linux-kernel - RE: [RFC 0/7] cpuidle: Add poking mechanism to support non-IPI wakeup

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Date:   Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:27:53 +0000
From:   Aisheng Dong <aisheng.dong@....com>
To:     Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@....com>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        "catalin.marinas@....com" <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@....com>
CC:     dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC 0/7] cpuidle: Add poking mechanism to support non-IPI wakeup

[...]
> > > Anything that isn't visible to the GPC and requires the GIC
> > > wake_request signal to behave as specified is broken by this erratum.
> >
> > I really wonder how a timer interrupt (a PPI, hence not routed through
> > the GPC) can wake up the CPU in this case. It really feels like
> > something like "program CNTV_CVAL_EL0 to expire at some later point;
> > WFI" could result in the CPU going to a deep sleep state, and not
> > wake-up at all.
> 
> I guess it's broken in the same way. The downstream DT claims
> "local-timer-stop" for the CPU sleep state and "arm,no-tick-in-suspend"
> for the armv8-timer, which I guess is not the timer actually stopping in suspend,
> but the CPU being unable to wake up due to the timer IRQ.
> 
> > This would indicate that not only cpuidle is broken with this, but
> > absolutely every interrupt that is not routed through the GPC.
> 
> That's my understanding as well. Note that I have no NXP internal information
> and can only infer from the published reference manual, errata notice and
> downstream kernel.
> 

We will double check it.
Thanks for the information.

Regards
Dong Aisheng

> Regards,
> Lucas