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Message-ID: <20220423122756.GM374560@thinkpad>
Date:   Sat, 23 Apr 2022 17:57:56 +0530
From:   Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@...nel.org>
To:     Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>
Cc:     quic_hemantk@...cinc.com, quic_bbhatt@...cinc.com,
        mhi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] bus: mhi: host: Add soc_reset sysfs

On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 11:18:47AM -0600, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:
> The MHI bus supports a standardized hardware reset, which is known as the
> "SoC Reset".  This reset is similar to the reset sysfs for PCI devices -
> a hardware mechanism to reset the state back to square one.
> 
> The MHI SoC Reset is described in the spec as a reset of last resort.  If
> some unrecoverable error has occurred where other resets have failed, SoC
> Reset is the "big hammer" that ungracefully resets the device.  This is
> effectivly the same as yanking the power on the device, and reapplying it.
> However, depending on the nature of the particular issue, the underlying
> transport link may remain active and configured.  If the link remains up,
> the device will flag a MHI system error early in the boot process after
> the reset is executed, which allows the MHI bus to process a fatal error
> event, and clean up appropiately.
> 
> While the SoC Reset is generally intended as a means of recovery when all
> else has failed, it can be useful in non-error scenarios.  For example,
> if the device loads firmware from the host filesystem, the device may need
> to be fully rebooted inorder to pick up the new firmware.  In this
> scenario, the system administrator may use the soc_reset sysfs to cause
> the device to pick up the new firmware that the admin placed on the
> filesystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>
> Reviewed-by: Bhaumik Bhatt <quic_bbhatt@...cinc.com>
> Reviewed-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>

Applied to mhi-next!

Thanks,
Mani

> ---
> 
> v3:
> Cleanup email domain change
> 
> v2:
> Rebase
> 
>  Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-mhi | 10 ++++++++++
>  drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c            | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-mhi b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-mhi
> index ecfe766..96ccc33 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-mhi
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-mhi
> @@ -19,3 +19,13 @@ Description:	The file holds the OEM PK Hash value of the endpoint device
>  		read without having the device power on at least once, the file
>  		will read all 0's.
>  Users:		Any userspace application or clients interested in device info.
> +
> +What:           /sys/bus/mhi/devices/.../soc_reset
> +Date:           April 2022
> +KernelVersion:  5.19
> +Contact:        mhi@...ts.linux.dev
> +Description:	Initiates a SoC reset on the MHI controller.  A SoC reset is
> +                a reset of last resort, and will require a complete re-init.
> +                This can be useful as a method of recovery if the device is
> +                non-responsive, or as a means of loading new firmware as a
> +                system administration task.
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c
> index a665b8e..a8c18c5f 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c
> @@ -108,9 +108,23 @@ static ssize_t oem_pk_hash_show(struct device *dev,
>  }
>  static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(oem_pk_hash);
>  
> +static ssize_t soc_reset_store(struct device *dev,
> +			       struct device_attribute *attr,
> +			       const char *buf,
> +			       size_t count)
> +{
> +	struct mhi_device *mhi_dev = to_mhi_device(dev);
> +	struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl = mhi_dev->mhi_cntrl;
> +
> +	mhi_soc_reset(mhi_cntrl);
> +	return count;
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(soc_reset);
> +
>  static struct attribute *mhi_dev_attrs[] = {
>  	&dev_attr_serial_number.attr,
>  	&dev_attr_oem_pk_hash.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_soc_reset.attr,
>  	NULL,
>  };
>  ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(mhi_dev);
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>