Re: [PATCH 08/10] ARM: OMAP5/DRA7: PM: cpuidle MPU CSWR support

[Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>]

Daniel,

On 13:22-20140827, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> writes:
> 
> > On Wednesday 27 August 2014 03:35 PM, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Kevin Hilman
> >> <khilman@deeprootsystems.com> wrote:
> >>> + Daniel (cpuidle maintainer)
> >> [...]
> >>>> +static int omap_enter_idle_smp(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
> >>>> +                            struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> >>>> +                            int index)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> +     struct idle_statedata *cx = state_ptr + index;
> >>>> +     unsigned long flag;
> >>>> +
> >>>> +     raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&mpu_lock, flag);
> >>>> +     cx->mpu_state_vote++;
> >>>> +     if (cx->mpu_state_vote == num_online_cpus()) {
> >>>> +             pwrdm_set_logic_retst(mpu_pd, cx->mpu_logic_state);
> >>>> +             omap_set_pwrdm_state(mpu_pd, cx->mpu_state);
> >>>> +     }
> >>>> +     raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mpu_lock, flag);
> >>>> +
> >>>> +     omap4_enter_lowpower(dev->cpu, cx->cpu_state);
> >>>> +
> >>>> +     raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&mpu_lock, flag);
> >>>> +     if (cx->mpu_state_vote == num_online_cpus())
> >>>> +             omap_set_pwrdm_state(mpu_pd, PWRDM_POWER_ON);
> >>>> +     cx->mpu_state_vote--;
> >>>> +     raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mpu_lock, flag);
> >>>> +
> >>>> +     return index;
> >>>> +}
> >>>
> >>> Hmm, maybe OMAP5/DRA7 CPUidle driver should be a new one based on MCPM?
> >> 
> >> Trying to understand benefit of MCPM here - at least without a deeper
> >> understanding of mcpm infrastructure benefits (first look seemed a
> >> little heavy for OMAP5/DRA7 needs).
> >> 
> >> Neither DRA7/OMAP5 are multi-cluster, the SoCs are not targetted for
> >> "OFF" of CPU1/0, we have mercury hardware to help with context and
> >> sync issues.
> >> 
> >> Being able to reuse most of existing OMAP4 infrastructure code is
> >> useful as well to leave the existing omap4 framework as being lighter
> >> in complexity -esp in a cpuidle like hot path?
> >> 
> >> The spin_lock is only for the programming of MPU power domain in a
> >> consistent manner - I suppose might have been the trigger for
> >> proposing mcpm?
> >> 
> > Mostly not....
> >
> > I think this is coming because last time Nicolas Pitre tried to convert
> > the OMAP CPUIdle into MCPM but because of various ordering requirements,
> > OMAP wasn't suitable and then the plan was dropped later.
> >
> > Just to make clear, OMAP OMAP5/DRA7 as well the ordering requirement
> > remains the same for deeper states. Its just the mercury retention state
> > which we are able to enter without ordering requirements and hence
> > the voting scheme.
> 
> Ah, OK.  This is the part that I'm missing.  So for deeper states you'll
> need to be using omap_enter_idle_coupled()
> 
> > Hope this clarifies to you as well as Kevin just in case he missed the
> > part of the deeper C-states requirements.
> 
> Yes, thanks for clarifying.
> 
> That being said, I think MCPM can now do essentially what the coupled
> states code is doing. Even so, that's probably not a reason to hold up
> this patch, but Daniel gets to make that call.


Gentle ping.. You can find the discussion and the patch here:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4764661/

-- 
Regards,
Nishanth Menon