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[U-Boot] Illegal use of FP ops in clock_ti814x.c

Message ID yw1xd2mp0yqu.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com
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Måns Rullgård Oct. 28, 2013, 11:19 p.m. UTC
Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> writes:

> Dear Matt,
>
> I hope you are the right person to address this to - if not, please
> help to redirect to the current responsible developer.
>
> Function pll_sigma_delta_val() in arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
> incorrectly uses "float" data, which results in FP operations which
> are not permitted in U-Boot.
>
> The actual computation appears simple enough so a rewrite of the code
> without using any floating point operations should be fairly easy, but
> I don't understand the actual logic of this code, so I'd rather leave
> this to someone who does.
>
> Could you please help and clean up these three lines of code?

Something like this should be equivalent.  That said, it looks
suspiciously like it's meant to simply do a division and round up.  If
that is the case, +225 should be +249.  It probably makes no difference
for the values actually encountered.

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Wolfgang Denk Oct. 28, 2013, 11:56 p.m. UTC | #1
Dear Måns Rullgård,

In message <yw1xd2mp0yqu.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> you wrote:
> 
> Something like this should be equivalent.  That said, it looks
> suspiciously like it's meant to simply do a division and round up.  If
> that is the case, +225 should be +249.  It probably makes no difference
> for the values actually encountered.

Umm... this is the part which I do not understand.

The original code adds 90%; you add 90%, too.  However, to round up,
one usually adds only 50% ?

> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
> index ef14f47..9b5a47b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
> @@ -211,11 +211,8 @@ static u32 pll_dco_freq_sel(u32 clkout_dco)
>  static u32 pll_sigma_delta_val(u32 clkout_dco)
>  {
>         u32 sig_val = 0;
> -       float frac_div;
>  
> -       frac_div = (float) clkout_dco / 250;
> -       frac_div = frac_div + 0.90;
> -       sig_val = (int)frac_div;
> +       sig_val = (clkout_dco + 225) / 250;
>         sig_val = sig_val << 24;

Where are these 90% coming from? Are they in any way meaningful, or
even critical?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk
Måns Rullgård Oct. 29, 2013, 12:54 a.m. UTC | #2
Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> writes:

> Dear Måns Rullgård,
>
> In message <yw1xd2mp0yqu.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> you wrote:
>> 
>> Something like this should be equivalent.  That said, it looks
>> suspiciously like it's meant to simply do a division and round up.  If
>> that is the case, +225 should be +249.  It probably makes no difference
>> for the values actually encountered.
>
> Umm... this is the part which I do not understand.
>
> The original code adds 90%; you add 90%, too.  However, to round up,
> one usually adds only 50% ?

Adding 50% would round to nearest.  For integer division to round up,
you must add one less than the divisor.

>> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
>> index ef14f47..9b5a47b 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
>> @@ -211,11 +211,8 @@ static u32 pll_dco_freq_sel(u32 clkout_dco)
>>  static u32 pll_sigma_delta_val(u32 clkout_dco)
>>  {
>>         u32 sig_val = 0;
>> -       float frac_div;
>>  
>> -       frac_div = (float) clkout_dco / 250;
>> -       frac_div = frac_div + 0.90;
>> -       sig_val = (int)frac_div;
>> +       sig_val = (clkout_dco + 225) / 250;
>>         sig_val = sig_val << 24;
>
> Where are these 90% coming from? Are they in any way meaningful, or
> even critical?

My guess is that it was someone's approximation of 249 / 250.  I don't
know the hardware, so it's conceivable that it really should be this
way, although it seems unlikely.
Wolfgang Denk Oct. 29, 2013, 10:48 a.m. UTC | #3
Dear Måns Rullgård,

In message <yw1x8uxc28y9.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> you wrote:
>
> >> Something like this should be equivalent.  That said, it looks
> >> suspiciously like it's meant to simply do a division and round up.  If
> >> that is the case, +225 should be +249.  It probably makes no difference
> >> for the values actually encountered.
> >
> > Umm... this is the part which I do not understand.
> >
> > The original code adds 90%; you add 90%, too.  However, to round up,
> > one usually adds only 50% ?
> 
> Adding 50% would round to nearest.  For integer division to round up,
> you must add one less than the divisor.

Agreed.  But do we want to round up?  The original code used +90%,
which is something else, too...

> > Where are these 90% coming from? Are they in any way meaningful, or
> > even critical?
> 
> My guess is that it was someone's approximation of 249 / 250.  I don't
> know the hardware, so it's conceivable that it really should be this
> way, although it seems unlikely.

Are you able to test such a modificationon actual hardware?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk
Tom Rini Oct. 29, 2013, 12:23 p.m. UTC | #4
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On 10/29/2013 06:48 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Måns Rullgård,
> 
> In message <yw1x8uxc28y9.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> you wrote:
>> 
>>>> Something like this should be equivalent.  That said, it
>>>> looks suspiciously like it's meant to simply do a division
>>>> and round up.  If that is the case, +225 should be +249.  It
>>>> probably makes no difference for the values actually
>>>> encountered.
>>> 
>>> Umm... this is the part which I do not understand.
>>> 
>>> The original code adds 90%; you add 90%, too.  However, to
>>> round up, one usually adds only 50% ?
>> 
>> Adding 50% would round to nearest.  For integer division to round
>> up, you must add one less than the divisor.
> 
> Agreed.  But do we want to round up?  The original code used +90%, 
> which is something else, too...

And I imagine it's unlikely the original author of the code is around
anymore, or recalls exactly why.  I'm pretty sure Matt just lifted the
code from the vendor tree and since it wasn't throwing warnings didn't
notice the floating point part.

>>> Where are these 90% coming from? Are they in any way
>>> meaningful, or even critical?
>> 
>> My guess is that it was someone's approximation of 249 / 250.  I
>> don't know the hardware, so it's conceivable that it really
>> should be this way, although it seems unlikely.
> 
> Are you able to test such a modificationon actual hardware?

I suspect Matt can, after Linaro Connect.  I don't have one of these
platforms handy but I think he still does.

- -- 
Tom
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Måns Rullgård Oct. 29, 2013, 12:44 p.m. UTC | #5
Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> writes:

> Dear Måns Rullgård,
>
> In message <yw1x8uxc28y9.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> you wrote:
>>
>> >> Something like this should be equivalent.  That said, it looks
>> >> suspiciously like it's meant to simply do a division and round up.  If
>> >> that is the case, +225 should be +249.  It probably makes no difference
>> >> for the values actually encountered.
>> >
>> > Umm... this is the part which I do not understand.
>> >
>> > The original code adds 90%; you add 90%, too.  However, to round up,
>> > one usually adds only 50% ?
>> 
>> Adding 50% would round to nearest.  For integer division to round up,
>> you must add one less than the divisor.
>
> Agreed.  But do we want to round up?  The original code used +90%,
> which is something else, too...

That rounds fractions >= 0.1 up while < 0.1 is rounded down.  It's an
unusual thing to do, which is why I suspect it's not quite correct in
the first place.

>> > Where are these 90% coming from? Are they in any way meaningful, or
>> > even critical?
>> 
>> My guess is that it was someone's approximation of 249 / 250.  I don't
>> know the hardware, so it's conceivable that it really should be this
>> way, although it seems unlikely.
>
> Are you able to test such a modificationon actual hardware?

No.
Matt Porter Jan. 28, 2014, 5:48 p.m. UTC | #6
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 08:23:07AM -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
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> 
> On 10/29/2013 06:48 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > Dear Måns Rullgård,
> > 
> > In message <yw1x8uxc28y9.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com> you wrote:
> >> 
> >>>> Something like this should be equivalent.  That said, it
> >>>> looks suspiciously like it's meant to simply do a division
> >>>> and round up.  If that is the case, +225 should be +249.  It
> >>>> probably makes no difference for the values actually
> >>>> encountered.
> >>> 
> >>> Umm... this is the part which I do not understand.
> >>> 
> >>> The original code adds 90%; you add 90%, too.  However, to
> >>> round up, one usually adds only 50% ?
> >> 
> >> Adding 50% would round to nearest.  For integer division to round
> >> up, you must add one less than the divisor.
> > 
> > Agreed.  But do we want to round up?  The original code used +90%, 
> > which is something else, too...
> 
> And I imagine it's unlikely the original author of the code is around
> anymore, or recalls exactly why.  I'm pretty sure Matt just lifted the
> code from the vendor tree and since it wasn't throwing warnings didn't
> notice the floating point part.
> 
> >>> Where are these 90% coming from? Are they in any way
> >>> meaningful, or even critical?
> >> 
> >> My guess is that it was someone's approximation of 249 / 250.  I
> >> don't know the hardware, so it's conceivable that it really
> >> should be this way, although it seems unlikely.
> > 
> > Are you able to test such a modificationon actual hardware?
> 
> I suspect Matt can, after Linaro Connect.  I don't have one of these
> platforms handy but I think he still does.

Thankfully Tom reminded me of this because I lost some of the list
traffic due to some local mail issues.

Although not explicitly mentioned in the TRM or any application
notes I can find, the 90% appears to come from jitter compensation for
the delta sigma fractional divider. I see some comments that imply this
in various old vendor kernel tree clock implementations where they are
rounding various pll constants. I can't be 100% sure without some
insight from TI folks. Given that it's working for our known users, I'd
like to preserve that until we get somebody that can shed some light on
that.

As Tom guessed, I low-level cherry-picked a lot of pieces from long-lost
authors in this area. I obviously missed this floating point math in the
cleanup.

I tested this patch on my TI8148 EVM and it works as expected.

Acked-by: Matt Porter <mporter@linaro.org>

-Matt
Tom Rini Feb. 21, 2014, 7:14 p.m. UTC | #7
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:19:53PM +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:

> Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> writes:
> 
> > Dear Matt,
> >
> > I hope you are the right person to address this to - if not, please
> > help to redirect to the current responsible developer.
> >
> > Function pll_sigma_delta_val() in arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
> > incorrectly uses "float" data, which results in FP operations which
> > are not permitted in U-Boot.
> >
> > The actual computation appears simple enough so a rewrite of the code
> > without using any floating point operations should be fairly easy, but
> > I don't understand the actual logic of this code, so I'd rather leave
> > this to someone who does.
> >
> > Could you please help and clean up these three lines of code?
> 
> Something like this should be equivalent.  That said, it looks
> suspiciously like it's meant to simply do a division and round up.  If
> that is the case, +225 should be +249.  It probably makes no difference
> for the values actually encountered.
> Acked-by: Matt Porter <mporter@linaro.org>
> 
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
> index ef14f47..9b5a47b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
> @@ -211,11 +211,8 @@ static u32 pll_dco_freq_sel(u32 clkout_dco)
>  static u32 pll_sigma_delta_val(u32 clkout_dco)
>  {
>         u32 sig_val = 0;
> -       float frac_div;
>  
> -       frac_div = (float) clkout_dco / 250;
> -       frac_div = frac_div + 0.90;
> -       sig_val = (int)frac_div;
> +       sig_val = (clkout_dco + 225) / 250;
>         sig_val = sig_val << 24;
>  
>         return sig_val;

With a massively re-worded commit message, applied to u-boot-ti/master,
thanks!
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diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
index ef14f47..9b5a47b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/clock_ti814x.c
@@ -211,11 +211,8 @@  static u32 pll_dco_freq_sel(u32 clkout_dco)
 static u32 pll_sigma_delta_val(u32 clkout_dco)
 {
        u32 sig_val = 0;
-       float frac_div;
 
-       frac_div = (float) clkout_dco / 250;
-       frac_div = frac_div + 0.90;
-       sig_val = (int)frac_div;
+       sig_val = (clkout_dco + 225) / 250;
        sig_val = sig_val << 24;
 
        return sig_val;