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

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu Jan 19 2023 - 12:06:19 EST


On 19/01/2023 16:40, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 17/01/2023 16:27, Ulf Hansson wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I can do it... or maybe we should just drop the flags (RT and IRQ safe)
> when parent domain does not have it?

Actually, with next patch, I can skip this one entirely. This is needed
if PSCI cpuidle driver invokes runtime PM functions which eventually
puts PSCI cpuidle power domain into suspend/resume. If the former does
not happen, the domain driver won't be even called so my problem disappears.

Since I need patch 3/5 - effectively disabling PSCI cpuidle runtime PM -
we can drop this one, till we find a real user needing it.

Best regards,
Krzysztof