From: Daniel Bozeman <daniel@orb.net>
To: ulf.hansson@linaro.org, heiko@sntech.de,
linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pmdomain/rockchip: skip QoS operations for idle-only domains
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 02:52:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acyIejuwoFau_i7i@claude-dev> (raw)
The NanoPi Zero2 (RK3528) kernel panics during boot when a
GPIO-controlled USB VBUS regulator is defined on GPIO4 (which
is in PD_RKVENC). The goal of this series is to make USB host
power work on boards that use GPIO4 for regulator control.
The root cause is a probe ordering issue. On RK3528, the power
domain controller's first probe attempt fails because PD_GPU's
clock lookup returns -EPROBE_DEFER (CRU hasn't probed yet).
The driver then tears down all domains, including PD_RKVENC
which would have registered successfully (it has no clock
requirements). During this window, the USB regulator driver
probes and requests GPIO4, which is in the now-unregistered
PD_RKVENC -- this triggers a synchronous external abort.
With patch 2 alone (skipping deferred domains), the idle-only
domains register successfully. But the genpd framework then
attempts to power them off via genpd_power_off_work_fn. This
calls rockchip_pd_power(), which does QoS save and idle
requests on domains with pwr_mask == 0 that cannot actually
be powered off.
To your question about why QoS registers become inaccessible
on idle-only domains: I have not root-caused that specifically.
What I can confirm is the crash trace below, which occurs when
patch 2 is applied without patch 1. The abort happens during
rockchip_pmu_set_idle_request on an idle-only domain:
Internal error: synchronous external abort: 0000000096000010
CPU: 2 PID: 60 Comm: kworker/2:3
Workqueue: pm genpd_power_off_work_fn
pc : regmap_mmio_read32le+0x8/0x20
lr : regmap_mmio_read+0x44/0x70
Call trace:
regmap_mmio_read32le+0x8/0x20
_regmap_bus_reg_read+0x6c/0xac
_regmap_read+0x60/0xd8
regmap_read+0x4c/0x7c
rockchip_pmu_set_idle_request.isra.0+0x94/0x1b4
rockchip_pd_power+0x37c/0x608
rockchip_pd_power_off+0x14/0x38
genpd_power_off.isra.0+0x1f0/0x2f0
genpd_power_off_work_fn+0x34/0x54
The two patches work together: patch 1 prevents QoS access
on idle-only domains, and patch 2 prevents the full probe
teardown when a single domain defers.
Tested on NanoPi Zero2 (fixes panic) and Radxa E20C (no
regression).
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-01 2:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-01 2:52 Daniel Bozeman [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-03-31 18:02 [PATCH 1/2] pmdomain/rockchip: skip QoS operations for idle-only domains Daniel Bozeman
2026-03-31 18:02 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-01 1:17 ` Shawn Lin
2026-04-01 1:17 ` Shawn Lin
[not found] ` <CAG+Ngm+xJCCQMPddZx8AbPEeH3rUrn3GKF575zXpGPJrnELvMw@mail.gmail.com>
2026-04-01 2:54 ` Shawn Lin
2026-04-01 2:54 ` Shawn Lin
2026-04-01 6:13 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-01 6:13 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-01 7:11 ` Shawn Lin
2026-04-01 7:11 ` Shawn Lin
2026-04-03 21:27 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-03 21:27 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-04 11:40 ` Shawn Lin
2026-04-04 11:40 ` Shawn Lin
2026-04-04 22:42 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-04 22:42 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-05 23:29 ` Jonas Karlman
2026-04-05 23:29 ` Jonas Karlman
2026-04-06 23:55 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-06 23:55 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-28 1:32 ` Daniel Bozeman
2026-04-28 1:32 ` Daniel Bozeman
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