[PATCH v2] PM: domains: Prevent power off for parent unless child is in deepest state

From: Ulf Hansson
Date: Fri Feb 04 2022 - 05:17:09 EST


A PM domain managed by genpd may support multiple idlestates. During
genpd_power_off() a genpd governor may be asked to select one of the
idlestates based upon the dev PM QoS constraints, for example.

However, there is a problem with the behaviour around this in genpd. More
precisely, a parent-domain is allowed to be powered off, no matter of what
idlestate that has been selected for the child-domain.

So far, we have not received any reports about errors from the current
behaviour. However, there is an STMicro platform that is being worked on,
which can't cope with this. Therefore, let's change genpd to prevent the
parent- domain from being powered off, unless the deepest idlestate has
been selected for the child-domain.

Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes in v2:
- Clarified the commit message

---
drivers/base/power/domain.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
index 5db704f02e71..7f97c5cabdc2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
@@ -636,6 +636,17 @@ static int genpd_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool one_dev_on,
atomic_read(&genpd->sd_count) > 0)
return -EBUSY;

+ /*
+ * The children must be in their deepest states to allow the parent to
+ * be powered off. Note that, there's no need for additional locking, as
+ * powering on a child, requires the parent's lock to be acquired first.
+ */
+ list_for_each_entry(link, &genpd->parent_links, parent_node) {
+ struct generic_pm_domain *child = link->child;
+ if (child->state_idx < child->state_count - 1)
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
list_for_each_entry(pdd, &genpd->dev_list, list_node) {
enum pm_qos_flags_status stat;

@@ -1073,6 +1084,13 @@ static void genpd_sync_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool use_lock,
|| atomic_read(&genpd->sd_count) > 0)
return;

+ /* Check that the children are in their deepest state. */
+ list_for_each_entry(link, &genpd->parent_links, parent_node) {
+ struct generic_pm_domain *child = link->child;
+ if (child->state_idx < child->state_count - 1)
+ return;
+ }
+
/* Choose the deepest state when suspending */
genpd->state_idx = genpd->state_count - 1;
if (_genpd_power_off(genpd, false))
--
2.25.1