clk: Document clk_ops return codes and behavior
Currently, clock consumers cannot take any programmatic action based on the
return code of a clock function. This is because there is no
standardization, and generally no way of separating e.g. "there was a major
problem setting the rate for this clock" which usually should not be
recovered from, from "this clock doesn't support setting its rate" or "this
clock doesn't support *this* rate" which could be absolutely fine depending
on the driver.
This commit aims to standardize the acceptable codes which may be returned
from clock operations. In general,
- ENOSYS should be returned when an operation is not supported for a
particular clock.
- ENOENT may be returned if the clock ID is invalid. However, it is
encouraged to move any checks to request() to reduce code duplication.
- EINVAL should be returned for logical errors only (such as requesting an
invalid rate).
Each function has had specific guidance added for when to return each error
code. This is just guidance for now; most of the clock subsystem does not
yet conform to this standard. However, it is expected that new clock
drivers return these error codes.
Additionally, this commit adds expected behavior for each of the clock
operations. I believe these should be mostly straightforward and correspond
to existing behavior. I remember not understanding what the expected
invariants were for several clock functions, so hopefully this should help
out new driver authors. In the future, some of these invariants could be
checked via an optional config option.
Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <seanga2@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231216193843.2463779-4-seanga2@gmail.com