Re: [PATCH v2] PM: domains: Prevent power off for parent unless child is in deepest state

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 9:56 AM Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 at 00:11, Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 17.02.2022 15:49, Ulf Hansson пишет:
> > > A PM domain managed by genpd may support multiple idlestates (power-off
> > > states). During genpd_power_off() a genpd governor may be asked to select
> > > one of the idlestates based upon the dev PM QoS constraints, for example.
> > >
> > > However, there is a problem with the behaviour around this in genpd. More
> > > precisely, a parent-domain is allowed to be powered off, no matter of what
> > > idlestate that has been selected for the child-domain.
> > >
> > > For the stm32mp1 platform from STMicro, this behaviour doesn't play well.
> > > Instead, the parent-domain must not be powered off, unless the deepest
> > > idlestate has been selected for the child-domain. As the current behaviour
> > > in genpd is quite questionable anyway, let's simply change it into what is
> > > needed by the stm32mp1 platform.
> > >
> > > If it surprisingly turns out that other platforms may need a different
> > > behaviour from genpd, then we will have to revisit this to find a way to
> > > make it configurable.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Changes in v2:
> > >       - Clarified commit message - based upon discussions with Dmitry.
> > >       - Updated a comment in the code, suggested by Dmitry.
> > >
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/base/power/domain.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
> > > index 5db704f02e71..c87588c21700 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
> > > @@ -636,6 +636,18 @@ static int genpd_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool one_dev_on,
> > >                       atomic_read(&genpd->sd_count) > 0)
> > >               return -EBUSY;
> > >
> > > +     /*
> > > +      * The children must be in their deepest (powered-off) states to allow
> > > +      * the parent to be powered off. Note that, there's no need for
> > > +      * additional locking, as powering on a child, requires the parent's
> > > +      * lock to be acquired first.
> > > +      */
> > > +     list_for_each_entry(link, &genpd->parent_links, parent_node) {
> > > +             struct generic_pm_domain *child = link->child;
> > > +             if (child->state_idx < child->state_count - 1)
> > > +                     return -EBUSY;
> > > +     }
> > > +
> > >       list_for_each_entry(pdd, &genpd->dev_list, list_node) {
> > >               enum pm_qos_flags_status stat;
> > >
> > > @@ -1073,6 +1085,13 @@ static void genpd_sync_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool use_lock,
> > >           || atomic_read(&genpd->sd_count) > 0)
> > >               return;
> > >
> > > +     /* Check that the children are in their deepest (powered-off) state. */
> > > +     list_for_each_entry(link, &genpd->parent_links, parent_node) {
> > > +             struct generic_pm_domain *child = link->child;
> > > +             if (child->state_idx < child->state_count - 1)
> > > +                     return;
> > > +     }
> > > +
> > >       /* Choose the deepest state when suspending */
> > >       genpd->state_idx = genpd->state_count - 1;
> > >       if (_genpd_power_off(genpd, false))
> >
> > Thank you, looks good. Although, this should be v3.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@gmail.com>
>
> Thanks Dmitry! I think v2 should be correct. At least I haven't sent a
> v2 before. :-)
>
> Rafael, I think this is ready to go, can please pick it up?

Applied as 5.18 material, thanks!