Re: [PATCH 2/3] thermal: sun50i: add thermal driver for h6

["Ondřej Jirman" <megous@megous.com>]

Hi Maxime,

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 10:05:15AM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 01:27:39AM +0800, Frank Lee wrote:
> > On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 3:36 PM Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@bootlin.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 01:51:56AM +0800, Frank Lee wrote:
> > > > > > +struct sun50i_thermal_chip {
> > > > > > +     int     sensor_num;
> > > > > > +     int     offset;
> > > > > > +     int     scale;
> > > > > > +     int     ft_deviation;
> > > > > > +     int     temp_calib_base;
> > > > > > +     int     temp_data_base;
> > > > > > +     int     (*enable)(struct tsens_device *tmdev);
> > > > > > +     int     (*disable)(struct tsens_device *tmdev);
> > > > > > +};
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not super fond of having a lot of quirks that are not needed. If
> > > > > we ever need those quirks when adding support for a new SoC, then
> > > > > yeah, we should totally have some, but only when and if it's needed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Otherwise, the driver is more complicated for no particular reason.
> > > >
> > > > This is unavoidable because of the difference in soc.
> > >
> > > I know, but this isn't my point.
> > >
> > > My point is that at this time of the driver development, we don't know
> > > what is going to be needed to support all of those SoCs.
> > >
> > > Some of the parameters you added might not be needed, some parameters
> > > might be missing, we don't know. So let's keep it simple for now.
> > >
> > > > > > +static int tsens_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +     struct tsens_device *tmdev;
> > > > > > +     struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> > > > > > +     int ret;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     tmdev = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*tmdev), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > > > +     if (!tmdev)
> > > > > > +             return -ENOMEM;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     tmdev->dev = dev;
> > > > > > +     tmdev->chip = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
> > > > > > +     if (!tmdev->chip)
> > > > > > +             return -EINVAL;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     ret = tsens_init(tmdev);
> > > > > > +     if (ret)
> > > > > > +             return ret;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     ret = tsens_register(tmdev);
> > > > > > +     if (ret)
> > > > > > +             return ret;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     ret = tmdev->chip->enable(tmdev);
> > > > > > +     if (ret)
> > > > > > +             return ret;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +     platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tmdev);
> > > > >
> > > > > Your registration should be the very last thing you do. Otherwise, you
> > > > > have a small window where the get_temp callback can be called, but the
> > > > > driver will not be functional yet.
> > > >
> > > > No. Anyway, ths data qcquisition is ms level.
> > >
> > > That's kind of irrelevant. There's nothing preventing get_temp to be
> > > called right away.
> >
> > As Ondřej said,
> >
> > Registration after enabling will lead to call tz update on non-registered tz
> > from an interrupt handler.
> 
> I'm probably missing something but you're not using the interrupts, so
> how could an interrupt handler call it?
> 
> Also, other drivers seem to be doing that just fine (mtk_thermal for
> example), so surely there's a way?

Last version is using the interrupts.

Drivers do it in various ways. For example imx_thermal (and others like
hisi_thermal) does it the suggested way. It enables interrupts after thermal
zone registration, so that IRQ handler doesn't get invoked before the tzd is
registered.

regards,
	o.

> > > > > > +     ret = tsens_calibrate(tmdev);
> > > > > > +     if (ret)
> > > > > > +             return ret;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     /*
> > > > > > +      * clkin = 24MHz
> > > > > > +      * T acquire = clkin / (SUN50I_THS_CTRL0_T_ACQ + 1)
> > > > > > +      *           = 20us
> > > > > > +      */
> > > > > > +     regmap_write(tmdev->regmap, SUN50I_THS_CTRL0,
> > > > > > +                  SUN50I_THS_CTRL0_T_ACQ(479));
> > > > > > +     /* average over 4 samples */
> > > > > > +     regmap_write(tmdev->regmap, SUN50I_H6_THS_MFC,
> > > > > > +                  SUN50I_THS_FILTER_EN |
> > > > > > +                  SUN50I_THS_FILTER_TYPE(1));
> > > > > > +     /* period = (SUN50I_H6_THS_PC_TEMP_PERIOD + 1) * 4096 / clkin; ~10ms */
> > > > > > +     regmap_write(tmdev->regmap, SUN50I_H6_THS_PC,
> > > > > > +                  SUN50I_H6_THS_PC_TEMP_PERIOD(58));
> > > > > > +     /* enable sensor */
> > > > > > +     val = GENMASK(tmdev->chip->sensor_num - 1, 0);
> > > > > > +     regmap_write(tmdev->regmap, SUN50I_H6_THS_ENABLE, val);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     return 0;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +assert_reset:
> > > > > > +     reset_control_assert(tmdev->reset);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     return ret;
> > > > >
> > > > > Can't we do that with runtime_pm?
> > > >
> > > > Saving energy doesn't make much sense compared to system security.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what you mean by security.
> >
> > Protect system hardware from damage.
> 
> The point of runtime_pm is to keep the device on as long as it is
> used, so it wouldn't change anything there.
> 
> I mean, you can even enable it in the probe if you want, my point is
> that the hooks that you have are exact equivalents to the one provided
> by runtime_pm already, so there's no need to define them in the first
> place.
> 
> Maxime
> 
> --
> Maxime Ripard, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com



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