Re: PM/runtime issue: Device cannot runtime resume because power domain is off during system resume

[Ulf Hansson]

On 16 October 2014 16:05, Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I encounter issues with DRM/panel driver for Exynos after resuming from
> suspend to RAM. This is reproduced on 3.16 but I think it is applicable
> also to mainline.
>
> The scenario:
> 0. DRM DSI is in LCD power domain. Power domain is OFF before
> suspending.
> 1. System suspends.
> 2. System resumes.
> 3. DRM driver:resume().
> 4. pm_runtime_get() for DRM DSI driver.
> 5. This should enable LCD power domain.
> 6. but __pm_genpd_poweron() exits early because:
>    genpd->prepared_count = 3

I am getting to this soonish in my genpd work. Currently I am working
on the boot issues. :-)

At a first glance, I think the genpd->prepare_count variable shouldn't
exist at all, but I need to dig into this in more detail to be sure.

In principle I think genpd should rely _more_ on the PM core during
system PM transitions. For example the PM core invokes a
pm_runtime_get_noresume() (and for some reason genpd as well) at the
->prepare() phase. Shouldn't that be enough!?

>    genpd->suspend_power_off = 1
>   in domain.c:183
>
> 7. The domain is not powered on but it is marked as active.
> 8. The DRM driver thinks everything is OK and proceeds with resume...
> but it fails because whole power domain is OFF.
>
> The question: Shouldn't the power domain be powered up EARLY?

Good question, I would like us to strive towards these goals:

For CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME, I think the PM domain should be powered up at
the first time a runtime PM resume callbacks gets invoked.
For !CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME, I think we should restore the state the PM
domain had prior we went to system PM sleep.

Kind regards
Uffe
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