[PATCH] [resend] regulator: core: if voltage scaling fails, restore original values

From: Paolo Pisati
Date: Thu Dec 13 2012 - 04:13:25 EST


[resent with cc: stable and a bit more context]

I've been experiencing solid hangs on my beaglexm with v3.7 after
kexec:

here is my .config (omap2plus + EHCI/OHCI + CPUFREQ + DEVTMP):

http://people.canonical.com/~ppisati/omap3_cpufreq_kexec/config

here is the diff i added to get some debugging:

http://people.canonical.com/~ppisati/omap3_cpufreq_kexec/dpll-debug.diff

here is a trace of the kexeced kernel:

http://people.canonical.com/~ppisati/omap3_cpufreq_kexec/kexec-boot.txt

And after a second look it's clear what's going on:

[...]
[ 5.575744] cpu cpu0: cpufreq-omap: 300 MHz, -1 mV --> 800 MHz, 1325 mV
[ 5.582946] voltdm_scale: No voltage scale API registered for vdd_mpu_iva
[ 5.590332] cpu cpu0: omap_target: unable to scale voltage up.
[1]
[ 5.596649] notification 1 of frequency transition to 300000 kHz
[ 5.603179] FREQ: 300000 - CPU: 0
[ 5.606597] governor: change or update limits
[ 5.611572] __cpufreq_governor for CPU 0, event 3
[ 5.616699] setting to 800000 kHz because of event 3
[ 5.622039] target for CPU 0: 800000 kHz, relation 1
[ 5.627441] request for target 800000 kHz (relation: 1) for cpu 0
[ 5.634063] target is 2 (800000 kHz, 2)
[ 5.638183] notification 0 of frequency transition to 800000 kHz
[ 5.644775] cpu cpu0: cpufreq-omap: 300 MHz, -1 mV --> 800 MHz, 1325 mV
[2]
[hangs here]

first time[1] it tries to ramp up frequency (and thus voltage),
regulator_set_voltage() returns an error and we exit:

omap-cpufreq.c::omap_target():

...
dev_dbg(mpu_dev, "cpufreq-omap: %u MHz, %ld mV --> %u MHz, %ld mV\n",
freqs.old / 1000, volt_old ? volt_old / 1000 : -1,
freqs.new / 1000, volt ? volt / 1000 : -1);

/* scaling up? scale voltage before frequency */
if (mpu_reg && (freqs.new > freqs.old)) {
r = regulator_set_voltage(mpu_reg, volt - tol, volt + tol);
if (r < 0) {
dev_warn(mpu_dev, "%s: unable to scale voltage up.\n",
__func__);
freqs.new = freqs.old;
goto done;
}
}

ret = clk_set_rate(mpu_clk, freqs.new * 1000);
...

but inside regulator_set_voltage(), we save the new regulator voltage before
actually ramping up:

core.c::regulator_set_voltage():
...
regulator->min_uV = min_uV;
regulator->max_uV = max_uV;

ret = regulator_check_consumers(rdev, &min_uV, &max_uV);
if (ret < 0)
goto out2;

ret = _regulator_do_set_voltage(rdev, min_uV, max_uV); <-- ERROR!!!
if (ret < 0)
goto out2;
...


and by the time we try to change frequency again[2], regulator_set_voltage()
is a noop because it thinks we are already at the desired voltage:

core.c::regulator_set_voltage():

...
/* If we're setting the same range as last time the change
* should be a noop (some cpufreq implementations use the same
* voltage for multiple frequencies, for example).
*/
if (regulator->min_uV == min_uV && regulator->max_uV == max_uV)
goto out;
...

and as a consequence, in omap_target(), we call clk_set_rate() with
the wrong voltage.

The attached patch restore the original regulator voltage values in case
of an error.

CCing stable@ since it predates 2.6.38rc1 when the noop optimization was
introduced:

commit 95a3c23ae620c1b4c499746e70f4034bdc067737
Author: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Dec 16 15:49:37 2010 +0000

regulator: Optimise out noop voltage changes

Paolo Pisati (1):
regulator: core: if voltage scaling fails, restore original voltage
values

drivers/regulator/core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--
1.7.10.4

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