Re: [PATCH v3] dt-bindings: arm: merge qcom,idle-state with idle-state

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Jan 04 2022 - 15:49:15 EST


On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 03:48:34PM +0100, David Heidelberg wrote:
> Merge Qualcomm specific idle-state binding with generic one.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> v3:
> - integrate into idle-state.yml
> - orig. patch name was:
> "[v2] dt-bindings: arm/msm/qcom,idle-state convert to YAML"
>
> Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.yaml | 107 ++++++++++++++++++
> .../bindings/arm/msm/qcom,idle-state.txt | 84 --------------
> 2 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/msm/qcom,idle-state.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.yaml
> index 52bce5dbb11f..fde1557f2332 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.yaml
> @@ -241,6 +241,64 @@ description: |+
> [6] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - Booting AArch64 Linux
> Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
>
> + ===========================================
> + 5 - Qualcomm specific STATES
> + ===========================================
> +
> + cpuidle-qcom is the cpuidle driver for Qualcomm SoCs and uses these idle

What's cpuidle?

(Linux detail doesn't belong here)

> + states. Idle states have different enter/exit latency and residency values.
> + The idle states supported by the QCOM SoC are defined as -
> +
> + * Standby
> + * Retention
> + * Standalone Power Collapse (Standalone PC or SPC)
> + * Power Collapse (PC)
> +
> + Standby: Standby does a little more in addition to architectural clock gating.
> + When the WFI instruction is executed the ARM core would gate its internal
> + clocks. In addition to gating the clocks, QCOM cpus use this instruction as a
> + trigger to execute the SPM state machine. The SPM state machine waits for the
> + interrupt to trigger the core back in to active. This triggers the cache
> + hierarchy to enter standby states, when all cpus are idle. An interrupt brings
> + the SPM state machine out of its wait, the next step is to ensure that the
> + cache hierarchy is also out of standby, and then the cpu is allowed to resume
> + execution. This state is defined as a generic ARM WFI state by the ARM cpuidle
> + driver and is not defined in the DT. The SPM state machine should be
> + configured to execute this state by default and after executing every other
> + state below.
> +
> + Retention: Retention is a low power state where the core is clock gated and
> + the memory and the registers associated with the core are retained. The
> + voltage may be reduced to the minimum value needed to keep the processor
> + registers active. The SPM should be configured to execute the retention
> + sequence and would wait for interrupt, before restoring the cpu to execution
> + state. Retention may have a slightly higher latency than Standby.
> +
> + Standalone PC: A cpu can power down and warmboot if there is a sufficient time
> + between the time it enters idle and the next known wake up. SPC mode is used
> + to indicate a core entering a power down state without consulting any other
> + cpu or the system resources. This helps save power only on that core. The SPM
> + sequence for this idle state is programmed to power down the supply to the
> + core, wait for the interrupt, restore power to the core, and ensure the
> + system state including cache hierarchy is ready before allowing core to
> + resume. Applying power and resetting the core causes the core to warmboot
> + back into Elevation Level (EL) which trampolines the control back to the
> + kernel. Entering a power down state for the cpu, needs to be done by trapping
> + into a EL. Failing to do so, would result in a crash enforced by the warm boot
> + code in the EL for the SoC. On SoCs with write-back L1 cache, the cache has to
> + be flushed in s/w, before powering down the core.
> +
> + Power Collapse: This state is similar to the SPC mode, but distinguishes
> + itself in that the cpu acknowledges and permits the SoC to enter deeper sleep
> + modes. In a hierarchical power domain SoC, this means L2 and other caches can
> + be flushed, system bus, clocks - lowered, and SoC main XO clock gated and
> + voltages reduced, provided all cpus enter this state. Since the span of low
> + power modes possible at this state is vast, the exit latency and the residency
> + of this low power mode would be considered high even though at a cpu level,
> + this essentially is cpu power down. The SPM in this state also may handshake
> + with the Resource power manager (RPM) processor in the SoC to indicate a
> + complete application processor subsystem shut down.

I'm on the fence whether any of this belongs here... But I don't have a
better suggestion.

> +
> properties:
> $nodename:
> const: idle-states
> @@ -323,6 +381,44 @@ patternProperties:
> - exit-latency-us
> - min-residency-us
>
> + "^(ret|spc|pc)$":

Either these need to be added to the existing pattern for node names or
the node names in the dts files be changed to match the existing
binding. I think it is safe to do the latter as the driver doesn't care
about node names.

And then you just need to update the 'compatible' schema.

> + type: object
> + description:
> + Each state node represents a domain idle state description.
> +
> + properties:
> + compatible:
> + items:
> + - enum:
> + - qcom,idle-state-ret
> + - qcom,idle-state-spc
> + - qcom,idle-state-pc
> + - const: arm,idle-state
> +
> + entry-latency-us:
> + description:
> + The worst case latency in microseconds required to enter the idle
> + state. Note that, the exit-latency-us duration may be guaranteed only
> + after the entry-latency-us has passed.
> +
> + exit-latency-us:
> + description:
> + The worst case latency in microseconds required to exit the idle
> + state.
> +
> + min-residency-us:
> + description:
> + The minimum residency duration in microseconds after which the idle
> + state will yield power benefits, after overcoming the overhead while
> + entering the idle state.
> +
> + required:
> + - compatible
> + - entry-latency-us
> + - exit-latency-us
> + - min-residency-us
> +
> +
> additionalProperties: false
>
> examples:
> @@ -658,4 +754,15 @@ examples:
> };
> };
>
> + - |
> + // Example 3 - QCOM SPC
> + idle-states {
> + cpu_spc: spc {
> + compatible = "qcom,idle-state-spc", "arm,idle-state";
> + entry-latency-us = <150>;
> + exit-latency-us = <200>;
> + min-residency-us = <2000>;
> + };
> + };
> +
> ...