Re: [PATCH 3/6] usb: cdns3-ti: add suspend/resume procedures for J7200

["Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>]

Hello,

On Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 11:36 PM CET, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com> writes:
> > On Wed Nov 22, 2023 at 11:23 PM CET, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> >> Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com> writes:
> >> The point is to signal to the power domain the device is in that it can
> >> power on/off.  These IP blocks are (re)used on many different SoCs, so
> >> the driver should not make any assumptions about what power domain it is
> >> in (if any.)
> >
> > On my platform, when the device is attached to the PD it gets turned on.
> > That feels logical to me: if a driver is not RPM aware it "just works".
>
> It "just works"... until the domain gets turned off.
>
> > Are there platforms where RPM must get enabled for the attached
> > power-domains to be turned on?
>
> Yes, but but more importantly, there are platforms where RPM must get
> enabled for the power domain to *stay* on.  For example, the power
> domain might get turned on due to devices probing etc, but as soon as
> all the RPM-enabled drivers drop their refcount, the domain will turn
> off.  If there is a device in that domain with a non-RPM enabled driver,
> that device will be powered off anc cause a crash.

OK, that makes sense, thanks for taking the time to explain. This topic
makes me see two things that I feel are close to being bugs. I'd be
curious to get your view on both.

 - If a device does not use RPM but its children do, it might get its
   associated power-domain turned off. That forces every single driver
   that want to stay alive to enable & increment RPM.

   What I naively expect: a genpd with a device attached to it that is
   not using RPM should mean that it should not be powered off at
   runtime_suspend. Benefit: no RPM calls in drivers that do not use
   it, and the behavior is that the genpd associated stays alive "as
   expected".

 - If a device uses RPM & has a refcount strictly positive, its
   associated power-domain gets turned off either way at suspend_noirq.
   That feels non-intuitive as well.

   What I naively expect: check for RPM refcounts of attached devices
   when doing suspend_noirq of power-domains. Benefit: control of what
   power-domains do from attached devices is done through the RPM API.

Regards,

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Théo Lebrun, Bootlin
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