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diff --git a/Documentation/clk.txt b/Documentation/clk.txt index 5c4bc4d01d0c..22f026aa2f34 100644 --- a/Documentation/clk.txt +++ b/Documentation/clk.txt @@ -31,24 +31,25 @@ serve as a convenient shorthand for the implementation of the hardware-specific bits for the hypothetical "foo" hardware. Tying the two halves of this interface together is struct clk_hw, which -is defined in struct clk_foo and pointed to within struct clk. This +is defined in struct clk_foo and pointed to within struct clk_core. This allows for easy navigation between the two discrete halves of the common clock interface. Part 2 - common data structures and api -Below is the common struct clk definition from -include/linux/clk-private.h, modified for brevity: +Below is the common struct clk_core definition from +drivers/clk/clk.c, modified for brevity: - struct clk { + struct clk_core { const char *name; const struct clk_ops *ops; struct clk_hw *hw; - char **parent_names; - struct clk **parents; - struct clk *parent; - struct hlist_head children; - struct hlist_node child_node; + struct module *owner; + struct clk_core *parent; + const char **parent_names; + struct clk_core **parents; + u8 num_parents; + u8 new_parent_index; ... }; @@ -56,16 +57,19 @@ The members above make up the core of the clk tree topology. The clk api itself defines several driver-facing functions which operate on struct clk. That api is documented in include/linux/clk.h. -Platforms and devices utilizing the common struct clk use the struct -clk_ops pointer in struct clk to perform the hardware-specific parts of -the operations defined in clk.h: +Platforms and devices utilizing the common struct clk_core use the struct +clk_ops pointer in struct clk_core to perform the hardware-specific parts of +the operations defined in clk-provider.h: struct clk_ops { int (*prepare)(struct clk_hw *hw); void (*unprepare)(struct clk_hw *hw); + int (*is_prepared)(struct clk_hw *hw); + void (*unprepare_unused)(struct clk_hw *hw); int (*enable)(struct clk_hw *hw); void (*disable)(struct clk_hw *hw); int (*is_enabled)(struct clk_hw *hw); + void (*disable_unused)(struct clk_hw *hw); unsigned long (*recalc_rate)(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long parent_rate); long (*round_rate)(struct clk_hw *hw, @@ -84,6 +88,8 @@ the operations defined in clk.h: u8 index); unsigned long (*recalc_accuracy)(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long parent_accuracy); + int (*get_phase)(struct clk_hw *hw); + int (*set_phase)(struct clk_hw *hw, int degrees); void (*init)(struct clk_hw *hw); int (*debug_init)(struct clk_hw *hw, struct dentry *dentry); @@ -91,7 +97,7 @@ the operations defined in clk.h: Part 3 - hardware clk implementations -The strength of the common struct clk comes from its .ops and .hw pointers +The strength of the common struct clk_core comes from its .ops and .hw pointers which abstract the details of struct clk from the hardware-specific bits, and vice versa. To illustrate consider the simple gateable clk implementation in drivers/clk/clk-gate.c: @@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ struct clk_gate contains struct clk_hw hw as well as hardware-specific knowledge about which register and bit controls this clk's gating. Nothing about clock topology or accounting, such as enable_count or notifier_count, is needed here. That is all handled by the common -framework code and struct clk. +framework code and struct clk_core. Let's walk through enabling this clk from driver code: @@ -139,22 +145,18 @@ static void clk_gate_set_bit(struct clk_gate *gate) Note that to_clk_gate is defined as: -#define to_clk_gate(_hw) container_of(_hw, struct clk_gate, clk) +#define to_clk_gate(_hw) container_of(_hw, struct clk_gate, hw) This pattern of abstraction is used for every clock hardware representation. Part 4 - supporting your own clk hardware -When implementing support for a new type of clock it only necessary to +When implementing support for a new type of clock it is only necessary to include the following header: #include <linux/clk-provider.h> -include/linux/clk.h is included within that header and clk-private.h -must never be included from the code which implements the operations for -a clock. More on that below in Part 5. - To construct a clk hardware structure for your platform you must define the following: |