From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8B5CC3567B for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:55:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88B1D2192A for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:55:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727237AbgBXIze (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Feb 2020 03:55:34 -0500 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([85.220.165.71]:57977 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727235AbgBXIze (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Feb 2020 03:55:34 -0500 Received: from pty.hi.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:100:1d::c5]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1j69WW-00077v-B4; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:55:32 +0100 Received: from ukl by pty.hi.pengutronix.de with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1j69WV-0006J8-IS; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:55:31 +0100 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:55:31 +0100 From: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= To: Lokesh Vutla Cc: Thierry Reding , Tony Lindgren , Linux OMAP Mailing List , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org, Sekhar Nori Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] pwm: omap-dmtimer: Do not disable pwm before changing period/duty_cycle Message-ID: <20200224085531.zab5ewr2nfi2shem@pengutronix.de> References: <20200224052135.17278-1-lokeshvutla@ti.com> <20200224052135.17278-4-lokeshvutla@ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20200224052135.17278-4-lokeshvutla@ti.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:67c:670:100:1d::c5 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ukl@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Hello, On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:51:34AM +0530, Lokesh Vutla wrote: > Only the Timer control register(TCLR) can be updated only when the timer > is stopped. Registers like Counter register(TCRR), loader register(TLDR), > match register(TMAR) can be updated when the counter is running. Since > TCLR is not updated in pwm_omap_dmtimer_config(), do not stop the > timer for period/duty_cycle update. > > Signed-off-by: Lokesh Vutla > --- > drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c | 14 -------------- > 1 file changed, 14 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c > index f13be7216847..58c61559e72f 100644 > --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c > +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c > @@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_config(struct pwm_chip *chip, > u32 load_value, match_value; > struct clk *fclk; > unsigned long clk_rate; > - bool timer_active; > > dev_dbg(chip->dev, "requested duty cycle: %d ns, period: %d ns\n", > duty_ns, period_ns); > @@ -178,25 +177,12 @@ static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_config(struct pwm_chip *chip, > load_value = (DM_TIMER_MAX - period_cycles) + 1; > match_value = load_value + duty_cycles - 1; > > - /* > - * We MUST stop the associated dual-mode timer before attempting to > - * write its registers, but calls to omap_dm_timer_start/stop must > - * be balanced so check if timer is active before calling timer_stop. > - */ > - timer_active = pm_runtime_active(&omap->dm_timer_pdev->dev); > - if (timer_active) > - omap->pdata->stop(omap->dm_timer); > - > omap->pdata->set_load(omap->dm_timer, true, load_value); > omap->pdata->set_match(omap->dm_timer, true, match_value); (Without having looked into the depths of the driver I assume .set_load() sets the period of the PWM and .set_match() the duty cycle.) What happens on a running PWM if you change the period? Consider you change from duty_cycle = 1000, period = 5000 to duty_cycle = 4000, period = 10000. As you set the period first, can it happen the hardware produces a cycle with duty_cycle = 1000, period = 10000? Best regards Uwe -- Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König | Industrial Linux Solutions | https://www.pengutronix.de/ |