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[V6,0/4] Add EPSS L3 provider support on SA8775P SoC

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Raviteja Laggyshetty Nov. 25, 2024, 5:45 p.m. UTC
Add Epoch Subsystem (EPSS) L3 provider support on SA8775P SoCs.

Change since v5:
 - Reused qcom,sm8250-epss-l3 compatible for sa8775p SoC.
 - Rearranged the patches, moved dt changes to end of series.
 - Updated the commit text.

Changes since v4:
 - Added generic compatible "qcom,epss-l3-perf" and split the driver
   changes accordingly.

Changes since v3:
 - Removed epss-l3-perf generic compatible changes. These will be posted
   as separate patch until then SoC specific compatible will be used for
   probing.

Changes since v2:
 - Updated the commit text to reflect the reason for code change.
 - Added SoC-specific and generic compatible to driver match table.

Changes since v1:
 - Removed the usage of static IDs and implemented dynamic ID assignment
   for icc nodes using IDA.
 - Removed separate compatibles for cl0 and cl1. Both cl0 and cl1
   devices use the same compatible.
 - Added new generic compatible for epss-l3-perf.

Raviteja Laggyshetty (4):
  interconnect: qcom: Add multidev EPSS L3 support
  interconnect: qcom: osm-l3: Add generic compatible for epss-l3-perf
  dt-bindings: interconnect: Add generic compatible qcom,epss-l3-perf
  arm64: dts: qcom: sa8775p: add EPSS l3 interconnect provider

 .../bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml    |  7 +-
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sa8775p.dtsi         | 19 ++++
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7280.dtsi          |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8250.dtsi          |  2 +-
 drivers/interconnect/qcom/osm-l3.c            | 86 ++++++++++++++-----
 5 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

Comments

Rob Herring (Arm) Nov. 27, 2024, 2:23 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 05:45:10PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
> EPSS instance on sc7280, sm8250 SoCs, use PERF_STATE register instead of
> REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks, hence adding a new generic compatible
> "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for these targets.

Is this a h/w difference from prior blocks or you just want to use B 
instead of A while the h/w has both A and B? The latter sounds like 
driver policy.

It is also an ABI break for s/w that didn't understand 
qcom,epss-l3-perf.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@quicinc.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml      | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
> index 21dae0b92819..e24399ca110f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
> @@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ properties:
>            - const: qcom,osm-l3
>        - items:
>            - enum:
> -              - qcom,sc7280-epss-l3
>                - qcom,sc8280xp-epss-l3
>                - qcom,sm6375-cpucp-l3
> -              - qcom,sm8250-epss-l3
>                - qcom,sm8350-epss-l3
>            - const: qcom,epss-l3
> +      - items:
> +          - enum:
> +              - qcom,sc7280-epss-l3
> +              - qcom,sm8250-epss-l3
> +          - const: qcom,epss-l3-perf
>  
>    reg:
>      maxItems: 1
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>
Dmitry Baryshkov Nov. 27, 2024, 4:53 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 08:23:04AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 05:45:10PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
> > EPSS instance on sc7280, sm8250 SoCs, use PERF_STATE register instead of
> > REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks, hence adding a new generic compatible
> > "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for these targets.
> 
> Is this a h/w difference from prior blocks or you just want to use B 
> instead of A while the h/w has both A and B? The latter sounds like 
> driver policy.
> 
> It is also an ABI break for s/w that didn't understand 
> qcom,epss-l3-perf.

As the bindings keep old compatible strings in addition to the new
qcom,epss-l3-perf, where is the ABI break? Old SW will use old entries,
newer can use either of those.

> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@quicinc.com>
> > ---
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml      | 7 +++++--
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
> > index 21dae0b92819..e24399ca110f 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
> > @@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ properties:
> >            - const: qcom,osm-l3
> >        - items:
> >            - enum:
> > -              - qcom,sc7280-epss-l3
> >                - qcom,sc8280xp-epss-l3
> >                - qcom,sm6375-cpucp-l3
> > -              - qcom,sm8250-epss-l3
> >                - qcom,sm8350-epss-l3
> >            - const: qcom,epss-l3
> > +      - items:
> > +          - enum:
> > +              - qcom,sc7280-epss-l3
> > +              - qcom,sm8250-epss-l3
> > +          - const: qcom,epss-l3-perf
> >  
> >    reg:
> >      maxItems: 1
> > -- 
> > 2.39.2
> >
Krzysztof Kozlowski Nov. 27, 2024, 6:27 p.m. UTC | #3
On 27/11/2024 17:53, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 08:23:04AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 05:45:10PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>> EPSS instance on sc7280, sm8250 SoCs, use PERF_STATE register instead of
>>> REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks, hence adding a new generic compatible
>>> "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for these targets.
>>
>> Is this a h/w difference from prior blocks or you just want to use B 
>> instead of A while the h/w has both A and B? The latter sounds like 
>> driver policy.
>>
>> It is also an ABI break for s/w that didn't understand 
>> qcom,epss-l3-perf.
> 
> As the bindings keep old compatible strings in addition to the new
> qcom,epss-l3-perf, where is the ABI break? Old SW will use old entries,
> newer can use either of those.
No, this change drops qcom,epss-l3 and adds new fallback. How old
software can work in such case? It's broken.

Best regards,
Krzysztof
Dmitry Baryshkov Nov. 27, 2024, 6:49 p.m. UTC | #4
On 27 November 2024 20:27:27 EET, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:
>On 27/11/2024 17:53, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 08:23:04AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 05:45:10PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>>> EPSS instance on sc7280, sm8250 SoCs, use PERF_STATE register instead of
>>>> REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks, hence adding a new generic compatible
>>>> "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for these targets.
>>>
>>> Is this a h/w difference from prior blocks or you just want to use B 
>>> instead of A while the h/w has both A and B? The latter sounds like 
>>> driver policy.
>>>
>>> It is also an ABI break for s/w that didn't understand 
>>> qcom,epss-l3-perf.
>> 
>> As the bindings keep old compatible strings in addition to the new
>> qcom,epss-l3-perf, where is the ABI break? Old SW will use old entries,
>> newer can use either of those.
>No, this change drops qcom,epss-l3 and adds new fallback. How old
>software can work in such case? It's broken.

Oh, I see. We had a platform-specific overrides for those two. Then I think we should completely drop the new qcom,epss-l3-perf idea and follow the sm8250 / sc7280 example. This means compatible = "qcom,sa8775p-perf", "qcom,epss-l3". 


>
>Best regards,
>Krzysztof
Krzysztof Kozlowski Nov. 27, 2024, 7:22 p.m. UTC | #5
On 27/11/2024 19:49, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On 27 November 2024 20:27:27 EET, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:
>> On 27/11/2024 17:53, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 08:23:04AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 05:45:10PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>>>> EPSS instance on sc7280, sm8250 SoCs, use PERF_STATE register instead of
>>>>> REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks, hence adding a new generic compatible
>>>>> "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for these targets.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a h/w difference from prior blocks or you just want to use B 
>>>> instead of A while the h/w has both A and B? The latter sounds like 
>>>> driver policy.
>>>>
>>>> It is also an ABI break for s/w that didn't understand 
>>>> qcom,epss-l3-perf.
>>>
>>> As the bindings keep old compatible strings in addition to the new
>>> qcom,epss-l3-perf, where is the ABI break? Old SW will use old entries,
>>> newer can use either of those.
>> No, this change drops qcom,epss-l3 and adds new fallback. How old
>> software can work in such case? It's broken.
> 
> Oh, I see. We had a platform-specific overrides for those two. Then I think we should completely drop the new qcom,epss-l3-perf idea and follow the sm8250 / sc7280 example. This means compatible = "qcom,sa8775p-perf", "qcom,epss-l3". 

It depends for example whether epss-l3 is valid at all. ABI is not
broken if nothing was working in the first place, assuming it is
explained in commit msg (not the case here).

Best regards,
Krzysztof
Dmitry Baryshkov Nov. 27, 2024, 7:45 p.m. UTC | #6
On 27 November 2024 21:22:02 EET, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:
>On 27/11/2024 19:49, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>> On 27 November 2024 20:27:27 EET, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:
>>> On 27/11/2024 17:53, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 08:23:04AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 05:45:10PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>>>>> EPSS instance on sc7280, sm8250 SoCs, use PERF_STATE register instead of
>>>>>> REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks, hence adding a new generic compatible
>>>>>> "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for these targets.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this a h/w difference from prior blocks or you just want to use B 
>>>>> instead of A while the h/w has both A and B? The latter sounds like 
>>>>> driver policy.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is also an ABI break for s/w that didn't understand 
>>>>> qcom,epss-l3-perf.
>>>>
>>>> As the bindings keep old compatible strings in addition to the new
>>>> qcom,epss-l3-perf, where is the ABI break? Old SW will use old entries,
>>>> newer can use either of those.
>>> No, this change drops qcom,epss-l3 and adds new fallback. How old
>>> software can work in such case? It's broken.
>> 
>> Oh, I see. We had a platform-specific overrides for those two. Then I think we should completely drop the new qcom,epss-l3-perf idea and follow the sm8250 / sc7280 example. This means compatible = "qcom,sa8775p-perf", "qcom,epss-l3". 
>
>It depends for example whether epss-l3 is valid at all. ABI is not
>broken if nothing was working in the first place, assuming it is
>explained in commit msg (not the case here).

Judging by the current schema, epss-l3 is defined as new HW block of aka not OSM L3, no matter which register is used for programming.


>
>Best regards,
>Krzysztof
Konrad Dybcio Nov. 30, 2024, 12:49 p.m. UTC | #7
On 25.11.2024 6:45 PM, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
> EPSS on SA8775P has two instances which requires creation of two device
> nodes with different compatible and device data because of unique
> icc node id and name limitation in interconnect framework.
> Add multidevice support to osm-l3 code to get unique node id from IDA
> and node name is made unique by appending node address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@quicinc.com>
> ---

[...]

> +	ret = of_property_read_reg(pdev->dev.of_node, 0, &addr, NULL);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
>  	qp->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
>  	if (IS_ERR(qp->base))
>  		return PTR_ERR(qp->base);
> @@ -242,8 +262,13 @@ static int qcom_osm_l3_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	icc_provider_init(provider);
>  
> +	/* Allocate unique id for qnodes */
> +	for (i = 0; i < num_nodes; i++)
> +		qnodes[i]->id = ida_alloc_min(&osm_l3_id, OSM_L3_NODE_ID_START, GFP_KERNEL);

As I've said in my previous emails, this is a framework-level problem.

Up until now we've simply silently ignored the possibility of an
interconnect provider having more than one instance, as conveniently
most previous SoCs had a bunch of distinct bus masters.

Currently, debugfs-client.c relies on the node names being unique.
Keeping them as such is also useful for having a sane sysfs/debugfs
interface. But it's not always feasible, and a hierarchical approach
(like in pmdomain) may be a better fit.

Then, node->id is used for creating links, and we unfortunately cannot
assume that both src and dst are within the same provider.
I'm not a fan of these IDs being hardcoded, but there are some drivers
that rely on that, which itself is also a bit unfortunate..


If Mike (who introduced debugfs-client and is probably the main user)
doesn't object to a small ABI break (which is "fine" with a debugfs
driver that requires editing the source code to be compiled), we could
add a property within icc_provider like `bool dynamic_ids` and have an
ICC-global IDA that would take care of any conflicts.

Provider drivers whose consumers don't already rely on programmatical
use of hardcoded IDs *and* don't have cross-provider links could then
enable that flag and have the node IDs and names set like you did in
this patch. This also sounds very useful for icc-clk.

Konrad
Dmitry Baryshkov Nov. 30, 2024, 3:09 p.m. UTC | #8
On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 01:49:56PM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 25.11.2024 6:45 PM, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
> > EPSS on SA8775P has two instances which requires creation of two device
> > nodes with different compatible and device data because of unique
> > icc node id and name limitation in interconnect framework.
> > Add multidevice support to osm-l3 code to get unique node id from IDA
> > and node name is made unique by appending node address.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@quicinc.com>
> > ---
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +	ret = of_property_read_reg(pdev->dev.of_node, 0, &addr, NULL);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> >  	qp->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
> >  	if (IS_ERR(qp->base))
> >  		return PTR_ERR(qp->base);
> > @@ -242,8 +262,13 @@ static int qcom_osm_l3_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  
> >  	icc_provider_init(provider);
> >  
> > +	/* Allocate unique id for qnodes */
> > +	for (i = 0; i < num_nodes; i++)
> > +		qnodes[i]->id = ida_alloc_min(&osm_l3_id, OSM_L3_NODE_ID_START, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> As I've said in my previous emails, this is a framework-level problem.
> 
> Up until now we've simply silently ignored the possibility of an
> interconnect provider having more than one instance, as conveniently
> most previous SoCs had a bunch of distinct bus masters.
> 
> Currently, debugfs-client.c relies on the node names being unique.
> Keeping them as such is also useful for having a sane sysfs/debugfs
> interface. But it's not always feasible, and a hierarchical approach
> (like in pmdomain) may be a better fit.
> 
> Then, node->id is used for creating links, and we unfortunately cannot
> assume that both src and dst are within the same provider.
> I'm not a fan of these IDs being hardcoded, but there are some drivers
> that rely on that, which itself is also a bit unfortunate..
> 
> 
> If Mike (who introduced debugfs-client and is probably the main user)
> doesn't object to a small ABI break (which is "fine" with a debugfs
> driver that requires editing the source code to be compiled), we could
> add a property within icc_provider like `bool dynamic_ids` and have an
> ICC-global IDA that would take care of any conflicts.

Frankly speaking, I think this just delays the inevitable. We have been
there with GPIOs and with some other suppliers. In my opinion the ICC
subsystem needs to be refactored in order to support linking based on
the supplier (fwnode?) + offset_id, but that's a huuuge rework.

> Provider drivers whose consumers don't already rely on programmatical
> use of hardcoded IDs *and* don't have cross-provider links could then
> enable that flag and have the node IDs and names set like you did in
> this patch. This also sounds very useful for icc-clk.
Konrad Dybcio Nov. 30, 2024, 3:12 p.m. UTC | #9
On 30.11.2024 4:09 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 01:49:56PM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 25.11.2024 6:45 PM, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>> EPSS on SA8775P has two instances which requires creation of two device
>>> nodes with different compatible and device data because of unique
>>> icc node id and name limitation in interconnect framework.
>>> Add multidevice support to osm-l3 code to get unique node id from IDA
>>> and node name is made unique by appending node address.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@quicinc.com>
>>> ---
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +	ret = of_property_read_reg(pdev->dev.of_node, 0, &addr, NULL);
>>> +	if (ret)
>>> +		return ret;
>>> +
>>>  	qp->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
>>>  	if (IS_ERR(qp->base))
>>>  		return PTR_ERR(qp->base);
>>> @@ -242,8 +262,13 @@ static int qcom_osm_l3_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>  
>>>  	icc_provider_init(provider);
>>>  
>>> +	/* Allocate unique id for qnodes */
>>> +	for (i = 0; i < num_nodes; i++)
>>> +		qnodes[i]->id = ida_alloc_min(&osm_l3_id, OSM_L3_NODE_ID_START, GFP_KERNEL);
>>
>> As I've said in my previous emails, this is a framework-level problem.
>>
>> Up until now we've simply silently ignored the possibility of an
>> interconnect provider having more than one instance, as conveniently
>> most previous SoCs had a bunch of distinct bus masters.
>>
>> Currently, debugfs-client.c relies on the node names being unique.
>> Keeping them as such is also useful for having a sane sysfs/debugfs
>> interface. But it's not always feasible, and a hierarchical approach
>> (like in pmdomain) may be a better fit.
>>
>> Then, node->id is used for creating links, and we unfortunately cannot
>> assume that both src and dst are within the same provider.
>> I'm not a fan of these IDs being hardcoded, but there are some drivers
>> that rely on that, which itself is also a bit unfortunate..
>>
>>
>> If Mike (who introduced debugfs-client and is probably the main user)
>> doesn't object to a small ABI break (which is "fine" with a debugfs
>> driver that requires editing the source code to be compiled), we could
>> add a property within icc_provider like `bool dynamic_ids` and have an
>> ICC-global IDA that would take care of any conflicts.
> 
> Frankly speaking, I think this just delays the inevitable. We have been
> there with GPIOs and with some other suppliers. In my opinion the ICC
> subsystem needs to be refactored in order to support linking based on
> the supplier (fwnode?) + offset_id, but that's a huuuge rework.

I thought about this too, but ended up not including it in the email..

I think this will be more difficult with ICC, as tons of circular
dependencies are inevitable by design and we'd essentially have to
either provide placeholder nodes (like it's the case today) or probe
only parts of a device, recursively, to make sure all links can be
created

Konrad

>> Provider drivers whose consumers don't already rely on programmatical
>> use of hardcoded IDs *and* don't have cross-provider links could then
>> enable that flag and have the node IDs and names set like you did in
>> this patch. This also sounds very useful for icc-clk.
>
Dmitry Baryshkov Nov. 30, 2024, 3:32 p.m. UTC | #10
On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 04:12:49PM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 30.11.2024 4:09 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 01:49:56PM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> >> On 25.11.2024 6:45 PM, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
> >>> EPSS on SA8775P has two instances which requires creation of two device
> >>> nodes with different compatible and device data because of unique
> >>> icc node id and name limitation in interconnect framework.
> >>> Add multidevice support to osm-l3 code to get unique node id from IDA
> >>> and node name is made unique by appending node address.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@quicinc.com>
> >>> ---
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>> +	ret = of_property_read_reg(pdev->dev.of_node, 0, &addr, NULL);
> >>> +	if (ret)
> >>> +		return ret;
> >>> +
> >>>  	qp->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
> >>>  	if (IS_ERR(qp->base))
> >>>  		return PTR_ERR(qp->base);
> >>> @@ -242,8 +262,13 @@ static int qcom_osm_l3_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >>>  
> >>>  	icc_provider_init(provider);
> >>>  
> >>> +	/* Allocate unique id for qnodes */
> >>> +	for (i = 0; i < num_nodes; i++)
> >>> +		qnodes[i]->id = ida_alloc_min(&osm_l3_id, OSM_L3_NODE_ID_START, GFP_KERNEL);
> >>
> >> As I've said in my previous emails, this is a framework-level problem.
> >>
> >> Up until now we've simply silently ignored the possibility of an
> >> interconnect provider having more than one instance, as conveniently
> >> most previous SoCs had a bunch of distinct bus masters.
> >>
> >> Currently, debugfs-client.c relies on the node names being unique.
> >> Keeping them as such is also useful for having a sane sysfs/debugfs
> >> interface. But it's not always feasible, and a hierarchical approach
> >> (like in pmdomain) may be a better fit.
> >>
> >> Then, node->id is used for creating links, and we unfortunately cannot
> >> assume that both src and dst are within the same provider.
> >> I'm not a fan of these IDs being hardcoded, but there are some drivers
> >> that rely on that, which itself is also a bit unfortunate..
> >>
> >>
> >> If Mike (who introduced debugfs-client and is probably the main user)
> >> doesn't object to a small ABI break (which is "fine" with a debugfs
> >> driver that requires editing the source code to be compiled), we could
> >> add a property within icc_provider like `bool dynamic_ids` and have an
> >> ICC-global IDA that would take care of any conflicts.
> > 
> > Frankly speaking, I think this just delays the inevitable. We have been
> > there with GPIOs and with some other suppliers. In my opinion the ICC
> > subsystem needs to be refactored in order to support linking based on
> > the supplier (fwnode?) + offset_id, but that's a huuuge rework.
> 
> I thought about this too, but ended up not including it in the email..
> 
> I think this will be more difficult with ICC, as tons of circular
> dependencies are inevitable by design and we'd essentially have to
> either provide placeholder nodes (like it's the case today) or probe
> only parts of a device, recursively, to make sure all links can be
> created

Or just allow probing, but then fail path creation. It will be a
redesign, but I think it is inevitable in the end.

> 
> Konrad
> 
> >> Provider drivers whose consumers don't already rely on programmatical
> >> use of hardcoded IDs *and* don't have cross-provider links could then
> >> enable that flag and have the node IDs and names set like you did in
> >> this patch. This also sounds very useful for icc-clk.
> >
Raviteja Laggyshetty Dec. 26, 2024, 3:56 p.m. UTC | #11
On 11/28/2024 1:15 AM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On 27 November 2024 21:22:02 EET, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:
>> On 27/11/2024 19:49, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>> On 27 November 2024 20:27:27 EET, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:
>>>> On 27/11/2024 17:53, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 08:23:04AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 05:45:10PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>>>>>> EPSS instance on sc7280, sm8250 SoCs, use PERF_STATE register instead of
>>>>>>> REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks, hence adding a new generic compatible
>>>>>>> "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for these targets.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this a h/w difference from prior blocks or you just want to use B 
>>>>>> instead of A while the h/w has both A and B? The latter sounds like 
>>>>>> driver policy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is also an ABI break for s/w that didn't understand 
>>>>>> qcom,epss-l3-perf.
>>>>>
>>>>> As the bindings keep old compatible strings in addition to the new
>>>>> qcom,epss-l3-perf, where is the ABI break? Old SW will use old entries,
>>>>> newer can use either of those.
>>>> No, this change drops qcom,epss-l3 and adds new fallback. How old
>>>> software can work in such case? It's broken.
>>>
>>> Oh, I see. We had a platform-specific overrides for those two. Then I think we should completely drop the new qcom,epss-l3-perf idea and follow the sm8250 / sc7280 example. This means compatible = "qcom,sa8775p-perf", "qcom,epss-l3". 
>>
>> It depends for example whether epss-l3 is valid at all. ABI is not
>> broken if nothing was working in the first place, assuming it is
>> explained in commit msg (not the case here).
> 
> Judging by the current schema, epss-l3 is defined as new HW block of aka not OSM L3, no matter which register is used for programming.
> 

I am going to remove the newly added "qcom,epss-l3-perf" compatible and
add target specific compatible "qcom,sa8775p-epss-l3" along with
existing generic "qcom,epss-l3" compatible.
> 
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
>