[PATCH v10 16/20] coresight: Add PM callbacks for sink device
James Clark
james.clark at linaro.org
Thu Apr 9 07:31:53 PDT 2026
On 09/04/2026 3:30 pm, James Clark wrote:
>
>
> On 09/04/2026 2:14 pm, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>> On 09/04/2026 11:52, James Clark wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/04/2026 4:02 pm, Leo Yan wrote:
>>>> Unlike system level sinks, per-CPU sinks may lose power during CPU idle
>>>> states. Currently, this applies specifically to TRBE. This commit
>>>> invokes save and restore callbacks for the sink in the CPU PM notifier.
>>>>
>>>> If the sink provides PM callbacks but the source does not, this is
>>>> unsafe because the sink cannot be disabled safely unless the source
>>>> can also be controlled, so veto low power entry to avoid lockups.
>>>>
>>>> Tested-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun at arm.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++
>>>> + + ++++++++--
>>>> 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/
>>>> hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
>>>> index
>>>> c1e8debc76aba7eb5ecf7efe2a3b9b8b3e11b10c..a918bf6398a932de30fe9b4947020cc4c1cfb2f7 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
>>>> @@ -1736,14 +1736,15 @@ static void coresight_release_device_list(void)
>>>> /* Return: 1 if PM is required, 0 if skip, <0 on error */
>>>> static int coresight_pm_check(struct coresight_path *path)
>>>> {
>>>> - struct coresight_device *source;
>>>> - bool source_has_cb;
>>>> + struct coresight_device *source, *sink;
>>>> + bool source_has_cb, sink_has_cb;
>>>> if (!path)
>>>> return 0;
>>>> source = coresight_get_source(path);
>>>> - if (!source)
>>>> + sink = coresight_get_sink(path);
>>>> + if (!source || !sink)
>>>> return 0;
>>>> /* Don't save and restore if the source is inactive */
>>>> @@ -1759,16 +1760,36 @@ static int coresight_pm_check(struct
>>>> coresight_path *path)
>>>> if (source_has_cb)
>>>> return 1;
>>>> + sink_has_cb = coresight_ops(sink)->pm_save_disable &&
>>>> + coresight_ops(sink)->pm_restore_enable;
>>>> + /*
>>>> + * It is not permitted that the source has no callbacks while
>>>> the sink
>>>> + * does, as the sink cannot be disabled without disabling the
>>>> source,
>>>> + * which may lead to lockups. Alternatively, the ETM driver should
>>>> + * enable self-hosted PM mode at probe (see etm4_probe()).
>>>> + */
>>>> + if (sink_has_cb) {
>>>> + pr_warn_once("coresight PM failed: source has no PM
>>>> callbacks; "
>>>> + "cannot safely control sink\n");
>>>
>>> This prints out on my Orion board on a fresh boot because of how
>>> pm_save_enable is setup there. Do we really need the configuration of
>>> pm_save_enable for ETE/TRBE if we know that it always needs saving?
>>>
>>> It also stops warning if I rmmod and modprobe the module after
>>> booting. Seems like pm_save_enable is different depending on how the
>>> module is loaded which doesn't seem right.
>>
>> Thats because the warning is pr_warn_*once*()
>>
>> Suzuki
>>
>>
>
> I don't think so, I tested it with a printf instead of a warn once and
> also tested modprobeing straight after a reboot.
>
I also printed the pointers to the callbacks and they really do change.
>>>
>>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> return 0;
>>>> }
>>>> static int coresight_pm_device_save(struct coresight_device *csdev)
>>>> {
>>>> + if (!csdev || !coresight_ops(csdev)->pm_save_disable)
>>>> + return 0;
>>>> +
>>>> return coresight_ops(csdev)->pm_save_disable(csdev);
>>>> }
>>>> static void coresight_pm_device_restore(struct coresight_device
>>>> *csdev)
>>>> {
>>>> + if (!csdev || !coresight_ops(csdev)->pm_restore_enable)
>>>> + return;
>>>> +
>>>> coresight_ops(csdev)->pm_restore_enable(csdev);
>>>> }
>>>> @@ -1787,15 +1808,32 @@ static int coresight_pm_save(struct
>>>> coresight_path *path)
>>>> to = list_prev_entry(coresight_path_last_node(path), link);
>>>> coresight_disable_path_from_to(path, from, to);
>>>> + ret = coresight_pm_device_save(coresight_get_sink(path));
>>>> + if (ret)
>>>> + goto sink_failed;
>>>> +
>>>
>>> The comment directly above this says "Up to the node before sink to
>>> avoid latency". But then this line goes and saves the sink anyway. So
>>> I'm not sure what's meant by the comment?
>>>
>>>> return 0;
>>>> +
>>>> +sink_failed:
>>>> + if (!coresight_enable_path_from_to(path,
>>>> coresight_get_mode(source),
>>>> + from, to))
>>>> + coresight_pm_device_restore(source);
>>>> +
>>>> + pr_err("Failed in coresight PM save on CPU%d: %d\n",
>>>> + smp_processor_id(), ret);
>>>> + this_cpu_write(percpu_pm_failed, true);
>>>
>>> Why does only a failing sink set percpu_pm_failed when failing to
>>> save the source exits early. Sashiko has a similar comment that this
>>> could result in restoring uninitialised source save data later, but a
>>> comment in this function about why the flow is like this would be
>>> helpful.
>>>
>>> We have coresight_disable_path_from_to() which always succeeds and
>>> doesn't return an error. TRBE is the only sink with a pm_save_disable()
>>> callback, but it always succeeds anyway.
>>>
>>> Would it not be much simpler to require that sink save/restore
>>> callbacks always succeed and don't return anything? Seems like this
>>> percpu_pm_failed stuff is extra complexity for a scenario that
>>> doesn't exist? The only thing that can fail is saving the source but
>>> it doesn't goto sink_failed when that happens.
>>>
>>> Ideally etm4_cpu_save() wouldn't have a return value either. It would
>>> be good if we could find away to skip or ignore the timeouts in there
>>> somehow because that's the only reason it can fail.
>>>
>>>> + return ret;
>>>> }
>>>> static void coresight_pm_restore(struct coresight_path *path)
>>>> {
>>>> struct coresight_device *source = coresight_get_source(path);
>>>> + struct coresight_device *sink = coresight_get_sink(path);
>>>> struct coresight_node *from, *to;
>>>> int ret;
>>>> + coresight_pm_device_restore(sink);
>>>> +
>>>> from = coresight_path_first_node(path);
>>>> /* Up to the node before sink to avoid latency */
>>>> to = list_prev_entry(coresight_path_last_node(path), link);
>>>> @@ -1808,6 +1846,8 @@ static void coresight_pm_restore(struct
>>>> coresight_path *path)
>>>> return;
>>>> path_failed:
>>>> + coresight_pm_device_save(sink);
>>>> +
>>>> pr_err("Failed in coresight PM restore on CPU%d: %d\n",
>>>> smp_processor_id(), ret);
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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