[PATCH 1/7] pmdomain: arm: Fix -EINVAL from scmi_pd_set_perf_state() on state 0
Mukesh Savaliya
mukesh.savaliya at oss.qualcomm.com
Wed Aug 12 02:13:02 PDT 2026
On 8/12/2026 2:27 PM, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 9:24 AM Mukesh Savaliya
[...]
>>> --- a/drivers/pmdomain/arm/scmi_perf_domain.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/pmdomain/arm/scmi_perf_domain.c
>>> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ scmi_pd_set_perf_state(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, unsigned int state)
>>> return 0;
>>>
>>> if (!state)
>>> - return -EINVAL;
>>> + return 0;
>>
>> Won't this cause an issue to other drivers ? how are they going to take
>> action based on changed return value ?
>
> I think it's rather the opposite. With the current returned value
> (-EINVAL) the driver doesn't really know what to do. It tried to drop
> its vote, but that failed - so what can it do?
>
> Moreover, from genpd point of view, this fixes a real bug as the
> aggregation for the performance state becomes incorrect during runtime
> suspend/resume.
>
Got it, thanks Ulf for your explanation and also read your previous
comments.
>>
>> Remove Acked-by due to this till i give back.
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Savaliya <mukesh.savaliya at oss.qualcomm.com>
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