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[v2,3/3] net: stmmac: Bring down the clocks to lower frequencies when mac link goes down

Message ID 20240625-icc_bw_voting_from_ethqos-v2-3-eaa7cf9060f0@quicinc.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series Add interconnect support for stmmac driver. | expand

Commit Message

Sagar Cheluvegowda June 25, 2024, 11:49 p.m. UTC
When mac link goes down we don't need to mainitain the clocks to operate
at higher frequencies, as an optimized solution to save power when
the link goes down we are trying to bring down the clocks to the
frequencies corresponding to the lowest speed possible.

Signed-off-by: Sagar Cheluvegowda <quic_scheluve@quicinc.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Comments

Andrew Halaney June 26, 2024, 2:58 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 04:49:30PM GMT, Sagar Cheluvegowda wrote:
> When mac link goes down we don't need to mainitain the clocks to operate
> at higher frequencies, as an optimized solution to save power when
> the link goes down we are trying to bring down the clocks to the
> frequencies corresponding to the lowest speed possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sagar Cheluvegowda <quic_scheluve@quicinc.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> index ec7c61ee44d4..f0166f0bc25f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> @@ -996,6 +996,9 @@ static void stmmac_mac_link_down(struct phylink_config *config,
>  {
>  	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(to_net_dev(config->dev));
>  
> +	if (priv->plat->fix_mac_speed)
> +		priv->plat->fix_mac_speed(priv->plat->bsp_priv, SPEED_10, mode);
> +
>  	stmmac_mac_set(priv, priv->ioaddr, false);
>  	priv->eee_active = false;
>  	priv->tx_lpi_enabled = false;
> @@ -1004,6 +1007,11 @@ static void stmmac_mac_link_down(struct phylink_config *config,
>  
>  	if (priv->dma_cap.fpesel)
>  		stmmac_fpe_link_state_handle(priv, false);
> +
> +	stmmac_set_icc_bw(priv, SPEED_10);
> +
> +	if (priv->plat->fix_mac_speed)
> +		priv->plat->fix_mac_speed(priv->plat->bsp_priv, SPEED_10, mode);


I think you're doing this at the beginning and end of
stmmac_mac_link_down(), is that intentional?

I'm still curious if any of the netdev folks have any opinion on scaling
things down like this on link down.
Andrew Lunn June 26, 2024, 3:10 p.m. UTC | #2
> I'm still curious if any of the netdev folks have any opinion on scaling
> things down like this on link down.

It does make sense, in that there are no frames to process, so the
clock can be reduced. But i also think it is a bit of a workaround for
poor hardware design. Often you can tell the MAC the link is down, and
it can shut down a lot more, and even turn all the clocks off.

I also wounder if there are going to be any side effects of this. Some
Ethernet MACs export a clock to the PHY. Is that clock going to
change? I don't think it will, because we are changing to a valid MAC
speed, not 0. So the PHY has to work at this speed clock.

But to make it easier to find issues like this, open() should probably
set the clocks to a low speed until the link is up. That way, if there
are going to be problems, the link should never come up, as opposed to
the link never comes up after being lost the first time...

     Andrew
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index ec7c61ee44d4..f0166f0bc25f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -996,6 +996,9 @@  static void stmmac_mac_link_down(struct phylink_config *config,
 {
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(to_net_dev(config->dev));
 
+	if (priv->plat->fix_mac_speed)
+		priv->plat->fix_mac_speed(priv->plat->bsp_priv, SPEED_10, mode);
+
 	stmmac_mac_set(priv, priv->ioaddr, false);
 	priv->eee_active = false;
 	priv->tx_lpi_enabled = false;
@@ -1004,6 +1007,11 @@  static void stmmac_mac_link_down(struct phylink_config *config,
 
 	if (priv->dma_cap.fpesel)
 		stmmac_fpe_link_state_handle(priv, false);
+
+	stmmac_set_icc_bw(priv, SPEED_10);
+
+	if (priv->plat->fix_mac_speed)
+		priv->plat->fix_mac_speed(priv->plat->bsp_priv, SPEED_10, mode);
 }
 
 static void stmmac_mac_link_up(struct phylink_config *config,