From: Dong Aisheng <dongas86@gmail.com>
To: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@nxp.com>,
linux-clk@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, mturquette@baylibre.com,
linux-imx@nxp.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V1 2/2] clk: add lock for clk_core_is_enabled
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:57:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180117025718.GA7760@b29396-OptiPlex-7040> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171227012918.GU7997@codeaurora.org>
On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 05:29:18PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 12/22, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> > According to design doc, .is_enabled should be protected by enable lock.
> > Then users don't have to protect it against enable/disable operation
> > in clock drivers.
> >
> > See: Documentation/clk.txt
> > "The enable lock is a spinlock and is held across calls to the .enable,
> > .disable and .is_enabled operations."
> >
> > Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
> > Cc: Michael Turquette <mturquette@baylibre.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@nxp.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/clk/clk.c | 9 ++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > index e24968f..d6e2d5c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > @@ -198,14 +198,19 @@ static bool clk_core_is_prepared(struct clk_core *core)
> >
> > static bool clk_core_is_enabled(struct clk_core *core)
> > {
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > bool ret = false;
> >
> > + flags = clk_enable_lock();
> > +
> > /*
> > * .is_enabled is only mandatory for clocks that gate
> > * fall back to software usage counter if .is_enabled is missing
> > */
> > - if (!core->ops->is_enabled)
> > + if (!core->ops->is_enabled) {
> > + clk_enable_unlock(flags);
> > return core->enable_count;
> > + }
> >
> > /*
> > * Check if clock controller's device is runtime active before
> > @@ -230,6 +235,8 @@ static bool clk_core_is_enabled(struct clk_core *core)
> > if (core->dev)
> > pm_runtime_put(core->dev);
> >
> > + clk_enable_unlock(flags);
> > +
> > return ret;
> > }
>
> It doesn't really make any sense to hold the enable lock inside
> the clk_core_is_enabled() function, unless you want to do
> something else with the information of the enable state with that
> lock held. Otherwise, seeing if a clk is enabled is a one-shot
> read of the enabled state, which could just as easily change
> after the function returns because the lock is released.
>
> We should update the documentation.
>
Yes, you're absolutely right.
I could draft a patch to update it later.
Thanks
Regards
Dong Aisheng
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-17 2:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-22 9:46 [RFC PATCH V1 1/2] clk: use atomic runtime pm api in clk_core_is_enabled Dong Aisheng
2017-12-22 9:46 ` [RFC PATCH V1 2/2] clk: add lock for clk_core_is_enabled Dong Aisheng
2017-12-27 1:29 ` Stephen Boyd
2018-01-17 2:57 ` Dong Aisheng [this message]
2017-12-22 12:51 ` [RFC PATCH V1 1/2] clk: use atomic runtime pm api in clk_core_is_enabled Ulf Hansson
2017-12-27 1:38 ` Stephen Boyd
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