Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] cpuidle: psci: Initialize the PM domains in powered off state for OSI

From: Dhruva G

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 13:06:22 EST


On 14-09-2026 20:31, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> At the point when the PM domain and the topology are registered through the
> genpd subsystem, it's not really known whether corresponding CPUs are
> online and thus if the PM domain should be initialized as powered on or
> not. Instead this information becomes available when the CPU devices gets
> attached to their respective PM domain through dt_idle_attach_cpu().
>
> This is a problem when using PSCI OS-initiated mode, as we may end up with
> a PM domain that has the genpd's status indicating it to be powered on,
> while it in fact may not be the case. In the less severe scenario, this
> leads to selecting a shallower domain idle state for the PM domain than
> necessary. A more critical problem is when a non-CPU device shares the PM
> domain, leading to their corresponding drivers not being able to trust the
> status of it.
>
> Let's fix these problems by initializing the state for the genpd's to be
> powered off and in the deepest possible domain idle state, when using
> OS-initiated mode. The support for ->sync_state() is maintained by setting
> the GENPD_FLAG_POWER_UNKNOWN for the genpds in question.
>
> Reported-by: Maulik Shah <maulik.shah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260811-domain_off_ss3-v1-0-6a0a0fc023f5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Reviewed-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Yuanfang Zhang <yuanfang.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Drop GENPD_FLAG_RPM_ALWAYS_ON.

Thanks, Looks good.
Reviewed-by: Dhruva Gole <goledhruva@xxxxxxxxx>

> Changes in v3:
> - None.
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix a bug in the call to pm_genpd_init().
>
> ---
> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c | 7 +++----
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c
> index b9e4ad7d43a3..5722365b943e 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c
> @@ -68,9 +68,8 @@ static int psci_pd_init(struct device_node *np, bool use_osi)
> */
> if (use_osi) {
> pd->power_off = psci_pd_power_off;
> - pd->flags |= GENPD_FLAG_ACTIVE_WAKEUP;
> - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
> - pd->flags |= GENPD_FLAG_RPM_ALWAYS_ON;
> + pd->flags |= GENPD_FLAG_ACTIVE_WAKEUP | GENPD_FLAG_POWER_UNKNOWN;
> + pd->state_idx = pd->state_count ? pd->state_count - 1 : 0;
> } else {
> pd->flags |= GENPD_FLAG_ALWAYS_ON;
> }
> @@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ static int psci_pd_init(struct device_node *np, bool use_osi)
> /* Use governor for CPU PM domains if it has some states to manage. */
> pd_gov = pd->states ? &pm_domain_cpu_gov : NULL;
>
> - ret = pm_genpd_init(pd, pd_gov, false);
> + ret = pm_genpd_init(pd, pd_gov, use_osi);
> if (ret)
> goto free_pd_prov;
>