Re: [PATCH v7 11/17] drm/panfrost: Add debugfs knob for manually triggering a GPU reset

From: Boris Brezillon

Date: Tue Sep 01 2026 - 09:59:07 EST


On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:56:51 +0100
Adrián Larumbe <adrian.larumbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This will be of great help when testing potential races between the GPU
> reset sequence and other parts of the code accessing HW registers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrián Larumbe <adrian.larumbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
> index d8acae9b8cfa..b6a48ae0d3a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
> /* Copyright 2018 Marty E. Plummer <hanetzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> */
> /* Copyright 2019 Linaro, Ltd, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> */
>
> +#include <linux/debugfs.h>
> #include <linux/clk.h>
> #include <linux/reset.h>
> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> @@ -600,9 +601,43 @@ EXPORT_GPL_DEV_PM_OPS(panfrost_pm_ops) = {
> };
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> +static int reset_get(void *data, u64 *val)
> +{
> + struct panfrost_device *pfdev =
> + container_of(data, struct panfrost_device, base);
> +
> + *val = atomic_read(&pfdev->reset.pending);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int reset_set(void *data, u64 val)
> +{
> + struct panfrost_device *pfdev =
> + container_of(data, struct panfrost_device, base);
> +
> + if (pm_runtime_get_if_in_use(pfdev->base.dev)) {

Are you sure it's not pm_runtime_get_if_active() we want here? If use
the _if_in_use() variant and autosuspend is enabled, we might skip a
reset on a device that's active.

> + panfrost_device_schedule_reset(pfdev);
> + flush_work(&pfdev->reset.work);
> + pm_runtime_put(pfdev->base.dev);
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(panfrost_reset_debugfs_fops,
> + reset_get, reset_set,
> + "0x%08llx\n");
> +
> +static void panfrost_reset_debugfs_init(struct drm_minor *minor)
> +{
> + debugfs_create_file("reset", 0600, minor->debugfs_root,
> + minor->dev, &panfrost_reset_debugfs_fops);
> +}
> +
> void panfrost_device_debugfs_init(struct drm_minor *minor)
> {
> panfrost_gems_debugfs_init(minor);
> panfrost_sched_debugfs_init(minor);
> + panfrost_reset_debugfs_init(minor);
> }
> #endif // CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
>