Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] PCI: qcom: Add system suspend and resume support

From: Krishna Chaitanya Chundru
Date: Wed Sep 28 2022 - 10:33:19 EST


On 9/25/2022 7:23 AM, Krishna Chaitanya Chundru wrote:

On 9/23/2022 7:56 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 07:29:31AM +0530, Krishna Chaitanya Chundru wrote:
On 9/23/2022 12:12 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 09:09:28PM +0530, Krishna Chaitanya Chundru wrote:
On 9/21/2022 10:26 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 03:23:35PM +0530, Krishna Chaitanya Chundru wrote:
On 9/20/2022 11:46 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 03:52:23PM +0530, Krishna chaitanya chundru wrote:
In qcom platform PCIe resources( clocks, phy etc..) can
released when the link is in L1ss to reduce the power
consumption. So if the link is in L1ss, release the PCIe
resources. And when the system resumes, enable the PCIe
resources if they released in the suspend path.
What's the connection with L1.x?  Links enter L1.x based on
activity and timing.  That doesn't seem like a reliable
indicator to turn PHYs off and disable clocks.
This is a Qcom PHY-specific feature (retaining the link state in
L1.x with clocks turned off).  It is possible only with the link
being in l1.x. PHY can't retain the link state in L0 with the
clocks turned off and we need to re-train the link if it's in L2
or L3. So we can support this feature only with L1.x. That is
the reason we are taking l1.x as the trigger to turn off clocks
(in only suspend path).
This doesn't address my question.  L1.x is an ASPM feature, which
means hardware may enter or leave L1.x autonomously at any time
without software intervention.  Therefore, I don't think reading the
current state is a reliable way to decide anything.
After the link enters the L1.x it will come out only if there is
some activity on the link.  AS system is suspended and NVMe driver
is also suspended( queues will  freeze in suspend) who else can
initiate any data.
I don't think we can assume that nothing will happen to cause exit
from L1.x.  For instance, PCIe Messages for INTx signaling, LTR, OBFF,
PTM, etc., may be sent even though we think the device is idle and
there should be no link activity.
I don't think after the link enters into L1.x there will some
activity on the link as you mentioned, except for PCIe messages like
INTx/MSI/MSIX. These messages also will not come because the client
drivers like NVMe will keep their device in the lowest power mode.

The link will come out of L1.x only when there is config or memory
access or some messages to trigger the interrupts from the devices.
We are already making sure this access will not be there in S3.  If
the link is in L0 or L0s what you said is expected but not in L1.x
Forgive me for being skeptical, but we just spent a few months
untangling the fact that some switches send PTM request messages even
when they're in a non-D0 state.  We expected that devices in D3hot
would not send such messages because "why would they?"  But it turns
out the spec allows that, and they actually *do*.

I don't think it's robust interoperable design for a PCI controller
driver like qcom to assume anything about PCI devices unless it's
required by the spec.

Bjorn
We will check the spec once and will come back to you,
From pci spec 4, in sec 5.5
"Ports that support L1 PM Substates must not require a reference clock while in L1 PM Substates
other than L1.0".
If there is no reference clk we can say there is no activity on the link.
If anything needs to be sent (such as LTR, or some messages ), the link needs to be back in L0 before it
sends the packet to the link partner.

To exit from L1.x clkreq pin should be asserted.

In suspend after turning off clocks and phy we can enable to trigger an interrupt whenever the clk req pin asserts.
In that interrupt handler, we can enable the pcie resources back.

What are your thoughts on this?