Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] dt-bindings: Add bindings documentation for RISC-V idle states

From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri Mar 05 2021 - 18:23:36 EST


On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 03:07:57PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
> The RISC-V CPU idle states will be described in DT under the
> /cpus/riscv-idle-states DT node. This patch adds the bindings
> documentation for riscv-idle-states DT nodes and idle state DT
> nodes under it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/riscv/idle-states.yaml | 250 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 250 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/idle-states.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/idle-states.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/idle-states.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..3eff763fed23
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/idle-states.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/riscv/idle-states.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: RISC-V idle states binding description
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Anup Patel <anup.patel@xxxxxxx>
> +
> +description: |+
> + RISC-V systems can manage power consumption dynamically, where HARTs
> + (or CPUs) [1] can be put in different platform specific suspend (or
> + idle) states (ranging from simple WFI, power gating, etc). The RISC-V
> + SBI [2] hart state management extension provides a standard mechanism
> + for OSes to request HART state transitions.
> +
> + The platform specific suspend (or idle) states of a hart can be either
> + retentive or non-rententive in nature. A retentive suspend state will
> + preserve hart register and CSR values for all privilege modes whereas
> + a non-retentive suspend state will not preserve hart register and CSR
> + values. The suspend (or idle) state entered by executing the WFI
> + instruction is considered standard on all RISC-V systems and therefore
> + must not be listed in device tree.
> +
> + The device tree binding definition for RISC-V idle states described
> + in this document is quite similar to the ARM idle states [3].
> +
> + References
> +
> + [1] RISC-V Linux Kernel documentation - CPUs bindings
> + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
> +
> + [2] RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface (SBI)
> + http://github.com/riscv/riscv-sbi-doc/riscv-sbi.adoc
> +
> + [3] ARM idle states binding description - Idle states bindings
> + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.yaml

I'd assume there's common parts we can share.

> +
> +properties:
> + $nodename:
> + const: riscv-idle-states

Just 'idle-states' like Arm.

> +
> +patternProperties:
> + "^(cpu|cluster)-":
> + type: object
> + description: |
> + Each state node represents an idle state description and must be
> + defined as follows.
> +

additionalProperties: false

> + properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: riscv,idle-state
> +
> + local-timer-stop:
> + description:
> + If present the CPU local timer control logic is lost on state
> + entry, otherwise it is retained.
> + type: boolean
> +
> + entry-latency-us:
> + description:
> + Worst case latency in microseconds required to enter the idle state.
> +
> + exit-latency-us:
> + description:
> + Worst case latency in microseconds required to exit the idle state.
> + The exit-latency-us duration may be guaranteed only after
> + entry-latency-us has passed.
> +
> + min-residency-us:
> + description:
> + Minimum residency duration in microseconds, inclusive of preparation
> + and entry, for this idle state to be considered worthwhile energy
> + wise (refer to section 2 of this document for a complete description).
> +
> + wakeup-latency-us:
> + description: |
> + Maximum delay between the signaling of a wake-up event and the CPU
> + being able to execute normal code again. If omitted, this is assumed
> + to be equal to:
> +
> + entry-latency-us + exit-latency-us
> +
> + It is important to supply this value on systems where the duration
> + of PREP phase (see diagram 1, section 2) is non-neglibigle. In such
> + systems entry-latency-us + exit-latency-us will exceed
> + wakeup-latency-us by this duration.
> +
> + idle-state-name:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> + description:
> + A string used as a descriptive name for the idle state.
> +
> + required:
> + - compatible
> + - entry-latency-us
> + - exit-latency-us
> + - min-residency-us
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> +
> + cpus {
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> +
> + cpu@0 {
> + device_type = "cpu";
> + compatible = "riscv";
> + reg = <0x0>;
> + riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
> + mmu-type = "riscv,sv48";
> + cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RET_0_0 &CPU_NONRET_0_0
> + &CLUSTER_RET_0 &CLUSTER_NONRET_0>;

You should need to add this property to your cpu schema.

> +
> + cpu_intc0: interrupt-controller {
> + #interrupt-cells = <1>;
> + compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
> + interrupt-controller;
> + };
> + };
> +
> + cpu@1 {
> + device_type = "cpu";
> + compatible = "riscv";
> + reg = <0x1>;
> + riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
> + mmu-type = "riscv,sv48";
> + cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RET_0_0 &CPU_NONRET_0_0
> + &CLUSTER_RET_0 &CLUSTER_NONRET_0>;
> +
> + cpu_intc1: interrupt-controller {
> + #interrupt-cells = <1>;
> + compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
> + interrupt-controller;
> + };
> + };
> +
> + cpu@10 {
> + device_type = "cpu";
> + compatible = "riscv";
> + reg = <0x10>;
> + riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
> + mmu-type = "riscv,sv48";
> + cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RET_1_0 &CPU_NONRET_1_0
> + &CLUSTER_RET_1 &CLUSTER_NONRET_1>;
> +
> + cpu_intc10: interrupt-controller {
> + #interrupt-cells = <1>;
> + compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
> + interrupt-controller;
> + };
> + };
> +
> + cpu@11 {
> + device_type = "cpu";
> + compatible = "riscv";
> + reg = <0x11>;
> + riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
> + mmu-type = "riscv,sv48";
> + cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RET_1_0 &CPU_NONRET_1_0
> + &CLUSTER_RET_1 &CLUSTER_NONRET_1>;
> +
> + cpu_intc11: interrupt-controller {
> + #interrupt-cells = <1>;
> + compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
> + interrupt-controller;
> + };
> + };
> +
> + riscv-idle-states {
> + CPU_RET_0_0: cpu-retentive-0-0 {
> + compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
> + riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x10000000>;

Not documented.

> + entry-latency-us = <20>;
> + exit-latency-us = <40>;
> + min-residency-us = <80>;
> + };
> +
> + CPU_NONRET_0_0: cpu-nonretentive-0-0 {
> + compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
> + riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x90000000>;
> + entry-latency-us = <250>;
> + exit-latency-us = <500>;
> + min-residency-us = <950>;
> + };
> +
> + CLUSTER_RET_0: cluster-retentive-0 {
> + compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
> + riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x11000000>;
> + local-timer-stop;
> + entry-latency-us = <50>;
> + exit-latency-us = <100>;
> + min-residency-us = <250>;
> + wakeup-latency-us = <130>;
> + };
> +
> + CLUSTER_NONRET_0: cluster-nonretentive-0 {
> + compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
> + riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x91000000>;
> + local-timer-stop;
> + entry-latency-us = <600>;
> + exit-latency-us = <1100>;
> + min-residency-us = <2700>;
> + wakeup-latency-us = <1500>;
> + };
> +
> + CPU_RET_1_0: cpu-retentive-1-0 {
> + compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
> + riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x10000010>;
> + entry-latency-us = <20>;
> + exit-latency-us = <40>;
> + min-residency-us = <80>;
> + };
> +
> + CPU_NONRET_1_0: cpu-nonretentive-1-0 {
> + compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
> + riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x90000010>;
> + entry-latency-us = <250>;
> + exit-latency-us = <500>;
> + min-residency-us = <950>;
> + };
> +
> + CLUSTER_RET_1: cluster-retentive-1 {
> + compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
> + riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x11000010>;
> + local-timer-stop;
> + entry-latency-us = <50>;
> + exit-latency-us = <100>;
> + min-residency-us = <250>;
> + wakeup-latency-us = <130>;
> + };
> +
> + CLUSTER_NONRET_1: cluster-nonretentive-1 {
> + compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
> + riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x91000010>;
> + local-timer-stop;
> + entry-latency-us = <600>;
> + exit-latency-us = <1100>;
> + min-residency-us = <2700>;
> + wakeup-latency-us = <1500>;
> + };
> + };
> + };
> +
> +...
> --
> 2.25.1
>