[PATCH 01/10] Add a common struct clk

[linuxzsc@gmail.com (Richard Zhao)]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 05:30:37PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2011, Richard Zhao wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:23:49AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, Richard Zhao wrote:
> > > > Hi Thomas,
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 09:48:28PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > > > > > From: Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@canonical.com>
> > > > > > + * @get:	Called by the core clock code when a device driver acquires a
> > > > > > + *		clock via clk_get(). Optional.
> > > > > > + *
> > > > > > + * @put:	Called by the core clock code when a devices driver releases a
> > > > > > + *		clock via clk_put(). Optional.
> > > > > 
> > > > > These callbacks are completely pointless. There are only two non empty
> > > > > implementations in tree:
> > > > > 
> > > > > One does a try_module_get(clk->owner), which should be done in generic
> > > > > code. The other does special clock enabling magic which wants to go to
> > > > > clk->prepare().
> > > > You forget mach-u300 __clk_get. It updates some registers.
> > > > The ops get/put let arch clock driver have a chance to do special things at the
> > > > time when a user begins to use the clock.
> > > 
> > > No I did not forget. It's exactly the code which wants to go into
> > > clk->prepare. Which you have to call _before_ doing anything with the
> > > clock, so there is no need for an extra callback.
> > No. clk_prepare only have to be called before clk_enable, but not have to for
> > other operations, set_rate/set_parent etc.
> 
> And why do you need those registers set before you actually
> prepare/enable the clock? Just to set the rate register? You can store
> that information and set it on prepare. Before prepare/enable the
> value of the rate register is totally irrelevant.
Generally, the divider and enable registers can be set seperately.
> 
> The point of anything whats named get and put in the kernel is to
> obtain or drop a reference to an object.
> 
> Putting arbitrary initialization into such functions is a really bad
> hack.
> 
> And looking at that u300 code, it's borken:
> 
>     user1: clk_get("MCLK");
>     	   clk_set_rate(.....);
> 
>     user2: clk_get("MCLK");
> 
> The second clk_get() call will overwrite what ?
> 
> The fact that you decided to put that into the absolutely wrong
> function is not an argument for keeping those callbacks.
Better ask u300 maintainer whether the _clk_get/put stuff may be moved to other
functions. If yes, I agree to remove get/put from ops.
> 
> The only real usecase for __clk_get() is the
> try_module_get()/module_put() code which will become part of the
> generic code. It does exaclty what get and put are meant for: dealing
> with refcounts.
It might be usefull for loadable clock module. But do we already have such use
case? Even clock module is loadable, it'll never unloaded unless clock hw module
support hot plug.

Thanks
Richard
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx