Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] pmdomain: core: Allow a non-CPU device in a CPU PM domain to do power on

From: Abel Vesa

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 14:09:26 EST


On 26-08-19 17:14:51, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> From: Ulf Hansson <ulfh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> A driver for a non-CPU device that is attached to a CPU PM domain (the
> genpd has the GENPD_FLAG_CPU_DOMAIN configuration set), is currently not
> able to power on the PM domain. More precisely, to power on a CPU PM domain
> one of its corresponding CPUs needs to be woken up if they are idle.
>
> The current support for a non-CPU device is that its driver can only
> prevent an already powered on CPU PM domain from being powered off. This
> leads to problems for a driver while probing its device or when it needs to
> call pm_runtime_get_sync() to turn on the power for it. From the driver
> point of view it looks like it all works fine, but when accessing the
> device it may end up with various errors as the device may not be fully
> powered on.
>
> To fix the behavior for these types of devices, let's adjust the behaviour
> in genpd_power_on() to wake up an idle CPU that belongs to it, in cases
> when it's needed.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPx+jO-sCierYj8jnoKQHckJG16dOBxnNrsZVYO=38R2cLV8nw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulfh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pmdomain/core.c | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/core.c b/drivers/pmdomain/core.c
> index 842c4169e290..7345c06f1d55 100644
> --- a/drivers/pmdomain/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/pmdomain/core.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> #include <linux/idr.h>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/io.h>
> +#include <linux/iopoll.h>
> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> #include <linux/pm_opp.h>
> #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
> @@ -19,11 +20,14 @@
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/err.h>
> #include <linux/sched.h>
> +#include <linux/smp.h>
> #include <linux/suspend.h>
> #include <linux/export.h>
> #include <linux/cpu.h>
> #include <linux/debugfs.h>
>
> +#include <trace/events/ipi.h>
> +
> /* Provides a unique ID for each genpd device */
> static DEFINE_IDA(genpd_ida);
>
> @@ -32,7 +36,9 @@ static const struct bus_type genpd_provider_bus_type = {
> .name = "genpd_provider",
> };
>
> -#define GENPD_RETRY_MAX_MS 250 /* Approximate */
> +#define GENPD_RETRY_MAX_MS 250 /* Approximate */
> +#define GENPD_CPU_ON_POLL_PERIOD_US 100 /* 100us */
> +#define GENPD_CPU_ON_TIMEOUT_US 5000000 /* 5s */
>
> #define GENPD_DEV_CALLBACK(genpd, type, callback, dev) \
> ({ \
> @@ -1027,15 +1033,75 @@ static void genpd_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool one_dev_on,
> }
> }
>
> +static bool genpd_check_status_on(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd)
> +{
> + bool is_on;
> +
> + genpd_lock(genpd);
> + is_on = genpd_status_on(genpd);
> + genpd_unlock(genpd);
> +
> + return is_on;
> +}

I'd change the genpd_status_on() to genpd_is_on_unlocked().

And then this one would be just genpd_is_on().

The rest looks good, so:

Reviewed-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>