RE: [PATCH 2/3] Input: snvs_pwrkey - enable snvs clock as needed

[Robin Gong <yibin.gong@nxp.com>]

On 2020/02/11 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote: 
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 06:33:30AM +0000, Horia Geanta wrote:
> > On 2/10/2020 4:03 AM, Robin Gong wrote:
> > > On 2020/02/10 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 08:10:22AM +0000, Horia Geanta wrote:
> > >>> On 1/30/2020 10:45 PM, André Draszik wrote:
> > >>>> @@ -140,6 +148,25 @@ static int imx_snvs_pwrkey_probe(struct
> > >> platform_device *pdev)
> > >>>>  	if (pdata->irq < 0)
> > >>>>  		return -EINVAL;
> > >>>>
> > >>>> +	pdata->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "snvs-pwrkey");
> > >>>> +	if (IS_ERR(pdata->clk)) {
> > >>>> +		pdata->clk = NULL;
> > >>> Using devm_clk_get_optional() would simplify error handling.
> > >>
> > >> It sounds to me that this clock is not at all optional and the
> > >> driver currently "works" only by accident and therefore optional is not
> suitable here.
> > > Yes, then we need to add all snvs clk in dts for on legacy i.MX
> > > chips in this patchset to avoid any potential function broken.
> 
> How many are there? I am not too terribly opposed of having the driver handle
> missing clk if there are very many legacy DTSes out there. But then we need to
> handle it properly (i.e. current iteration does not handle referral properly for
> example).
There are four dtsi which have clock support in snvs-rtc  including i.mx7s/i.mx8mq/8mm/8mn. So for this patch set, it's better update
i.mx8mX dtsi except i.mx7s.
> 
> > In that case the DT binding should be updated too, to make the clock
> > mandatory.
> 
> I think this should be done in either case, as as far I understand the part can not
> function without the clock and it worked purely by chance on some systems as
> something else was turning the clock on.
Yes, for all chips snvs clk management added, snvs clock also has to been add
in snvs_pwrkey dts, but for others legacy chips like i.mx6X which have no snvs
clk management, snvs clock is always on, so no need such clk in snvs_pwrkey
dts either, optional is better.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --
> Dmitry