[PATCH] backlight: pwm_bl: configure pwm only once per backlight toggle
Adam Ford
aford173 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 17 17:07:21 UTC 2019
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:14 AM Thierry Reding
<thierry.reding at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 03:58:25PM +0200, Michal Vokáč wrote:
> > On 17. 10. 19 14:59, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 02:09:17PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 01:11:31PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 12:11:16PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 11:48:08AM +0200, Michal Vokáč wrote:
> > > > > > > On 17. 10. 19 10:10, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > > > > > > A previous change in the pwm core (namely 01ccf903edd6 ("pwm: Let
> > > > > > > > pwm_get_state() return the last implemented state")) changed the
> > > > > > > > semantic of pwm_get_state() and disclosed an (as it seems) common
> > > > > > > > problem in lowlevel PWM drivers. By not relying on the period and duty
> > > > > > > > cycle being retrievable from a disabled PWM this type of problem is
> > > > > > > > worked around.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Apart from this issue only calling the pwm_get_state/pwm_apply_state
> > > > > > > > combo once is also more effective.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
> > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > There are now two reports about 01ccf903edd6 breaking a backlight. As
> > > > > > > > far as I understand the problem this is a combination of the backend pwm
> > > > > > > > driver yielding surprising results and the pwm-bl driver doing things
> > > > > > > > more complicated than necessary.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > So I guess this patch works around these problems. Still it would be
> > > > > > > > interesting to find out the details in the imx driver that triggers the
> > > > > > > > problem. So Adam, can you please instrument the pwm-imx27 driver to
> > > > > > > > print *state at the beginning of pwm_imx27_apply() and the end of
> > > > > > > > pwm_imx27_get_state() and provide the results?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Note I only compile tested this change.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Uwe,
> > > > > > > I was just about to respond to the "pwm_bl on i.MX6Q broken on 5.4-RC1+"
> > > > > > > thread that I have a similar problem when you submitted this patch.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So here are my few cents:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My setup is as follows:
> > > > > > > - imx6dl-yapp4-draco with i.MX6Solo
> > > > > > > - backlight is controlled with inverted PWM signal
> > > > > > > - max brightness level = 32, default brightness level set to 32 in DT.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. Almost correct backlight behavior before 01ccf903edd6 ("pwm: Let
> > > > > > > pwm_get_state() return the last implemented state):
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - System boots to userspace and backlight is enabled all the time from
> > > > > > > power up.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > $ dmesg | grep state
> > > > > > > [ 1.763381] get state end: -1811360608, enabled: 0
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What is -1811360608? When I wrote "print *state" above, I thought about
> > > > > > something like:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > pr_info("%s: period: %u, duty: %u, polarity: %d, enabled: %d",
> > > > > > __func__, state->period, state->duty_cycle, state->polarity, state->enabled);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A quick look into drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c shows that this is another
> > > > > > driver that yields duty_cycle = 0 when the hardware is off.
> > > > >
> > > > > It seems to me like the best recourse to fix this for now would be to
> > > > > patch up the drivers that return 0 when the hardware is off by caching
> > > > > the currently configured duty cycle.
> > > > >
> > > > > How about the patch below?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thierry
> > > > >
> > > > > --- >8 ---
> > > > > From 15a52a7f1b910804fabd74a5882befd3f9d6bb37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > > > From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding at gmail.com>
> > > > > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:56:00 +0200
> > > > > Subject: [PATCH] pwm: imx27: Cache duty cycle register value
> > > > >
> > > > > The hardware register containing the duty cycle value cannot be accessed
> > > > > when the PWM is disabled. This causes the ->get_state() callback to read
> > > > > back a duty cycle value of 0, which can confuse consumer drivers.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding at gmail.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> > > > > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
> > > > > index ae11d8577f18..4113d5cd4c62 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
> > > > > @@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ struct pwm_imx27_chip {
> > > > > struct clk *clk_per;
> > > > > void __iomem *mmio_base;
> > > > > struct pwm_chip chip;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + /*
> > > > > + * The driver cannot read the current duty cycle from the hardware if
> > > > > + * the hardware is disabled. Cache the last programmed duty cycle
> > > > > + * value to return in that case.
> > > > > + */
> > > > > + unsigned int duty_cycle;
> > > > > };
> > > > > #define to_pwm_imx27_chip(chip) container_of(chip, struct pwm_imx27_chip, chip)
> > > > > @@ -155,14 +162,17 @@ static void pwm_imx27_get_state(struct pwm_chip *chip,
> > > > > tmp = NSEC_PER_SEC * (u64)(period + 2);
> > > > > state->period = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(tmp, pwm_clk);
> > > > > - /* PWMSAR can be read only if PWM is enabled */
> > > > > - if (state->enabled) {
> > > > > + /*
> > > > > + * PWMSAR can be read only if PWM is enabled. If the PWM is disabled,
> > > > > + * use the cached value.
> > > > > + */
> > > > > + if (state->enabled)
> > > > > val = readl(imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMSAR);
> > > > > - tmp = NSEC_PER_SEC * (u64)(val);
> > > > > - state->duty_cycle = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(tmp, pwm_clk);
> > > > > - } else {
> > > > > - state->duty_cycle = 0;
> > > > > - }
> > > > > + else
> > > > > + val = imx->duty_cycle;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + tmp = NSEC_PER_SEC * (u64)(val);
> > > > > + state->duty_cycle = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(tmp, pwm_clk);
> > > > > if (!state->enabled)
> > > > > pwm_imx27_clk_disable_unprepare(chip);
> > > > > @@ -261,6 +271,13 @@ static int pwm_imx27_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> > > > > writel(duty_cycles, imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMSAR);
> > > > > writel(period_cycles, imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMPR);
> > > > > + /*
> > > > > + * Store the duty cycle for future reference in cases where
> > > > > + * the MX3_PWMSAR register can't be read (i.e. when the PWM
> > > > > + * is disabled).
> > > > > + */
> > > > > + imx->duty_cycle = duty_cycles;
> > > > > +
> > > >
> > > > I wonder if it would be more sensible to do this in the pwm core
> > > > instead. Currently there are two drivers known with this problem. I
> > > > wouldn't be surprised if there were more.
> > >
> > > I've inspected all the drivers and didn't spot any beyond cros-ec and
> > > i.MX that have this problem. There's also no good way to do this in the
> > > core, because the core doesn't know whether or not the driver is capable
> > > of returning the correct duty cycle on hardare readout. So the core
> > > would have to rely on state->duty_cycle that is passed in, but then the
> > > offending commit becomes useless because the whole point was to return
> > > the state as written to hardware (rather than the software state which
> > > was being returned before that patch).
> > >
> > > > If we want to move clients to not rely on .period and .duty_cycle for a
> > > > disabled PWM (do we?) a single change in the core is also beneficial
> > > > compared to fixing several lowlevel drivers.
> > >
> > > These are really two orthogonal problems. We don't currently consider
> > > enabled = 0 to be equivalent to duty_cycle = 0 at an API level. I'm not
> > > prepared to do that at this point in the release cycle either.
> > >
> > > What this here has shown is that we have at least two drivers that don't
> > > behave the way they are supposed to according to the API and they break
> > > consumers. If they break for pwm-backlight, it's possible that they will
> > > break for other consumers as well. So the right thing to do is fix the
> > > two drivers that are broken.
> > >
> > > After -rc1 we no longer experiment. Instead we clean up the messes we've
> > > made. We can revisit the other points once mainline is fixed.
> >
> > Hi Thierry,
> > I just tried your patch with v5.4-rc3 with this result:
> >
> > root at hydraco:~# dmesg | grep pwm_
> > [ 1.772089] pwm_imx27_get_state: period: 992970, duty: 0, polarity: 0, enabled: 0
> > [ 4.938759] pwm_imx27_apply: period: 500000, duty: 0, polarity: 1, enabled: 0
> > [ 4.947431] pwm_imx27_get_state: period: 992970, duty: 0, polarity: 0, enabled: 0
>
> Okay... this is interesting. If I understand correctly, that first line
> here is where the initial hardware readout happens. The second one is
> the first time when the backlight is configured, so it sets period and
> polarity. But then for some reason when we read out after that to read
> what state was written... we see that actually nothing was written at
> all.
>
> And we can see why in pwm_imx27_apply(): If the PWM is not enabled, we
> don't actually program any of the registers, so it's not a surprise that
> things fall apart.
>
> > [ 4.956484] pwm_imx27_apply: period: 992970, duty: 992970, polarity: 0, enabled: 0
> > [ 4.965473] pwm_imx27_get_state: period: 992970, duty: 0, polarity: 0, enabled: 0
> > [ 4.974410] pwm_imx27_apply: period: 992970, duty: 0, polarity: 0, enabled: 1
> > [ 4.988617] pwm_imx27_get_state: period: 992970, duty: 0, polarity: 0, enabled: 1
> >
> > Backlight is on with full brightness at this stage.
> >
> > root at hydraco:/sys/class/backlight/backlight# cat brightness
> > 32
> >
> > root at hydraco:/sys/class/backlight/backlight# echo 32 > brightness
> > [ 153.386391] pwm_imx27_apply: period: 992970, duty: 992970, polarity: 0, enabled: 1
> > [ 153.398311] pwm_imx27_get_state: period: 992970, duty: 992970, polarity: 0, enabled: 1
> >
> > Backlight goes down.
> >
> > root at hydraco:/sys/class/backlight/backlight# echo 1 > brightness
> > [ 168.506261] pwm_imx27_apply: period: 992970, duty: 15576, polarity: 0, enabled: 1
> > [ 168.518064] pwm_imx27_get_state: period: 992970, duty: 15576, polarity: 0, enabled: 1
> >
> > Backlight goes up to almost full brightness.
> >
> > root at hydraco:/sys/class/backlight/backlight# echo 0 > brightness
> > [ 177.496265] pwm_imx27_apply: period: 992970, duty: 0, polarity: 0, enabled: 0
> > [ 177.507602] pwm_imx27_get_state: period: 496485, duty: 7788, polarity: 0, enabled: 0
> >
> > Backlight goes up to full brightness.
> >
> > So your patch does not solve my issue.
> >
> > The main problem I see is incorrect polarity setting. In my DT
> > the pwm-backlight consumer requests PWM_POLARITY_INVERTED and
> > period 500000ns. Though after reset the PWM HW registers are
> > configured to normal polarity. This initial setting is read out
> > and used by the consumer instead of the DT configuration.
>
> So the problem with the i.MX driver is that it doesn't actually write
> the full state to the hardware and therefore the patch that caused these
> things to break reads back an incomplete state. So we've basically got
> two options: 1) make sure the hardware state is fully written or 2) make
> sure that we return the cached state.
>
> I think 2) doesn't really make sense because it is conflicts with the
> purpose of the ->get_state() callback. The only time where we should be
> returning cached data is if the hardware registers don't contain the
> information (as in the case of the cros-ec driver) or if we can't access
> it for other reasons (such as in the case of i.MX's duty cycle).
>
> Does the attached patch help with your issue? The idea is to always
> write the full state to the hardware, even if period and duty cycle are
> unused when the PWM is disabled. That's really the kind of contract that
> we have added with the offending patch in the core.
>
> It looks like all other drivers handle this more or less correctly, so
> if we only need to fix up cros-ec and i.MX this seems like a realistic
> way to fix things up. If other drivers are problematic in this regard,
> we should probably revert and then fix the drivers before we can apply
> that patch again.
This patch combined with your previous patch appears to have worked.
If you end up sending a patch series to fix this, go ahead and add
Tested-by: Adam Ford <aford173 at gmail.com> #imx6q-logicpd
Thank you
adam
>
> Thierry
>
> --- >8 ---
> From 7040f0038e04a1caa6dda5b6f675a9fdee0271f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:11:41 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] pwm: imx27: Unconditionally write state to hardware
>
> The i.MX driver currently uses a shortcut and doesn't write all of the
> state through to the hardware when the PWM is disabled. This causes an
> inconsistent state to be read back by consumers with the result of them
> malfunctioning.
>
> Fix this by always writing the full state through to the hardware
> registers so that the correct state can always be read back.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding at gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
> index 4113d5cd4c62..59d8b1289808 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
> @@ -230,70 +230,68 @@ static int pwm_imx27_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
>
> pwm_get_state(pwm, &cstate);
>
> - if (state->enabled) {
> - c = clk_get_rate(imx->clk_per);
> - c *= state->period;
> -
> - do_div(c, 1000000000);
> - period_cycles = c;
> -
> - prescale = period_cycles / 0x10000 + 1;
> -
> - period_cycles /= prescale;
> - c = (unsigned long long)period_cycles * state->duty_cycle;
> - do_div(c, state->period);
> - duty_cycles = c;
> -
> - /*
> - * according to imx pwm RM, the real period value should be
> - * PERIOD value in PWMPR plus 2.
> - */
> - if (period_cycles > 2)
> - period_cycles -= 2;
> - else
> - period_cycles = 0;
> -
> - /*
> - * Wait for a free FIFO slot if the PWM is already enabled, and
> - * flush the FIFO if the PWM was disabled and is about to be
> - * enabled.
> - */
> - if (cstate.enabled) {
> - pwm_imx27_wait_fifo_slot(chip, pwm);
> - } else {
> - ret = pwm_imx27_clk_prepare_enable(chip);
> - if (ret)
> - return ret;
> -
> - pwm_imx27_sw_reset(chip);
> - }
> -
> - writel(duty_cycles, imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMSAR);
> - writel(period_cycles, imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMPR);
> -
> - /*
> - * Store the duty cycle for future reference in cases where
> - * the MX3_PWMSAR register can't be read (i.e. when the PWM
> - * is disabled).
> - */
> - imx->duty_cycle = duty_cycles;
> -
> - cr = MX3_PWMCR_PRESCALER_SET(prescale) |
> - MX3_PWMCR_STOPEN | MX3_PWMCR_DOZEN | MX3_PWMCR_WAITEN |
> - FIELD_PREP(MX3_PWMCR_CLKSRC, MX3_PWMCR_CLKSRC_IPG_HIGH) |
> - MX3_PWMCR_DBGEN | MX3_PWMCR_EN;
> -
> - if (state->polarity == PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED)
> - cr |= FIELD_PREP(MX3_PWMCR_POUTC,
> - MX3_PWMCR_POUTC_INVERTED);
> -
> - writel(cr, imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMCR);
> - } else if (cstate.enabled) {
> - writel(0, imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMCR);
> + c = clk_get_rate(imx->clk_per);
> + c *= state->period;
>
> - pwm_imx27_clk_disable_unprepare(chip);
> + do_div(c, 1000000000);
> + period_cycles = c;
> +
> + prescale = period_cycles / 0x10000 + 1;
> +
> + period_cycles /= prescale;
> + c = (unsigned long long)period_cycles * state->duty_cycle;
> + do_div(c, state->period);
> + duty_cycles = c;
> +
> + /*
> + * according to imx pwm RM, the real period value should be PERIOD
> + * value in PWMPR plus 2.
> + */
> + if (period_cycles > 2)
> + period_cycles -= 2;
> + else
> + period_cycles = 0;
> +
> + /*
> + * Wait for a free FIFO slot if the PWM is already enabled, and flush
> + * the FIFO if the PWM was disabled and is about to be enabled.
> + */
> + if (cstate.enabled) {
> + pwm_imx27_wait_fifo_slot(chip, pwm);
> + } else {
> + ret = pwm_imx27_clk_prepare_enable(chip);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + pwm_imx27_sw_reset(chip);
> }
>
> + writel(duty_cycles, imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMSAR);
> + writel(period_cycles, imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMPR);
> +
> + /*
> + * Store the duty cycle for future reference in cases where the
> + * MX3_PWMSAR register can't be read (i.e. when the PWM is disabled).
> + */
> + imx->duty_cycle = duty_cycles;
> +
> + cr = MX3_PWMCR_PRESCALER_SET(prescale) |
> + MX3_PWMCR_STOPEN | MX3_PWMCR_DOZEN | MX3_PWMCR_WAITEN |
> + FIELD_PREP(MX3_PWMCR_CLKSRC, MX3_PWMCR_CLKSRC_IPG_HIGH) |
> + MX3_PWMCR_DBGEN;
> +
> + if (state->polarity == PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED)
> + cr |= FIELD_PREP(MX3_PWMCR_POUTC,
> + MX3_PWMCR_POUTC_INVERTED);
> +
> + if (state->enabled)
> + cr |= MX3_PWMCR_EN;
> +
> + writel(cr, imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMCR);
> +
> + if (!state->enabled && cstate.enabled)
> + pwm_imx27_clk_disable_unprepare(chip);
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.23.0
>
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