTS. And I'm not > > sure if there is somebody who uses UART2 or who uses both UARTs. That does not really matter. You should not regression a feature because you think nobody is using it. Andrew _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-24 16:33 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 152+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2021-06-24 22:48 [PATCH 00/10] serial: mvebu-uart: Fixes and new support for higher baudrates Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:48 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 01/10] serial: mvebu-uart: fix calculation of clock divisor Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 02/10] serial: mvebu-uart: do not allow changing baudrate when uartclk is not available Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 03/10] serial: mvebu-uart: correctly calculate minimal possible baudrate Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 04/10] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: fix documentation Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 05/10] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: Fix reg for standard variant of UART Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 06/10] serial: mvebu-uart: remove unused member nb from struct mvebu_uart Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 07/10] serial: mvebu-uart: implement UART clock driver for configuring UART base clock Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 5:36 ` kernel test robot 2021-06-25 5:36 ` kernel test robot 2021-06-25 8:15 ` kernel test robot 2021-06-25 8:15 ` kernel test robot 2021-06-25 9:31 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 9:31 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 11:05 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 11:05 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 11:29 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 11:29 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 12:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 12:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 13:22 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 13:22 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 13:35 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 13:35 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 14:09 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:09 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 08/10] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 08/10] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell, armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 09/10] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: add device node for UART clock and use it Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` [PATCH 10/10] serial: mvebu-uart: implement support for baudrates higher than 230400 Pali Rohár 2021-06-24 22:49 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] serial: mvebu-uart: Fixes and new support for higher baudrates Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] serial: mvebu-uart: fix calculation of clock divisor Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] serial: mvebu-uart: do not allow changing baudrate when uartclk is not available Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] serial: mvebu-uart: correctly calculate minimal possible baudrate Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: fix documentation Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: Fix reg for standard variant of UART Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] serial: mvebu-uart: remove unused member nb from struct mvebu_uart Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] math64: New DIV_U64_ROUND_CLOSEST helper Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 15:22 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 15:22 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 15:38 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 15:38 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 15:50 ` Willy Tarreau 2021-06-25 15:50 ` Willy Tarreau 2021-06-25 17:39 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 17:39 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 17:44 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 17:44 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 18:11 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-06-25 18:11 ` Geert Uytterhoeven 2021-07-19 12:45 ` Andy Shevchenko 2021-07-19 12:45 ` Andy Shevchenko 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] serial: mvebu-uart: implement UART clock driver for configuring UART base clock Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell, armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: add device node for UART clock and use it Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] serial: mvebu-uart: implement support for baudrates higher than 230400 Pali Rohár 2021-06-25 14:36 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] serial: mvebu-uart: Support for higher baudrates Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] math64: New DIV_U64_ROUND_CLOSEST helper Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-19 12:47 ` Andy Shevchenko 2021-07-19 12:47 ` Andy Shevchenko 2021-07-22 21:57 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-22 21:57 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-24 11:38 ` David Laight 2021-07-24 11:38 ` David Laight 2021-07-17 12:38 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] serial: mvebu-uart: implement UART clock driver for configuring UART base clock Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 17:26 ` Andrew Lunn 2021-07-17 17:26 ` Andrew Lunn 2021-07-17 18:05 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 18:05 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-24 9:48 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-24 9:48 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-24 16:33 ` Andrew Lunn [this message] 2021-07-24 16:33 ` Andrew Lunn 2021-07-25 12:14 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-25 12:14 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell, armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 17:30 ` Andrew Lunn 2021-07-17 17:30 ` Andrew Lunn 2021-08-02 14:45 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: add device node for UART clock and use it Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] serial: mvebu-uart: implement support for baudrates higher than 230400 Pali Rohár 2021-07-17 12:38 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] serial: mvebu-uart: Support for higher baudrates Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] math64: New DIV_U64_ROUND_CLOSEST helper Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] serial: mvebu-uart: implement UART clock driver for configuring UART base clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell, armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-06 0:30 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock Stephen Boyd 2021-08-06 0:30 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell, armada-3700-uart-clock Stephen Boyd 2021-08-06 8:28 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-06 8:28 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-12 19:33 ` Stephen Boyd 2021-08-12 19:33 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell, armada-3700-uart-clock Stephen Boyd 2021-08-12 20:08 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-12 20:08 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: update information about UART clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: add device node for UART clock and use it Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] serial: mvebu-uart: implement support for baudrates higher than 230400 Pali Rohár 2021-08-02 14:45 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] serial: mvebu-uart: Support for higher baudrates Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] math64: New DIV_U64_ROUND_CLOSEST helper Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] serial: mvebu-uart: implement UART clock driver for configuring UART base clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: document DT bindings for marvell, armada-3700-uart-clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: update information about UART clock Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: add device node for UART clock and use it Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] serial: mvebu-uart: implement support for baudrates higher than 230400 Pali Rohár 2021-08-09 14:53 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-20 17:22 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] serial: mvebu-uart: Support for higher baudrates Pali Rohár 2021-08-20 17:22 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-31 8:35 ` Pali Rohár 2021-08-31 8:35 ` Pali Rohár 2021-09-21 7:41 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman 2021-09-21 7:41 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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