[PATCH] clk: sunxi-ng: ccu_common: Replace ktime-dependent lock wait loop with udelay

From: Alastair D'Silva

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 00:12:55 EST


The Allwinner sunxi-ng CCU driver uses readl_relaxed_poll_timeout() in
ccu_helper_wait_for_lock() to wait for PLLs to lock.

This poll macro relies on ktime_get() and the kernel timekeeping
infrastructure. During early boot or sensitive clock transitions
(such as CPUfreq DVFS scaling) where timer interrupts or timekeeping may
be suspended or unstable, ktime_get() fails to increment. This turns the
timeout calculation into an infinite busy-wait loop, causing RCU stalls
and system freezes if the PLL lock bit does not assert immediately.

Decouple the PLL lock wait loop from the timekeeping framework by replacing
readl_relaxed_poll_timeout() with an iteration loop using udelay(1) up to
100ms.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
Tested on Allwinner H618 (Mellow Fly-C5) and H616 boards in Armbian, resolving intermittent boot freezes and CPUfreq DVFS scaling lockups when timekeeping interrupts were suspended.

drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_common.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_common.c b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_common.c
index 43d8eca6abee..00daedadb5c8 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_common.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/sunxi-ng/ccu_common.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@

#include <linux/clk.h>
#include <linux/clk-provider.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/iopoll.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ struct sunxi_ccu {
void ccu_helper_wait_for_lock(struct ccu_common *common, u32 lock)
{
void __iomem *addr;
- u32 reg;
+ int i;

if (!lock)
return;
@@ -35,7 +36,14 @@ void ccu_helper_wait_for_lock(struct ccu_common *common, u32 lock)
else
addr = common->base + common->reg;

- WARN_ON(readl_relaxed_poll_timeout(addr, reg, reg & lock, 100, 70000));
+ for (i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+ if (readl_relaxed(addr) & lock)
+ return;
+ udelay(1);
+ }
+
+ if (!(readl_relaxed(addr) & lock))
+ pr_warn("%s: clock lock timeout\n", clk_hw_get_name(&common->hw));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(ccu_helper_wait_for_lock, "SUNXI_CCU");

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