[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4] xen/arm: Add a clock property

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2016, Dirk Behme wrote:
> On 13.07.2016 23:03, Michael Turquette wrote:
> > Quoting Dirk Behme (2016-07-13 11:56:30)
> > > On 13.07.2016 20:43, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 13 Jul 2016, Dirk Behme wrote:
> > > > > On 13.07.2016 00:26, Michael Turquette wrote:
> > > > > > Quoting Dirk Behme (2016-07-12 00:46:45)
> > > > > > > Clocks described by this property are reserved for use by Xen, and
> > > > > > > the OS
> > > > > > > must not alter their state any way, such as disabling or gating a
> > > > > > > clock,
> > > > > > > or modifying its rate. Ensuring this may impose constraints on
> > > > > > > parent
> > > > > > > clocks or other resources used by the clock tree.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Note that clk_prepare_enable will not prevent the rate from changing
> > > > > > (clk_set_rate) or a parent from changing (clk_set_parent). The only
> > > > > > way
> > > > > > to do this currently would be to set the following flags on the
> > > > > > effected
> > > > > > clocks:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >     CLK_SET_RATE_GATE
> > > > > >     CLK_SET_PARENT_GATE
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regarding setting flags, I think we already talked about that. I think
> > > > > the
> > > > > conclusion was that in our case its not possible to manipulate the
> > > > > flags in
> > > > > the OS as this isn't intended to be done in cases like ours. Therefore
> > > > > no API
> > > > > is exported for this.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I.e. if we need to set these flags, we have to do that in Xen where we
> > > > > add the
> > > > > clocks to the hypervisor node in the device tree. And not in the
> > > > > kernel patch
> > > > > discussed here.
> > > > 
> > > > These are internal Linux flags, aren't they?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I've been under the impression that you can set clock "flags" via the
> > > device tree. Seems I need to re-check that ;)
> > 
> > Right, you cannot set flags from the device tree. Also, setting these
> > flags is done by the clock provider driver, not a consumer. Xen is the
> > consumer.
> 
> 
> Ok, thanks, then I think we can forget about using flags for the issue we are
> discussing here.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Dirk
> 
> P.S.: Would it be an option to merge the v4 patch we are discussing here,
> then? From the discussion until here, it sounds to me that it's the best
> option we have at the moment. Maybe improving it in the future, then.

It might be a step in the right direction, but it doesn't really prevent
clk_set_rate from changing properties of a clock owned by Xen.  This
patch is incomplete. We need to understand at least what it would take
to have a complete solution.

Michael, do you have any suggestions on how it would be possible to set
CLK_SET_RATE_GATE and CLK_SET_PARENT_GATE for those clocks in a proper
way?

Like you wrote, I would imagine it needs to be done by the clock
provider driver. Maybe to do that, it would be easier to have a new
device tree property on the clock node, rather than listing phandle and
clock-specifier pairs under the Xen node?