Re: [PATCH] nvme-pci: Fix system hang when ASPM L1 is enabled during suspend

[Hans Zhang <hans.zhang@cixtech.com>]

On 2025/5/2 23:58, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
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> On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 11:49:07PM +0800, Hans Zhang wrote:
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>> On 2025/5/2 23:00, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
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>>> On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 11:20:51AM +0800, hans.zhang@cixtech.com wrote:
>>>> From: Hans Zhang <hans.zhang@cixtech.com>
>>>>
>>>> When PCIe ASPM L1 is enabled (CONFIG_PCIEASPM_POWERSAVE=y), certain
>>>
>>> CONFIG_PCIEASPM_POWERSAVE=y only sets the default.  L1 can be enabled
>>> dynamically regardless of the config.
>>>
>>
>> Dear Bjorn,
>>
>> Thank you very much for your reply.
>>
>> Yes. To reduce the power consumption of the SOC system, we have enabled ASPM
>> L1 by default.
>>
>>>> NVMe controllers fail to release LPI MSI-X interrupts during system
>>>> suspend, leading to a system hang. This occurs because the driver's
>>>> existing power management path does not fully disable the device
>>>> when ASPM is active.
>>>
>>> I have no idea what this has to do with ASPM L1.  I do see that
>>> nvme_suspend() tests pcie_aspm_enabled(pdev) (which seems kind of
>>> janky and racy).  But this doesn't explain anything about what would
>>> cause a system hang.
>>
>> [   92.411265] [pid:322,cpu11,kworker/u24:6]nvme 0000:91:00.0: PM: calling
>> pci_pm_suspend_noirq+0x0/0x2c0 @ 322, parent: 0000:90:00.0
>> [   92.423028] [pid:322,cpu11,kworker/u24:6]nvme 0000:91:00.0: PM:
>> pci_pm_suspend_noirq+0x0/0x2c0 returned 0 after 1 usecs
>> [   92.433894] [pid:324,cpu10,kworker/u24:7]pcieport 0000:90:00.0: PM:
>> calling pci_pm_suspend_noirq+0x0/0x2c0 @ 324, parent: pci0000:90
>> [   92.445880] [pid:324,cpu10,kworker/u24:7]pcieport 0000:90:00.0: PM:
>> pci_pm_suspend_noirq+0x0/0x2c0 returned 0 after 39 usecs
>> [   92.457227] [pid:916,cpu7,bash]sky1-pcie a070000.pcie: PM: calling
>> sky1_pcie_suspend_noirq+0x0/0x174 @ 916, parent: soc@0
>> [   92.479315] [pid:916,cpu7,bash]cix-pcie-phy a080000.pcie_phy:
>> pcie_phy_common_exit end
>> [   92.487389] [pid:916,cpu7,bash]sky1-pcie a070000.pcie:
>> sky1_pcie_suspend_noirq
>> [   92.494604] [pid:916,cpu7,bash]sky1-pcie a070000.pcie: PM:
>> sky1_pcie_suspend_noirq+0x0/0x174 returned 0 after 26379 usecs
>> [   92.505619] [pid:916,cpu7,bash]sky1-audss-clk
>> 7110000.system-controller:clock-controller: PM: calling
>> genpd_suspend_noirq+0x0/0x80 @ 916, parent: 7110000.system-controller
>> [   92.520919] [pid:916,cpu7,bash]sky1-audss-clk
>> 7110000.system-controller:clock-controller: PM: genpd_suspend_noirq+0x0/0x80
>> returned 0 after 1 usecs
>> [   92.534214] [pid:916,cpu7,bash]Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
>>
>>
>> Hans: Before I added the printk for debugging, it hung here.
>>
>>
>> I added the log output after debugging printk.
>>
>> Sky1 SOC Root Port driver's suspend function: sky1_pcie_suspend_noirq
>> Our hardware is in STR(suspend to ram), and the controller and PHY will lose
>> power.
>>
>> So in sky1_pcie_suspend_noirq, the AXI,APB clock, etc. of the PCIe
>> controller will be turned off. In sky1_pcie_resume_noirq, the PCIe
>> controller and PHY will be reinitialized. If suspend does not close the AXI
>> and APB clock, and the AXI is reopened during the resume process, the APB
>> clock will cause the reference count of the kernel API to accumulate
>> continuously.
>>
> 
> So this is the actual issue (controller loosing power during system suspend) and
> everything else (ASPM, MSIX write) are all side effects of it.
> 
> Yes, this issue is more common with several vendors and we need to come up with
> a generic solution instead of hacking up the client drivers. I'm planning to
> work on it in the coming days. Will keep you in the loop.
> 

Dear Mani,

Thank you very much for your reply. Thank you very much for helping to 
solve this problem together. If possible, I'd be very glad to help with 
the test together.

Best regards,
Hans