Re: [PATCH 1/2] pwm: vt8500: Register write busy test performedincorrectly

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Wed Jan 02 2013 - 08:55:17 EST


On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 09:23:24AM +1300, Tony Prisk wrote:
> Correct operation for register writes is to perform a busy-wait
> after writing the register. Currently the busy wait it performed
> before, meaning subsequent register writes to bitfields may occur
> before the previous field has been updated.
>
> Also, all registers are defined as 32-bit read/write. Change
> pwm_busy_wait() to use readl rather than readb.
>
> Improve readability of code with defines for registers and bitfields.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Prisk <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Thierry,
>
> This patch is a fix but it can go to 3.9 rather than 3.8 (if you prefer)
> as the incorrect behaviour doesn't seem to cause a problem on current
> hardware.
>
> drivers/pwm/pwm-vt8500.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-vt8500.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-vt8500.c
> index b0ba2d4..27ed0f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-vt8500.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-vt8500.c
> @@ -36,6 +36,25 @@
> */
> #define VT8500_NR_PWMS 2
>
> +#define REG_CTRL(pwm) (pwm << 4) + 0x00
> +#define REG_SCALAR(pwm) (pwm << 4) + 0x04
> +#define REG_PERIOD(pwm) (pwm << 4) + 0x08
> +#define REG_DUTY(pwm) (pwm << 4) + 0x0C

To be on the safe side, I think these should be:

(((pwm) << 4) + offset)

> -static inline void pwm_busy_wait(void __iomem *reg, u8 bitmask)
> +static inline void pwm_busy_wait(struct vt8500_chip *vt8500, int nr, u8 bitmask)
> {
> int loops = msecs_to_loops(10);
> - while ((readb(reg) & bitmask) && --loops)
> + u32 mask = bitmask << (nr << 8);
> +
> + while ((readl(vt8500->base + REG_STATUS) & mask) && --loops)
> cpu_relax();
>
> if (unlikely(!loops))
> pr_warn("Waiting for status bits 0x%x to clear timed out\n",
> - bitmask);
> + mask);
> }

Now that you're passing a struct vt8500_chip, couldn't you use
dev_warn() instead?

Thierry

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