Re: [PATCH] PM / QoS: Fix default runtime_pm device resume latency

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Oct 31 2017 - 12:35:36 EST


On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 31 October 2017 at 14:55, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Rafael, Tero,
>>
>> CC pinchartl, dri-devel
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> CC linux-renesas-soc
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>>> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:27 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, October 30, 2017 11:19:08 AM CET Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Tero Kristo <t-kristo@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> > The recent change to the PM QoS framework to introduce a proper
>>>>>> > no constraint value overlooked to handle the devices which don't
>>>>>> > implement PM QoS OPS. Runtime PM is one of the more severely
>>>>>> > impacted subsystems, failing every attempt to runtime suspend
>>>>>> > a device. This leads into some nasty second level issues like
>>>>>> > probe failures and increased power consumption among other things.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, that's bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry about breaking it and thanks for the fix!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Fix this by adding a proper return value for devices that don't
>>>>>> > implement PM QoS implicitly.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Fixes: 0cc2b4e5a020 ("PM / QoS: Fix device resume latency PM QoS")
>>>>>> > Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo <t-kristo@xxxxxx>
>>>>>> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Applied.
>>>>>
>>>>> And pushed to Linus.
>>>>
>>>> I'm afraid it is not sufficient.
>>>>
>>>> Commit 0cc2b4e5a020fc7f ("PM / QoS: Fix device resume latency PM QoS")
>>>> introduced two issues on Renesas platforms:
>>>> 1. After boot up, many devices have changed their state from "suspended"
>>>> to "active", according to /sys/kernel/debug/pm_genpd/pm_genpd_summary
>>>> (comparing that file across boots is one of my standard tests).
>>>> Interestingly, doing a system suspend/resume cycle restores their state
>>>> to "suspended".
>>>>
>>>> 2. During system suspend, the following warning is printed on
>>>> r8a7791/koelsch:
>>>>
>>>> i2c-rcar e6530000.i2c: runtime PM trying to suspend device but
>>>> active child
>>
>> 3. I've just bisected a seemingly unrelated issue to the same commit.
>> On Salvator-XS with R-Car H3, initialization of the rcar-du driver now
>> takes more than 1 minute due to flip_done time outs, while it took 0.12s
>> before:
>>
>> [ 3.015035] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
>> [ 3.021721] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query.
>> [ 13.280738] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done] *ERROR*
>> [CRTC:58:crtc-3] flip_done timed out
>> [ 23.520707] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done] *ERROR*
>> [CRTC:58:crtc-3] flip_done timed out
>> [ 33.760708] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done] *ERROR*
>> [CRTC:58:crtc-3] flip_done timed out
>> [ 44.000755] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done] *ERROR*
>> [CRTC:58:crtc-3] flip_done timed out
>> [ 44.003597] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
>> [ 54.240707] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done] *ERROR*
>> [CRTC:58:crtc-3] flip_done timed out
>> [ 64.480706] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done] *ERROR*
>> [CRTC:58:crtc-3] flip_done timed out
>> [ 64.544876] rcar-du feb00000.display: fb0: frame buffer device
>> [ 64.552013] [drm] Initialized rcar-du 1.0.0 20130110 for
>> feb00000.display on minor 0
>> [ 64.559873] [drm] Device feb00000.display probed
>>
>>>> Commit 2a9a86d5c81389cd ("PM / QoS: Fix default runtime_pm device resume
>>>> latency") fixes the second issue, but not the first.
>>
>> ... nor the third.
>>
>>>> Reverting commits 2a9a86d5c81389cd ("PM / QoS: Fix default runtime_pm
>>>> device resume latency") and 0cc2b4e5a020fc7f ("PM / QoS: Fix device resume
>>>> latency PM QoS") fixes both.
>>
>> ... all three.
>>
>>>> Do you have a clue?
>>>> Thanks!
>
> As I didn't have the time to review the original commit, before it got
> pushed as a fix, I am planning to review it now instead.
>
> A vague guess is that the genpd governor prevents the device from
> being suspended. That was also the most tricky part of the changes
> from the original commit, which is causing problems.

I think you are right.

> I get back to this when I have reviewed it more thoroughly.

Thanks, and sorry for breaking stuff.

In retrospect I should just have not pushed it so late in the cycle.

Rafael