From: Stephane Lepain <stephanelepain@gmail.com>
To: "Uwe Kleine-König" <ukleinek@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org, Kenneth Kasilag <kenneth@kasilag.me>,
George Moussalem <george.moussalem@outlook.com>,
Devi Priya <quic_devipriy@quicinc.com>,
Baruch Siach <baruch.siach@siklu.com>,
linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Stephane Lepain <stephanelepain@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] pwm: ipq: fix period calculation
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:05:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731070542.155398-1-stephanelepain@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Kenneth Kasilag <kenneth@kasilag.me>
ipq_pwm_apply() fixes pwm_div at its maximum and derives only pre_div
from the requested period. Since the period spans
(pre_div + 1) * (pwm_div + 1) input clocks, pinning pwm_div near its
maximum forces pre_div towards zero for short periods: once pre_div
rounds to 0 the shortest representable period is (pwm_div + 1) / clk_rate,
and any shorter request is rejected outright:
pre_div = mul_u64_u64_div_u64(period_ns, ipq_chip->clk_rate,
(u64)NSEC_PER_SEC * (pwm_div + 1));
if (!pre_div)
return -ERANGE;
Four-wire fans commonly expect a ~25 kHz PWM, which is therefore
unusable. On an IPQ6018 with the PWM block clocked at 100 MHz, a
40,000 ns (25 kHz) request computes floor(0.061) == 0 and returns
-ERANGE deterministically. Where a request is not rejected outright, the
high duration truncates to 0 and the output collapses to ~0% duty.
Search for the (pre_div, pwm_div) pair whose period best approximates
the request instead of fixing pwm_div. Starting pre_div at the smallest
value that keeps pwm_div within its field and stopping once pre_div
exceeds pwm_div bounds the loop and keeps pwm_div as large as possible
for fine duty resolution. For a 25 kHz request at 100 MHz this selects
pre_div = 0, pwm_div = 3999, i.e. exactly 4000 clocks, with full 0..4000
duty resolution.
While reworking the high-duration computation, round it to nearest
rather than truncating, so mid-range duty cycles are not biased low, and
clamp it to pwm_div + 1. Rounding, or a 100% duty request, could
otherwise push hi_dur past the period length and overflow the 16-bit
HI_DURATION field.
Also compute hi_div in get_state() in 64-bit; hi_dur * (pre_div + 1) can
exceed 32 bits before the existing promotion.
This was first fixed downstream in OpenWrt for the qualcommbe target
after testing on the Askey SBE1V1K, and has since been applied to
OpenWrt's qualcommax target as well.
Tested on a GL.iNet GL-AXT1800 (IPQ6018, 100 MHz PWM clock) whose DTS
requests a 25 kHz period for its four-wire fan:
pwms = <&pwm 1 40000 0>;
Before, pwm-fan failed to probe on every boot:
pwm-fan pwm-fan: failed to enable PWM
pwm-fan pwm-fan: Failed to configure PWM: -34
pwm-fan pwm-fan: probe with driver pwm-fan failed with error -34
The same failure is reproducible without pwm-fan, straight from sysfs:
# echo 40000 > period; echo 1 > enable -> write error (-ERANGE)
# echo 2700000 > period; echo 1 > enable -> succeeds
Because probe returns before the tachometer IRQ is requested and before
fan-supply is claimed, the board also lost fan RPM reporting and its
vcc_fan regulator stayed disabled, leaving the DTS cooling-maps with no
cooling device to bind to.
After, pwm-fan probes cleanly and the fan is confirmed spinning by its
own tachometer:
/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon7/name = pwmfan
/sys/devices/platform/pwm-fan/hwmon/hwmon7/fan1_input = 3548
/sys/class/regulator/regulator.3 (vcc_fan) = enabled
/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device1 = pwm-fan
with idle SoC temperature dropping from ~76 °C to ~51 °C.
Fixes: c436e3e9c265 ("pwm: Driver for qualcomm ipq6018 pwm block")
Signed-off-by: Kenneth Kasilag <kenneth@kasilag.me>
Tested-by: Stephane Lepain <stephanelepain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Lepain <stephanelepain@gmail.com>
---
drivers/pwm/pwm-ipq.c | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-ipq.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-ipq.c
index c533739..2d8a013 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-ipq.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-ipq.c
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ static int ipq_pwm_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
const struct pwm_state *state)
{
struct ipq_pwm_chip *ipq_chip = ipq_pwm_from_chip(chip);
- unsigned int pre_div, pwm_div;
- u64 period_ns, duty_ns;
+ unsigned int pre_div, pwm_div, best_pre_div, best_pwm_div;
+ u64 period_ns, duty_ns, period_rate, min_diff;
unsigned long val = 0;
- unsigned long hi_dur;
+ u64 hi_dur;
if (!state->enabled) {
/* clear IPQ_PWM_REG1_ENABLE */
@@ -113,34 +113,85 @@ static int ipq_pwm_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
duty_ns = min(state->duty_cycle, period_ns);
/*
- * Pick the maximal value for PWM_DIV that still allows a
- * 100% relative duty cycle. This allows a fine grained
- * selection of duty cycles.
+ * The period spans (pre_div + 1) * (pwm_div + 1) input clocks. Rather
+ * than fixing pwm_div at its maximum (which gives usable duty
+ * resolution only for long periods and collapses to ~0% for short
+ * periods) search for the (pre_div, pwm_div) split whose period best
+ * approximates the request while leaving pwm_div large enough to
+ * resolve the duty cycle.
*/
- pwm_div = IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV - 1;
+ if (ipq_chip->clk_rate > 16ULL * GIGA)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ period_rate = period_ns * ipq_chip->clk_rate;
+
+ best_pre_div = IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV;
+ best_pwm_div = IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV;
+ min_diff = period_rate;
/*
- * although mul_u64_u64_div_u64 returns a u64, in practice it
- * won't overflow due to above constraints. Take the max period
- * of 10^9 (NSEC_PER_SEC) and the pwm_div + 1 (IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV)
- * 10^9 * 10^8
- * ------------- => which fits well into a 32-bit unsigned int.
- * 10^9 * 65,535
+ * Smaller pre_div than this cannot represent the period (pwm_div would
+ * have to exceed its field), so start the search there.
*/
- pre_div = mul_u64_u64_div_u64(period_ns, ipq_chip->clk_rate,
- (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC * (pwm_div + 1));
-
- if (!pre_div)
- return -ERANGE;
+ pre_div = div64_u64(period_rate,
+ (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC * (IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV + 1));
+
+ for (; pre_div <= IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV; pre_div++) {
+ u64 remainder;
+
+ pwm_div = div64_u64_rem(period_rate,
+ (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC * (pre_div + 1),
+ &remainder);
+ /* pwm_div is unsigned; the swap check below catches underflow */
+ pwm_div--;
+
+ /*
+ * Swapping pre_div and pwm_div yields the same period but a
+ * larger pwm_div gives finer duty resolution, so once pre_div
+ * exceeds pwm_div every further candidate is strictly worse.
+ */
+ if (pre_div > pwm_div)
+ break;
+
+ /* need room for 100% duty, where hi_dur == pwm_div + 1 */
+ if (pwm_div > IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV - 1)
+ continue;
+
+ if (remainder < min_diff) {
+ best_pre_div = pre_div;
+ best_pwm_div = pwm_div;
+ min_diff = remainder;
+
+ if (min_diff == 0)
+ break;
+ }
+ }
- pre_div -= 1;
+ pre_div = best_pre_div;
+ pwm_div = best_pwm_div;
- if (pre_div > IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV)
- pre_div = IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV;
+ /*
+ * If the search found no usable candidate, best_pwm_div is left at
+ * IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV; cap it so pwm_div + 1 still fits the 16-bit field
+ * and 100% duty remains expressible.
+ */
+ if (pwm_div > IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV - 1)
+ pwm_div = IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV - 1;
- /* pwm duty = HI_DUR * (PRE_DIV + 1) / clk_rate */
- hi_dur = mul_u64_u64_div_u64(duty_ns, ipq_chip->clk_rate,
- (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC * (pre_div + 1));
+ /*
+ * high duration = duty_ratio * (pwm_div + 1)
+ * = duty_ns * clk_rate / ((pre_div + 1) * NSEC_PER_SEC)
+ *
+ * Round to nearest to avoid biasing every duty cycle low, then clamp
+ * to (pwm_div + 1): rounding or a 100% duty request can otherwise push
+ * hi_dur past the period length and overflow the 16-bit HI_DURATION field
+ * (which would alias a full-on request down to a near-zero high time)
+ * and asking the hardware to stay high beyond one period. pwm_div is
+ * at most IPQ_PWM_MAX_DIV - 1, so pwm_div + 1 always fits the field.
+ */
+ hi_dur = DIV64_U64_ROUND_CLOSEST(duty_ns * ipq_chip->clk_rate,
+ (u64)(pre_div + 1) * NSEC_PER_SEC);
+ if (hi_dur > (u64)pwm_div + 1)
+ hi_dur = (u64)pwm_div + 1;
val = FIELD_PREP(IPQ_PWM_REG0_HI_DURATION, hi_dur) |
FIELD_PREP(IPQ_PWM_REG0_PWM_DIV, pwm_div);
@@ -186,7 +237,7 @@ static int ipq_pwm_get_state(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
state->period = DIV64_U64_ROUND_UP(effective_div * NSEC_PER_SEC,
ipq_chip->clk_rate);
- hi_div = hi_dur * (pre_div + 1);
+ hi_div = (u64)hi_dur * (pre_div + 1);
state->duty_cycle = DIV64_U64_ROUND_UP(hi_div * NSEC_PER_SEC,
ipq_chip->clk_rate);
--
2.55.0
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