[PATCH v3 2/2] mmc: core: Call mmc_poweroff_nofity() if pm_suspend_via_firmware()

[Yoshihiro Shimoda]

Hi Ulf, Geert,

> From: Geert Uytterhoeven, Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 8:13 PM
> 
> Hi Ulf,
> 
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:06 PM Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson at linaro.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 04:25, Yoshihiro Shimoda
> > <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh at renesas.com> wrote:
> > > If pm_suspend_via_firmware() returns true, the system will be able
> > > to cut both vcc and vccq in the suspend. So, call
> > > mmc_poweroff_nofity() if pm_suspend_via_firmware() returns true.
> > >
> > > Note that we should not update the MMC_CAP2_FULL_PWR_CYCLE caps
> > > because the mmc_select_voltage() checks the caps when attaches
> > > a mmc/sd.
> 
> > > --- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
> > > @@ -2038,7 +2039,8 @@ static int _mmc_suspend(struct mmc_host *host, bool is_suspend)
> > >                 goto out;
> > >
> > >         if (mmc_can_poweroff_notify(host->card) &&
> > > -               ((host->caps2 & MMC_CAP2_FULL_PWR_CYCLE) || !is_suspend))
> > > +           ((host->caps2 & MMC_CAP2_FULL_PWR_CYCLE) || !is_suspend ||
> > > +            pm_suspend_via_firmware()))
> >
> > Sorry, but this doesn't work.
> >
> > Even if PSCI is a generic FW interface, it doesn't mean that all PSCI
> > implementations will cut the vcc and vccq for the MMC card at system
> > suspend.
> 
> Indeed, there's nothing guaranteed here.  Nor documented how it should
> behave.  Basically the firmware is free to power off the SoC. Or not do that.
> "If firmware is involved, all odds are off".

I thought we could be guaranteed. But, I understood we could not be guaranteed...

> > Instead, you need to decide this based on some specific DT property.
> > Perhaps in conjunction with using pm_suspend_via_firmware().
> 
> Last time I was involved in a discussion about this, the PSCI people
> didn't want to add any properties describing particular PSCI behavior...
> "If firmware is involved, all odds are off".
> 
> So the only safe thing to do is to expect the worst, and prepare for it...

A headache point is an eMMC device consumes much power if that the system
doesn't cut the vcc and vccq and doesn’t enter the sleep mode.
In other words, in power consumption point of view, this patch will
cause a regression in such a case...

By the way, about adding specific DT property, the regulator can have
regulator-off-in-suspend property in regulator-state-mem subnode.
For now, we doesn't seem to get the property from a regulator consumer though.
So, I'll try to add an API of regulator for it.

Best regards,
Yoshihiro Shimoda

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
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