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From: dongxuyang@eswincomputing.com
To: Brian Masney <bmasney@redhat.com>,
	Saravana Kannan <saravanak@kernel.org>,
	Abel Vesa <abelvesa@kernel.org>,
	Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@baylibre.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>,
	Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
	Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
Cc: linux-clk@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	Jens Glathe <jens.glathe@oldschoolsolutions.biz>,
	Xuyang Dong <dongxuyang@eswincomputing.com>,
	Min Lin <linmin@eswincomputing.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] clk: implement sync_state support
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:25:38 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260617092538.1098-1-dongxuyang@eswincomputing.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616-clk-sync-state-v2-5-15f82c64d95c@redhat.com>

> 
> The existing support for disabling unused clks runs in the late initcall
> stage, and it has been known for a long time that this is broken since
> it runs too early in the boot up process. It doesn't work for kernel
> modules, and it also doesn't work if all of the consumers haven't fully
> probed yet. Folks have long recommended to boot certain platforms with
> clk_ignore_unused to work around issues with disabling unused clks.
> 
> 
> Let's go ahead and add a framework-level sync_state callback for the clk
> subsystem. If a driver doesn't have a sync_state callback configured,
> which is the 99+% use case today, then let's set it up to use the
> clk_sync_state() introduced in this commit so that no driver changes
> are needed.
> 
> 
> At the time of this writing, there are currently only 7 clk drivers that
> implement sync_state, and all are Qualcomm SoCs where they interact with
> the interconnect framework via icc_sync_state(). A shared helper has
> been created for this platform that calls clk_sync_state(). It is
> expected that any new clk drivers that want to implement their own
> sync_state will also need to call clk_sync_state() at the end of their
> custom sync_state callback.
> 
> 
> There will be several stages of disabling unused clks:
> 
> 
> - The first phase will be executed at late_initcall and it will only
>   disable unused clks that do not have a struct dev.
> - The sync_state callback will be invoked for each clk driver once all
>   consumers have probed.
> 
> 
> This is based on previous attempts by Saravana Kannan and Abel Vesa
> that are linked below.
> 
> 
> This change was tested on a Thinkpad x13s laptop.
> 
> 
>     [    0.308051] clk: Disabling unused clocks not associated with a device
>     [    6.541069] qcom_aoss_qmp c300000.power-management: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [    6.843310] qcom-qmp-pcie-phy 1c24000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [    7.604556] qcom-qmp-pcie-phy 1c14000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [    8.446161] qcom-qmp-usb-phy 88f1000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [    8.446293] qcom-qmp-usb-phy 88ef000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [    8.546067] qcom-qmp-combo-phy 88eb000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [    8.546203] qcom-qmp-combo-phy 8903000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [    8.546254] qcom-edp-phy aec5a00.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [   15.436834] qcom-cpufreq-hw 18591000.cpufreq: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [   15.436953] clk-rpmh 18200000.rsc:clock-controller: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [   15.723348] qcom-qmp-pcie-phy 1c06000.phy: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [   21.063241] q6prm-lpass-clock 3000000.remoteproc:glink-edge:gpr:service@2:clock-controller: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [   21.081996] va_macro 3370000.codec: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [   21.092740] rx_macro 3200000.rxmacro: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [   21.118261] wsa_macro 3240000.codec: clk: Disabling unused clocks
>     [   21.128758] tx_macro 3220000.txmacro: clk: Disabling unused clocks
> 
> 
> Tested-by: Jens Glathe <jens.glathe@oldschoolsolutions.biz>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@redhat.com>
> Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXYzM8yLIQA
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210407034456.516204-1-saravanak@google.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221227204528.1899863-1-abel.vesa@linaro.org/
> ---
>  drivers/clk/clk.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> index 9cb2b42d1be4..7a15cceec620 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> @@ -1442,14 +1442,39 @@ static void clk_core_disable_unprepare(struct clk_core *core)
>  	clk_core_unprepare_lock(core);
>  }
>  
> -static void __init clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
> +/*
> + * Returns true if @core should be skipped during an unused-clock sweep for
> + * @dev.  When @dev is NULL the sweep is the global late_initcall pass; when
> + * @dev is non-NULL the sweep is a per-device sync_state pass.
> + */
> +static bool clk_core_skip_unused(struct clk_core *core, struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * At late_initcall, skip clocks that belong to a device — they will be
> +	 * handled at sync_state time.
> +	 */
> +	if (!dev && core->dev)
> +		return true;
> +
> +	/* When called from sync_state, only process clocks for this device. */
> +	if (dev && core->dev != dev)
> +		return true;
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
> +static void clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core,
> +					 struct device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct clk_core *child;
>  
>  	lockdep_assert_held(&prepare_lock);
>  
>  	hlist_for_each_entry(child, &core->children, child_node)
> -		clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(child);
> +		clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(child, dev);
> +
> +	if (clk_core_skip_unused(core, dev))
> +		return;
>  
>  	if (core->prepare_count)
>  		return;
> @@ -1467,7 +1492,8 @@ static void __init clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -static void __init clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
> +static void clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core,
> +				       struct device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct clk_core *child;
>  	unsigned long flags;
> @@ -1475,7 +1501,10 @@ static void __init clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
>  	lockdep_assert_held(&prepare_lock);
>  
>  	hlist_for_each_entry(child, &core->children, child_node)
> -		clk_disable_unused_subtree(child);
> +		clk_disable_unused_subtree(child, dev);
> +
> +	if (clk_core_skip_unused(core, dev))
> +		return;
>  
>  	if (core->flags & CLK_OPS_PARENT_ENABLE)
>  		clk_core_prepare_enable(core->parent);
> @@ -1508,7 +1537,7 @@ static void __init clk_disable_unused_subtree(struct clk_core *core)
>  		clk_core_disable_unprepare(core->parent);
>  }
>  
> -static bool clk_ignore_unused __initdata;
> +static bool clk_ignore_unused;
>  static int __init clk_ignore_unused_setup(char *__unused)
>  {
>  	clk_ignore_unused = true;
> @@ -1516,7 +1545,7 @@ static int __init clk_ignore_unused_setup(char *__unused)
>  }
>  __setup("clk_ignore_unused", clk_ignore_unused_setup);
>  
> -static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
> +static int __clk_disable_unused(struct device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct clk_core *core;
>  	int ret;
> @@ -1526,7 +1555,10 @@ static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	pr_info("clk: Disabling unused clocks\n");
> +	if (dev)
> +		dev_info(dev, "clk: Disabling unused clocks\n");
> +	else
> +		pr_info("clk: Disabling unused clocks not associated with a device\n");
>  
>  	ret = clk_pm_runtime_get_all();
>  	if (ret)
> @@ -1538,16 +1570,16 @@ static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
>  	clk_prepare_lock();
>  
>  	hlist_for_each_entry(core, &clk_root_list, child_node)
> -		clk_disable_unused_subtree(core);
> +		clk_disable_unused_subtree(core, dev);
>  
>  	hlist_for_each_entry(core, &clk_orphan_list, child_node)
> -		clk_disable_unused_subtree(core);
> +		clk_disable_unused_subtree(core, dev);
>  
>  	hlist_for_each_entry(core, &clk_root_list, child_node)
> -		clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(core);
> +		clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(core, dev);
>  
>  	hlist_for_each_entry(core, &clk_orphan_list, child_node)
> -		clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(core);
> +		clk_unprepare_unused_subtree(core, dev);
>  
>  	clk_prepare_unlock();
>  
> @@ -1555,11 +1587,16 @@ static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +
> +static int __init clk_disable_unused(void)
> +{
> +	return __clk_disable_unused(NULL);
> +}
>  late_initcall_sync(clk_disable_unused);
>  
>  void clk_sync_state(struct device *dev)
>  {
> -	/* Will fill in */
> +	__clk_disable_unused(dev);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_sync_state);
>  
> @@ -4345,8 +4382,17 @@ __clk_register(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np, struct clk_hw *hw)
>  	core->dev = dev;
>  	clk_pm_runtime_init(core);
>  	core->of_node = np;
> -	if (dev && dev->driver)
> +	if (dev && dev->driver) {
>  		core->owner = dev->driver->owner;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If a clk provider sets their own sync_state, then it needs to
> +		 * also call clk_sync_state(). dev_set_drv_sync_state() won't
> +		 * overwrite the sync_state callback, and this call will fail
> +		 * with -EBUSY.
> +		 */
> +		dev_set_drv_sync_state(dev, clk_sync_state);
> +	}
>  	core->hw = hw;
>  	core->flags = init->flags;
>  	core->num_parents = init->num_parents;

Hi Brian,

Thank you for the patch set. I tested this in my tree on Sifive HiFive 
Premier P550, and it behaved correctly.

Tested-by: Xuyang Dong <dongxuyang@eswincomputing.com> # hfp550

Best regards,
Xuyang Dong


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-17  9:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-16 21:09 [PATCH v2 0/5] clk: implement sync_state support Brian Masney
2026-06-16 21:09 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] clk: introduce stub clk_sync_state() Brian Masney
2026-06-16 21:09 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] clk: qcom: common: introduce qcom_cc_sync_state() Brian Masney
2026-06-16 21:09 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] clk: qcom: convert from icc_sync_state() to qcom_cc_sync_state() Brian Masney
2026-06-16 21:09 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] clk: qcom: cbf-8996: add clk_sync_state() call Brian Masney
2026-06-16 21:09 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] clk: implement sync_state support Brian Masney
2026-06-17  9:25   ` dongxuyang [this message]
2026-06-17 14:24   ` Ulf Hansson
2026-06-17 15:02     ` Brian Masney
2026-06-17 15:29       ` Ulf Hansson
2026-06-17  8:10 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " Neil Armstrong

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