Re: [PATCH v4 02/18] pinctrl: pinctrl-single: move suspend()/resume() callbacks to noirq

[Thomas Richard]

On 3/20/24 08:44, Dhruva Gole wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mar 04, 2024 at 16:35:45 +0100, Thomas Richard wrote:
>> The goal is to extend the active period of pinctrl.
>> Some devices may need active pinctrl after suspend() and/or before
>> resume().
>> So move suspend()/resume() to suspend_noirq()/resume_noirq() in order to
>> have active pinctrl until suspend_noirq() (included), and from
>> resume_noirq() (included).
>>
>> The deprecated API has been removed to use the new one (dev_pm_ops struct).
>>
>> No need to check the pointer returned by dev_get_drvdata(), as
>> platform_set_drvdata() is called during the probe.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Richard <thomas.richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
> 
> I was planning to do this but didn't see particular benefit to it. Do
> you see the benefit on your specific device? Can you help me understand
> how? Not against the patch, just curious.

Hello Dhruva,

We need this patch to support suspend to ram for the PCIe on J7200.
In root complex mode, a gpio is used to reset endpoints.
This gpio shall be managed during suspend_noirq and resume_noirq stages.
On J7200 this gpio is on a gpio expander.
So we need this patch to restore pinctrl to be able to do i2c accesses
in noirq stages.

Best Regards,

-- 
Thomas Richard, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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