[PATCH v7 1/2] spi: pxa2xx: disable DMA and fix runtime PM for Apple MacBook8,1

From: Shih-Yuan Lee

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 22:09:45 EST


On MacBook8,1 (early 2015 12" MacBook), the LPSS SPI controller at
00:15.4 has two related problems: DMA handshake/interrupt routing fails,
and runtime PM autosuspend clock-gates the LPSS block, triggering PCIe
Completion Timeouts.

Move the force-PIO DMI quirk to spi-pxa2xx-pci.c (the LPSS host controller
driver) to avoid layering violations in the client driver.

To prevent the PCIe Completion Timeout crash when operating in PIO mode:
- If DMA is disabled (either statically via the DMI quirk / module parameter
or dynamically due to channel exhaustion), call pm_runtime_get_noresume()
in pxa2xx_spi_probe() to hold a runtime PM reference, and release it via
pm_runtime_put_noidle() in the remove/error paths. This keeps the PM count
above 0 and permanently locks the device out of autosuspend, preventing
userspace tools (like PowerTOP) or udev rules from overriding it.
- Implement helper functions pxa2xx_spi_clk_enable() and pxa2xx_spi_clk_disable()
to track clock state via drv_data->clk_enabled, preventing clock disable
count underflows and framework warnings on resume/autosuspend error paths.
- Check device status in the shared interrupt handler ssp_int() using
pm_runtime_get_if_active() and drv_data->suspended. If the device is
suspended, suspending (RPM_SUSPENDING), or clock-disabled, ssp_int()
immediately returns IRQ_NONE to avoid reading unclocked MMIO registers.
- Reorder pxa2xx_spi_probe() to register the interrupt handler (request_irq())
after the device clock is enabled and the suspended flag is cleared. This
prevents an early shared interrupt from asserting and triggering an interrupt
storm before the clock is active to allow clearing it.
- Overhaul the driver removal sequence in pxa2xx_spi_remove(): first set
drv_data->suspended to true and disable SSP hardware-level interrupt
generation (pxa_ssp_disable()), then call synchronize_irq() to wait for
in-flight interrupt handlers to complete, free the IRQ, and only then
disable the clocks. This eliminates both post-clock-disable MMIO accesses and
unhandled shared hardware interrupt storms.
- In pxa2xx_spi_runtime_suspend() and pxa2xx_spi_suspend(), set drv_data->suspended
to true and call synchronize_irq() to wait for any active handlers on the
shared interrupt line to finish before disabling the clock.
- Avoid duplicate can-DMA pci_info() logging by checking the pre-computed
enable_dma status in probe and passing a verbose flag to can_dma().

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108331
Signed-off-by: Shih-Yuan Lee <fourdollars@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-pci.c | 37 ++++++++-
drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c | 143 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h | 3 +
3 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-pci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-pci.c
index cae77ac18520..79642fd811a1 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-pci.c
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@

#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
#include <linux/platform_data/dma-dw.h>
+#include <linux/dmi.h>

#include "spi-pxa2xx.h"

+static bool spi_pxa2xx_force_pio;
+module_param_named(force_pio, spi_pxa2xx_force_pio, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_pio, "Force PIO mode (disables DMA) for SPI transfers. ([0] = disabled, 1 = enabled)");
+
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_QUARK_X1000 0x0935
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_BYT 0x0f0e
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_MRFLD 0x1194
@@ -93,6 +98,34 @@ static void lpss_dma_put_device(void *dma_dev)
pci_dev_put(dma_dev);
}

+static const struct dmi_system_id pxa2xx_spi_pci_dmi_table[] = {
+ {
+ .ident = "Apple MacBook8,1",
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Apple Inc."),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "MacBook8,1"),
+ },
+ },
+ { }
+};
+
+static bool pxa2xx_spi_pci_can_dma(struct pci_dev *dev, bool verbose)
+{
+ if (spi_pxa2xx_force_pio) {
+ if (verbose)
+ pci_info(dev, "Forcing PIO mode (disabling DMA)\n");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ if (dmi_check_system(pxa2xx_spi_pci_dmi_table)) {
+ if (verbose)
+ pci_info(dev, "MacBook8,1 detected: disabling DMA to force PIO mode\n");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
static int lpss_spi_setup(struct pci_dev *dev, struct pxa2xx_spi_controller *c)
{
struct ssp_device *ssp = &c->ssp;
@@ -166,7 +199,7 @@ static int lpss_spi_setup(struct pci_dev *dev, struct pxa2xx_spi_controller *c)

c->dma_filter = lpss_dma_filter;
c->dma_burst_size = 1;
- c->enable_dma = 1;
+ c->enable_dma = pxa2xx_spi_pci_can_dma(dev, true);
return 0;
}

@@ -238,7 +271,7 @@ static int mrfld_spi_setup(struct pci_dev *dev, struct pxa2xx_spi_controller *c)

c->dma_filter = lpss_dma_filter;
c->dma_burst_size = 8;
- c->enable_dma = 1;
+ c->enable_dma = pxa2xx_spi_pci_can_dma(dev, true);
return 0;
}

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
index 6291d7c2e06f..c252d19a1e8d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
@@ -713,20 +713,42 @@ static void handle_bad_msg(struct driver_data *drv_data)
dev_err(drv_data->ssp->dev, "bad message state in interrupt handler\n");
}

+static int pxa2xx_spi_clk_enable(struct driver_data *drv_data)
+{
+ int status;
+
+ if (drv_data->clk_enabled)
+ return 0;
+
+ status = clk_prepare_enable(drv_data->ssp->clk);
+ if (status == 0)
+ drv_data->clk_enabled = true;
+
+ return status;
+}
+
+static void pxa2xx_spi_clk_disable(struct driver_data *drv_data)
+{
+ if (drv_data->clk_enabled) {
+ clk_disable_unprepare(drv_data->ssp->clk);
+ drv_data->clk_enabled = false;
+ }
+}
+
static irqreturn_t ssp_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
{
struct driver_data *drv_data = dev_id;
u32 sccr1_reg;
u32 mask = drv_data->mask_sr;
u32 status;
+ int active;
+ irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;

- /*
- * The IRQ might be shared with other peripherals so we must first
- * check that are we RPM suspended or not. If we are we assume that
- * the IRQ was not for us (we shouldn't be RPM suspended when the
- * interrupt is enabled).
- */
- if (pm_runtime_suspended(drv_data->ssp->dev))
+ if (drv_data->suspended)
+ return IRQ_NONE;
+
+ active = pm_runtime_get_if_active(drv_data->ssp->dev);
+ if (active == 0)
return IRQ_NONE;

/*
@@ -737,7 +759,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ssp_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
*/
status = pxa2xx_spi_read(drv_data, SSSR);
if (status == ~0)
- return IRQ_NONE;
+ goto out_put;

sccr1_reg = pxa2xx_spi_read(drv_data, SSCR1);

@@ -750,7 +772,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ssp_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
mask &= ~SSSR_TINT;

if (!(status & mask))
- return IRQ_NONE;
+ goto out_put;

pxa2xx_spi_write(drv_data, SSCR1, sccr1_reg & ~drv_data->int_cr1);
pxa2xx_spi_write(drv_data, SSCR1, sccr1_reg);
@@ -758,10 +780,19 @@ static irqreturn_t ssp_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
if (!drv_data->controller->cur_msg) {
handle_bad_msg(drv_data);
/* Never fail */
- return IRQ_HANDLED;
+ ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+ goto out_put;
+ }
+
+ ret = drv_data->transfer_handler(drv_data);
+
+out_put:
+ if (active > 0) {
+ pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(drv_data->ssp->dev);
+ pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(drv_data->ssp->dev);
}

- return drv_data->transfer_handler(drv_data);
+ return ret;
}

/*
@@ -1288,6 +1319,7 @@ int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct device *dev, struct ssp_device *ssp,
drv_data->controller = controller;
drv_data->controller_info = platform_info;
drv_data->ssp = ssp;
+ drv_data->suspended = true; /* Start suspended until clock is enabled */

/* The spi->mode bits understood by this driver: */
controller->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA | SPI_CS_HIGH | SPI_LOOP;
@@ -1330,11 +1362,6 @@ int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct device *dev, struct ssp_device *ssp,
| SSSR_ROR | SSSR_TUR;
}

- status = request_irq(ssp->irq, ssp_int, IRQF_SHARED, dev_name(dev),
- drv_data);
- if (status < 0)
- return dev_err_probe(dev, status, "cannot get IRQ %d\n", ssp->irq);
-
/* Setup DMA if requested */
if (platform_info->enable_dma) {
status = pxa2xx_spi_dma_setup(drv_data);
@@ -1351,10 +1378,22 @@ int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct device *dev, struct ssp_device *ssp,
}
}

+ if (!platform_info->enable_dma)
+ pm_runtime_get_noresume(dev);
+
/* Enable SOC clock */
- status = clk_prepare_enable(ssp->clk);
+ status = pxa2xx_spi_clk_enable(drv_data);
if (status)
- goto out_error_dma_irq_alloc;
+ goto out_error_dma_alloc;
+
+ drv_data->suspended = false;
+
+ status = request_irq(ssp->irq, ssp_int, IRQF_SHARED, dev_name(dev),
+ drv_data);
+ if (status < 0) {
+ status = dev_err_probe(dev, status, "cannot get IRQ %d\n", ssp->irq);
+ goto out_error_clock_enabled;
+ }

controller->max_speed_hz = clk_get_rate(ssp->clk);
/*
@@ -1434,7 +1473,7 @@ int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct device *dev, struct ssp_device *ssp,
"ready", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
if (IS_ERR(drv_data->gpiod_ready)) {
status = PTR_ERR(drv_data->gpiod_ready);
- goto out_error_clock_enabled;
+ goto out_error_irq_alloc;
}
}

@@ -1443,17 +1482,23 @@ int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct device *dev, struct ssp_device *ssp,
status = spi_register_controller(controller);
if (status) {
dev_err_probe(dev, status, "problem registering SPI controller\n");
- goto out_error_clock_enabled;
+ goto out_error_irq_alloc;
}

return status;

+out_error_irq_alloc:
+ free_irq(ssp->irq, drv_data);
+
out_error_clock_enabled:
- clk_disable_unprepare(ssp->clk);
+ pxa2xx_spi_clk_disable(drv_data);

-out_error_dma_irq_alloc:
+out_error_dma_alloc:
pxa2xx_spi_dma_release(drv_data);
- free_irq(ssp->irq, drv_data);
+
+out_error_pm_forbid:
+ if (!platform_info->enable_dma)
+ pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);

return status;
}
@@ -1466,16 +1511,27 @@ void pxa2xx_spi_remove(struct device *dev)

spi_unregister_controller(drv_data->controller);

- /* Disable the SSP at the peripheral and SOC level */
+ /* Mark as suspended to prevent further IRQ handling */
+ drv_data->suspended = true;
+
+ /* Disable SSP interrupt generation on hardware level while clock is active */
pxa_ssp_disable(ssp);
- clk_disable_unprepare(ssp->clk);

- /* Release DMA */
- if (drv_data->controller_info->enable_dma)
- pxa2xx_spi_dma_release(drv_data);
+ /* Wait for any pending interrupt handlers to complete */
+ synchronize_irq(ssp->irq);

/* Release IRQ */
free_irq(ssp->irq, drv_data);
+
+ /* Safe to disable the SSP clock now */
+ pxa2xx_spi_clk_disable(drv_data);
+
+ /* Release DMA */
+ if (drv_data->controller_info->enable_dma) {
+ pxa2xx_spi_dma_release(drv_data);
+ } else {
+ pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
+ }
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(pxa2xx_spi_remove, "SPI_PXA2xx");

@@ -1489,10 +1545,13 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_suspend(struct device *dev)
if (status)
return status;

+ drv_data->suspended = true;
+ synchronize_irq(ssp->irq);
+
pxa_ssp_disable(ssp);

if (!pm_runtime_suspended(dev))
- clk_disable_unprepare(ssp->clk);
+ pxa2xx_spi_clk_disable(drv_data);

return 0;
}
@@ -1505,28 +1564,46 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_resume(struct device *dev)

/* Enable the SSP clock */
if (!pm_runtime_suspended(dev)) {
- status = clk_prepare_enable(ssp->clk);
+ status = pxa2xx_spi_clk_enable(drv_data);
if (status)
return status;
}

+ drv_data->suspended = false;
+
/* Start the queue running */
- return spi_controller_resume(drv_data->controller);
+ status = spi_controller_resume(drv_data->controller);
+ if (status) {
+ drv_data->suspended = true;
+ synchronize_irq(ssp->irq);
+ pxa2xx_spi_clk_disable(drv_data);
+ return status;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
}

static int pxa2xx_spi_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
{
struct driver_data *drv_data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);

- clk_disable_unprepare(drv_data->ssp->clk);
+ drv_data->suspended = true;
+ synchronize_irq(drv_data->ssp->irq);
+ pxa2xx_spi_clk_disable(drv_data);
return 0;
}

static int pxa2xx_spi_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
{
struct driver_data *drv_data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+ int status;

- return clk_prepare_enable(drv_data->ssp->clk);
+ status = pxa2xx_spi_clk_enable(drv_data);
+ if (status)
+ return status;
+
+ drv_data->suspended = false;
+ return 0;
}

EXPORT_NS_GPL_DEV_PM_OPS(pxa2xx_spi_pm_ops, SPI_PXA2xx) = {
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h
index 447be0369384..44f37bf9c519 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ struct driver_data {

void __iomem *lpss_base;

+ bool suspended;
+ bool clk_enabled;
+
/* Optional slave FIFO ready signal */
struct gpio_desc *gpiod_ready;
};
--
2.39.5