linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] HID: i2c-hid: goodix: Add support for "goodix,no-reset-during-suspend" property

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Date:   Wed, 26 Apr 2023 09:39:51 -0700
From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:     Fei Shao <fshao@...omium.org>
Cc:     Jeff LaBundy <jeff@...undy.com>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        linux-mediatek <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] HID: i2c-hid: goodix: Add support for
 "goodix,no-reset-during-suspend" property

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:44 AM Fei Shao <fshao@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> In the beginning, commit 18eeef46d359 ("HID: i2c-hid: goodix: Tie the
> reset line to true state of the regulator") introduced a change to tie
> the reset line of the Goodix touchscreen to the state of the regulator
> to fix a power leakage issue in suspend.
>
> After some time, the change was deemed unnecessary and was reverted in
> commit 557e05fa9fdd ("HID: i2c-hid: goodix: Stop tying the reset line to
> the regulator") due to difficulties in managing regulator notifiers for
> designs like Evoker, which provides a second power rail to touchscreen.
>
> However, the revert caused a power regression on another Chromebook
> device Steelix in the field, which has a dedicated always-on regulator
> for touchscreen and was covered by the workaround in the first commit.
>
> To address both cases, this patch adds the support for the new
> "goodix,no-reset-during-suspend" property in the driver:
> - When set to true, the driver does not assert the reset GPIO during
>   power-down.
>   Instead, the GPIO will be asserted during power-up to ensure the
>   touchscreen always has a clean start and consistent behavior after
>   resuming.
>   This is for designs with a dedicated always-on regulator.
> - When set to false or unset, the driver uses the original control flow
>   and asserts GPIO and disables regulators normally.
>   This is for the two-regulator and shared-regulator designs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fei Shao <fshao@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
>
> ---
>
> Changes in v3:
> - In power-down, only skip the GPIO but not the regulator calls if the
>   flag is set
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Do not change the regulator_enable logic during power-up.
>
>  drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-of-goodix.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

You already carried over my Reviewed-by tag, which is fine. ...but
just sending a quick confirmation that v3 looks good to me. Thanks!

-Doug