linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/5] Allow genpd providers to power off domains on sync state

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Message-ID: <CAPDyKFrhqOfiUPEcb724Qw0ZCUV6LYj8HL0OhnVbr-2vj+_6Wg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:07:09 +0100
From:   Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
To:     Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@...aro.org>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Mike Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/5] Allow genpd providers to power off domains on
 sync state

On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 at 14:42, Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> There have been already a couple of tries to make the genpd "disable
> unused" late initcall skip the powering off of domains that might be
> needed until later on (i.e. until some consumer probes). The conclusion
> was that the provider could return -EBUSY from the power_off callback
> until the provider's sync state has been reached. This patch series tries
> to provide a proof-of-concept that is working on Qualcomm platforms.
>
> I've been doing extensive testing on SM8450, but I've also spinned this
> on my X13s (SC8280XP). Both patches that add the sync state callback to
> the SC8280XP and SM8450 are here to provide context. Once we agree on
> the form, I intend to add the sync state callback to all gdsc providers.
>
> Currently, some of the gdsc providers might not reach sync state due to
> list of consumers not probing yet (or at all). The sync state can be
> enforced by writing 1 to the state_synced sysfs attribute of the
> provider, thanks to Saravana's commit [1] which has been already merged.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230304005355.746421-3-saravanak@google.com
>
> V1 of this patchset was here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230315132330.450877-1-abel.vesa@linaro.org/
>
> Changes since v1:
>  * Added the qcom_cc sync state callback which calls in turn the gdsc one
>  * dropped extra semicolon from pm_domain.h
>
> Abel Vesa (5):
>   PM: domains: Allow power off queuing from providers
>   soc: qcom: rpmhpd: Do proper power off when state synced
>   clk: qcom: gdsc: Avoid actual power off until sync state
>   clk: qcom: Add sync state callback to all SC8280XP providers
>   clk: qcom: Add sync state callback to all SM8450 providers
>
>  drivers/base/power/domain.c        |  3 ++-
>  drivers/clk/qcom/camcc-sm8450.c    |  1 +
>  drivers/clk/qcom/common.c          | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/clk/qcom/common.h          |  2 ++
>  drivers/clk/qcom/dispcc-sc8280xp.c |  1 +
>  drivers/clk/qcom/dispcc-sm8450.c   |  1 +
>  drivers/clk/qcom/gcc-sc8280xp.c    |  1 +
>  drivers/clk/qcom/gcc-sm8450.c      |  1 +
>  drivers/clk/qcom/gdsc.c            | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/clk/qcom/gdsc.h            |  6 ++++++
>  drivers/clk/qcom/gpucc-sc8280xp.c  |  1 +
>  drivers/soc/qcom/rpmhpd.c          | 19 +++++++------------
>  include/linux/pm_domain.h          |  6 ++++++
>  13 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>

Besides the minor comments on patch1, this looks good to me! So, feel
free to add:

Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>

Kind regards
Uffe