From: "Uwe Kleine-König" <ukleinek@kernel.org>
To: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@collabora.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>, Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>,
William Breathitt Gray <wbg@kernel.org>,
Damon Ding <damon.ding@rock-chips.com>,
kernel@collabora.com, Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>,
Alexey Charkov <alchark@gmail.com>,
linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org, linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] pwm: Add rockchip PWMv4 driver
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:02:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alDK7JahbqYpwQmZ@monoceros> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260420-rk3576-pwm-v5-3-ae7cfbbe5427@collabora.com>
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Hello Nicolas,
On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 03:52:40PM +0200, Nicolas Frattaroli wrote:
> [...]
> +/**
> + * rockchip_pwm_v4_round_single - convert a PWM parameter to hardware
> + * @rate: clock rate of the PWM clock, as per clk_get_rate
> + * Assumed to be <= 1GHz for overflow considerations
> + * @in_val: parameter in nanoseconds to convert
> + *
> + * Returns the rounded value, saturating at U32_MAX if too large
> + */
> +static u32 rockchip_pwm_v4_round_single(unsigned long rate, u64 in_val)
very picky: if you name this function rockchip_pwm_v4_ns_to_ticks it
becomes clearer what the purpose is.
> +{
> + u64 tmp;
> +
> + tmp = mul_u64_u64_div_u64(rate, in_val, NSEC_PER_SEC);
> + if (tmp > U32_MAX)
> + tmp = U32_MAX;
> +
> + return tmp;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * rockchip_pwm_v4_round_params - convert PWM parameters to hardware
> + * @rate: PWM clock rate to do the calculations at
> + * @wf: pointer to the generic &struct pwm_waveform input parameters
> + * @wfhw: pointer to the hardware-specific &struct rockchip_pwm_v4_wf output
> + * parameters that the results will be stored in
> + *
> + * Convert nanosecond-based duty/period/offset parameters to the PWM hardware's
> + * native rounded representation in number of cycles at clock rate @rate. Should
> + * any of the input parameters be out of range for the hardware, the
> + * corresponding output parameter is the maximum permissible value for said
> + * parameter with considerations to the others.
> + */
> +static void rockchip_pwm_v4_round_params(unsigned long rate,
> + const struct pwm_waveform *wf,
> + struct rockchip_pwm_v4_wf *wfhw)
> +{
> + wfhw->period = rockchip_pwm_v4_round_single(rate, wf->period_length_ns);
> +
> + wfhw->duty = rockchip_pwm_v4_round_single(rate, wf->duty_length_ns);
> +
> + /* As per TRM, PWM_OFFSET: "The value ranges from 0 to (period-duty)" */
Have you tried what happens if you break this rule? That seems like a
very arbitrary restriction that might just originate from the
documentation author.
> + wfhw->offset = rockchip_pwm_v4_round_single(rate, wf->duty_offset_ns);
> + if (!wfhw->period) /* Don't underflow when pwm disabled */
> + wfhw->offset = 0;
> + else if (wfhw->offset > wfhw->period - wfhw->duty)
> + wfhw->offset = wfhw->period - wfhw->duty;
You don't enforce wfhw->period >= wfhw->duty, which however seems like a
reasonable restriction. When knowing that you can drop the explicit
check for !wfhw->period and just keep the else-if branch.
> +}
> [...]
> +static int rockchip_pwm_v4_write_wf(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> + const void *_wfhw)
> +{
> + struct rockchip_pwm_v4 *pc = to_rockchip_pwm_v4(chip);
> + const struct rockchip_pwm_v4_wf *wfhw = _wfhw;
> + bool was_enabled;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = mfpwm_acquire(pc->pwmf);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + was_enabled = rockchip_pwm_v4_is_enabled(mfpwm_reg_read(pc->pwmf->base,
> + PWMV4_REG_ENABLE));
> +
> + /*
> + * "But Nicolas", you ask with valid concerns, "why would you enable the
> + * PWM before setting all the parameter registers?"
> + *
> + * Excellent question, Mr. Reader M. Strawman! The RK3576 TRM Part 1
> + * Section 34.6.3 specifies that this is the intended order of writes.
> + * Doing the PWM_EN and PWM_CLK_EN writes after the params but before
> + * the CTRL_UPDATE_EN, or even after the CTRL_UPDATE_EN, results in
> + * erratic behaviour where repeated turning on and off of the PWM may
> + * not turn it off under all circumstances. This is also why we don't
> + * use relaxed writes; it's not worth the footgun.
I wonder if it's worth however to delay setting PWMV4_CTRL_UPDATE_EN
until after the clkrate is handled to (maybe) prevent glitches?
> + */
> + if (wfhw->rate)
> + mfpwm_reg_write(pc->pwmf->base, PWMV4_REG_ENABLE,
> + FIELD_PREP_WM16(PWMV4_EN_BOTH_MASK,
> + PWMV4_EN_BOTH_MASK));
> + else
> + mfpwm_reg_write(pc->pwmf->base, PWMV4_REG_ENABLE,
> + FIELD_PREP_WM16(PWMV4_EN_BOTH_MASK, 0));
> +
> + mfpwm_reg_write(pc->pwmf->base, PWMV4_REG_PERIOD, wfhw->period);
> + mfpwm_reg_write(pc->pwmf->base, PWMV4_REG_DUTY, wfhw->duty);
> + mfpwm_reg_write(pc->pwmf->base, PWMV4_REG_OFFSET, wfhw->offset);
> +
> + mfpwm_reg_write(pc->pwmf->base, PWMV4_REG_CTRL, PWMV4_CTRL_CONT_FLAGS);
> +
> + /* Commit new configuration to hardware output. */
> + mfpwm_reg_write(pc->pwmf->base, PWMV4_REG_ENABLE,
> + PWMV4_CTRL_UPDATE_EN);
> +
> + if (wfhw->rate) {
> + if (!was_enabled) {
> + dev_dbg(&chip->dev, "Enabling PWM output\n");
> + ret = clk_enable(pc->pwmf->core);
> + if (ret)
> + goto err_mfpwm_release;
> + ret = clk_set_rate_exclusive(pc->pwmf->core, wfhw->rate);
> + if (ret) {
> + clk_disable(pc->pwmf->core);
> + goto err_mfpwm_release;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Output should be on now, acquire device to guarantee
> + * exclusion with other device functions while it's on.
> + *
> + * It's highly unlikely that this fails, as mfpwm has
> + * already been acquired before, and this is just a
> + * usage counter increase. Not worth the added
> + * complexity of clearing the PWMV4_REG_ENABLE again,
> + * especially considering the CTRL_UPDATE_EN behaviour.
> + */
> + ret = mfpwm_acquire(pc->pwmf);
> + if (ret) {
> + clk_rate_exclusive_put(pc->pwmf->core);
> + clk_disable(pc->pwmf->core);
> + goto err_mfpwm_release;
> + }
> + }
Can it happen that we have
wfhw->rate && was_enabled && wfhw->rate != clk_get_rate()
?
> + } else if (was_enabled) {
> + dev_dbg(&chip->dev, "Disabling PWM output\n");
> + clk_rate_exclusive_put(pc->pwmf->core);
> + clk_disable(pc->pwmf->core);
> + /* Output is off now, extra release to balance extra acquire */
> + mfpwm_release(pc->pwmf);
> + }
> +
> +err_mfpwm_release:
> + mfpwm_release(pc->pwmf);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> [...]
> +static int rockchip_pwm_v4_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> + struct rockchip_mfpwm_func *pwmf = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
> + struct rockchip_pwm_v4 *pc;
> + struct pwm_chip *chip;
> + struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> + int ret;
> +
> + /*
> + * For referencing the PWM in the DT to work, we need the parent MFD
> + * device's OF node.
> + */
> + dev->of_node_reused = true;
> + device_set_node(dev, of_fwnode_handle(dev->parent->of_node));
> +
> + chip = devm_pwmchip_alloc(dev, 1, sizeof(*pc));
> + if (IS_ERR(chip))
> + return PTR_ERR(chip);
> +
> + pc = to_rockchip_pwm_v4(chip);
> + pc->pwmf = pwmf;
> +
> + ret = mfpwm_acquire(pwmf);
> + if (ret)
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Couldn't acquire mfpwm in probe\n");
> +
> + if (!rockchip_pwm_v4_on_and_continuous(pc))
> + mfpwm_release(pwmf);
> + else {
> + dev_dbg(dev, "PWM was already on at probe time\n");
> + ret = clk_enable(pwmf->core);
> + if (ret) {
> + dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Enabling pwm clock failed\n");
> + goto err_mfpwm_release;
> + }
> + ret = clk_rate_exclusive_get(pc->pwmf->core);
> + if (ret) {
> + dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Protecting pwm clock failed\n");
> + goto err_clk_disable;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, chip);
This is unused.
> +
> + chip->ops = &rockchip_pwm_v4_ops;
> +
> + ret = devm_pwmchip_add(dev, chip);
> + if (ret) {
> + dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to add PWM chip\n");
> + if (rockchip_pwm_v4_on_and_continuous(pc))
> + goto err_rate_put;
> +
> + return ret;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +
> +err_rate_put:
> + clk_rate_exclusive_put(pwmf->core);
> +err_clk_disable:
> + clk_disable(pwmf->core);
> +err_mfpwm_release:
> + mfpwm_release(pwmf);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
Best regards
Uwe
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-10 11:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-20 13:52 [PATCH v5 0/6] Add Rockchip RK3576 PWM Support Through MFPWM Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-04-20 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] dt-bindings: pwm: Add a new binding for rockchip,rk3576-pwm Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-07-10 10:31 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2026-04-20 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] mfd: Add Rockchip mfpwm driver Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-05-14 11:41 ` Lee Jones
2026-05-20 15:38 ` Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-04-20 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] pwm: Add rockchip PWMv4 driver Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-04-26 9:44 ` Damon Ding
2026-04-26 13:06 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2026-04-27 1:20 ` Damon Ding
2026-04-26 10:09 ` Damon Ding
2026-07-10 11:02 ` Uwe Kleine-König [this message]
2026-04-20 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] counter: Add rockchip-pwm-capture driver Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-04-26 10:55 ` Damon Ding
2026-04-27 17:35 ` Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-05-03 11:06 ` William Breathitt Gray
2026-05-03 10:46 ` William Breathitt Gray
2026-05-04 8:25 ` Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-04-20 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] arm64: dts: rockchip: add PWM nodes to RK3576 SoC dtsi Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-04-26 7:30 ` Damon Ding
2026-04-20 13:52 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] arm64: dts: rockchip: Add cooling fan to ROCK 4D Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-04-26 7:23 ` Damon Ding
2026-04-27 17:17 ` Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-04-21 15:56 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] Add Rockchip RK3576 PWM Support Through MFPWM Jonathan Cameron
2026-04-22 11:31 ` Nicolas Frattaroli
2026-04-24 10:43 ` Uwe Kleine-König
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