Hi Alexandru, On Wed, 2017-08-16 at 14:00 -0700, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote: > > On 08/16/2017 02:47 AM, Philipp Zabel wrote: > > Read back the register after setting or clearing a reset bit to make > > sure that the changes are applied to the reset controller hardware. > > Theoretically, this avoids the write to stay stuck in a store buffer > > Is there hardware where this has been observed to happen, or is this > purely theoretical? It would be nice to have a "this is needed on > hardware XYZ because ABC, and doesn't affect other hardware" comment in > the source.
This is purely theoretical, at least in the context of reset controllers. I'm happy to drop this patch for now. > > during the delay of an assert-delay-deassert sequence, and makes sure > > that the reset really is asserted for the specified duration. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <p.za...@pengutronix.de> > > --- > > drivers/reset/reset-simple.c | 7 +++++-- > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-simple.c b/drivers/reset/reset-simple.c > > index 13e7d5559acc9..d98a7e7d802d1 100644 > > --- a/drivers/reset/reset-simple.c > > +++ b/drivers/reset/reset-simple.c > > @@ -39,17 +39,20 @@ static int reset_simple_set(struct reset_controller_dev > > *rcdev, > > > > int reg_width = sizeof(u32); > > > > int bank = id / (reg_width * BITS_PER_BYTE); > > > > int offset = id % (reg_width * BITS_PER_BYTE); > > > > + void __iomem *addr = data->membase + (bank * reg_width); > > > > unsigned long flags; > > > > u32 reg; > > > > > > spin_lock_irqsave(&data->lock, flags); > > > > > > - reg = readl(data->membase + (bank * reg_width)); > > > > + reg = readl(addr); > > > > if (assert ^ data->active_low) > > > > reg |= BIT(offset); > > > > else > > > > reg &= ~BIT(offset); > > > > - writel(reg, data->membase + (bank * reg_width)); > > > > + writel(reg, addr); > > > > + /* Read back to make sure the write doesn't linger in a store > > > > buffer */ > > > > + readl(addr); > > You're not using the returned value to check that the reset was actually > set. This seems a very arbitrary readback workaround, which gives no > indication if it actually succeeded or not. True. For those reset controllers that support status readback, this would be a better check. > Also the set() is now asymmetrical to clear(). In cases when releasing > reset on a HW block that is about to have IO performed on it, one would > want to make sure the reset is actually deasserted before doing any IO. Thanks for this observation, the reset_simple_set function name is ambiguous. I'll rename it to reset_simple_update. The function is called both for assert and deassert operations, and whether the bit is set or cleared depends on both the assert parameter and the active_low flag. regards Philipp
