Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] cpuidle: psci: Mark as PREEMPT_RT safe

From: Ulf Hansson
Date: Tue Jan 17 2023 - 10:28:54 EST


On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 at 16:15, Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The PSCI cpuidle power domain in power_off callback uses
> __this_cpu_write() so it is PREEMPT_RT safe. This allows to use it in
> Realtime kernels and solves errors like:
>
> BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/2/0/0x00000002
> Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT)
> Call trace:
> dump_backtrace.part.0+0xe0/0xf0
> show_stack+0x18/0x40
> dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84
> dump_stack+0x18/0x34
> __schedule_bug+0x60/0x80
> __schedule+0x628/0x800
> schedule_rtlock+0x28/0x5c
> rtlock_slowlock_locked+0x360/0xd30
> rt_spin_lock+0x88/0xb0
> genpd_lock_nested_spin+0x1c/0x30
> genpd_power_off.part.0.isra.0+0x20c/0x2a0
> genpd_runtime_suspend+0x150/0x2bc
> __rpm_callback+0x48/0x170
> rpm_callback+0x6c/0x7c
> rpm_suspend+0x108/0x660
> __pm_runtime_suspend+0x4c/0x8c
> __psci_enter_domain_idle_state.constprop.0+0x54/0xe0
> psci_enter_domain_idle_state+0x18/0x2c
> cpuidle_enter_state+0x8c/0x4e0
> cpuidle_enter+0x38/0x50
> do_idle+0x248/0x2f0
> cpu_startup_entry+0x24/0x30
> secondary_start_kernel+0x130/0x154
> __secondary_switched+0xb0/0xb4
>
> Cc: Adrien Thierry <athierry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Brian Masney <bmasney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-rt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c
> index c80cf9ddabd8..d15a91fb7048 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci-domain.c
> @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ static int psci_pd_init(struct device_node *np, bool use_osi)
> if (!pd_provider)
> goto free_pd;
>
> - pd->flags |= GENPD_FLAG_IRQ_SAFE | GENPD_FLAG_CPU_DOMAIN;
> + pd->flags |= GENPD_FLAG_IRQ_SAFE | GENPD_FLAG_RT_SAFE | \
> + GENPD_FLAG_CPU_DOMAIN;

My main concern with this, is that it will affect the parent domains
too. Whether those would be able to use the GENPD_FLAG_RT_SAFE or not,
is a different story.

In one way or the other, I think it would be better to limit the
GENPD_FLAG_RT_SAFE to be used only for PREEMPT_RT kernels.

>
> /* Allow power off when OSI has been successfully enabled. */
> if (use_osi)
> --
> 2.34.1
>

Kind regards
Uffe