linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] riscv: sbi: Switch to the sys-off handler API

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Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2023 10:54:48 +0000
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>
Cc:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@...labora.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Anup Patel <apatel@...tanamicro.com>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
        Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, tangmeng <tangmeng@...ontech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] riscv: sbi: Switch to the sys-off handler API

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 06:30:11PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> Hey Samuel,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 10:19:12AM -0600, Samuel Holland wrote:
> > I want to convert the axp20x PMIC poweroff handler to use the sys-off
> > API, so it can be used as a fallback for if the SBI poweroff handler
> > is unavailable. But the SBI poweroff handler still uses pm_power_off, so
> > done alone, this would cause the axp20x callback to be called first,
> > before the SBI poweroff handler has a chance to run.
> > 
> > In order to prevent this change in behavior, the SBI poweroff handler
> > needs to be converted to the sys-off API first, at a higher priority.
> > 
> > This series performs the conversion, after accounting for the fact that
> > the SBI poweroff handler is registered quite early during boot.
> > 
> > The first patch is a dependency for both this series and the PSCI
> > series[1], so I would like to get at least patch 1 merged soon.
> > 
> > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221105214841.7828-1-samuel@sholland.org/
> > 
> > 
> > Samuel Holland (3):
> >   kernel/reboot: Use the static sys-off handler for any priority
> >   riscv: sbi: Share the code for unsupported extension warnings
> >   riscv: sbi: Switch to the sys-off handler API
> 
> Not what other stuff has reboot support, so I gave it a whirl on

I happened to see this today and could barely understand what I wrote.
s/Not what/Not sure what"

> PolarFire SoC & it seemed to work as expected:
> Tested-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
> 
> Thanks,
> Conor.



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