Re: [PATCH 2/6] thermal: of: Export non-devres helper to register/unregister thermal zone

Claudiu Beznea
2025-01-30T10:50:18Z

On 30.01.2025 12:30, Claudiu Beznea wrote:
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> On 30.01.2025 12:07, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 11:08:03AM +0200, Claudiu Beznea wrote:
>>> Hi, Daniel,
>>>
>>> On 29.01.2025 19:24, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>>> Hi Claudiu,
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 06:38:01PM +0200, Claudiu wrote:
>>>>> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> On the Renesas RZ/G3S (and other Renesas SoCs, e.g., RZ/G2{L, LC, UL}),
>>>>> clocks are managed through PM domains. These PM domains, registered on
>>>>> behalf of the clock controller driver, are configured with
>>>>> GENPD_FLAG_PM_CLK. In most of the Renesas drivers used by RZ SoCs, the
>>>>> clocks are enabled/disabled using runtime PM APIs.
>>>>>
>>>>> During probe, devices are attached to the PM domain controlling their
>>>>> clocks. Similarly, during removal, devices are detached from the PM domain.
>>>>>
>>>>> The detachment call stack is as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> device_driver_detach() ->
>>>>> device_release_driver_internal() ->
>>>>> __device_release_driver() ->
>>>>> device_remove() ->
>>>>> platform_remove() ->
>>>>> dev_pm_domain_detach()
>>>>>
>>>>> In the upcoming Renesas RZ/G3S thermal driver, the
>>>>> struct thermal_zone_device_ops::change_mode API is implemented to
>>>>> start/stop the thermal sensor unit. Register settings are updated within
>>>>> the change_mode API.
>>>>>
>>>>> In case devres helpers are used for thermal zone register/unregister the
>>>>> struct thermal_zone_device_ops::change_mode API is invoked when the
>>>>> driver is unbound. The identified call stack is as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> device_driver_detach() ->
>>>>> device_release_driver_internal() ->
>>>>> device_unbind_cleanup() ->
>>>>> devres_release_all() ->
>>>>> devm_thermal_of_zone_release() ->
>>>>> thermal_zone_device_disable() ->
>>>>> thermal_zone_device_set_mode() ->
>>>>> rzg3s_thermal_change_mode()
>>>>>
>>>>> The device_unbind_cleanup() function is called after the thermal device is
>>>>> detached from the PM domain (via dev_pm_domain_detach()).
>>>>>
>>>>> The rzg3s_thermal_change_mode() implementation calls
>>>>> pm_runtime_resume_and_get()/pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() before/after
>>>>> accessing the registers. However, during the unbind scenario, the
>>>>> devm_thermal_of_zone_release() is invoked after dev_pm_domain_detach().
>>>>> Consequently, the clocks are not enabled, as the device is removed from
>>>>> the PM domain at this time, leading to an Asynchronous SError Interrupt.
>>>>> The system cannot be used after this.
>>>>
>>>> I've been through the driver before responding to this change. What is the
>>>> benefit of powering down / up (or clock off / on) the thermal sensor when
>>>> reading the temperature ?
>>>>
>>>> I can understand for disable / enable but I don't get for the classic usage
>>>> where a governor will be reading the temperature regularly.
>>>
>>> I tried to be as power saving as possible both at runtime and after the IP
>>> is not used anymore as the HW manual doesn't mentioned anything about
>>> accuracy or implications of disabling the IP clock at runtime. We use
>>> similar approach (of disabling clocks at runtime) for other IPs in the
>>> RZ/G3S SoC as well.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would the IP need some cycles to capture the temperature accurately after the
>>>> clock is enabled ?
>>>
>>> There is nothing about this mentioned about this in the HW manual of the
>>> RZ/G3S SoC. The only points mentioned are as described in the driver code:
>>> - wait at least 3us after each IIO channel read
>>> - wait at least 30us after enabling the sensor
>>> - wait at least 50us after setting OE bit in TSU_SM
>>>
>>> For this I chose to have it implemented as proposed.
>>
>> IMO, disabling/enabling the clock between two reads through the pm runtime may
>> not be a good thing, especially if the system enters a thermal situation where
>> it has to mitigate.

If it's not 100% safe I can drop the runtime PM support.

>>
>> Without any testing capturing the temperatures and compare between the always-on
>> and on/off, it is hard to say if it is true or not. Up to you to test that or
>> not. If you think it is fine, then let's go with it.
>
> I tested it with and w/o the runtime PM and on/off support (so, everything
> ON from the probe) and the reported temperature values were similar.
>
> Thank you,
> Claudiu
>
>>
>>> If any, the HW manual is available here
>>> https://www.renesas.com/en/document/mah/rzg3s-group-users-manual-hardware?r=25458591
>>> (an archive is here; the manual is in Deliverables/r01uh1014ej0110-rzg3s.pdf)
>>>
>>> Thank you for your review,
>>> Claudiu
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Add thermal_of_zone_register()/thermal_of_zone_unregister(). These will
>>>>> be used in the upcomming RZ/G3S thermal driver.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com>
>>>
>>
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