[PATCH v3] remoteproc: xlnx: allow single core use in split mode

From: Tanmay Shah
Date: Wed Jun 18 2025 - 14:20:06 EST


When operating in split mode, it is a valid usecase to have
only one core enabled in the cluster. Remove exact core count
expecatation from the driver.

Signed-off-by: Tanmay Shah <tanmay.shah@xxxxxxx>
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Changes in v3:
- Fix commit message
- Add details about split mode configuration in comment

Change in v2:
- limit core_count to max 2

drivers/remoteproc/xlnx_r5_remoteproc.c | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/xlnx_r5_remoteproc.c b/drivers/remoteproc/xlnx_r5_remoteproc.c
index 1af89782e116..5aa3fd1b0530 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/xlnx_r5_remoteproc.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/xlnx_r5_remoteproc.c
@@ -1329,19 +1329,23 @@ static int zynqmp_r5_cluster_init(struct zynqmp_r5_cluster *cluster)

/*
* Number of cores is decided by number of child nodes of
- * r5f subsystem node in dts. If Split mode is used in dts
- * 2 child nodes are expected.
+ * r5f subsystem node in dts.
+ * In split mode maximum two child nodes are expected.
+ * However, only single core can be enabled too.
+ * Driver can handle following configuration in split mode:
+ * 1) core0 enabled, core1 disabled
+ * 2) core0 disabled, core1 enabled
+ * 3) core0 and core1 both are enabled.
+ * For now, no more than two cores are expected per cluster
+ * in split mode.
* In lockstep mode if two child nodes are available,
* only use first child node and consider it as core0
* and ignore core1 dt node.
*/
core_count = of_get_available_child_count(dev_node);
- if (core_count == 0) {
+ if (core_count == 0 || core_count > 2) {
dev_err(dev, "Invalid number of r5 cores %d", core_count);
return -EINVAL;
- } else if (cluster_mode == SPLIT_MODE && core_count != 2) {
- dev_err(dev, "Invalid number of r5 cores for split mode\n");
- return -EINVAL;
} else if (cluster_mode == LOCKSTEP_MODE && core_count == 2) {
dev_warn(dev, "Only r5 core0 will be used\n");
core_count = 1;

base-commit: d293da1e4dbebb40560e4c6a417b29ce3393659a
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2.34.1