Re: [RFC PATCH v2] clk: move check of CLK_SET_RATE_GATE flag to clk_propagate_rate_change()

[Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>]

On 07/10, jiada_wang@mentor.com wrote:
> From: Jiada Wang <jiada_wang@mentor.com>
> 
> Previously CLK_SET_RATE_GATE flag is only checked in clk_set_rate()
> which only ensures the clock being called by clk_set_rate() won't
> change rate when it has been prepared if CLK_SET_RATE_GATE flag is set.
> But a clk_set_rate() request may propagate rate change to these clocks
> from the requested clock's topmost parent clock to all its offsprings,

s/offsprings/children/ please

> when any one of these clocks has CLK_SET_RATE_GATE flag set
> and it has been prepared, the clk_set_rate() request should fail.
> 
> This patch moves check of CLK_SET_RATE_GATE flag to
> clk_propagate_rate_change() to ensure all affected clocks will
> be checked if their rate will be changed after clk_set_rate().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiada Wang <jiada_wang@mentor.com>

I'm slightly worried that this will break providers that were
relying on the previous (mis)behavior of this flag. For example,
I think I have this flag set on clks in the qcom/gcc-msm8960.c
driver that have so far not triggered but will trigger now with
this patch. I suppose we should just delete the flag from those
clks because things are working fine so far anyway.

This also brings up the question about what drivers should do if
this flag is set and clk_set_rate() fails. Should drivers need to
know if they're on a platform where clk_set_rate() is going to
fail because the clk is not gated and take appropriate action?
How would they know this? Or should the framework forcibly gate
the clk and all the children, change the rate, and then ungate?

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