linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 07/10] firmware: psci: Implement vendor-specific resets as reboot-mode

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Message-ID: <5e2caeb7-360a-4590-a36f-ff1ec4c20d31@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:03:57 +0300
From: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@....qualcomm.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 07/10] firmware: psci: Implement vendor-specific
 resets as reboot-mode

On 28/07/2025 14:52, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 28/07/2025 11:44, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 06:53:14AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 27/07/2025 18:24, Shivendra Pratap wrote:
>>>> +
>>>> +static int __init psci_init_vendor_reset(void)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct reboot_mode_driver *reboot;
>>>> +	struct device_node *np;
>>>> +	int ret;
>>>> +
>>>> +	np = of_find_node_by_path("/psci/reboot-mode");
>>>
>>>
>>> Why are you looking by full path, not by compatible? Is the ABI - above
>>> path - expressed anywhere?
>>
>> PSCI node is required to have a node name of psci, it doesn't have MMIO,
> 
> This is true
> 
>> so it resides in the root node
> 
> This might be or not might be true. It is not defined by ABI. Anyway,
> you answered where the ABI would be documented, even though as I said it
> is not (/psci is not), but does not answer to first part: why you are
> not using compatibles which is always the preferred method?

That's a good question, I've added one from my side: why do we need an 
extra late_init call.

> 
> 
>> and the reboot-mode is defined in the
>> previous patch. So, I'd assume, the path is defined.
> 
> As I said, path is not. only psci/reboot-mode is.

Do we have an _actual_ use case where PSCI node is not at at root node? 
If not, it's obviously a deficiency of the schema. Could you please 
provide suggestions on how to describe that in DT schema?


-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry