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[RFC,v6,0/9] interconnect: Add imx support via devfreq

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Leonard Crestez Nov. 14, 2019, 8:09 p.m. UTC 
This series adds interconnect scaling support for imx8m series chips. It uses a
per-SOC interconnect provider layered on top of multiple instances of devfreq
for scalable nodes along the interconnect.

Existing qcom interconnect providers mostly translate bandwidth requests into
firmware calls but equivalent firmware on imx8m is much thinner. Scaling
support for individual nodes is implemented as distinct devfreq drivers
instead.

The imx interconnect provider doesn't communicate with devfreq directly
but rather computes "minimum frequencies" for nodes along the path and
creates dev_pm_qos requests.

Since there is no single devicetree node that can represent the
"interconnect" the main NOC is picked as the "interconnect provider" and
will probe the interconnect platform device if #interconnect-cells is
present. This avoids introducing "virtual" devices but it means that DT
bindings of main NOC includes properties for both devfreq and
interconnect.

This depends on other series for devfreq pm/qos and ddrc:
	https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11244283/
	https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11212887/
	https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/list/?series=196443

Also available as a github branch (with various unrelated changes):
	https://github.com/cdleonard/linux/tree/next_imx_busfreq

Changes since RFCv5:
* Replace scanning for interconnect-node-id with explicit
scalable-nodes/scalable-node-ids property on NoC.
* Now passes make `dtbs_check`
* Remove struct imx_icc_provider
* Switch to of_icc_xlate_onecell
* Use of_find_device_by_node to fetch QoS target, this causes fewer probe
deferrals, removes dependency on devfreq API and even allows reloading ddrc
module at runtime
* Add imx_icc_node_destroy helper
* Remove 0/1 on DEFINE_BUS_SLAVE/MASTER which created spurious links
Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11222015/

Changes since RFCv4:
* Drop icc proxy nonsense
* Make devfreq driver for NOC probe the ICC driver if
#interconnect-cells is present
* Move NOC support to interconnect series and rename the node in DT
* Add support for all chips at once, differences are not intereseting
and there is more community interest for 8mq than 8mm.
Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11111865/

Changes since RFCv3:
* Remove the virtual "icc" node and add devfreq nodes as proxy providers
* Fix build on 32-bit arm (reported by kbuilt test robot)
* Remove ARCH_MXC_ARM64 (never existed in upstream)
* Remove _numlinks, calculate instead
* Replace __BUSFREQ_H header guard
* Improve commit message and comment spelling
* Fix checkpatch issues
Link to RFCv3: https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11078671/

Changes since RFCv2 and initial work by Alexandre Bailon:
* Relying on devfreq and dev_pm_qos instead of CLK
* No more "platform opp" stuff
* No more special suspend handling: use suspend-opp on devfreq instead
* Replace all mentions of "busfreq" with "interconnect"
Link to v2: https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11021563/

Leonard Crestez (9):
  dt-bindings: interconnect: Add bindings for imx8m noc
  PM / devfreq: Add generic imx bus scaling driver
  PM / devfreq: imx: Register interconnect device
  interconnect: Add imx core driver
  interconnect: imx: Add platform driver for imx8mm
  interconnect: imx: Add platform driver for imx8mq
  interconnect: imx: Add platform driver for imx8mn
  arm64: dts: imx8m: Add NOC nodes
  arm64: dts: imx8m: Add interconnect provider properties

 .../bindings/interconnect/fsl,imx8m-noc.yaml  | 104 ++++++
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm.dtsi     |  28 ++
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn.dtsi     |  28 ++
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi     |  28 ++
 drivers/devfreq/Kconfig                       |   9 +
 drivers/devfreq/Makefile                      |   1 +
 drivers/devfreq/imx-devfreq.c                 | 187 +++++++++++
 drivers/interconnect/Kconfig                  |   1 +
 drivers/interconnect/Makefile                 |   1 +
 drivers/interconnect/imx/Kconfig              |  17 +
 drivers/interconnect/imx/Makefile             |   4 +
 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx.c                | 301 ++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx.h                |  60 ++++
 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mm.c             | 105 ++++++
 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mn.c             |  94 ++++++
 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mq.c             | 103 ++++++
 include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mm.h     |  49 +++
 include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mn.h     |  41 +++
 include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mq.h     |  48 +++
 19 files changed, 1209 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/fsl,imx8m-noc.yaml
 create mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/imx-devfreq.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/Kconfig
 create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/Makefile
 create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mm.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mn.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mq.c
 create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mm.h
 create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mn.h
 create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mq.h

Comments

Leonard Crestez Dec. 11, 2019, 9:53 a.m. UTC | #1 
On 14.11.2019 22:10, Leonard Crestez wrote:
> This series adds interconnect scaling support for imx8m series chips. It uses a
> per-SOC interconnect provider layered on top of multiple instances of devfreq
> for scalable nodes along the interconnect.
> 
> Existing qcom interconnect providers mostly translate bandwidth requests into
> firmware calls but equivalent firmware on imx8m is much thinner. Scaling
> support for individual nodes is implemented as distinct devfreq drivers
> instead.
> 
> The imx interconnect provider doesn't communicate with devfreq directly
> but rather computes "minimum frequencies" for nodes along the path and
> creates dev_pm_qos requests.
> 
> Since there is no single devicetree node that can represent the
> "interconnect" the main NOC is picked as the "interconnect provider" and
> will probe the interconnect platform device if #interconnect-cells is
> present. This avoids introducing "virtual" devices but it means that DT
> bindings of main NOC includes properties for both devfreq and
> interconnect.
> 
> This depends on other series for devfreq pm/qos and ddrc:

It took a while but all runtime dependencies are included in 
next-20191210 and the compile-time dependency on 
DEV_PM_QOS_MIN_FREQUENCY is also included in v5.5-rc1. This series is a 
bit old but still applies usefully so I thought I'd ask for additional 
comments instead of a blank resend.

Georgi: can you please take a look at this series and suggest what would 
make it suitable for inclusion?

Some dubious aspects:

* Existing drivers have multiple providers per SOC (for each internal 
NOC?) but this is a single driver for the entire SOC topology. Not clear 
what would be gain from this.
* NOC DT node implements devfreq (because it can be scaled) and 
interconnect (to avoid virtual DT nodes). Maybe the devfreq NOC scaling 
implementation could be moved into drivers/interconnect/imx?

It is quite different from qcom providers but hardware/firmware is also 
very different.

> Changes since RFCv5:
> * Replace scanning for interconnect-node-id with explicit
> scalable-nodes/scalable-node-ids property on NoC.
> * Now passes make `dtbs_check`
> * Remove struct imx_icc_provider
> * Switch to of_icc_xlate_onecell
> * Use of_find_device_by_node to fetch QoS target, this causes fewer probe
> deferrals, removes dependency on devfreq API and even allows reloading ddrc
> module at runtime
> * Add imx_icc_node_destroy helper
> * Remove 0/1 on DEFINE_BUS_SLAVE/MASTER which created spurious links
> Link: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatchwork.kernel.org%2Fcover%2F11222015%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cleonard.crestez%40nxp.com%7Cff0127cbde3e4e6f6c8508d7693eb8d5%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637093590418229667&sdata=0EN1w8RtXHgyvXpRnOovEkWILoVlQ%2FEXJ0zdOOHI%2FgM%3D&reserved=0
> 
> Changes since RFCv4:
> * Drop icc proxy nonsense
> * Make devfreq driver for NOC probe the ICC driver if
> #interconnect-cells is present
> * Move NOC support to interconnect series and rename the node in DT
> * Add support for all chips at once, differences are not intereseting
> and there is more community interest for 8mq than 8mm.
> Link: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatchwork.kernel.org%2Fcover%2F11111865%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cleonard.crestez%40nxp.com%7Cff0127cbde3e4e6f6c8508d7693eb8d5%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637093590418229667&sdata=bsJqXPVJSszKJf%2BXdqFT2E8wriuKQU00sWwkRqZYmn0%3D&reserved=0
> 
> Changes since RFCv3:
> * Remove the virtual "icc" node and add devfreq nodes as proxy providers
> * Fix build on 32-bit arm (reported by kbuilt test robot)
> * Remove ARCH_MXC_ARM64 (never existed in upstream)
> * Remove _numlinks, calculate instead
> * Replace __BUSFREQ_H header guard
> * Improve commit message and comment spelling
> * Fix checkpatch issues
> Link to RFCv3: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatchwork.kernel.org%2Fcover%2F11078671%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cleonard.crestez%40nxp.com%7Cff0127cbde3e4e6f6c8508d7693eb8d5%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637093590418229667&sdata=c9xKEw9Fjlv%2FqDiWKr7zOUY5zZMWXjNyApBd94Nidnc%3D&reserved=0
> 
> Changes since RFCv2 and initial work by Alexandre Bailon:
> * Relying on devfreq and dev_pm_qos instead of CLK
> * No more "platform opp" stuff
> * No more special suspend handling: use suspend-opp on devfreq instead
> * Replace all mentions of "busfreq" with "interconnect"
> Link to v2: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatchwork.kernel.org%2Fcover%2F11021563%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cleonard.crestez%40nxp.com%7Cff0127cbde3e4e6f6c8508d7693eb8d5%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637093590418229667&sdata=1tEQS9BaHRTjdUYvZJ9%2FJG2BQQGl6hkbPWxiIZ811FY%3D&reserved=0
> 
> Leonard Crestez (9):
>    dt-bindings: interconnect: Add bindings for imx8m noc
>    PM / devfreq: Add generic imx bus scaling driver
>    PM / devfreq: imx: Register interconnect device
>    interconnect: Add imx core driver
>    interconnect: imx: Add platform driver for imx8mm
>    interconnect: imx: Add platform driver for imx8mq
>    interconnect: imx: Add platform driver for imx8mn
>    arm64: dts: imx8m: Add NOC nodes
>    arm64: dts: imx8m: Add interconnect provider properties
> 
>   .../bindings/interconnect/fsl,imx8m-noc.yaml  | 104 ++++++
>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm.dtsi     |  28 ++
>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn.dtsi     |  28 ++
>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi     |  28 ++
>   drivers/devfreq/Kconfig                       |   9 +
>   drivers/devfreq/Makefile                      |   1 +
>   drivers/devfreq/imx-devfreq.c                 | 187 +++++++++++
>   drivers/interconnect/Kconfig                  |   1 +
>   drivers/interconnect/Makefile                 |   1 +
>   drivers/interconnect/imx/Kconfig              |  17 +
>   drivers/interconnect/imx/Makefile             |   4 +
>   drivers/interconnect/imx/imx.c                | 301 ++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/interconnect/imx/imx.h                |  60 ++++
>   drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mm.c             | 105 ++++++
>   drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mn.c             |  94 ++++++
>   drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mq.c             | 103 ++++++
>   include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mm.h     |  49 +++
>   include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mn.h     |  41 +++
>   include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mq.h     |  48 +++
>   19 files changed, 1209 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/fsl,imx8m-noc.yaml
>   create mode 100644 drivers/devfreq/imx-devfreq.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/Kconfig
>   create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/Makefile
>   create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx.h
>   create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mm.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mn.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/imx/imx8mq.c
>   create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mm.h
>   create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mn.h
>   create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/interconnect/imx8mq.h
>