[PATCH] pmdomain: core: Add tracepoints for domain state changes

From: Abel Vesa

Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 11:09:08 EST


Power domain state changes are difficult to correlate with device activity
using snapshots of the genpd debugfs state alone.

Add tracepoints for domain initialization, power-on and power-off
operations, and performance-state changes. Record the domain name and
initial power and performance states at initialization. For power
operations, record the idle-state index and return value, and for
performance-state changes, record the requested state and return value.

Emit the operation tracepoints on both success and failure paths,
including power notifier failures and performance-state rollback paths,
to make failed transitions visible alongside successful ones.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pmdomain/core.c | 27 +++++++++----
include/trace/events/genpd.h | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/core.c b/drivers/pmdomain/core.c
index b99c2dcf3d8f..62bd29e5918d 100644
--- a/drivers/pmdomain/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pmdomain/core.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@

#include <trace/events/ipi.h>

+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include <trace/events/genpd.h>
+
/* Provides a unique ID for each genpd device */
static DEFINE_IDA(genpd_ida);

@@ -485,7 +488,7 @@ static int _genpd_set_performance_state(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
if (ret) {
if (link)
goto rollback_parents_up;
- return ret;
+ goto out;
}
}

@@ -499,15 +502,18 @@ static int _genpd_set_performance_state(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
}

genpd->performance_state = state;
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;

rollback_parents_up:
list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(link, &genpd->child_links, child_node)
_genpd_rollback_parent_state(link, depth);
- return ret;
+ goto out;
rollback_parents_down:
list_for_each_entry_continue(link, &genpd->child_links, child_node)
_genpd_rollback_parent_state(link, depth);
+out:
+ trace_genpd_set_performance_state(dev_name(&genpd->dev), state, ret);
return ret;
}

@@ -842,7 +848,7 @@ static int _genpd_power_on(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool timed)
GENPD_NOTIFY_OFF, NULL);
ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto trace;

if (!genpd->power_on)
goto out;
@@ -873,10 +879,13 @@ static int _genpd_power_on(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool timed)
out:
raw_notifier_call_chain(&genpd->power_notifiers, GENPD_NOTIFY_ON, NULL);
genpd->synced_poweroff = false;
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto trace;
err:
raw_notifier_call_chain(&genpd->power_notifiers, GENPD_NOTIFY_OFF,
NULL);
+trace:
+ trace_genpd_power_on(dev_name(&genpd->dev), state_idx, ret);
return ret;
}

@@ -893,7 +902,7 @@ static int _genpd_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool timed)
GENPD_NOTIFY_ON, NULL);
ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto trace;

if (!genpd->power_off)
goto out;
@@ -924,9 +933,12 @@ static int _genpd_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool timed)
out:
raw_notifier_call_chain(&genpd->power_notifiers, GENPD_NOTIFY_OFF,
NULL);
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto trace;
busy:
raw_notifier_call_chain(&genpd->power_notifiers, GENPD_NOTIFY_ON, NULL);
+trace:
+ trace_genpd_power_off(dev_name(&genpd->dev), state_idx, ret);
return ret;
}

@@ -2529,6 +2541,7 @@ int pm_genpd_init(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
return ret;

mutex_lock(&gpd_list_lock);
+ trace_genpd_init(dev_name(&genpd->dev), !is_off, genpd->performance_state);
list_add(&genpd->gpd_list_node, &gpd_list);
mutex_unlock(&gpd_list_lock);
genpd_debug_add(genpd);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/genpd.h b/include/trace/events/genpd.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e2970be0796a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/trace/events/genpd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM genpd
+
+#if !defined(_TRACE_GENPD_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_GENPD_H
+
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+TRACE_EVENT(genpd_init,
+
+ TP_PROTO(const char *name, bool on, unsigned int performance_state),
+
+ TP_ARGS(name, on, performance_state),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __string(name, name)
+ __field(bool, on)
+ __field(unsigned int, performance_state)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __assign_str(name);
+ __entry->on = on;
+ __entry->performance_state = performance_state;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("%s on=%d performance_state=%u", __get_str(name),
+ __entry->on, __entry->performance_state)
+);
+
+/* state_idx identifies the idle state entered or exited. */
+DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(genpd_power,
+
+ TP_PROTO(const char *name, unsigned int state_idx, int ret),
+
+ TP_ARGS(name, state_idx, ret),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __string(name, name)
+ __field(unsigned int, state_idx)
+ __field(int, ret)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __assign_str(name);
+ __entry->state_idx = state_idx;
+ __entry->ret = ret;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("%s state_idx=%u ret=%d", __get_str(name),
+ __entry->state_idx, __entry->ret)
+);
+
+DEFINE_EVENT(genpd_power, genpd_power_on,
+
+ TP_PROTO(const char *name, unsigned int state_idx, int ret),
+
+ TP_ARGS(name, state_idx, ret)
+);
+
+DEFINE_EVENT(genpd_power, genpd_power_off,
+
+ TP_PROTO(const char *name, unsigned int state_idx, int ret),
+
+ TP_ARGS(name, state_idx, ret)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(genpd_set_performance_state,
+
+ TP_PROTO(const char *name, unsigned int state, int ret),
+
+ TP_ARGS(name, state, ret),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __string(name, name)
+ __field(unsigned int, state)
+ __field(int, ret)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __assign_str(name);
+ __entry->state = state;
+ __entry->ret = ret;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("%s state=%u ret=%d", __get_str(name),
+ __entry->state, __entry->ret)
+);
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_GENPD_H */
+
+/* This part must be outside protection. */
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>

---
base-commit: 3d7783543c2646af69ad65825e810060494bea21
change-id: 20260924-add-pmdomain-tracepoints-15254f2cd40f

Best regards,
--
Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>