[PATCH v1] arm64: dts: imx8mm: fix missing pgc_vpu_* power domain parent
Vitor Soares
ivitro at gmail.com
Tue Apr 16 09:08:08 PDT 2024
On Tue, 2024-04-16 at 11:53 +0100, Vitor Soares wrote:
> ++ Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
>
> Greetings,
>
>
> On Wed, 2024-04-10 at 12:01 +0100, Vitor Soares wrote:
> > Hi Lucas,
> >
> > On Tue, 2024-04-09 at 17:44 +0100, Vitor Soares wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2024-04-09 at 16:36 +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
> > > > Am Dienstag, dem 09.04.2024 um 14:22 +0100 schrieb Vitor Soares:
> > > > > Hi Lucas,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for your feedback.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 2024-04-09 at 11:13 +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Vitor,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Am Dienstag, dem 09.04.2024 um 09:58 +0100 schrieb Vitor
> > > > > > Soares:
> > > > > > > From: Vitor Soares <vitor.soares at toradex.com>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The pgc_vpu_* nodes miss the reference to the power domain
> > > > > > > parent,
> > > > > > > leading the system to hang during the resume.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > This change is not correct. The vpumix domain is controlled
> > > > > > through
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > imx8mm-vpu-blk-ctrl and must not be directly triggered by the
> > > > > > child
> > > > > > domains in order to guarantee proper power sequencing.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If the sequencing is incorrect for resume, it needs to be
> > > > > > fixed
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > blk-ctrl driver. I'll happily assist if you have any
> > > > > > questions
> > > > > > about
> > > > > > this intricate mix between GPC and blk-ctrl hardware/drivers.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm new into the topic, so I tried to follow same approach as
> > > > > in
> > > > > imx8mp
> > > > > DT.
> > > > >
> > > > That's a good hint, the 8MP VPU GPC node additions missed my
> > > > radar.
> > > > The
> > > > direct dependency there between the GPC domains is equally wrong.
> > > >
> > > > > I also checked the imx8mq DT and it only have one domain for
> > > > > the
> > > > > VPU in the GPC. It seem blk-ctrl also dependes on pgc_vpu_* to
> > > > > work
> > > > > properly.
> > > > >
> > > > > The blk-ctrl driver hangs on imx8m_blk_ctrl_power_on() when
> > > > > access
> > > > > the
> > > > > ip registers for the soft reset. I tried to power-up the before
> > > > > the
> > > > > soft reset, but it didn't work.
> > > > >
> > > > The runtime_pm_get_sync() at the start of that function should
> > > > ensure
> > > > that bus GPC domain aka vpumix is powered up. Can you check if
> > > > that
> > > > is
> > > > happening?
> > >
> > > I checked bc->bus_power_dev->power.runtime_status and it is
> > > RPM_ACTIVE.
> > >
> > > Am I looking to on the right thing? It is RPM_ACTIVE event before
> > > runtime_pm_get_sync().
> >
> > During the probe I can see that
> > bus_power_dev->power.runtime_status = RPM_SUSPENDED and then vpumix
> > is
> > powered up on GPC driver.
> >
> > On resume routine I can't see this flow. bus_power_dev-
> > > power.runtime_status = RPM_ACTIVE and vpumix end up not being
> > > powered-
> > up.
> >
> > I checked the suspend flow and the GPC tries to poweroff vpumix.
> >
> >
>
> My understanding is that when resuming the 38310000.video-codec, the
> vpumix isn't powered up. It happens because runtime_status and
> runtime_last_status = RPM_ACTIVE.
>
> I tried to change blk-ctrl suspend routine to force the runtime_status
> = RPM_SUSPENDED, but the system ended up hanging on another device.
>
> From the comment in blk-ctrl suspend, we rely on PM_SLEEP code that
> iterates over dpm_list for suspend/resume.
> I did look at the dpm_list, and it changes the order on every boot.
>
> With all the tests, I also found that the system randomly hangs on
> dispblk-lcdif suspend. I have confirmed this device is in a different
> place in the dpm_list (not sure if it is the root cause).
> I haven't understood how blk-ctrl ensures the correct order there yet.
>
> Taking the following dpm_list excerpt:
> idx - device
> ------------------------------
> ...
> 191 - imx-pgc-domain.7
> 192 - imx-pgc-domain.8
> 193 - imx-pgc-domain.9
> 194 - 38330000.blk-ctrl
> 195 - 38310000.video-codec
> 196 - 38300000.video-codec
> ...
> 205 - genpd:0:38330000.blk-ctrl
> 206 - genpd:1:38330000.blk-ctrl
> 207 - genpd:2:38330000.blk-ctrl
> 208 - genpd:3:38330000.blk-ctrl
> ------------------------------
>
> Shouldn't genpd devices be before 38330000.blk-ctrl?
> As their power domain is GPC and the blk-ctrl power domain is genpd.
>
I did the following change to have genpd device before 38330000.blk-ctrl
on dpm_list and it did work.
diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/imx/imx8m-blk-ctrl.c b/drivers/pmdomain/imx/imx8m-blk-ctrl.c
index ca942d7929c2..0f1471dcd4e8 100644
--- a/drivers/pmdomain/imx/imx8m-blk-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/pmdomain/imx/imx8m-blk-ctrl.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ static int imx8m_blk_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(bc->bus_power_dev),
"failed to attach power domain \"bus\"\n");
}
+ device_move(dev, bc->bus_power_dev, DPM_ORDER_PARENT_BEFORE_DEV);
for (i = 0; i < bc_data->num_domains; i++) {
const struct imx8m_blk_ctrl_domain_data *data = &bc_data->domains[i];
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ static int imx8m_blk_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
data->gpc_name);
goto cleanup_pds;
}
+ device_move(dev, domain->power_dev, DPM_ORDER_PARENT_BEFORE_DEV);
domain->genpd.name = data->name;
domain->genpd.power_on = imx8m_blk_ctrl_power_on;
any concern about this approach?
Best regards,
Vitor Soares
>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Lucas
> > > >
> > > > > Do you have an idea how we can address this within blk-ctrl?
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > Vitor
> > >
> >
>
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