drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Fix a variable truncation when calculating period in microseconds as
part of the solution for the ERR051198 in .apply() callback.
Example scenario:
- Period of 3us (PWMPR = 196 and prescaler = 1)
- Expected value in tmp: 198000000000 (NSEC_PER_SEC * (196 + 2) * 1)
- Actual value is 431504384 (truncation to u32)
Signed-off-by: Ronaldo Nunez <rnunez@baylibre.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Added example with actual PWMPR/prescaler values per Frank Li's feedback
- Dropped testing section
---
drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
index 3d34cdc4a3a5..c8b801fcb525 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void pwm_imx27_wait_fifo_slot(struct pwm_chip *chip,
static int pwm_imx27_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
const struct pwm_state *state)
{
- unsigned long period_cycles, duty_cycles, prescale, period_us, tmp;
+ unsigned long period_cycles, duty_cycles, prescale, period_us;
struct pwm_imx27_chip *imx = to_pwm_imx27_chip(chip);
unsigned long long c;
unsigned long long clkrate;
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static int pwm_imx27_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
int val;
int ret;
u32 cr;
+ u64 tmp;
clkrate = clk_get_rate(imx->clks[PWM_IMX27_PER].clk);
c = clkrate * state->period;
@@ -249,6 +250,11 @@ static int pwm_imx27_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
val = readl(imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMPR);
val = val >= MX3_PWMPR_MAX ? MX3_PWMPR_MAX : val;
cr = readl(imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMCR);
+
+ /*
+ * tmp stores period in nanoseconds. Result fits in u64 since
+ * val <= 0xfffe and prescaler in [1, 0x1000].
+ */
tmp = NSEC_PER_SEC * (u64)(val + 2) * MX3_PWMCR_PRESCALER_GET(cr);
tmp = DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(tmp, clkrate);
period_us = DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(tmp, 1000);
--
2.53.0
Hello Ronaldo,
On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 04:13:48PM -0300, Ronaldo Nunez wrote:
> Fix a variable truncation when calculating period in microseconds as
> part of the solution for the ERR051198 in .apply() callback.
>
> Example scenario:
> - Period of 3us (PWMPR = 196 and prescaler = 1)
> - Expected value in tmp: 198000000000 (NSEC_PER_SEC * (196 + 2) * 1)
> - Actual value is 431504384 (truncation to u32)
>
> Signed-off-by: Ronaldo Nunez <rnunez@baylibre.com>
Thanks for your patch. I added
Fixes: a25351e4c774 ("pwm: imx27: Workaround of the pwm output bug when decrease the duty cycle")
to the trailers and applied it to
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ukleinek/linux.git pwm/fixes
. I haven't made up my mind if I create another pull request to get the
patches from the pwm/fixes branch into 7.1. If not, it will go into
7.2-rc1.
Sashiko found a few more issues in the imx27 driver, would you like to
address these, too?
Best regards
Uwe
On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 04:13:48PM -0300, Ronaldo Nunez wrote:
> Fix a variable truncation when calculating period in microseconds as
> part of the solution for the ERR051198 in .apply() callback.
>
> Example scenario:
> - Period of 3us (PWMPR = 196 and prescaler = 1)
> - Expected value in tmp: 198000000000 (NSEC_PER_SEC * (196 + 2) * 1)
> - Actual value is 431504384 (truncation to u32)
>
> Signed-off-by: Ronaldo Nunez <rnunez@baylibre.com>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
> Changes in v2:
> - Added example with actual PWMPR/prescaler values per Frank Li's feedback
> - Dropped testing section
> ---
> drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
> index 3d34cdc4a3a5..c8b801fcb525 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-imx27.c
> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void pwm_imx27_wait_fifo_slot(struct pwm_chip *chip,
> static int pwm_imx27_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> const struct pwm_state *state)
> {
> - unsigned long period_cycles, duty_cycles, prescale, period_us, tmp;
> + unsigned long period_cycles, duty_cycles, prescale, period_us;
> struct pwm_imx27_chip *imx = to_pwm_imx27_chip(chip);
> unsigned long long c;
> unsigned long long clkrate;
> @@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static int pwm_imx27_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> int val;
> int ret;
> u32 cr;
> + u64 tmp;
>
> clkrate = clk_get_rate(imx->clks[PWM_IMX27_PER].clk);
> c = clkrate * state->period;
> @@ -249,6 +250,11 @@ static int pwm_imx27_apply(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
> val = readl(imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMPR);
> val = val >= MX3_PWMPR_MAX ? MX3_PWMPR_MAX : val;
> cr = readl(imx->mmio_base + MX3_PWMCR);
> +
> + /*
> + * tmp stores period in nanoseconds. Result fits in u64 since
> + * val <= 0xfffe and prescaler in [1, 0x1000].
> + */
> tmp = NSEC_PER_SEC * (u64)(val + 2) * MX3_PWMCR_PRESCALER_GET(cr);
> tmp = DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(tmp, clkrate);
> period_us = DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(tmp, 1000);
> --
> 2.53.0
>
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