Hi Krzysztof,

On 10.06.2020 09:08, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 12:42:21PM +0200, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
>> Add a simple custom voltage regulator coupler for Exynos5800 SoCs, which
>> require coupling between "vdd_arm" and "vdd_int" regulators. This coupler
>> ensures that the voltage values don't go below the bootloader-selected
>> operation point during the boot process until a the clients sets their
>> constraints. It is achieved by assuming minimal voltage value equal to
>> the current value if no constraints are set. This also ensures proper
>> voltage balancing if any of the client driver is missing.
>>
>> The balancing code comes from regulator core.c with the
> You cut the sentence.

Right, looks like a copy/paste issue. I will fix this in v4.


>> Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> This patch is yet another attempt to fix the regulator coupling on
>> Exynos5800/5422 SoCs. Here are links to the previous attempts and
>> discussions:
>>
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-samsung-soc/20191008101709.qVNy8eijBi0LynOteWFMnTg4GUwKG599n6OyYoX1Abs@z/
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/[email protected]/
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/[email protected]/
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-samsung-soc/[email protected]/
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
>>
>> The problem is with "vdd_int" regulator coupled with "vdd_arm" on Odroid
>> XU3/XU4 boards family. "vdd_arm" is handled by CPUfreq. "vdd_int" is
>> handled by devfreq. CPUfreq initialized quite early during boot and it
>> starts changing OPPs and "vdd_arm" value. Sometimes CPU activity during
>> boot goes down and some low-frequency OPPs are selected, what in turn
>> causes lowering "vdd_arm". This happens before devfreq applies its
>> requirements on "vdd_int". Regulator balancing code reduces "vdd_arm"
>> voltage value, what in turn causes lowering "vdd_int" value to the lowest
>> possible value. This is much below the operation point of the wcore bus,
>> which still runs at the highest frequency.
>>
>> The issue was hard to notice because in the most cases the board managed
>> to boot properly, even when the regulator was set to lowest value allowed
>> by the regulator constraints. However, it caused some random issues,
>> which can be observed as "Unhandled prefetch abort" or low USB stability.
>>
>> Handling this case in the generic code has been rejected, so the only way
>> to ensure the desired behavior on Exynos5800-based SoCs is to make a
>> custom regulator coupler driver. I've tried hard to extract some common
>> code to simplify the exynos-regulator-coupler driver as much as possible,
>> but the difference between it and the generic code is so deep that this
>> approach failed, so indead I simply copied and modified the balancing
>> code.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Marek Szyprowski
>> ---
>>   arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig                  |   1 +
>>   drivers/soc/samsung/Kconfig                   |   3 +
>>   drivers/soc/samsung/Makefile                  |   1 +
>>   .../soc/samsung/exynos-regulator-coupler.c    | 221 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   4 files changed, 226 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-regulator-coupler.c
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig
>> index 76838255b5fa..f185cd3d4c62 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/Kconfig
>> @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ config SOC_EXYNOS5800
>>      bool "Samsung EXYNOS5800"
>>      default y
>>      depends on SOC_EXYNOS5420
>> +    select EXYNOS_REGULATOR_COUPLER
>>   
>>   config EXYNOS_MCPM
>>      bool
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/samsung/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/samsung/Kconfig
>> index 19c4d3f1437b..5d7819b52eed 100644
>> --- a/drivers/soc/samsung/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/samsung/Kconfig
>> @@ -43,4 +43,7 @@ config EXYNOS_PM_DOMAINS
>>      bool "Exynos PM domains" if COMPILE_TEST
>>      depends on PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS || COMPILE_TEST
>>   
>> +config EXYNOS_REGULATOR_COUPLER
>> +    bool "Exynos SoC Regulator Coupler" if COMPILE_TEST
>> +    depends on ARCH_EXYNOS || COMPILE_TEST
>>   endif
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/samsung/Makefile b/drivers/soc/samsung/Makefile
>> index 31db65cb7aa3..93285faec416 100644
>> --- a/drivers/soc/samsung/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/samsung/Makefile
>> @@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EXYNOS_PMU_ARM_DRIVERS)       += 
>> exynos3250-pmu.o exynos4-pmu.o \
>>                                      exynos5250-pmu.o exynos5420-pmu.o
>>   obj-$(CONFIG_EXYNOS_PMU_ARM64_DRIVERS)     += exynos-pm.o exynos5433-pmu.o
>>   obj-$(CONFIG_EXYNOS_PM_DOMAINS) += pm_domains.o
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_EXYNOS_REGULATOR_COUPLER) += exynos-regulator-coupler.o
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-regulator-coupler.c 
>> b/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-regulator-coupler.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..3cafc1738eb6
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-regulator-coupler.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (c) 2020 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
>> + *        http://www.samsung.com/
>> + * Author: Marek Szyprowski <[email protected]>
>> + *
>> + * Simplified generic volatage coupler from regulator core.c
>> + * The main difference is that it keeps current regulator voltage
>> + * if consumers didn't apply their contraints yet.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include <linux/init.h>
>> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
>> +#include <linux/of.h>
>> +#include <linux/regulator/coupler.h>
>> +#include <linux/regulator/driver.h>
>> +#include <linux/regulator/machine.h>
>> +
>> +static int regulator_get_optimal_voltage(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
>> +                                     int *current_uV,
>> +                                     int *min_uV, int *max_uV,
>> +                                     suspend_state_t state)
>> +{
>> +    struct coupling_desc *c_desc = &rdev->coupling_desc;
>> +    struct regulator_dev **c_rdevs = c_desc->coupled_rdevs;
>> +    struct regulation_constraints *constraints = rdev->constraints;
>> +    int desired_min_uV = 0, desired_max_uV = INT_MAX;
>> +    int max_current_uV = 0, min_current_uV = INT_MAX;
>> +    int highest_min_uV = 0, target_uV, possible_uV;
>> +    int i, ret, max_spread, n_coupled = c_desc->n_coupled;
>> +    bool done;
>> +
>> +    *current_uV = -1;
>> +
>> +    /* Find highest min desired voltage */
>> +    for (i = 0; i < n_coupled; i++) {
>> +            int tmp_min = 0;
>> +            int tmp_max = INT_MAX;
>> +
>> +            lockdep_assert_held_once(&c_rdevs[i]->mutex.base);
>> +
>> +            ret = regulator_check_consumers(c_rdevs[i],
>> +                                            &tmp_min,
>> +                                            &tmp_max, state);
>> +            if (ret < 0)
>> +                    return ret;
>> +
>> +            if (tmp_min == 0) {
>> +                    ret = regulator_get_voltage_rdev(c_rdevs[i]);
>> +                    if (ret < 0)
>> +                            return ret;
>> +                    tmp_min = ret;
>> +            }
>> +
>> +            /* apply constraints */
>> +            ret = regulator_check_voltage(c_rdevs[i], &tmp_min, &tmp_max);
>> +            if (ret < 0)
>> +                    return ret;
>> +
>> +            highest_min_uV = max(highest_min_uV, tmp_min);
>> +
>> +            if (i == 0) {
>> +                    desired_min_uV = tmp_min;
>> +                    desired_max_uV = tmp_max;
>> +            }
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    max_spread = constraints->max_spread[0];
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * Let target_uV be equal to the desired one if possible.
>> +     * If not, set it to minimum voltage, allowed by other coupled
>> +     * regulators.
>> +     */
>> +    target_uV = max(desired_min_uV, highest_min_uV - max_spread);
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * Find min and max voltages, which currently aren't violating
>> +     * max_spread.
>> +     */
>> +    for (i = 1; i < n_coupled; i++) {
>> +            int tmp_act;
>> +
>> +            tmp_act = regulator_get_voltage_rdev(c_rdevs[i]);
>> +            if (tmp_act < 0)
>> +                    return tmp_act;
>> +
>> +            min_current_uV = min(tmp_act, min_current_uV);
>> +            max_current_uV = max(tmp_act, max_current_uV);
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * Correct target voltage, so as it currently isn't
>> +     * violating max_spread
>> +     */
>> +    possible_uV = max(target_uV, max_current_uV - max_spread);
>> +    possible_uV = min(possible_uV, min_current_uV + max_spread);
>> +
>> +    if (possible_uV > desired_max_uV)
>> +            return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +    done = (possible_uV == target_uV);
>> +    desired_min_uV = possible_uV;
>> +
>> +    /* Set current_uV if wasn't done earlier in the code and if necessary */
>> +    if (*current_uV == -1) {
>> +            ret = regulator_get_voltage_rdev(rdev);
>> +            if (ret < 0)
>> +                    return ret;
>> +            *current_uV = ret;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    *min_uV = desired_min_uV;
>> +    *max_uV = desired_max_uV;
>> +
>> +    return done;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int exynos_coupler_balance_voltage(struct regulator_coupler *coupler,
>> +                                      struct regulator_dev *rdev,
>> +                                      suspend_state_t state)
>> +{
>> +    struct regulator_dev **c_rdevs;
>> +    struct regulator_dev *best_rdev;
>> +    struct coupling_desc *c_desc = &rdev->coupling_desc;
>> +    int i, ret, n_coupled, best_min_uV, best_max_uV, best_c_rdev;
>> +    unsigned int delta, best_delta;
>> +    unsigned long c_rdev_done = 0;
>> +    bool best_c_rdev_done;
>> +
>> +    c_rdevs = c_desc->coupled_rdevs;
>> +    n_coupled = c_desc->n_coupled;
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * Find the best possible voltage change on each loop. Leave the loop
>> +     * if there isn't any possible change.
>> +     */
>> +    do {
>> +            best_c_rdev_done = false;
>> +            best_delta = 0;
>> +            best_min_uV = 0;
>> +            best_max_uV = 0;
>> +            best_c_rdev = 0;
>> +            best_rdev = NULL;
>> +
>> +            /*
>> +             * Find highest difference between optimal voltage
>> +             * and current voltage.
>> +             */
>> +            for (i = 0; i < n_coupled; i++) {
>> +                    /*
>> +                     * optimal_uV is the best voltage that can be set for
>> +                     * i-th regulator at the moment without violating
>> +                     * max_spread constraint in order to balance
>> +                     * the coupled voltages.
>> +                     */
>> +                    int optimal_uV = 0, optimal_max_uV = 0, current_uV = 0;
>> +
>> +                    if (test_bit(i, &c_rdev_done))
> Add a sanity check at beginning that you have enough of bits for this...
> or use bitmap.
Frankly, even regulator core uses this simple approach. I doubt that 
there will be more than 32 coupled regulators ever...

Best regards
-- 
Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland

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