Re: [Patch v7 1/8] memory: tegra: add interconnect support for DRAM scaling in Tegra234

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>]

On 09/05/2023 15:17, Sumit Gupta wrote:
>>>>>> +                     /*
>>>>>> +                      * MC driver probe can't get BPMP reference as
>>>>>> it gets probed
>>>>>> +                      * earlier than BPMP. So, save the BPMP ref got
>>>>>> from the EMC
>>>>>> +                      * DT node in the mc->bpmp and use it in MC's
>>>>>> icc_set hook.
>>>>>> +                      */
>>>>>> +                     mc->bpmp = emc->bpmp;
>>>>>
>>>>> This (and ()) are called without any locking. You register first the
>>>>> interconnect, so set() callback can be used, right? Then set() could be
>>>>> called anytime between tegra_emc_interconnect_init() and assignment
>>>>> above. How do you synchronize these?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Krzysztof
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Currently, the tegra234_mc_icc_set() has NULL check. So, it will give
>>>> this error.
>>>>    if (!mc->bpmp) {
>>
>> How does it solve concurrent accesses and re-ordering of instructions by
>> compiler or CPU?
>>
> 
> Now, the "mc->bpmp" is set before tegra_emc_interconnect_init().
> So, until the EMC interconnect initializes, set() won't be
> called as the devm_of_icc_get() call will fail.

What if compiler puts "mc->bpmp" assignment after
tegra_emc_interconnect_init()?

What if CPU executes above assignment also after
tegra_emc_interconnect_init()?

Considering amount of code inside tegra_emc_interconnect_init() second
case is rather unlikely, but first possible, right?

Best regards,
Krzysztof