[PATCH v3 04/18] firmware: qcom: scm: Add minidump SRAM support

From: Mukesh Ojha

Date: Fri May 22 2026 - 15:54:59 EST


On most Qualcomm SoCs where minidump is supported, a word in always-on
SRAM is shared between the kernel and boot firmware. Before DDR is
initialised on the warm reset following a crash, firmware reads this
word to decide if minidump is enabled and collect a minidump and where
to deliver it (USB upload to a host, or save to local storage).

The SRAM region is described by a 'sram' phandle on the SCM DT node.
If the property is absent the feature is silently disabled, keeping
existing SoCs unaffected.

Expose a 'minidump_dest' module parameter (default: usb) so the user can
select the destination. Only the string names "usb" or "storage" are
acceptable values.

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <mukesh.ojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 92 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
index 52432469badc..5276a77834a0 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct qcom_scm {
int scm_vote_count;

u64 dload_mode_addr;
+ void __iomem *minidump_sram;

struct qcom_tzmem_pool *mempool;
unsigned int wq_cnt;
@@ -141,6 +142,20 @@ static const u8 qcom_scm_cpu_warm_bits[QCOM_SCM_BOOT_MAX_CPUS] = {
#define QCOM_DLOAD_MINIDUMP 2
#define QCOM_DLOAD_BOTHDUMP 3

+/* Minidump destination values written to always-on SRAM for boot firmware */
+#define QCOM_MINIDUMP_DEST_USB 0x0
+#define QCOM_MINIDUMP_DEST_STORAGE 0x2
+
+static u32 minidump_dest = QCOM_MINIDUMP_DEST_USB;
+
+static const struct {
+ const char *name;
+ u32 val;
+} minidump_dest_map[] = {
+ { "usb", QCOM_MINIDUMP_DEST_USB },
+ { "storage", QCOM_MINIDUMP_DEST_STORAGE },
+};
+
#define QCOM_SCM_DEFAULT_WAITQ_COUNT 1

static const char * const qcom_scm_convention_names[] = {
@@ -568,6 +583,14 @@ static void qcom_scm_set_download_mode(u32 dload_mode)

if (ret)
dev_err(__scm->dev, "failed to set download mode: %d\n", ret);
+
+ /*
+ * Write the destination into the always-on SRAM so boot firmware
+ * can read it before DDR is initialised on the next warm reset.
+ * Only written when minidump is active;
+ */
+ if (__scm->minidump_sram && (dload_mode & QCOM_DLOAD_MINIDUMP))
+ writel_relaxed(minidump_dest, __scm->minidump_sram);
}

/**
@@ -2040,6 +2063,29 @@ int qcom_scm_gpu_init_regs(u32 gpu_req)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcom_scm_gpu_init_regs);

+static int qcom_scm_map_minidump_sram(struct device *dev, void __iomem **out)
+{
+ struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
+ struct device_node *sram_np;
+ struct resource res;
+ int ret;
+
+ sram_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "sram", 0);
+ if (!sram_np)
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = of_address_to_resource(sram_np, 0, &res);
+ of_node_put(sram_np);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ *out = devm_ioremap(dev, res.start, resource_size(&res));
+ if (!*out)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int qcom_scm_find_dload_address(struct device *dev, u64 *addr)
{
struct device_node *tcsr;
@@ -2733,6 +2779,47 @@ static const struct kernel_param_ops download_mode_param_ops = {
module_param_cb(download_mode, &download_mode_param_ops, NULL, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(download_mode, "download mode: off/0/N for no dump mode, full/on/1/Y for full dump mode, mini for minidump mode and full,mini for both full and minidump mode together are acceptable values");

+static int get_minidump_dest(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(minidump_dest_map); i++)
+ if (minidump_dest == minidump_dest_map[i].val)
+ return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%s\n", minidump_dest_map[i].name);
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buffer, "unknown\n");
+}
+
+static int set_minidump_dest(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+ struct qcom_scm *scm;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(minidump_dest_map); i++)
+ if (sysfs_streq(val, minidump_dest_map[i].name))
+ break;
+
+ if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(minidump_dest_map))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ minidump_dest = minidump_dest_map[i].val;
+
+ /* Pairs with smp_store_release() in qcom_scm_probe(). */
+ scm = smp_load_acquire(&__scm);
+ if (scm && scm->minidump_sram && (download_mode & QCOM_DLOAD_MINIDUMP))
+ writel_relaxed(minidump_dest, scm->minidump_sram);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct kernel_param_ops minidump_dest_param_ops = {
+ .get = get_minidump_dest,
+ .set = set_minidump_dest,
+};
+
+module_param_cb(minidump_dest, &minidump_dest_param_ops, NULL, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(minidump_dest, "Minidump SRAM destination: usb (default) or storage");
+
static int qcom_scm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct qcom_tzmem_pool_config pool_config;
@@ -2750,6 +2837,11 @@ static int qcom_scm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
"Failed to get download mode address\n");

+ ret = qcom_scm_map_minidump_sram(&pdev->dev, &scm->minidump_sram);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
+ "Failed to map minidump SRAM\n");
+
mutex_init(&scm->scm_bw_lock);

scm->path = devm_of_icc_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
--
2.53.0