linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 1/2] ARM: cpuidle: Register per cpuidle device

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Message-ID: <20150324181044.GA27311@red-moon>
Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:10:44 +0000
From:	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
To:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:	"rjw@...ysocki.net" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	"robherring2@...il.com" <robherring2@...il.com>,
	"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"lina.iyer@...aro.org" <lina.iyer@...aro.org>,
	"sboyd@...eaurora.org" <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 1/2] ARM: cpuidle: Register per cpuidle device

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 09:54:01AM +0000, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> If the cpuidle init cpu operation returns -ENXIO, therefore reporting HW
> failure or misconfiguration, the CPUidle driver skips the respective
> cpuidle device initialization because the associated platform back-end HW
> is not operational.
> 
> That prevents the system to crash and allows to handle the error gracefully.
> 
> For example, on Qcom's platform, each core has a SPM. The device associated
> with this SPM is initialized before the cpuidle framework. If there is an error
> in the initialization (eg. error in the DT), the system continues to boot but
> in degraded mode as some SPM may not be correctly initialized.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>

Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>

> ---
>  drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-arm.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-arm.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-arm.c
> index 1c94b88..545069d 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-arm.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-arm.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/of.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/cpuidle.h>
>  
> @@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ static int __init arm_idle_init(void)
>  {
>  	int cpu, ret;
>  	struct cpuidle_driver *drv = &arm_idle_driver;
> +	struct cpuidle_device *dev;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Initialize idle states data, starting at index 1.
> @@ -105,18 +107,57 @@ static int __init arm_idle_init(void)
>  	if (ret <= 0)
>  		return ret ? : -ENODEV;
>  
> +	ret = cpuidle_register_driver(drv);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		pr_err("Failed to register cpuidle driver\n");
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Call arch CPU operations in order to initialize
>  	 * idle states suspend back-end specific data
>  	 */
>  	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
>  		ret = arm_cpuidle_init(cpu);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Skip the cpuidle device initialization if the reported
> +		 * failure is a HW misconfiguration/breakage (-ENXIO).
> +		 */
> +		if (ret == -ENXIO)
> +			continue;
> +
>  		if (ret) {
>  			pr_err("CPU %d failed to init idle CPU ops\n", cpu);
> -			return ret;
> +			goto out_fail;
> +		}
> +
> +		dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (!dev) {
> +			pr_err("Failed to allocate cpuidle device\n");
> +			goto out_fail;
> +		}
> +		dev->cpu = cpu;
> +
> +		ret = cpuidle_register_device(dev);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			pr_err("Failed to register cpuidle device for CPU %d\n",
> +			       cpu);
> +			kfree(dev);
> +			goto out_fail;
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	return cpuidle_register(drv, NULL);
> +	return 0;
> +out_fail:
> +	while (--cpu >= 0) {
> +		dev = per_cpu(cpuidle_devices, cpu);
> +		cpuidle_unregister_device(dev);
> +		kfree(dev);
> +	}
> +
> +	cpuidle_unregister_driver(drv);
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  device_initcall(arm_idle_init);
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
> 
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