Re: [PATCH v12 10/15] drm/panfrost: Add debugfs knob for manually triggering a GPU reset

From: Steven Price

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 11:14:27 EST


On 29/09/2026 04:44, Adrián Larumbe 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.
>
> We must also disable the reset work item rather than simply cancelling
> it, to prevent the knob from triggering another reset when the device
> is being removed.
>
> Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Adrián Larumbe <adrian.larumbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
> index 09a5752a3f40..94d2de341838 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>
> @@ -595,9 +596,50 @@ 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);
> + int ret = pm_runtime_get_if_active(pfdev->base.dev);
> +
> + if (!ret)
> + return 0;
> +
> + panfrost_device_schedule_reset(pfdev);
> + flush_work(&pfdev->reset.work);
> +
> + /* ret < 0 means runtime PM for the device is disabled, so we
> + * only need to return the PM reference in the opposite case
> + */
> + if (ret > 0)
> + pm_runtime_put(pfdev->base.dev);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}

NIT: If this wasn't debugfs I'd be complaining that you're ignoring
'val' and so this isn't very extensible. But hey, it's debugfs... so:

Reviewed-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>

> +
> +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_gem_debugfs_init(minor);
> panfrost_sched_debugfs_init(minor);
> + panfrost_reset_debugfs_init(minor);
> }
> #endif // CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
> index 00fb36c577df..ab65786bf63b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
> @@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ void panfrost_jm_fini(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
> drm_sched_fini(&js->queue[j].sched);
> }
>
> - cancel_work_sync(&pfdev->reset.work);
> + disable_work_sync(&pfdev->reset.work);
> destroy_workqueue(pfdev->reset.wq);
> }
>
>