[PATCH] Revert "firmware: arm_scmi: Add clock management to the SCMI power domain"

[Ulf Hansson]

On Wed, 21 Sept 2022 at 17:56, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Dien, Gaku,
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 02:20:33PM +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> > This reverts commit a3b884cef873 ("firmware: arm_scmi: Add clock management
> > to the SCMI power domain").
> >
> > Using the GENPD_FLAG_PM_CLK tells genpd to gate/ungate the consumer
> > device's clock(s) during runtime suspend/resume through the PM clock API.
> > More precisely, in genpd_runtime_resume() the clock(s) for the consumer
> > device would become ungated prior to the driver-level ->runtime_resume()
> > callbacks gets invoked.
> >
> > This behaviour isn't a good fit for all platforms/drivers. For example, a
> > driver may need to make some preparations of its device in its
> > ->runtime_resume() callback, like calling clk_set_rate() before the
> > clock(s) should be ungated. In these cases, it's easier to let the clock(s)
> > to be managed solely by the driver, rather than at the PM domain level.
> >
> > For these reasons, let's drop the use GENPD_FLAG_PM_CLK for the SCMI PM
> > domain, as to enable it to be more easily adopted across ARM platforms.
> >
> > Fixes: a3b884cef873 ("firmware: arm_scmi: Add clock management to the SCMI power domain")
> > Cc: Nicolas Pitre <npitre at baylibre.com>
> > Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson at linaro.org>
> > ---
> >
> > To get some more background to $subject patch, please have a look at the
> > lore-link below.
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/DU0PR04MB94173B45A2CFEE3BF1BD313A88409@DU0PR04MB9417.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com/
> >
>
> If you have any objections, this is your last chance to speak up before
> the original change gets reverted in the mainline with this patch.
>
> Hi Ulf,
>
> I don't have any other SCMI changes for v6.0 fixes or v6.1
> I am fine if you are happy to take this via your tree or I can send it
> to SoC team. Let me know. I will give final one or 2 days for Renesas
> to get back if they really care much.

I have a slew of fixes for mmc that I intend to send next week, I can
funnel them through that pull request.

Assuming, Renesas folkz are okay, I consider that as an ack from you, right?

Kind regards
Uffe