Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] clk: scpi: error when clock fails to register | From | Sudeep Holla <> | Date | Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:12:34 +0100 |
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Hi Jerome,
On 29/06/17 09:50, Jerome Brunet wrote: > On Wed, 2017-06-28 at 18:07 +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote: >> >> On 28/06/17 17:46, Jerome Brunet wrote: >>> On Wed, 2017-06-28 at 16:52 +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote: >> >> [..] >> >>>> >>>> Thanks for this stack. I just worked out the same path now. I did come >>>> up with the patch as below. That should work if my understanding is >>>> correct. >>> >>> I tried. >> >> Thanks. >> >>> It does not work unfortunately. Still crashes but somewhere else: >>> [ 2.301482] [<ffff00000849e67c>] scpi_of_clk_src_get+0x14/0x58 >>> [ 2.307261] [<ffff000008495f40>] __of_clk_get_by_name+0x100/0x118 >>> [ 2.313297] [<ffff000008495fac>] clk_get+0x2c/0x78 >>> [ 2.318044] [<ffff00000856f4d0>] dev_pm_opp_get_opp_table+0xb0/0x118 >>> [ 2.324338] [<ffff00000856fd00>] dev_pm_opp_add+0x20/0x68 >>> [ 2.329687] [<ffff0000087a04f8>] scpi_init_opp_table+0xa8/0x188 >>> [ 2.335550] [<ffff00000879fb20>] >>> _get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table+0x80/0x180 >>> [ 2.342450] [<ffff0000087a0010>] bL_cpufreq_init+0x3f0/0x480 >>> [ 2.348056] [<ffff00000879e4a0>] cpufreq_online+0xc0/0x658 >>> [ 2.353490] [<ffff00000879eac8>] cpufreq_add_dev+0x78/0x88 >>> [ 2.358924] [<ffff00000855b684>] subsys_interface_register+0x84/0xc8 >>> [ 2.365220] [<ffff00000879d8f8>] cpufreq_register_driver+0x138/0x1b8 >>> [ 2.371516] [<ffff0000087a0114>] bL_cpufreq_register+0x74/0x120 >>> [ 2.377381] [<ffff0000087a0600>] scpi_cpufreq_probe+0x28/0x38 >>> [ 2.383076] [<ffff00000855efb0>] platform_drv_probe+0x50/0xb8 >>> [ 2.388766] [<ffff00000855d144>] driver_probe_device+0x21c/0x2d8 >>> >> >> Looks like a different route and I know why. I have added an extra check >> now which should work if I have not missed anything more. >> >>> I have not looked at ALL the clock providers, but I have seen a few and I >>> don't >>> remember seeing any which fails, at some point, to register a clocks and >>> still >>> register successfully. >>> >> >> No problem, as I said I am fine with the patch you sent as a fix for now >> but just curious to know what are the issues to be fixed to continue >> supporting that feature. Please bear with me. > > I am :) and I understand what you are trying to do, having a degraded clock > provider is better than nothing according to you, correct? > > I'm wondering whether this is correct or not, that why I'm challenging this a > bit. >
Fair enough. But the situation I had on my platform is that it provides DVFS support for 2 CPU clusters and 1 GPU domain. I didn't want to block using CPUFreq until GPU DVFS was properly supported in the firmware. I had similar situation with the clock and hence I allowed it to continue.
> If you failed to register an scpi clock it is probably because the communication > with the FW is not working, or at least 'not that good', right ? >
Not exactly, what if the error is for that particular clock. That's my point. If we have reached so far means the communication is fine. Just a fault piece of hardware which may not be critical.
> If for some reason, you manage to register some other clocks from the same FW, > how confident can you be that communication will be ok for them ? that the > settings you request will be applied correctly ? >
Not sure, I am not registering the clock. Think SCPI as a single clock provider with multiple clock outputs. You don't want to disable it entirely if one of the clock outputs have problem. That's my counter argument.
> Is it possible that you may be causing more harm/damage playing with a broken HW > ? > Not sure how if we are not registering that clock output from the h/w clock provider perspective.
>> >>> It seems strange to continue with a broken controller. >>> >> >> I would have agreed if it was single driver or h/w controlled by Linux. >> Since it's in the firmware, we should allow the working clocks/opps to >> work though few are broken. It's not good if we had to disable >> everything if some piece of firmware is not yet ready or broken. >> But again, we can get it working later, for now, I am fine with you patch. > > I tried your last version, and it does not Oops, at least not for me. > > The end result still looks odd to me: > [ 1.115219] scpi_clocks scpi:clocks: failed to register clock 'vcpu' > [ 1.159490] cpu cpu0: _get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table: Failed to get clk for > cpu: 0, cluster: 0 > [ 1.162986] cpu cpu0: _get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table: Failed to get data for > cluster: 0 > [ 1.170945] cpu cpu1: _get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table: Failed to get clk for > cpu: 1, cluster: 0 > [ 1.179634] cpu cpu1: _get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table: Failed to get data for > cluster: 0 > [ 1.187654] cpu cpu2: _get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table: Failed to get clk for > cpu: 2, cluster: 0 > [ 1.196284] cpu cpu2: _get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table: Failed to get data for > cluster: 0 > [ 1.204375] cpu cpu3: _get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table: Failed to get clk for > cpu: 3, cluster: 0 > [ 1.212911] cpu cpu3: _get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table: Failed to get data for > cluster: 0 > [ 1.220612] arm_big_little: bL_cpufreq_register: Registered platform driver: > scpi > > So now, I have an scpi clock provider which registers successfully but fails to > register its only clock. As a consequence, I also have a cpufreq driver which > manages to register but has no clock cpu clock to drive ... >
Yes, I agree the above is not entirely acceptable situation.
-- Regards, Sudeep
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