Re: [PATCH v8 2/3] clock: eswin: Add eic7700 clock driver

[Bo Gan <ganboing@gmail.com>]

Hi ESWIN folks,

Please refer to my comments below

On 12/18/25 18:50, Troy Mitchell wrote:
> Hi Xuyang,
> This is a quick review.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 09:38:46AM +0800, dongxuyang@eswincomputing.com wrote:
>> From: Xuyang Dong <dongxuyang@eswincomputing.com>
>>

...

>> +static int clk_pll_set_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long rate,
>> +			    unsigned long parent_rate)
>> +{
>> +	struct eswin_clk_pll *clk = to_pll_clk(hw);
>> +	struct clk *clk_cpu_lp_pll = NULL;
>> +	struct clk *clk_cpu_mux = NULL;
>> +	struct clk *clk_cpu_pll = NULL;
>> +	u32 postdiv1_val = 0, refdiv_val = 1;
>> +	u32 frac_val, fbdiv_val, val;
>> +	bool lock_flag = false;
>> +	int try_count = 0;
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	ret = eswin_calc_pll(&frac_val,  &fbdiv_val, (u64)rate, clk);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ret;
>> +
>> +	/* Must switch the CPU to other CLK before we change the CPU PLL. */
>> +	if (clk->id == EIC7700_CLK_PLL_CPU) {
>> +		clk_cpu_mux = __clk_lookup("mux_cpu_root_3mux1_gfree");
> It seems you want to switch to a safe clock source before setting up the
> PLL, right?
> 
> I am not sure whether your approach is correct, but the use of
> __clk_lookup() should be avoided whenever possible.
> Would it be feasible to obtain a proper clock handle somewhere and
> perform the necessary configuration from within a clk_notifier instead?
>> +		if (!clk_cpu_mux) {
>> +			pr_err("failed to get clk: %s\n",
>> +			       "mux_cpu_root_3mux1_gfree");
>> +			return -EINVAL;
>> +		}

I have a strong feeling that this switch to safe clock and back to PLL
can be done with something very similar to this:

"Add notifier for PLL0 clock and set it 1.5GHz on the JH7110 SoC"
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240826080430.179788-1-xingyu.wu@starfivetech.com/

Please take a look. Thanks!

Bo