RE: [PATCH RESEND V6 2/2] clk: imx: scu: add cpu frequency scaling support

From: Anson Huang
Date: Tue Feb 26 2019 - 00:18:25 EST


Hi, Stephen

Best Regards!
Anson Huang

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> Subject: RE: [PATCH RESEND V6 2/2] clk: imx: scu: add cpu frequency scaling
> support
>
> Quoting Anson Huang (2019-02-22 18:32:28)
> > > > + cluster_id = 0;
> > >
> > > Do we still need to check this anymore? Why not just always use
> cluster_id 0?
> >
> > The i.MX8QXP ONLY has 1 cluster named A35, while on i.MX8QM there will
> > be
> > 2 clusters, A53 and A72, so we need to use the resource ID to initialize the
> cluster_id.
> >
> > >
> > > > +
> > > > + /* CPU frequency scaling can ONLY be done by
> > > > + ARM-Trusted-Firmware
> > > */
> > > > + arm_smccc_smc(IMX_SIP_CPUFREQ, IMX_SIP_SET_CPUFREQ,
> > > > + cluster_id, rate, 0, 0, 0, 0, &res);
> > >
> > > Because not checking would make this work, vs. checking causes this
> > > code to sometimes use an uninitialized value from the stack.
> >
> > 89 + if (rsrc_id == IMX_SC_R_A35)
> > 90 + init.ops = &clk_scu_cpu_ops;
> > 91 + else
> > 92 + init.ops = &clk_scu_ops;
> >
> > I think it should be good. Only when plan to support cpu-freq scaling,
> > then the CPU clock will be switched to use clk_scu_cpu_ops and the
> > clutser_id initialization will be done according to CPU resource. For
> > example, when we plan to support i.MX8QM cpu-freq scaling, we will add
> > A53 and A72 check here and switch the clock ops to clk_scu_cpu_ops, also
> we will add the cluster_id initialization in the SMC clock set rate.
> >
>
> Ok. So then please make the set_rate function fail if the rsrc_id doesn't
> match something expected. As the code is written right now, the compiler
> can't figure out that cluster_id will always be assigned, so it complains that it
> may be using uninitialized data.

Agreed, I have sent V7 patch series to add return fail if the resource ID is NOT expected.

Thanks,
Anson.