Re: [PATCH v11 3/5] dt-bindings: clock: meson: add A1 PLL and Peripherals clkcs bindings

[Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@sberdevices.ru>]

Don't know why, but my client deleted Jerome from To:. Sorry, added him
back.

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 02:03:25PM +0200, neil.armstrong@linaro.org wrote:
> On 27/03/2023 13:39, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon 27 Mar 2023 at 13:51, Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@sberdevices.ru> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 11:51:21AM +0200, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue 21 Mar 2023 at 22:30, Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@sberdevices.ru> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Add the documentation for Amlogic A1 PLL and Amlogic A1 Peripherals
> > > > > clock drivers.
> > > > > Introduce Amlogic A1 PLL and Amlogic A1 Peripherals device tree
> > > > > bindings and include them to MAINTAINERS.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jian Hu <jian.hu@amlogic.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@sberdevices.ru>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >   .../bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-clkc.yaml       |  73 +++++++++++
> > > > >   .../bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-pll-clkc.yaml   |  59 +++++++++
> > > > >   MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 +
> > > > >   include/dt-bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-clkc.h   | 113 ++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >   .../dt-bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-pll-clkc.h   |  21 ++++
> > > > >   5 files changed, 267 insertions(+)
> > > > >   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-clkc.yaml
> > > > >   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-pll-clkc.yaml
> > > > 
> > > > There is two drivers (and 2 independent patches). There should be 2
> > > > bindings patches as well.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Before, in previous versions I had two versions, but it wasn't bisectable
> > > approach.
> > 
> > You are confusing bisectable and Rob's robot. Splitting patches is more
> > that likely to help bisect (and patches backport) - not the other way around.
> > 
> > > a1-clkc schema depends on a1-pll-clkc headers and vice versa.
> > > It means dt schemas checkers will show us failure if we split them into two
> > > patchsets.
> > 
> > Only because you are patches are not upstream yet ...
> > 
> > > I know, that we can use raw digits instead of CLKID names, but IMO it doesn't
> > > look like production schema and it requires one more patchset above the
> > > series with proper CLKID definitons usage and proper header including.
> > > 
> > > BTW, there is an example of Rob's test bot failure found in the previous
> > > v10 patch series due to chicken or the egg problem.
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/167769997208.7087.5344356236212731922.robh@kernel.org/
> > > 
> > > Please advise what's the best practice to resolve that..
> > 
> > Don't use the header in your example would solve the problem and
> > still be correct DT wise.
> > 
> > The examples are just examples, they are not required to actually
> > matches a real HW, as far as I know.
> 
> Exact, you can use fake lables instead of defined:
> 
> <&clkc_pll CLKID_FCLK_DIV2>,
> 
> =>
> remove "#include <dt-bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-pll-clkc.h>"
> 
> <&clkc_pll_fclk_div2>,
> 
> is perfectly ok and will permit have 2 separate patches.
> 
> The dependency is only if you have a common yaml file for
> both bindings files, but this is not the case here.

Simple removal of "#include <dt-bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-pll-clkc.h>"
header doesn't work, dt_binding_check make rule is failed:

Error: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-clkc.example.dts:28.37-38 syntax error
FATAL ERROR: Unable to parse input tree

It happens, because 'dt_binding_check' generates simple dts example and
tries to compile it:

cat Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-clkc.example.dts
===

/dts-v1/;
/plugin/; // silence any missing phandle references


/{
    compatible = "foo";
    model = "foo";
    #address-cells = <1>;
    #size-cells = <1>;



    example-0 {
        #address-cells = <1>;
        #size-cells = <1>;

        

        apb {
            #address-cells = <2>;
            #size-cells = <2>;
        
            clock-controller@800 {
                compatible = "amlogic,a1-clkc";
                reg = <0 0x800 0 0x104>;
                #clock-cells = <1>;
                clocks = <&clkc_pll CLKID_FCLK_DIV2>,
                         <&clkc_pll CLKID_FCLK_DIV3>,
                         <&clkc_pll CLKID_FCLK_DIV5>,
                         <&clkc_pll CLKID_FCLK_DIV7>,
                         <&clkc_pll CLKID_HIFI_PLL>,
                         <&xtal>;
                clock-names = "fclk_div2", "fclk_div3",
                              "fclk_div5", "fclk_div7",
                              "hifi_pll", "xtal";
            };
        };

    };
};
===

As you can see, header is required.

But looks like, dt binding checker is happy with the fake references hack :)
Below there is generated example dts:

cat Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/amlogic,a1-clkc.example.dts
===

/dts-v1/;
/plugin/; // silence any missing phandle references


/{
    compatible = "foo";
    model = "foo";
    #address-cells = <1>;
    #size-cells = <1>;



    example-0 {
        #address-cells = <1>;
        #size-cells = <1>;

        

        apb {
            #address-cells = <2>;
            #size-cells = <2>;
        
            clock-controller@800 {
                compatible = "amlogic,a1-clkc";
                reg = <0 0x800 0 0x104>;
                #clock-cells = <1>;
                clocks = <&clkc_pll_fclk_div2>,
                         <&clkc_pll_fclk_div3>,
                         <&clkc_pll_fclk_div5>,
                         <&clkc_pll_fclk_div7>,
                         <&clkc_pll_hifi_pll>,
                         <&xtal>;
                clock-names = "fclk_div2", "fclk_div3",
                              "fclk_div5", "fclk_div7",
                              "hifi_pll", "xtal";
            };
        };

    };
};
===

Yep, we are able to cheat dt checkers, but we don't help dt developers
with such example.
May be, it's better to prepare two patches in such hierarchy:

1) A1 PLL clkc bindings with fake references without clkc headers
2) A1 clkc bindings with real CLKID bindings + A1 PLL clkc bindings fix
with real CLKID A1 clkc bindings + header.

The such approach resolves DT checkers failures and split DT bindings
into two patchsets.

[...]

-- 
Thank you,
Dmitry

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