Re: [PATCH v5] remoteproc: Add device awake calls in rproc boot and shutdown path

From: Bjorn Andersson
Date: Tue Jun 17 2025 - 09:21:14 EST


On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 04:13:17PM +0530, Souradeep Chowdhury wrote:
> Add device awake calls in case of rproc boot and rproc shutdown path.
> Currently, device awake call is only present in the recovery path
> of remoteproc. If an user stops and starts rproc by using the sysfs
> interface, then on pm suspension the firmware fails to load as the
> request_firmware call under adsp_load relies on usermodehelper
> process which gets freezed on pm suspension. Add device awake calls
> to fix this.
>

This is much better, but it still leaves me guessing what the actual
problem is. Does the firmware call time out? Does firmware loading
explicitly fail upon a freeze?

Also, please rephrase the commit message to follow the order defined in
https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes
i.e. start with the description of the problem, not the word "Add".

Regards,
Bjorn

> Signed-off-by: Souradeep Chowdhury <quic_schowdhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <mukesh.ojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v5
>
> *Added more details to commit description
>
> Changes in v4
>
> *Remove stability from mailing list
> *Remove the extra tab in v3
> *Change the commit description
>
> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index c2cf0d277729..5d6c4e694b4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -1917,6 +1917,7 @@ int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> + pm_stay_awake(rproc->dev.parent);
> dev = &rproc->dev;
>
> ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rproc->lock);
> @@ -1961,6 +1962,7 @@ int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
> atomic_dec(&rproc->power);
> unlock_mutex:
> mutex_unlock(&rproc->lock);
> + pm_relax(rproc->dev.parent);
> return ret;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_boot);
> @@ -1991,6 +1993,7 @@ int rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc)
> struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
> int ret = 0;
>
> + pm_stay_awake(rproc->dev.parent);
> ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rproc->lock);
> if (ret) {
> dev_err(dev, "can't lock rproc %s: %d\n", rproc->name, ret);
> @@ -2027,6 +2030,7 @@ int rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc)
> rproc->table_ptr = NULL;
> out:
> mutex_unlock(&rproc->lock);
> + pm_relax(rproc->dev.parent);
> return ret;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_shutdown);
> --
> 2.34.1
>