[PATCH v14 0/3] spi: pxa2xx: MacBook8,1 quirk, runtime PM, and LPSS S3 resume state fixes

From: Shih-Yuan Lee

Date: Sat Jul 18 2026 - 12:07:35 EST


Hi Mark,

This 3-patch series resolves issues in the spi-pxa2xx host controller driver
related to Intel LPSS SPI controllers and the Apple MacBook8,1.

Patch 1 moves the forced PIO mode quirk for the Apple MacBook8,1 LPSS SPI
controller from the client driver (applespi) to the host controller PCI glue
driver (spi-pxa2xx-pci) where it belongs.

Patch 2 fixes runtime PM and interrupt handling in PIO mode: when DMA is
disabled, aggressive runtime clock gating causes PCIe Completion Timeouts on
subsequent MMIO accesses. It scopes autosuspend lockout strictly to LPSS controllers,
tracks clock state to avoid disable underflows, protects shared IRQ handling using
drv_data->suspended and drv_data->clk_enabled, preserves the if (!pm_runtime_suspended(dev))
check in suspend/resume to avoid PM state desynchronization on non-LPSS SoCs, and
uses pm_runtime_put_sync() upon driver remove to correctly synchronize the PM state
machine to RPM_SUSPENDED.

Patch 3 fixes S3 suspend/resume for Intel LPSS SPI controllers. The LPSS
power domain is fully removed across S3, losing all private register state.
Accessing MMIO on resume while the block is held in reset causes a PCIe Completion
Timeout and a watchdog system reset. To fix this, we save the LPSS private
registers in struct driver_data during suspend, de-assert resets first on
resume, and restore the saved registers.

Changes in v14:
- Addressed feedback from Sashiko review on the v13 patchset for Patch 2:
- Updated commit message text for Patch 2 to accurately reflect that ssp_int()
uses drv_data->suspended and drv_data->clk_enabled instead of pm_runtime_get_if_active().
- Clarified in commit message that active SPI transfers hold a PM reference via
spi_controller.auto_runtime_pm (pm_runtime_get_sync()), preventing autosuspend
from racing while an IRQ handler is reading/writing FIFO registers.
- Clarified teardown ordering: pxa_ssp_disable() disables hardware interrupt generation
first, followed by setting drv_data->suspended = true and calling synchronize_irq(),
ensuring in-flight IRQ handlers drain completely before clock gating.

Changes in v13:
- Addressed feedback from Sashiko review on the v12 patchset for Patch 2:
- Removed pm_runtime_get_if_active() check from ssp_int(). During PM state
transitions (such as RPM_SUSPENDING or RPM_RESUMING), pm_runtime_get_if_active()
returns 0 because the state is not RPM_ACTIVE. Returning IRQ_NONE during transition
without clearing a level-triggered interrupt would cause the interrupt controller
to endlessly re-invoke the handler in a loop.
- Rely on drv_data->suspended and drv_data->clk_enabled in ssp_int() instead.
If the clock is enabled (drv_data->clk_enabled == true), MMIO reads are 100% safe
and will not cause PCIe Completion Timeouts. If the clock is disabled or the device
is suspended, ssp_int() immediately returns IRQ_NONE to prevent unclocked access.

Changes in v12:
- Addressed feedback from Sashiko review on the v11 patchset for Patch 2:
- Preserved the if (!pm_runtime_suspended(dev)) check prior to enabling/disabling
the clock in pxa2xx_spi_suspend() and pxa2xx_spi_resume(). On non-LPSS platforms,
if a device was runtime suspended prior to system sleep, unconditionally enabling
its hardware clock during system resume forced the clock ON while the PM core
retained RPM_SUSPENDED. Restoring this check prevents PM state desynchronization,
avoiding power leaks on non-LPSS platforms.

Changes in v11:
- Addressed feedback from Sashiko review on the v10 patchset for Patch 2:
- Replaced pm_runtime_put_noidle() with pm_runtime_put_sync() in pxa2xx_spi_remove().
Using pm_runtime_put_noidle() dropped usage count without executing the runtime_suspend
callback or updating the device runtime status, leaving it stuck in RPM_ACTIVE. This
permanently leaked an active child count on the parent LPSS power domain, preventing
the parent from entering low-power runtime suspend. Switching to pm_runtime_put_sync()
ensures the runtime PM state machine properly transitions to RPM_SUSPENDED upon driver
unbind.

Changes in v10:
- Addressed feedback from Sashiko review on the v9 patchset:
- Fixed ssp_int() by explicitly returning IRQ_NONE when pm_runtime_get_if_active()
returns 0 (device inactive or suspending). This prevents reading SSSR and MMIO
registers when the hardware is powered down or in power transition.
- Resolved PM usage counter leak and double-increment for PIO mode devices. Removed
the redundant/unconditional pm_runtime_get_noresume() in pxa2xx_spi_probe() and
moved the single pm_runtime_get_noresume() call to occur strictly after
spi_register_controller() succeeds.

Changes in v9:
- Separated the original "disable DMA and fix runtime PM" patch into two distinct commits:
1. spi: pxa2xx: disable DMA for Apple MacBook8,1 (PCI glue DMI quirk)
2. spi: pxa2xx: fix runtime PM and interrupt handling in PIO mode (core driver PM/IRQ fixes)
- Condensed commit messages for Patches 2 and 3 for clarity and brevity.
- Fixed checkpatch.pl warning regarding unnecessary braces in pxa2xx_spi_remove().
- Addressed feedback from Sashiko review on the v8 patchset:
- Scoped pm_runtime_get_noresume() in pxa2xx_spi_probe() and pm_runtime_put_noidle()
in remove/error paths using is_lpss_ssp(drv_data). This locks out autosuspend
for LPSS controllers operating in PIO mode without causing power regressions on
non-LPSS platforms (e.g. PXA25x, Intel Quark, CE4100) operating in PIO mode.
- Guarded MMIO accesses in pxa2xx_spi_runtime_suspend() with a drv_data->clk_enabled
check. If the clock has already been turned off (e.g. in pxa2xx_spi_remove() or
resume error path), runtime suspend skips hardware writes, avoiding unclocked
MMIO accesses and PCIe Completion Timeouts if runtime PM triggers after teardown.
- Cleaned up pxa2xx_spi_pci_can_dma() signature in spi-pxa2xx-pci.c by removing the
redundant `bool verbose` parameter.

Changes in v8:
- Addressed feedback from Sashiko review on the v7 patchset:
- Fixed runtime PM resume interrupt storm in ssp_int() by checking drv_data->clk_enabled
instead of pm_runtime_get_if_active() == 0.
- Fixed PM disabled configuration (CONFIG_PM=n) support in ssp_int() by avoiding
active <= 0 early returns.
- Reordered suspend and remove sequences to invoke pxa_ssp_disable() before setting
drv_data->suspended = true and synchronizing the IRQ, closing a race window
where level-triggered interrupts could cause a storm.
- Masked hardware interrupt generation in pxa2xx_spi_runtime_suspend() via
pxa_ssp_disable() to prevent unexpected interrupts during clock enable.
- Avoided PCIe Completion Timeout system hangs on newer LPSS platforms (SPT, BXT, CNL)
by introducing pxa2xx_spi_need_lpss_restore() to restrict MMIO save/restore
loops to LPT, BYT, and BSW platforms (which lack an MFD parent).
- Fixed compiler error in pxa2xx_spi_probe() due to unused label.

Changes in v7:
- Addressed feedback from Sashiko review on the v6 patchset:
- Fixed a race condition during probe by moving the request_irq() call after
the 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.
- Rectified the teardown 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.
- Clarified that the unconditional MMIO register access in pxa2xx_spi_suspend()
is safe because pm_runtime_resume_and_get() is invoked at the very beginning of the
suspend callback, guaranteeing the LPSS device is active and clocked during register
disabling/saving.
- Added spi_controller_resume() recovery to the error path of spi_controller_suspend()
in pxa2xx_spi_suspend() to prevent the controller from remaining permanently disabled
in the event system suspend is aborted.

Changes in v6:
- Addressed feedback from Sashiko review on the v5 patchset:
- Added a synchronize_irq() call to the spi_controller_resume() error path in
pxa2xx_spi_resume(). This ensures any concurrent shared interrupt handlers
(which might execute because drv_data->suspended = false was set earlier)
finish executing before we disable the clock, preventing PCIe timeouts.
- Checked and confirmed that active == 0 is the correct check in ssp_int(). If
Runtime PM is disabled, pm_runtime_get_if_active() returns a negative error
code (like -EINVAL). Changing this check to active <= 0 would cause a
regression on non-PM configurations because the handler would always return
IRQ_NONE. Under disabled Runtime PM, the hardware clock is kept constantly
active, so it is safe to proceed and read registers when active < 0.

Changes in v5:
- Reverted runtime PM configuration in spi-pxa2xx-pci.c to be unconditional.
This prevents the usage count from leaking by +1 on unbind for PIO mode,
while letting pxa2xx_spi_probe()'s pm_runtime_get_noresume() and
pxa2xx_spi_remove()'s pm_runtime_put_noidle() handle the permanent
autosuspend lockout for PIO devices symmetrically.
- Removed the pm_runtime_forbid() call from pxa2xx_spi_remove(). This resolves
reference leaks for non-PCI platform devices where pm_runtime_allow() was
never called during probe.
- Delayed clearing the drv_data->suspended flag on resume until after LPSS reset
deassertion and private register restoration are complete. This prevents a
shared interrupt from firing during resume and attempting to read the SSSR
register while the LPSS block is still held in reset.
- Set drv_data->suspended = true on spi_controller_resume() failure path in
pxa2xx_spi_resume(). This ensures that subsequent shared interrupts do not
attempt register access once the clock is disabled.

Changes in v4:
- Track clock state using drv_data->clk_enabled via pxa2xx_spi_clk_enable() and
pxa2xx_spi_clk_disable() helper functions. This guarantees clock enable/disable
symmetry, preventing clock disable count underflows and framework warnings on S3
resume or runtime autosuspend error paths.
- Introduce drv_data->suspended flag to protect MMIO access in ssp_int() during
system suspend and runtime suspend transition windows.
- Initialize drv_data->suspended = true early in probe(), clearing it only after
the clock is successfully enabled. This completely prevents shared interrupt
handler races during device probe when the clock is still off.
- Call synchronize_irq() after setting drv_data->suspended = true in suspend and
runtime_suspend. This ensures any running shared interrupt handlers finish
executing before the clock is physically turned off.

Changes in v3:
- Avoid PM reference leaks on probe bind/unbind cycle by keeping probe PM
configuration symmetric.
- Prevent userspace (PowerTOP, udev) from overriding runtime PM settings when
DMA is disabled by holding a PM reference via pm_runtime_get_noresume()
in pxa2xx_spi_probe() and dropping it in remove/error paths.
- Check device status in the shared interrupt handler ssp_int() using
pm_runtime_get_if_active() instead of pm_runtime_suspended(). If the device is
suspending (RPM_SUSPENDING) or suspended, ssp_int() immediately returns
IRQ_NONE to avoid reading unclocked MMIO registers during power transition.
- Adjust the driver teardown order in pxa2xx_spi_remove() and probe error paths:
always call free_irq() to unregister the handler before calling
clk_disable_unprepare() to turn off the clock, preventing concurrent
interrupts from reading registers while the clock is disabled.
- 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().

Changes in v2:
- Addressed feedback from Mark Brown on the original v1 series.
- Used drv_data->lpss_base together with relative offsets rather than
hardcoding absolute MMIO offsets that vary between LPSS IP revisions.
- Moved the register save block in suspend to after the controller is quiesced
(after spi_controller_suspend() and pxa_ssp_disable()).
- Store the context array lpss_priv_ctx[6] inside struct driver_data instead of
struct pxa2xx_spi_controller. This keeps the changes entirely local to the
core driver, preventing symbol version mismatches (disagrees about version
of symbol) for other subsystem components (e.g., spi-pxa2xx-platform.ko).
- Restrict the save/restore loop to the first 6 LPSS private registers
(offsets 0x00 to 0x14). Offsets beyond 0x14 (except CS control at 0x18, which is
re-initialised by lpss_ssp_setup()) are reserved/unimplemented on LPT
platforms (such as MacBook8,1), and writing to them triggers a PCIe
Completion Timeout causing a system freeze.
- Added named constants for LPSS_PRIV_RESETS and the de-assert value.
- Wrapped S3 suspend/resume with pm_runtime_resume_and_get() and
pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() respectively.

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108331

Shih-Yuan Lee (3):
spi: pxa2xx: disable DMA for Apple MacBook8,1
spi: pxa2xx: fix runtime PM and interrupt handling in PIO mode
spi: pxa2xx: restore LPSS private register state on S3 resume

drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-pci.c | 35 ++++-
drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c | 226 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h | 4 +
3 files changed, 224 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

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