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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] pwm: sun8i: Add H616 PWM support
From: Philipp Zabel
To: Richard Genoud , Uwe
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On Fr, 2026-07-03 at 17:22 +0200, Richard Genoud wrote:
> Add driver for Allwinner H616 PWM controller, supporting up to 6
> channels.
> Those channels output can be either a PWM signal output or a clock
> output, thanks to the bypass.
>=20
> The channels are paired (0/1, 2/3 and 4/5) and each pair has a
> prescaler/mux/gate.
> Moreover, each channel has its own prescaler and bypass.
>=20
> The clock provider part of this driver is needed not only because the
> H616 PWM controller provides also clocks when bypass is enabled, but
> really because pwm-clock isn't fit to handle all cases here.
> pwm-clock would work if the 100MHz clock is requested, but if a lower
> clock is requested (like 24MHz), it will request a 42ns period to the
> PWM driver which will happily serve, with the 100MHz clock as input a
> 25MHz frequency and a duty cycle adjustable in the range [0-4]/4,
> because that is a sane thing to do for a PWM.
> The information missing is that a real clock is resquested, not a PWM.
>=20
> Tested-by: John Stultz
> Tested-by: Joao Schim
> Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud
> ---
> drivers/pwm/Kconfig | 12 +
> drivers/pwm/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/pwm/pwm-sun8i.c | 938 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 951 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/pwm/pwm-sun8i.c
>=20
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun8i.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun8i.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8f1023e3a2e5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun8i.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,938 @@
[...]
> +struct sun8i_pwm_chip {
> + struct clk_pwm_pdata *clk_pdata;
> + struct sun8i_pwm_channel *channels;
> + struct clk *bus_clk;
> + struct reset_control *rst;
The rst field is unused, I suggest you remove it.
> + void __iomem *base;
> + const struct sun8i_pwm_data *data;
> +};
[...]
> +static int sun8i_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
[...]
> + ret =3D sun8i_pwm_init_clocks(pdev, sun8i_chip);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + for (unsigned int i =3D 0; i < data->npwm; i++) {
> + struct sun8i_pwm_channel *chan =3D &sun8i_chip->channels[i];
> + struct clk_hw **hw =3D &sun8i_chip->clk_pdata->hw_data->hws[i];
> +
> + chan->pwm_clk =3D devm_clk_hw_get_clk(dev, *hw, NULL);
> + if (IS_ERR(chan->pwm_clk)) {
> + ret =3D dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(chan->pwm_clk),
> + "Failed to register PWM clock %d\n", i);
> + return ret;
If this returns ...
> + }
> + chan->mode =3D SUN8I_PWM_MODE_NONE;
> + }
> +
> + ret =3D devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider(dev, sun8i_pwm_of_clk_get, sun8i_ch=
ip);
> + if (ret)
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to add HW clock provider\n");
... or this returns ...
> +
> + ret =3D devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, sun8i_pwm_unregister_clk,
> + sun8i_chip->clk_pdata->hw_data);
... the clk_hw registered in sun8i_pwm_init_clocks() are never cleaned
up, so this devres action should be set up right after
sun8i_pwm_init_clocks().
> + if (ret)
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to add devm action\n");
> +
> + /* Deassert reset */
> + sun8i_chip->rst =3D devm_reset_control_get_shared_deasserted(dev, NULL)=
;
rst is never used again. It should be a local variable.
> + if (IS_ERR(sun8i_chip->rst))
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(sun8i_chip->rst),
> + "Failed to get reset control\n");
> +
> + ret =3D devm_pwmchip_add(dev, chip);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to add PWM chip\n");
> +
> + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, chip);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
regards
Philipp