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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:25:58 +0100
From: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>
To: "Kevin Hilman" <khilman@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] usb: cdns3-ti: add suspend/resume procedures for
J7200
Hello,
On Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 11:36 PM CET, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com> writes:
> > On Wed Nov 22, 2023 at 11:23 PM CET, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> >> Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com> writes:
> >> The point is to signal to the power domain the device is in that it can
> >> power on/off. These IP blocks are (re)used on many different SoCs, so
> >> the driver should not make any assumptions about what power domain it is
> >> in (if any.)
> >
> > On my platform, when the device is attached to the PD it gets turned on.
> > That feels logical to me: if a driver is not RPM aware it "just works".
>
> It "just works"... until the domain gets turned off.
>
> > Are there platforms where RPM must get enabled for the attached
> > power-domains to be turned on?
>
> Yes, but but more importantly, there are platforms where RPM must get
> enabled for the power domain to *stay* on. For example, the power
> domain might get turned on due to devices probing etc, but as soon as
> all the RPM-enabled drivers drop their refcount, the domain will turn
> off. If there is a device in that domain with a non-RPM enabled driver,
> that device will be powered off anc cause a crash.
OK, that makes sense, thanks for taking the time to explain. This topic
makes me see two things that I feel are close to being bugs. I'd be
curious to get your view on both.
- If a device does not use RPM but its children do, it might get its
associated power-domain turned off. That forces every single driver
that want to stay alive to enable & increment RPM.
What I naively expect: a genpd with a device attached to it that is
not using RPM should mean that it should not be powered off at
runtime_suspend. Benefit: no RPM calls in drivers that do not use
it, and the behavior is that the genpd associated stays alive "as
expected".
- If a device uses RPM & has a refcount strictly positive, its
associated power-domain gets turned off either way at suspend_noirq.
That feels non-intuitive as well.
What I naively expect: check for RPM refcounts of attached devices
when doing suspend_noirq of power-domains. Benefit: control of what
power-domains do from attached devices is done through the RPM API.
Regards,
--
Théo Lebrun, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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