[PATCH v2] bus: mhi: host: don't free bhie tables during suspend/hibernation

Krishna Chaitanya Chundru quic_krichai at quicinc.com
Thu Apr 10 20:37:04 PDT 2025



On 4/10/2025 8:26 PM, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> Fix dma_direct_alloc() failure at resume time during bhie_table
> allocation. There is a crash report where at resume time, the memory
> from the dma doesn't get allocated and MHI fails to re-initialize.
> There may be fragmentation of some kind which fails the allocation
> call.
> 
> To fix it, don't free the memory at power down during suspend /
> hibernation. Instead, use the same allocated memory again after every
> resume / hibernation. This patch has been tested with resume and
> hibernation both.
> 
> The rddm is of constant size for a given hardware. While the fbc_image
> size depends on the firmware. If the firmware changes, we'll free and
If firmware image will change between suspend and resume ?
> allocate new memory for it.
> 
> Here are the crash logs:
> 
> [ 3029.338587] mhi mhi0: Requested to power ON
> [ 3029.338621] mhi mhi0: Power on setup success
> [ 3029.668654] kworker/u33:8: page allocation failure: order:7, mode:0xc04(GFP_NOIO|GFP_DMA32), nodemask=(null),cpuset=/,mems_allowed=0
> [ 3029.668682] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 2744 Comm: kworker/u33:8 Not tainted 6.11.11-valve10-1-neptune-611-gb69e902b4338 #1ed779c892334112fb968aaa3facf9686b5ff0bd7
> [ 3029.668690] Hardware name: Valve Galileo/Galileo, BIOS F7G0112 08/01/2024
> [ 3029.668694] Workqueue: mhi_hiprio_wq mhi_pm_st_worker [mhi]
> [ 3029.668717] Call Trace:
> [ 3029.668722]  <TASK>
> [ 3029.668728]  dump_stack_lvl+0x4e/0x70
> [ 3029.668738]  warn_alloc+0x164/0x190
> [ 3029.668747]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> [ 3029.668754]  ? __alloc_pages_direct_compact+0xaf/0x360
> [ 3029.668761]  __alloc_pages_slowpath.constprop.0+0xc75/0xd70
> [ 3029.668774]  __alloc_pages_noprof+0x321/0x350
> [ 3029.668782]  __dma_direct_alloc_pages.isra.0+0x14a/0x290
> [ 3029.668790]  dma_direct_alloc+0x70/0x270
> [ 3029.668796]  mhi_alloc_bhie_table+0xe8/0x190 [mhi faa917c5aa23a5f5b12d6a2c597067e16d2fedc0]
> [ 3029.668814]  mhi_fw_load_handler+0x1bc/0x310 [mhi faa917c5aa23a5f5b12d6a2c597067e16d2fedc0]
> [ 3029.668830]  mhi_pm_st_worker+0x5c8/0xaa0 [mhi faa917c5aa23a5f5b12d6a2c597067e16d2fedc0]
> [ 3029.668844]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
> [ 3029.668853]  process_one_work+0x17e/0x330
> [ 3029.668861]  worker_thread+0x2ce/0x3f0
> [ 3029.668868]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
> [ 3029.668873]  kthread+0xd2/0x100
> [ 3029.668879]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> [ 3029.668885]  ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50
> [ 3029.668892]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> [ 3029.668898]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
> [ 3029.668910]  </TASK>
> 
> Tested-on: QCNFA765 WLAN.HSP.1.1-03926.13-QCAHSPSWPL_V2_SILICONZ_CE-2.52297.6
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum at collabora.com>
> ---
> Changes sice v1:
> - Don't free bhie tables during suspend/hibernation only
> - Handle fbc_image changed size correctly
> - Remove fbc_image getting set to NULL in *free_bhie_table()
> ---
>   drivers/bus/mhi/host/boot.c           | 15 +++++++++++----
>   drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c           | 13 ++++++++++---
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c |  9 +++++----
>   include/linux/mhi.h                   |  7 +++++++
>   4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/boot.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/boot.c
> index 9dcc7184817d5..0df26100c8f9c 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/boot.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/boot.c
> @@ -487,10 +487,17 @@ void mhi_fw_load_handler(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
>   	 * device transitioning into MHI READY state
>   	 */
>   	if (mhi_cntrl->fbc_download) {
> -		ret = mhi_alloc_bhie_table(mhi_cntrl, &mhi_cntrl->fbc_image, fw_sz);
> -		if (ret) {
> -			release_firmware(firmware);
> -			goto error_fw_load;
> +		if (mhi_cntrl->fbc_image && fw_sz != mhi_cntrl->prev_fw_sz) {
> +			mhi_free_bhie_table(mhi_cntrl, mhi_cntrl->fbc_image);
> +			mhi_cntrl->fbc_image = NULL;
> +		}
> +		if (!mhi_cntrl->fbc_image) {
> +			ret = mhi_alloc_bhie_table(mhi_cntrl, &mhi_cntrl->fbc_image, fw_sz);
> +			if (ret) {
> +				release_firmware(firmware);
> +				goto error_fw_load;
> +			}
> +			mhi_cntrl->prev_fw_sz = fw_sz;
>   		}
>   
>   		/* Load the firmware into BHIE vec table */
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c
> index a9b1f8beee7bc..09b946b86ac46 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c
> @@ -1173,8 +1173,9 @@ int mhi_prepare_for_power_up(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
>   		/*
>   		 * Allocate RDDM table for debugging purpose if specified
>   		 */
> -		mhi_alloc_bhie_table(mhi_cntrl, &mhi_cntrl->rddm_image,
> -				     mhi_cntrl->rddm_size);
> +		if (!mhi_cntrl->rddm_image)
> +			mhi_alloc_bhie_table(mhi_cntrl, &mhi_cntrl->rddm_image,
> +					     mhi_cntrl->rddm_size);
>   		if (mhi_cntrl->rddm_image) {
>   			ret = mhi_rddm_prepare(mhi_cntrl,
>   					       mhi_cntrl->rddm_image);
> @@ -1212,12 +1213,18 @@ void mhi_unprepare_after_power_down(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
>   		mhi_cntrl->rddm_image = NULL;
>   	}
>   
> +	mhi_partial_unprepare_after_power_down(mhi_cntrl);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mhi_unprepare_after_power_down);
> +
> +void mhi_partial_unprepare_after_power_down(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
> +{
>   	mhi_cntrl->bhi = NULL;
>   	mhi_cntrl->bhie = NULL;
>   
>   	mhi_deinit_dev_ctxt(mhi_cntrl);
>   }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mhi_unprepare_after_power_down);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mhi_partial_unprepare_after_power_down);
>   
Instead of adding new API you can free memory from the unregister
controller also.

- Krishna Chaitanya.
>   static void mhi_release_device(struct device *dev)
>   {
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
> index acd76e9392d31..f77cec79b5b80 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
> @@ -460,12 +460,13 @@ void ath11k_mhi_stop(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci, bool is_suspend)
>   	 * workaround, otherwise ath11k_core_resume() will timeout
>   	 * during resume.
>   	 */
> -	if (is_suspend)
> +	if (is_suspend) {
>   		mhi_power_down_keep_dev(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl, true);
> -	else
> +		mhi_partial_unprepare_after_power_down(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl);
> +	} else {
>   		mhi_power_down(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl, true);
> -
> -	mhi_unprepare_after_power_down(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl);
> +		mhi_unprepare_after_power_down(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl);
> +	}
>   }
>   
>   int ath11k_mhi_suspend(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
> diff --git a/include/linux/mhi.h b/include/linux/mhi.h
> index 059dc94d20bb6..65a47c712b3a0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mhi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mhi.h
> @@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ struct mhi_controller {
>   	const char *fw_image;
>   	const u8 *fw_data;
>   	size_t fw_sz;
> +	size_t prev_fw_sz;
>   	const char *edl_image;
>   	size_t rddm_size;
>   	size_t sbl_size;
> @@ -662,6 +663,12 @@ void mhi_power_down_keep_dev(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl, bool graceful);
>    */
>   void mhi_unprepare_after_power_down(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl);
>   
> +/**
> + * mhi_partial_unprepare_after_power_down - Free any allocated memory after power down partially
> + * @mhi_cntrl: MHI controller
> + */
> +void mhi_partial_unprepare_after_power_down(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl);
> +
>   /**
>    * mhi_pm_suspend - Move MHI into a suspended state
>    * @mhi_cntrl: MHI controller



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