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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] pwm: sunxi: allow the pwm to finish its pulse before disable
Hi Oliver,

Sorry for the slow answer.

On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 11:01:08AM +0200, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
> > > > > *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm)
> > > > >   spin_lock(&sun4i_pwm->ctrl_lock);
> > > > >   val = sun4i_pwm_readl(sun4i_pwm, PWM_CTRL_REG);
> > > > >   val &= ~BIT_CH(PWM_EN, pwm->hwpwm);
> > > > > + sun4i_pwm_writel(sun4i_pwm, val, PWM_CTRL_REG);
> > > > > + spin_unlock(&sun4i_pwm->ctrl_lock);
> > > > > +
> > > > > + /* Allow for the PWM hardware to finish its last
> > > > > toggle.
> > > > > The pulse
> > > > > +  * may have just started and thus we should wait a
> > > > > full
> > > > > period.
> > > > > +  */
> > > > > + ndelay(pwm_get_period(pwm));
> > > >
> > > > Can't that use the ready bit as well?
> > > It depends whatever is cheaper. If we disable the pwm, we have to
> > > commit that request to hardware first. Then we have to read back
> > > the
> > > has ready and in the strange situation it is not, wait for it to
> > > become
> > > ready?
> >
> > If it works like you were suggesting, yes.
> >
> > >
> > > Also, that would mean we would loop in a spin lock, or keep
> > > setting/clearing an additional spinlock to read the ready bit.
> >
> > You're using a spin_lock, so it's not that bad, but I was just
> > suggesting replacing the ndelay.
>
> If you say the spin_lock + wait for the ready is just as expensive as
> the ndelay, or the ndelay is less preferred, then I gladly make the
> change;

For the spin_lock part, I was just comparing it to a
spin_lock_irqsave, which is pretty expensive since it masks all the
interrupts in the system, introducing latencies.

> but I think we need the ndelay for the else where we do not
> have the ready flag (A10 or A13 iirc?)

Hmmmm, good point. But that would also apply to your second patch
then, wouldn't it?

Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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