linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v8 09/10] watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Power on the PM domain in rzg2l_wdt

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Message-ID: <CAPDyKFp+8VnxDfhDzvP1KWCN_oRHrVMCru9BXO_55GkF=gHUBA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:19:59 +0200
From: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
To: claudiu beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>
Cc: wim@...ux-watchdog.org, linux@...ck-us.net, robh@...nel.org, 
	krzk+dt@...nel.org, conor+dt@...nel.org, p.zabel@...gutronix.de, 
	geert+renesas@...der.be, magnus.damm@...il.com, biju.das.jz@...renesas.com, 
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, 
	Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v8 09/10] watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Power on the PM
 domain in rzg2l_wdt_restart()

On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 at 13:14, claudiu beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev> wrote:
>
> Hi, Ulf,
>
> On 12.04.2024 17:02, claudiu beznea wrote:
> > Hi, Ulf,
> >
> > On 12.04.2024 14:14, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> >> On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 at 16:19, Claudiu <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
> >>>
> >>> The rzg2l_wdt_restart() is called from atomic context. Calling
> >>> pm_runtime_{get_sync, resume_and_get}() or any other runtime PM resume
> >>> APIs is not an option as it may lead to issues as described in commit
> >>> e4cf89596c1f ("watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Fix 'BUG: Invalid wait context'")
> >>> that removed the pm_runtime_get_sync() and used directly the
> >>> clk_prepare_enable() APIs.
> >>>
> >>> Starting with RZ/G3S the watchdog could be part of its own software
> >>> controlled power domain (see the initial implementation in Link section).
> >>> In case the watchdog is not used the power domain is off and accessing
> >>> watchdog registers leads to aborts.
> >>>
> >>> To solve this the patch powers on the power domain using
> >>> dev_pm_genpd_resume() API before enabling its clock. This is not
> >>> sleeping or taking any other locks as the power domain will not be
> >>> registered with GENPD_FLAG_IRQ_SAFE flags.
> >>>
> >>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240208124300.2740313-1-claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com
> >>> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> Changes in v8:
> >>> - none, this patch is new
> >>>
> >>>  drivers/watchdog/rzg2l_wdt.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> >>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rzg2l_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rzg2l_wdt.c
> >>> index c8c20cfb97a3..98e5e9914a5d 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/watchdog/rzg2l_wdt.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/rzg2l_wdt.c
> >>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
> >>>  #include <linux/module.h>
> >>>  #include <linux/of.h>
> >>>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> >>> +#include <linux/pm_domain.h>
> >>>  #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
> >>>  #include <linux/reset.h>
> >>>  #include <linux/units.h>
> >>> @@ -164,6 +165,17 @@ static int rzg2l_wdt_restart(struct watchdog_device *wdev,
> >>>         struct rzg2l_wdt_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdev);
> >>>         int ret;
> >>>
> >>> +       /*
> >>> +        * The device may be part of a power domain that is currently
> >>> +        * powered off. We need to power it up before accessing registers.
> >>> +        * We don't undo the dev_pm_genpd_resume() as the device need to
> >>> +        * be up for the reboot to happen. Also, as we are in atomic context
> >>> +        * here there is no need to increment PM runtime usage counter
> >>> +        * (to make sure pm_runtime_active() doesn't return wrong code).
> >>> +        */
> >>> +       if (!pm_runtime_active(wdev->parent))
> >>> +               dev_pm_genpd_resume(wdev->parent);
> >>> +
> >>
> >> I doubt this is the correct solution, but I may be wrong. Unless this
> >> is invoked at the syscore stage?
> >
> > On my case I see it invoked from kernel_restart(). As of my code reading,
>
> With the above explanations, do you consider calling dev_pm_genpd_resume()
> here is still wrong?

Yes. At least, those genpd functions were not added to cope for cases like this.

Moreover, you still need to find another solution as
clk_prepare_enable() can't be called in this path.

>
> Do you have any suggestions I could try?

Not at the moment, but I will try to circle back to this topic more
thinking next week, when I have some more time.

>
> Thank you,
> Claudiu Beznea

Kind regards
Uffe

>
> > at that point only one CPU is active with IRQs disabled (done in
> > machine_restart()). Below is the stack trace decoded on next-20240410 with
> > this series
> > (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240410134044.2138310-1-claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com/)
> > on top and the one from here (adding power domain support):
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240410122657.2051132-1-claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com/
> >
> > Hardware name: Renesas SMARC EVK version 2 based on r9a08g045s33 (DT)
> > Call trace:
> > dump_backtrace (arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:319)
> > show_stack (arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:326)
> > dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:117)
> > dump_stack (lib/dump_stack.c:124)
> > rzg2l_wdt_restart (drivers/watchdog/rzg2l_wdt.c:180)
> > watchdog_restart_notifier (drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c:188)
> > atomic_notifier_call_chain (kernel/notifier.c:98 kernel/notifier.c:231)
> > do_kernel_restart (kernel/reboot.c:236)
> > machine_restart (arch/arm64/kernel/process.c:145)
> > kernel_restart (kernel/reboot.c:287)
> > __do_sys_reboot (kernel/reboot.c:755)
> > __arm64_sys_reboot (kernel/reboot.c:715)
> > invoke_syscall (arch/arm64/include/asm/current.h:19
> > arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:53)
> > el0_svc_common.constprop.0 (include/linux/thread_info.h:127
> > arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:141)
> > do_el0_svc (arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:153)
> > el0_svc (arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:56
> > arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:77 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:165
> > arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:178 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:713)
> > el0t_64_sync_handler (arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:731)
> > el0t_64_sync (arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598)
> >
> > The watchdog restart handler is added in restart_handler_list and this list
> > is invoked though do_kernel_restart(). As of my code investigation the
> > restart_handler_list is invoked only though do_kernel_restart() and only
> > though the stack trace above.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Claudiu Beznea
> >
> >>
> >>>         clk_prepare_enable(priv->pclk);
> >>>         clk_prepare_enable(priv->osc_clk);
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> 2.39.2
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Can you redirectly me to the complete series, so I can have a better
> >> overview of the problem?
> >
> > This is the series that adds power domain support for RZ/G3S SoC:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240410122657.2051132-1-claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com/
> >
> > This is the series that adds watchdog support for RZ/G3S SoC:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240410134044.2138310-1-claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com/
> >
> > Thank you for your review,
> > Claudiu Beznea
> >
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >> Uffe