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diff --git a/include/clk-uclass.h b/include/clk-uclass.h
index 4353b664800..8c07e723cff 100644
--- a/include/clk-uclass.h
+++ b/include/clk-uclass.h
@@ -56,11 +56,20 @@ struct clk_ops {
* default implementation, which assumes #clock-cells = <1>, and that
* the DT cell contains a simple integer clock ID.
*
+ * This function should be a simple translation of @args into @clock->id and
+ * (optionally) @clock->data. All other processing, allocation, or error
+ * checking should take place in request().
+ *
* At present, the clock API solely supports device-tree. If this
* changes, other xxx_xlate() functions may be added to support those
* other mechanisms.
*
- * Return: 0 if OK, or a negative error code.
+ * Return:
+ * * 0 on success
+ * * -%EINVAL if @args does not have the correct format. For example, it could
+ * have too many/few arguments.
+ * * -%ENOENT if @args has the correct format but cannot be translated. This can
+ * happen if translation involves a table lookup and @args is not present.
*/
int of_xlate(struct clk *clock, struct ofnode_phandle_args *args);
@@ -75,16 +84,36 @@ int of_xlate(struct clk *clock, struct ofnode_phandle_args *args);
* xxx_xlate() call, or as the only step in implementing a client's
* clk_request() call.
*
- * Return: 0 if OK, or a negative error code.
+ * This is the right place to do bounds checking (rejecting invalid or
+ * unimplemented clocks), allocate resources, or perform other setup not done
+ * during driver probe(). Most clock drivers should allocate resources in their
+ * probe() function, but it is possible to lazily initialize something here.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * 0 on success
+ * * -%ENOENT, if there is no clock corresponding to @clock->id and
+ * @clock->data.
*/
int request(struct clk *clock);
/**
* round_rate() - Adjust a rate to the exact rate a clock can provide.
- * @clk: The clock to manipulate.
- * @rate: Desidered clock rate in Hz.
+ * @clk: The clock to query.
+ * @rate: Desired clock rate in Hz.
*
- * Return: rounded rate in Hz, or -ve error code.
+ * This function returns a new rate which can be provided to set_rate(). This
+ * new rate should be the closest rate to @rate which can be set without
+ * rounding. The following pseudo-code should hold::
+ *
+ * for all rate in range(ULONG_MAX):
+ * rounded = round_rate(clk, rate)
+ * new_rate = set_rate(clk, rate)
+ * assert(IS_ERR_VALUE(new_rate) || new_rate == rounded)
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * The rounded rate in Hz on success
+ * * A negative error value from another API (such as clk_get_rate()). This
+ * function must not return an error for any other reason.
*/
ulong round_rate(struct clk *clk, ulong rate);
@@ -92,7 +121,22 @@ ulong round_rate(struct clk *clk, ulong rate);
* get_rate() - Get current clock rate.
* @clk: The clock to query.
*
- * Return: clock rate in Hz, or -ve error code
+ * This returns the current rate of a clock. If the clock is disabled, it
+ * returns the rate at which the clock would run if it was enabled. The
+ * following pseudo-code should hold::
+ *
+ * disable(clk)
+ * rate = get_rate(clk)
+ * enable(clk)
+ * assert(get_rate(clk) == rate)
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * The rate of @clk
+ * * -%ENOSYS if this function is not implemented for @clk
+ * * -%ENOENT if @clk->id is invalid. Prefer using an assert instead, and doing
+ * this check in request().
+ * * Another negative error value (such as %EIO or %ECOMM) if the rate could
+ * not be determined due to a bus error.
*/
ulong get_rate(struct clk *clk);
@@ -101,7 +145,27 @@ ulong get_rate(struct clk *clk);
* @clk: The clock to manipulate.
* @rate: New clock rate in Hz.
*
- * Return: new rate, or -ve error code.
+ * Set the rate of @clk to @rate. The actual rate may be rounded. However,
+ * excessive rounding should be avoided. It is left to the driver author's
+ * discretion when this function should attempt to round and when it should
+ * return an error. For example, a dividing clock might use the following
+ * pseudo-logic when implemening this function::
+ *
+ * divisor = parent_rate / rate
+ * if divisor < min || divisor > max:
+ * return -EINVAL
+ *
+ * If there is any concern about rounding, prefer to let consumers make the
+ * decision by calling round_rate().
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * The new rate on success
+ * * -%ENOSYS if this function is not implemented for @clk
+ * * -%ENOENT if @clk->id is invalid. Prefer using an assert instead, and doing
+ * this check in request().
+ * * -%EINVAL if @rate is not valid for @clk.
+ * * Another negative error value (such as %EIO or %ECOMM) if the rate could
+ * not be set due to a bus error.
*/
ulong set_rate(struct clk *clk, ulong rate);
@@ -110,7 +174,19 @@ ulong set_rate(struct clk *clk, ulong rate);
* @clk: The clock to manipulate.
* @parent: New clock parent.
*
- * Return: zero on success, or -ve error code.
+ * Set the current parent of @clk to @parent. The rate of the clock may be
+ * modified by this call. If @clk was enabled before this function, it should
+ * remain enabled after this function, although it may be temporarily disabled
+ * if necessary.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * 0 on success
+ * * -%ENOSYS if this function is not implemented for @clk
+ * * -%ENOENT if @clk->id or @parent->id is invalid. Prefer using an assert
+ * instead, and doing this check in request().
+ * * -%EINVAL if @parent is not a valid parent for @clk.
+ * * Another negative error value (such as %EIO or %ECOMM) if the parent could
+ * not be set due to a bus error.
*/
int set_parent(struct clk *clk, struct clk *parent);
@@ -118,7 +194,16 @@ int set_parent(struct clk *clk, struct clk *parent);
* enable() - Enable a clock.
* @clk: The clock to manipulate.
*
- * Return: zero on success, or -ve error code.
+ * Enable (un-gate) the clock. This function should not modify the rate of the
+ * clock (see get_rate() for details).
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * 0 on success
+ * * -%ENOSYS if this function is not implemented for @clk
+ * * -%ENOENT if @clk->id is invalid. Prefer using an assert instead, and doing
+ * this check in request().
+ * * Another negative error value (such as %EIO or %ECOMM) if the clock could
+ * not be enabled due to a bus error.
*/
int enable(struct clk *clk);
@@ -126,7 +211,15 @@ int enable(struct clk *clk);
* disable() - Disable a clock.
* @clk: The clock to manipulate.
*
- * Return: zero on success, or -ve error code.
+ * Disable (gate) the clock. This function should not modify the rate of the
+ * clock (see get_rate() for details).
+ *
+ * * 0 on success
+ * * -%ENOSYS if this function is not implemented for @clk
+ * * -%ENOENT if @clk->id is invalid. Prefer using an assert instead, and doing
+ * this check in request().
+ * * Another negative error value (such as %EIO or %ECOMM) if the clock could
+ * not be disabled due to a bus error.
*/
int disable(struct clk *clk);