[RFC PATCH v2 0/3] Add coupled regulators mechanism

[RFC PATCH v2 0/3] Add coupled regulators mechanism

[Maciej Purski]

Hi all,

this patchset adds a new mechanism to the framework - regulators' coupling.

On Odroid XU3/4 and other Exynos5422 based boards there is a case, that
different devices on the board are supplied by different regulators
with non-fixed voltages. If one of these devices temporarily requires 
higher voltage, there might occur a situation that the spread between 
devices' voltages is so high, that there is a risk of changing
'high' and 'low' states on the interconnection between devices powered
by those regulators. 

Algorithmicaly the problem was solved by: 
Inderpal Singh <inderpal.s@samsung.com>
Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>

The discussion on that subject can be found here:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/29/28

Therefore this patchset is an attempt to apply the idea to regulators core
as concluded in the discussion by Mark Brown and Doug Anderson.

This feature is required to enable support for generic CPUfreq 
and devfreq drivers for the mentioned boards. 

Open question - which locking model should be used, because
during balancing voltages we need to lock all coupled regulators
and their parents. Unfortunately, some coupled regulators might
have common parents. I can see three possibilities here:
1. (current implementation) Always lock all coupled regulators and additionally
   lock parents only for changing voltage of the individual regulator
2. Always lock all coupled regulators and their parents - to avoid deadlock
   on common parent, first enumerate locks, then sort them and remove double
   entries
3. Always lock all coupled regulators and their parents - to avoid deadlock
   on common parent, introduce so called reentrant locks (lock which might
   be taken multiple times by the same process).


Best regards,

	Maciej Purski

--
Changes in RFC v2:
- allow coupling n regulators (in fact up to constant value, now
  set to 10)
- change algorithm to be more readable
- introduce better locking
- add more comments
- split first patch into two
- update commit messages
- change sequence of the patches

Maciej Purski (3):
  regulator: bindings: Add properties for coupled regulators
  regulator: core: Parse coupled regulators properties
  regulator: core: Balance coupled regulators voltages

 .../devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt    |   4 +
 drivers/regulator/core.c                           | 487 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 include/linux/regulator/driver.h                   |  17 +
 3 files changed, 492 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4

[RFC PATCH v2 1/3] regulator: bindings: Add properties for coupled regulators

[Maciej Purski]

Some regulators require keeping their voltage spread below defined
max_spread.

Add properties to provide information on regulators' coupling.

Signed-off-by: Maciej Purski <m.purski@samsung.com>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
index 378f6dc..6769565 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ Optional properties:
 	0: Disable active discharge.
 	1: Enable active discharge.
 	Absence of this property will leave configuration to default.
+- regulator-coupled-with: Phandle to regulators with which the regulator
+  should be coupled. Allow up to 9 phandles.
+- regulator-coupled-max-spread: Max spread between voltages of coupled regulators
+  in microvolts.
 
 Deprecated properties:
 - regulator-compatible: If a regulator chip contains multiple
-- 
2.7.4

[RFC PATCH v2 2/3] regulator: core: Parse coupled regulators properties

[Maciej Purski]

On Odroid XU3/4 and other Exynos5422 based boards there is a case, that
different devices on the board are supplied by different regulators
with non-fixed voltages. If one of these devices temporarily requires
higher voltage, there might occur a situation that the spread between
devices' voltages is so high, that there is a risk of changing
'high' and 'low' states on the interconnection between devices powered
by those regulators.

Each coupled regulator, should have phandles to every other in their
DTS. All coupled regulators must share common structure
coupled_reg_desc, which contains information obtained from the device
tree: array of pointers to other coupled regulators, maximum allowed
voltage spread and number of coupled regulators, which can't be higher
than defined MAX_COUPLED.

Read all the necessary data from DTS in regulator_resolve_coupling(),
which can succeed only if all the coupled regulators are already
initialized, so it should be done only once per coupled regulators group
by the last regulator initialized.

Check if coupled regulators phandles arrays match for all coupled
regulators and if their max_spread values are the same.

Signed-off-by: Maciej Purski <m.purski@samsung.com>
---
 drivers/regulator/core.c         | 195 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/regulator/driver.h |  17 ++++
 2 files changed, 212 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index e567fa5..a6cf902 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -3953,6 +3953,198 @@ static int regulator_register_resolve_supply(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Function returns regulator coupled with the given regulator_dev */
+static struct regulator_dev *parse_coupled_regulator(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
+						     int index)
+{
+	struct device_node *node = rdev->dev.of_node;
+	struct device_node *c_node;
+	struct regulator_dev *c_rdev;
+
+	c_node = of_parse_phandle(node, "regulator-coupled-with", index);
+	if (!c_node)
+		return NULL;
+
+	c_rdev = of_find_regulator_by_node(c_node);
+	if (!c_rdev)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return c_rdev;
+}
+
+static int check_coupled_regulators_array(struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc,
+					  int index)
+{
+	struct regulator_dev *rdev = c_desc->coupled_rdevs[index];
+	struct regulator_dev **rdevs = c_desc->coupled_rdevs;
+	struct regulator_dev *c_rdev, *tmp_rdev;
+	struct device_node *node = rdev->dev.of_node;
+	int n_coupled = c_desc->n_coupled;
+	int i, j;
+
+	/* Different number of regulators coupled */
+	if (of_count_phandle_with_args(node, "regulator-coupled-with", 0) !=
+				       (n_coupled - 1))
+		return -1;
+
+	/* Check if coupled regulators array match */
+	for (i = 0; i < n_coupled; i++) {
+		c_rdev = rdevs[i];
+		/* Don't look for rdev in rdev's phandles array */
+		if (c_rdev == rdev)
+			continue;
+
+		/* Look for c_rdev phandle */
+		for (j = 0; j < n_coupled; j++) {
+			tmp_rdev = parse_coupled_regulator(rdev, j);
+			if (!tmp_rdev)
+				return -1;
+
+			/* Regulator found */
+			if (tmp_rdev == c_rdev)
+				break;
+		}
+
+		/* Regulator can't be found */
+		if (j == n_coupled && tmp_rdev != c_rdev)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int check_coupled_regulator_constraints(struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc,
+					       int index)
+{
+	int c_max_spread;
+	struct regulator_dev *rdev = c_desc->coupled_rdevs[index];
+	struct device_node *node = rdev->dev.of_node;
+
+	if (of_property_read_u32(node, "regulator-couple-max-spread",
+				 &c_max_spread))
+		return -1;
+
+	/* Max_spread value different than in coupled regulator or wrong */
+	if (c_max_spread < 0 || c_desc->max_spread != c_max_spread)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int check_coupled_regulator_ops(struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc,
+				       int index)
+{
+	struct regulator_dev *rdev = c_desc->coupled_rdevs[index];
+
+	if (!regulator_ops_is_valid(rdev, REGULATOR_CHANGE_VOLTAGE))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!rdev->desc->ops->set_voltage &&
+	    !rdev->desc->ops->set_voltage_sel)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void regulator_resolve_coupling(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
+{
+	struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc;
+	struct device_node *node = rdev->dev.of_node;
+	struct regulator_dev *c_rdev = NULL;
+	int max_spread, n_phandles, i;
+
+	c_desc = kzalloc(sizeof(*c_desc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!c_desc)
+		return;
+
+	n_phandles = of_count_phandle_with_args(node, "regulator-coupled-with",
+						0);
+	if (n_phandles <= 0 || n_phandles >= MAX_COUPLED)
+		goto err;
+
+	c_desc->n_coupled = n_phandles + 1;
+
+	if (of_property_read_u32(node, "regulator-coupled-max-spread",
+				 &max_spread)) {
+		rdev_err(rdev, "can't read max_spread for coupled regulator\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	c_desc->max_spread = max_spread;
+
+	/*
+	 * Fill rdevs array with pointers to regulators parsed from
+	 * device tree
+	 */
+	c_desc->coupled_rdevs[0] = rdev;
+	for (i = 0; i < n_phandles; i++) {
+		c_rdev = parse_coupled_regulator(rdev, i);
+		if (!c_rdev) {
+			rdev_err(rdev, "can't parse coupled regulators array\n");
+			goto err;
+		}
+		c_desc->coupled_rdevs[i + 1] = c_rdev;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Each coupled regulator must have phandles to all regulators
+	 * they are coupled with. This should be checked by comparing
+	 * rdevs array with phandles array of each regulator.
+	 * There's no need for checking rdevs[0] as its device_node
+	 * was a source to fill rdevs array.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < n_phandles; i++) {
+		if (check_coupled_regulators_array(c_desc, i + 1)) {
+			rdev_err(rdev,
+				 "coupled regulators arrays don't match\n");
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < c_desc->n_coupled; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * All coupled regulators need to have
+		 * regulator-couple-max-spread property with
+		 * the same value.
+		 */
+		if (check_coupled_regulator_constraints(c_desc, i)) {
+			rdev_err(rdev, "coupled regulators max_spread wrong\n");
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Regulators which can't change their voltage can't be
+		 * coupled.
+		 */
+		if (check_coupled_regulator_ops(c_desc, i)) {
+			rdev_err(rdev, "coupled regulators ops not valid\n");
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < c_desc->n_coupled; i++)
+		c_desc->coupled_rdevs[i]->coupled_desc = c_desc;
+
+	return;
+err:
+	kfree(c_desc);
+}
+
+static void regulator_clean_coupling(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
+{
+	struct regulator_dev *c_rdevs[MAX_COUPLED];
+	struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!rdev->coupled_desc)
+		return;
+
+	c_desc = rdev->coupled_desc;
+	for (i = 0; i < c_desc->n_coupled; i++)
+		c_rdevs[0]->coupled_desc = NULL;
+
+	kfree(c_desc);
+}
+
 /**
  * regulator_register - register regulator
  * @regulator_desc: regulator to register
@@ -4116,6 +4308,8 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 	dev_set_drvdata(&rdev->dev, rdev);
 	rdev_init_debugfs(rdev);
 
+	regulator_resolve_coupling(rdev);
+
 	/* try to resolve regulators supply since a new one was registered */
 	class_for_each_device(&regulator_class, NULL, NULL,
 			      regulator_register_resolve_supply);
@@ -4129,6 +4323,7 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 wash:
 	kfree(rdev->constraints);
 	mutex_lock(&regulator_list_mutex);
+	regulator_clean_coupling(rdev);
 	regulator_ena_gpio_free(rdev);
 	mutex_unlock(&regulator_list_mutex);
 clean:
diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
index 94417b4..8ca3215 100644
--- a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_REGULATOR_DRIVER_H_
 #define __LINUX_REGULATOR_DRIVER_H_
 
+#define MAX_COUPLED		10
+
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
@@ -402,6 +404,19 @@ struct regulator_config {
 };
 
 /*
+ * struct coupled_reg_desc
+ *
+ * Describes coupling of regulators. Each coupled regulator
+ * contains a pointer to that structure. If the regulator is not
+ * coupled with any other, it should remain NULL.
+ */
+struct coupled_reg_desc {
+	struct regulator_dev *coupled_rdevs[MAX_COUPLED];
+	int max_spread;
+	int n_coupled;
+};
+
+/*
  * struct regulator_dev
  *
  * Voltage / Current regulator class device. One for each
@@ -424,6 +439,8 @@ struct regulator_dev {
 	/* lists we own */
 	struct list_head consumer_list; /* consumers we supply */
 
+	struct coupled_reg_desc *coupled_desc;
+
 	struct blocking_notifier_head notifier;
 	struct mutex mutex; /* consumer lock */
 	struct module *owner;
-- 
2.7.4

[RFC PATCH v2 3/3] regulator: core: Balance coupled regulators voltages

[Maciej Purski]

On Odroid XU3/4 and other Exynos5422 based boards there is a case, that
different devices on the board are supplied by different regulators
with non-fixed voltages. If one of these devices temporarily requires
higher voltage, there might occur a situation that the spread between
two devices' voltages is so high, that there is a risk of changing
'high' and 'low' states on the interconnection between devices powered
by those regulators.

Introduce new function regulator_balance_coupled() which
keeps max_spread constraint fulfilled between all coupled regulators.
It should be called if any coupled regulator changes its voltage or
after disabling or enabling. Disabled regulators should follow changes
of the enabled ones and their consumers' demands shouldn't be taken
into account while changing voltage of enabled regulators.

Find voltages, which are closest to suiting all the consumers' demands
while fulfilling max_spread constraint, keeping the following rules:
- if one regulator is about to rise its voltage, rise others
  voltages if needed
- if the regulator, which has caused rising other regulators, is
  lowered, lower the other regulators if possible
- if one regulator is about to lower its voltage, but it hasn't caused
  rising other regulators, don't change its voltage if it's not allowed

Change regulators' voltages step by step, keeping max_spread constraint
fulfilled all the time. Function regulator_coupled_get_optimal_voltage()
should find the best possible change for the regulator, which doesn't break
max_spread constraint. In function regulator_balance_coupled_voltage()
optimize number of steps by finding highest voltage difference on each
iteration.

Signed-off-by: Maciej Purski <m.purski@samsung.com>
---
 drivers/regulator/core.c | 292 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 276 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index a6cf902..d2d910d 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ static int _notifier_call_chain(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 				  unsigned long event, void *data);
 static int _regulator_do_set_voltage(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 				     int min_uV, int max_uV);
+static int regulator_set_voltage_rdev(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
+				      int min_uV, int max_uV);
+static int regulator_balance_coupled(struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc);
 static struct regulator *create_regulator(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 					  struct device *dev,
 					  const char *supply_name);
@@ -185,6 +188,48 @@ static void regulator_unlock_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 }
 
 /**
+ * regulator_lock_coupled - lock a group of coupled regulators
+ * @c_desc:      coupled regulators description source
+ */
+static void regulator_lock_coupled(struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc)
+{
+	int n_coupled = c_desc->n_coupled;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n_coupled; i++)
+		mutex_lock_nested(&c_desc->coupled_rdevs[i]->mutex, i);
+}
+
+/**
+ * regulator_unlock_coupled - unlock a group of coupled regulators
+ * @c_desc:      coupled regulators description source
+ */
+static void regulator_unlock_coupled(struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc)
+{
+	int n_coupled = c_desc->n_coupled;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n_coupled; i++)
+		mutex_unlock(&c_desc->coupled_rdevs[i]->mutex);
+}
+
+static void regulator_lock_supply_parents(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
+{
+	struct regulator_dev *supply = rdev_get_supply(rdev);
+
+	if (supply)
+		regulator_lock_supply(supply);
+}
+
+static void regulator_unlock_supply_parents(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
+{
+	struct regulator_dev *supply = rdev_get_supply(rdev);
+
+	if (supply)
+		regulator_unlock_supply(supply);
+}
+
+/**
  * of_get_regulator - get a regulator device node based on supply name
  * @dev: Device pointer for the consumer (of regulator) device
  * @supply: regulator supply name
@@ -2218,6 +2263,13 @@ int regulator_enable(struct regulator *regulator)
 	if (ret != 0 && rdev->supply)
 		regulator_disable(rdev->supply);
 
+	/*
+	 * If the regulator is coupled with other regulators, we have to
+	 * balance their voltages to keep the max_spread constraint.
+	 */
+	if (rdev->coupled_desc)
+		regulator_balance_coupled(rdev->coupled_desc);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_enable);
@@ -2323,6 +2375,13 @@ int regulator_disable(struct regulator *regulator)
 	ret = _regulator_disable(rdev);
 	mutex_unlock(&rdev->mutex);
 
+	/*
+	 * If the regulator is coupled with other regulators, we can now
+	 * balance their voltages without checking the disabled regulator.
+	 */
+	if (rdev->coupled_desc)
+		regulator_balance_coupled(rdev->coupled_desc);
+
 	if (ret == 0 && rdev->supply)
 		regulator_disable(rdev->supply);
 
@@ -2379,6 +2438,13 @@ int regulator_force_disable(struct regulator *regulator)
 		while (rdev->open_count--)
 			regulator_disable(rdev->supply);
 
+	/*
+	 * If the regulator is coupled with other regulators, we can now
+	 * balance their voltages without checking the disabled regulator.
+	 */
+	if (rdev->coupled_desc)
+		regulator_balance_coupled(rdev->coupled_desc);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_force_disable);
@@ -2460,10 +2526,9 @@ static int _regulator_is_enabled(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 	return rdev->desc->ops->is_enabled(rdev);
 }
 
-static int _regulator_list_voltage(struct regulator *regulator,
-				    unsigned selector, int lock)
+static int _regulator_list_voltage(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
+				   unsigned selector, int lock)
 {
-	struct regulator_dev *rdev = regulator->rdev;
 	const struct regulator_ops *ops = rdev->desc->ops;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -2479,7 +2544,8 @@ static int _regulator_list_voltage(struct regulator *regulator,
 		if (lock)
 			mutex_unlock(&rdev->mutex);
 	} else if (rdev->is_switch && rdev->supply) {
-		ret = _regulator_list_voltage(rdev->supply, selector, lock);
+		ret = _regulator_list_voltage(rdev->supply->rdev,
+					      selector, lock);
 	} else {
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -2555,7 +2621,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_count_voltages);
  */
 int regulator_list_voltage(struct regulator *regulator, unsigned selector)
 {
-	return _regulator_list_voltage(regulator, selector, 1);
+	return _regulator_list_voltage(regulator->rdev, selector, 1);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_list_voltage);
 
@@ -2896,8 +2962,6 @@ static int regulator_set_voltage_unlocked(struct regulator *regulator,
 	int ret = 0;
 	int old_min_uV, old_max_uV;
 	int current_uV;
-	int best_supply_uV = 0;
-	int supply_change_uV = 0;
 
 	/* If we're setting the same range as last time the change
 	 * should be a noop (some cpufreq implementations use the same
@@ -2941,6 +3005,34 @@ static int regulator_set_voltage_unlocked(struct regulator *regulator,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out2;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the regulator is coupled, return after changing consumer demands
+	 * without changing voltage. This will be handled outside the function
+	 * by regulator_balance_coupled()
+	 */
+	if (rdev->coupled_desc)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = regulator_set_voltage_rdev(regulator->rdev, min_uV, max_uV);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out2;
+
+out:
+	return 0;
+out2:
+	regulator->min_uV = old_min_uV;
+	regulator->max_uV = old_max_uV;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int regulator_set_voltage_rdev(struct regulator_dev *rdev, int min_uV,
+				      int max_uV)
+{
+	int best_supply_uV = 0;
+	int supply_change_uV = 0;
+	int ret;
+
 	if (rdev->supply &&
 	    regulator_ops_is_valid(rdev->supply->rdev,
 				   REGULATOR_CHANGE_VOLTAGE) &&
@@ -2952,13 +3044,13 @@ static int regulator_set_voltage_unlocked(struct regulator *regulator,
 		selector = regulator_map_voltage(rdev, min_uV, max_uV);
 		if (selector < 0) {
 			ret = selector;
-			goto out2;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
-		best_supply_uV = _regulator_list_voltage(regulator, selector, 0);
+		best_supply_uV = _regulator_list_voltage(rdev, selector, 0);
 		if (best_supply_uV < 0) {
 			ret = best_supply_uV;
-			goto out2;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		best_supply_uV += rdev->desc->min_dropout_uV;
@@ -2966,7 +3058,7 @@ static int regulator_set_voltage_unlocked(struct regulator *regulator,
 		current_supply_uV = _regulator_get_voltage(rdev->supply->rdev);
 		if (current_supply_uV < 0) {
 			ret = current_supply_uV;
-			goto out2;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		supply_change_uV = best_supply_uV - current_supply_uV;
@@ -2978,13 +3070,13 @@ static int regulator_set_voltage_unlocked(struct regulator *regulator,
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&rdev->dev, "Failed to increase supply voltage: %d\n",
 					ret);
-			goto out2;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
 	ret = _regulator_do_set_voltage(rdev, min_uV, max_uV);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out2;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (supply_change_uV < 0) {
 		ret = regulator_set_voltage_unlocked(rdev->supply,
@@ -2998,9 +3090,174 @@ static int regulator_set_voltage_unlocked(struct regulator *regulator,
 
 out:
 	return ret;
-out2:
-	regulator->min_uV = old_min_uV;
-	regulator->max_uV = old_max_uV;
+}
+
+static int regulator_coupled_get_optimal_voltage(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
+{
+	struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc = rdev->coupled_desc;
+	struct regulator_dev **c_rdevs = c_desc->coupled_rdevs;
+	int max_spread = c_desc->max_spread;
+	int n_coupled = c_desc->n_coupled;
+	int desired_min_uV, desired_max_uV, min_actual_uV = INT_MAX;
+	int max_actual_uV = 0, highest_min_uV = 0, target_uV, possible_uV;
+	int i, ret;
+
+	/* If consumers don't provide any demands, set voltage to min_uV */
+	desired_min_uV = rdev->constraints->min_uV;
+	desired_max_uV = rdev->constraints->max_uV;
+	ret = regulator_check_consumers(rdev,
+					&desired_min_uV,
+					&desired_max_uV);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* Find highest min desired voltage */
+	for (i = 0; i < n_coupled; i++) {
+		int tmp_min = 0;
+		int tmp_max = INT_MAX;
+
+		if (!_regulator_is_enabled(c_rdevs[i]))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = regulator_check_consumers(c_rdevs[i],
+						&tmp_min,
+						&tmp_max);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+
+		if (tmp_min > highest_min_uV)
+			highest_min_uV = tmp_min;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Let target_uV be equal to the desired one if possible.
+	 * If not, set it to minimum voltage, allowed by other coupled
+	 * regulators.
+	 */
+	target_uV = max(desired_min_uV,  highest_min_uV - max_spread);
+
+	/*
+	 * Find min and max voltages, which currently aren't
+	 * violating max_spread
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < n_coupled; i++) {
+		int tmp_act;
+
+		/*
+		 * Don't check the regulator, which is about
+		 * to change voltage
+		 */
+		if (c_rdevs[i] == rdev)
+			continue;
+		if (!_regulator_is_enabled(c_rdevs[i]))
+			continue;
+
+		tmp_act = _regulator_get_voltage(c_rdevs[i]);
+		if (tmp_act < 0) {
+			ret = tmp_act;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (tmp_act < min_actual_uV)
+			min_actual_uV = tmp_act;
+
+		if (tmp_act > max_actual_uV)
+			max_actual_uV = tmp_act;
+	}
+
+	/* There aren't any other regulators enabled */
+	if (max_actual_uV == 0) {
+		possible_uV = target_uV;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Correct target voltage, so as it currently isn't
+		 * violating max_spread
+		 */
+		possible_uV = max(target_uV, max_actual_uV - max_spread);
+		possible_uV = min(possible_uV, min_actual_uV + max_spread);
+	}
+
+	if (possible_uV > desired_max_uV) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ret = possible_uV;
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int regulator_balance_coupled(struct coupled_reg_desc *c_desc)
+{
+	struct regulator_dev **c_rdevs = c_desc->coupled_rdevs;
+	int n_coupled = c_desc->n_coupled;
+	int i, best_delta, best_index, best_uV, ret = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Find the best possible voltage change on each loop. Leave the loop
+	 * if there isn't any possible change.
+	 */
+	while (1) {
+		best_delta = 0;
+		best_uV = 0;
+		best_index = -1;
+
+		regulator_lock_coupled(c_desc);
+
+		/*
+		 * Find highest difference between optimal voltage
+		 * and actual voltage.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < n_coupled; i++) {
+			/*
+			 * optimal_uV is the best voltage that can be set for
+			 * i-th regulator at the moment without violating
+			 * max_spread constraint in order to balance
+			 * the coupled voltages.
+			 */
+			int optimal_uV, actual_uV;
+
+			optimal_uV = regulator_coupled_get_optimal_voltage(c_rdevs[i]);
+			if (optimal_uV < 0) {
+				ret = optimal_uV;
+				goto unlock;
+			}
+
+			actual_uV = _regulator_get_voltage(c_rdevs[i]);
+			if (actual_uV < 0) {
+				ret = optimal_uV;
+				goto unlock;
+			}
+
+			if (abs(best_delta) < abs(optimal_uV - actual_uV)) {
+				best_delta = optimal_uV - actual_uV;
+				best_index = i;
+				best_uV = optimal_uV;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Nothing to change, return successfully */
+		if (best_index == -1) {
+			ret = 0;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * Lock just the supply regulators, as the regulator itself
+		 * is already locked by regulator_lock_coupled().
+		 */
+		regulator_lock_supply_parents(c_rdevs[best_index]);
+
+		ret = regulator_set_voltage_rdev(c_rdevs[best_index], best_uV,
+						 best_uV);
+
+		regulator_unlock_supply_parents(c_rdevs[best_index]);
+
+unlock:
+		regulator_unlock_coupled(c_desc);
+
+		if (ret < 0 || best_index == -1)
+			break;
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -3033,6 +3290,9 @@ int regulator_set_voltage(struct regulator *regulator, int min_uV, int max_uV)
 
 	regulator_unlock_supply(regulator->rdev);
 
+	if (regulator->rdev->coupled_desc)
+		ret = regulator_balance_coupled(regulator->rdev->coupled_desc);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_set_voltage);
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] regulator: bindings: Add properties for coupled regulators

[Rob Herring]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 02:47:00PM +0200, Maciej Purski wrote:
> Some regulators require keeping their voltage spread below defined
> max_spread.
> 
> Add properties to provide information on regulators' coupling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Purski <m.purski@samsung.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
> index 378f6dc..6769565 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ Optional properties:
>  	0: Disable active discharge.
>  	1: Enable active discharge.
>  	Absence of this property will leave configuration to default.
> +- regulator-coupled-with: Phandle to regulators with which the regulator
> +  should be coupled. Allow up to 9 phandles.

9? Sounds like a driver detail and pretty arbitrary.

Is this linkage 2-way meaning 2 coupled regulators both have links to 
the other one? If so, then what happens when you have a high number? If 
not, how does one decide which regulator has this property? 

> +- regulator-coupled-max-spread: Max spread between voltages of coupled regulators
> +  in microvolts.
>  
>  Deprecated properties:
>  - regulator-compatible: If a regulator chip contains multiple
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] regulator: bindings: Add properties for coupled regulators

[Maciej Purski]

On 10/24/2017 08:58 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 02:47:00PM +0200, Maciej Purski wrote:
>> Some regulators require keeping their voltage spread below defined
>> max_spread.
>>
>> Add properties to provide information on regulators' coupling.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Maciej Purski <m.purski@samsung.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt | 4 ++++
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>> index 378f6dc..6769565 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ Optional properties:
>>   	0: Disable active discharge.
>>   	1: Enable active discharge.
>>   	Absence of this property will leave configuration to default.
>> +- regulator-coupled-with: Phandle to regulators with which the regulator
>> +  should be coupled. Allow up to 9 phandles.
> 
> 9? Sounds like a driver detail and pretty arbitrary.
> 
It's just a constant number that I defined as MAX_COUPLED, because in fact there 
isn't any use-case yet for even more than two regulators so MAX_COUPLED equal to 
9 is a really high number. If you find it cleaner, I can make this value variable.

> Is this linkage 2-way meaning 2 coupled regulators both have links to
> the other one? If so, then what happens when you have a high number? If
> not, how does one decide which regulator has this property?

Yes, it is 2-way. When you have a high number, then each regulator should have 
phandles to every other. So, if you have 3 regulators coupled, then each one 
should have 2 phandles.

> 
>> +- regulator-coupled-max-spread: Max spread between voltages of coupled regulators
>> +  in microvolts.
>>   
>>   Deprecated properties:
>>   - regulator-compatible: If a regulator chip contains multiple
>> -- 
>> 2.7.4
>>
> 
> 
> 

Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] regulator: bindings: Add properties for coupled regulators

[Rob Herring]

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:31 AM, Maciej Purski <m.purski@samsung.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 10/24/2017 08:58 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 02:47:00PM +0200, Maciej Purski wrote:
>>>
>>> Some regulators require keeping their voltage spread below defined
>>> max_spread.
>>>
>>> Add properties to provide information on regulators' coupling.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Maciej Purski <m.purski@samsung.com>
>>> ---
>>>   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt | 4 ++++
>>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>>> index 378f6dc..6769565 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>>> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ Optional properties:
>>>         0: Disable active discharge.
>>>         1: Enable active discharge.
>>>         Absence of this property will leave configuration to default.
>>> +- regulator-coupled-with: Phandle to regulators with which the regulator
>>> +  should be coupled. Allow up to 9 phandles.
>>
>>
>> 9? Sounds like a driver detail and pretty arbitrary.
>>
> It's just a constant number that I defined as MAX_COUPLED, because in fact
> there isn't any use-case yet for even more than two regulators so
> MAX_COUPLED equal to 9 is a really high number. If you find it cleaner, I
> can make this value variable.

Just drop the statement. The OS simply needs to support however many
there are for the h/w it supports.

>
>> Is this linkage 2-way meaning 2 coupled regulators both have links to
>> the other one? If so, then what happens when you have a high number? If
>> not, how does one decide which regulator has this property?
>
>
> Yes, it is 2-way. When you have a high number, then each regulator should
> have phandles to every other. So, if you have 3 regulators coupled, then
> each one should have 2 phandles.

Please add this to the description. That doesn't really seem ideal if
you have a lot, but I somewhat doubt we'll see more than 2-3.

Rob

Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] regulator: bindings: Add properties for coupled regulators

[Maciej Purski]

On 10/25/2017 02:59 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:31 AM, Maciej Purski <m.purski@samsung.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 10/24/2017 08:58 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 02:47:00PM +0200, Maciej Purski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Some regulators require keeping their voltage spread below defined
>>>> max_spread.
>>>>
>>>> Add properties to provide information on regulators' coupling.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Maciej Purski <m.purski@samsung.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt | 4 ++++
>>>>    1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>>>> index 378f6dc..6769565 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.txt
>>>> @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ Optional properties:
>>>>          0: Disable active discharge.
>>>>          1: Enable active discharge.
>>>>          Absence of this property will leave configuration to default.
>>>> +- regulator-coupled-with: Phandle to regulators with which the regulator
>>>> +  should be coupled. Allow up to 9 phandles.
>>>
>>>
>>> 9? Sounds like a driver detail and pretty arbitrary.
>>>
>> It's just a constant number that I defined as MAX_COUPLED, because in fact
>> there isn't any use-case yet for even more than two regulators so
>> MAX_COUPLED equal to 9 is a really high number. If you find it cleaner, I
>> can make this value variable.
> 
> Just drop the statement. The OS simply needs to support however many
> there are for the h/w it supports.
> 

Ok, I get this.

>>
>>> Is this linkage 2-way meaning 2 coupled regulators both have links to
>>> the other one? If so, then what happens when you have a high number? If
>>> not, how does one decide which regulator has this property?
>>
>>
>> Yes, it is 2-way. When you have a high number, then each regulator should
>> have phandles to every other. So, if you have 3 regulators coupled, then
>> each one should have 2 phandles.
> 
> Please add this to the description. That doesn't really seem ideal if
> you have a lot, but I somewhat doubt we'll see more than 2-3.
> 
> Rob
> 

I'll fix the description in the next version. Yes, I agree that we won't see 
more than 2-3 coupled regulators.

Best Regards,

Maciej Purski

Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] regulator: core: Parse coupled regulators properties

[Mark Brown]

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On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 02:47:01PM +0200, Maciej Purski wrote:

This looks mostly good, a few things below that I think should be
relatively easy to addresss.

> --- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
> @@ -3953,6 +3953,198 @@ static int regulator_register_resolve_supply(struct device *dev, void *data)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +/* Function returns regulator coupled with the given regulator_dev */
> +static struct regulator_dev *parse_coupled_regulator(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
> +						     int index)
> +{
> +	struct device_node *node = rdev->dev.of_node;

This is DT parsing code directly in the regulator core - we need to work
with other firmware interfaces and with board files.  This code should
be in of_regulator.c to ensure that the infrastructure works for non-DT
users.  The code's pretty much there, it mostly needs moving around.
The coupling voltage needs to go into the constraints data.

> +		/* Regulator can't be found */
> +		if (j == n_coupled && tmp_rdev != c_rdev)
> +			return -1;

Please return error codes and print error messages, it'll help users
debug stuff.

> @@ -4116,6 +4308,8 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
>  	dev_set_drvdata(&rdev->dev, rdev);
>  	rdev_init_debugfs(rdev);
>  
> +	regulator_resolve_coupling(rdev);
> +
>  	/* try to resolve regulators supply since a new one was registered */
>  	class_for_each_device(&regulator_class, NULL, NULL,
>  			      regulator_register_resolve_supply);
> @@ -4129,6 +4323,7 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
>  wash:
>  	kfree(rdev->constraints);
>  	mutex_lock(&regulator_list_mutex);
> +	regulator_clean_coupling(rdev);
>  	regulator_ena_gpio_free(rdev);
>  	mutex_unlock(&regulator_list_mutex);
>  clean:

Shouldn't we be resolving the coupling while we hold the list lock?
We're still working with multiple regulators at this point.

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Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/3] regulator: core: Balance coupled regulators voltages

[Mark Brown]

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On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 02:47:02PM +0200, Maciej Purski wrote:

> +static void regulator_lock_supply_parents(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
> +{
> +	struct regulator_dev *supply = rdev_get_supply(rdev);
> +
> +	if (supply)
> +		regulator_lock_supply(supply);
> +}

These functions are fairly pointless as they're so small, and they're
misnamed as they only lock a single parent but the name suggests it's
going to lock multiple things (I'd expect all the coupled regulators or
something from the name).

> +	/*
> +	 * If the regulator is coupled with other regulators, we have to
> +	 * balance their voltages to keep the max_spread constraint.
> +	 */
> +	if (rdev->coupled_desc)
> +		regulator_balance_coupled(rdev->coupled_desc);

Just put the check into regulator_balance_coupled() rather than doing it
at every call site.

> +	/*
> +	 * If the regulator is coupled, return after changing consumer demands
> +	 * without changing voltage. This will be handled outside the function
> +	 * by regulator_balance_coupled()
> +	 */
> +	if (rdev->coupled_desc)
> +		goto out;
> +
> +	ret = regulator_set_voltage_rdev(regulator->rdev, min_uV, max_uV);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		goto out2;

Where is the elsewhere?  I'm worried this is going to make things more
confusing.

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