Re: [PATCH v26 00/10] Implement PSCI reboot mode driver for PSCI resets

From: Shivendra Pratap

Date: Mon Oct 12 2026 - 10:10:11 EST




On 9/28/2026 11:39 AM, Shivendra Pratap wrote:
Userspace should be able to initiate device reboots using the various
PSCI SYSTEM_RESET and SYSTEM_RESET2 types defined by PSCI spec. This
patch series introduces psci-reboot-mode driver that will induce
command-based resets to psci driver for executing the device reset.

The PSCI system reset calls takes two arguments: reset_type and cookie.
It defines predefined reset types, such as warm and cold reset, and
vendor-specific reset types which are SoC vendor specific. To support
these requirements, the reboot-mode framework is enhanced in two key
ways:
1. Support upto three 32 bit magic values as arguments. This enables to
support for a 32 bit reset_type and a 64 bit cookie).
2. Predefined modes: Add support for predefined reboot modes in the
framework.

With these enhancements, the patch series enables:
- Arch Warm reset and system reset cold as predefined reboot modes.
- Vendor-specific resets, configurable via the SoC-specific device tree.

Together, these changes allow userspace to trigger all above PSCI resets
from userspace.

Note on introducing psci aux devices:
Based on feedback from Bart, Lee and Ufee, PSCI child functionality now
uses aux devices instead of an MFD driver, with psci-cpuidle-domain and
psci-reboot-mode probed through a common PSCI aux device enumerator.
Reference discussions on this:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPx+jO9Hi2R_UnCEhsXLwf74c3RTb+RodaJ6SOVXbQX_eHt++A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Hi Lorenzo,

I am planning to send a minor update to remove some unnecessary headers from psci-reboot-mode.c. Could you please take a look and share any review comments so I can address them in the next version?

thanks,
Shivendra