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

[Ulf Hansson]

On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 13:04, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 08:46:21PM +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> > 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?
> >
>
> Yes for official reasons, here is the formal :)
>
> Acked-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>
>

Thanks!

> in case you manage to get this in via your tree.

I have now queued up the patch through
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ulfh/mmc.git fixes

Let's see how it goes when it gets tested in linux-next.

>
> --
> Regards,
> Sudeep

Kind regards
Uffe