[PATCH 2/3] arm64: smp: Implement cpus_has_pending_ipi()

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at arm.com
Mon Oct 6 07:41:40 PDT 2025


On Mon, Oct 06, 2025 at 02:22:49PM +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 12:54, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > 2. I understand this is intended for the DragonBoard 410c, where the firmware
> >    can’t be updated. However, ideally, the PSCI firmware should handle checking
> >    for pending IPIs if that’s important for the platform. The firmware could
> >    perform this check at the CPU PPU/HW level and prevent entering the
> >    state if needed.
> 
> I think this is exactly what is happening on Dragonboard 410c (see the
> stats I shared in the commit message in patch3).
> 
> The PSCI FW refuses to enter the suggested idlestate and the call fails.
> 

Ah OK, the PSCI FW is doing the job correctly, we are just attempting to
reduce the failures by catching few cases earlier in the OSPM itself ?
Sure it only reduces the failures but it can't eliminate those as IPI might
be issued after this check in the OSPM. I understand the call to firmware
can be prevented.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep



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