[PATCH v3 0/3] ASoC: qcom: enable audio on stage-2 protected DSPs (mDSP)

From: Ajay Kumar Nandam

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 10:00:30 EST


On platforms such as Qualcomm Shikra, audio is served by the modem DSP
(mDSP) rather than the ADSP. The mDSP runs in a stage-2 protected context
and cannot use the SMMU, so the PCM buffers it consumes must live in
reserved-memory carveouts that are handed to the consumer VMIDs via a
hypervisor (SCM) memory assignment. This series adds that access model to
the q6apm DAI driver and its binding, alongside the existing stage-1/SMMU
(iommus) path, which is left untouched.

The driver detects the mDSP target at runtime from the GPR domain_id
(GPR_DOMAIN_ID_MODEM) and enables the SCM assignment path automatically.
VMIDs are hardcoded in the driver (HLOS + MSS_MSA + LPASS) rather than
read from DT, following the consensus from v2 review discussion with
Krzysztof Kozlowski and Srinivas Kandagatla.

Tested on Qualcomm Shikra with mDSP audio playback and capture.

Prior versions:
v1 (VMID binding + driver + GPR domain):
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260609064038.492641-1-ajay.nandam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
v1 (memory-region binding + DTS):
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260618113509.2025881-1-ajay.nandam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260826-a2a-shikra-vmid-v5-v2-0-c3dc62354eee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Changes since v2:
- Drop qcom,vmids DT property entirely; VMIDs are static per SoC and
hardcoded in the driver (HLOS, MSS_MSA, LPASS). This addresses
Krzysztof's concern that qcom,vmids is "not a hardware property at
all" and does not belong in DT. (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
- Drop oneOf / dependentRequired constraints from the binding since
qcom,vmids no longer exists. memory-region is simply optional.
- Detect mDSP from GPR domain_id (GPR_DOMAIN_ID_MODEM) instead of
keying off a DT property. No new compatible needed.
- Add QCOM_SCM_VMID_LPASS to the SCM destination list alongside
HLOS and MSS_MSA — required for the mDSP firmware to access
buffers.
- Switch reserved-memory path from snd_pcm_set_managed_buffer_all()
to snd_pcm_set_fixed_buffer_all() so the carveout is not subject
to the preallocate_dma module param. (Mark Brown)
- Use per-item descriptions for memory-region in the DT binding
instead of free-form text. (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
- Drop reserved-memory node from the binding example.
(Krzysztof Kozlowski)
- Register devm cleanup action before SCM assigns so probe-error
paths do not leak HLOS memory access.
- Reorder series: g_apm fix (1/3), GPR domain (2/3), SCM assign
(3/3) for cleaner bisection.

Signed-off-by: Ajay Kumar Nandam <ajay.nandam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Ajay Kumar Nandam (3):
ASoC: qcom: q6apm: clear g_apm on driver removal
ASoC: qcom: qdsp6: generalize GPR service domain
ASoC: qcom: q6apm-dai: add SCM buffer assignment for mDSP platforms

.../devicetree/bindings/sound/qcom,q6apm-dai.yaml | 12 +-
sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig | 1 +
sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/audioreach.c | 12 +-
sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/audioreach.h | 22 +-
sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm-dai.c | 260 +++++++++++++++++++--
sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm.c | 9 +-
sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6apm.h | 2 +-
sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6prm.c | 2 +
8 files changed, 287 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 3d5670d672ae08b8c534b7beed6f57c8b44e7b43
change-id: 20260918-vmid-v3-cad97e0eb7bb

Best regards,
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Ajay Kumar Nandam <ajay.nandam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>