[PATCH v2 2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: power_control: Set SCMI_SYSPOWER_IDLE in PM resume

From: Peng Fan
Date: Thu Jul 03 2025 - 23:12:28 EST


When the Linux SCMI agent is suspended and another agent sends a second
suspend message, the Linux agent wakes up. The expected behavior is for
the Linux agent to wake up and then suspend again.

However, due to a race condition, the second suspend notification wakes
the system, but the SCMI state is not yet set to SCMI_SYSPOWER_IDLE.
This is because interrupts (e.g., i.MX95 Message Unit interrupts, which are
always enabled as wakeup sources) are active before thaw_processes() is
called. As a result, scmi_userspace_notifier() runs too early and
ignores the suspend request since the state hasn't been updated yet.

This patch addresses the race by setting the SCMI state to
SCMI_SYSPOWER_IDLE earlier-during the device resume phase, before
thaw_processes() is invoked. This ensures that when the notifier is
triggered, the state check passes and the system can suspend again as
intended.

On i.MX95, there are two scenarios where the Cortex-A cluster issues a
WFI signal:
- Linux CPU idle
- Linux suspend
The hardware state machine handles power-off sequences, with SCP involved
in one step. However, SCP cannot distinguish between a CPU idle request
and a full suspend request-it only sees a generic cluster power-off.

As a result, the SCP cannot filter out the second suspend message. By
setting SCMI_SYSPOWER_IDLE early, we ensure the Linux agent can correctly
handle the second suspend request and re-enter suspend.

Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/scmi_power_control.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/scmi_power_control.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/scmi_power_control.c
index 21f467a92942883be66074c37c2cab08c3e8a5cc..d2cfd9d92e711f7247a13c7773c11c0a6e582876 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/scmi_power_control.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/scmi_power_control.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
#include <linux/math.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/pm.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/reboot.h>
#include <linux/scmi_protocol.h>
@@ -324,12 +325,7 @@ static int scmi_userspace_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,

static void scmi_suspend_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct scmi_syspower_conf *sc =
- container_of(work, struct scmi_syspower_conf, suspend_work);
-
pm_suspend(PM_SUSPEND_MEM);
-
- sc->state = SCMI_SYSPOWER_IDLE;
}

static int scmi_syspower_probe(struct scmi_device *sdev)
@@ -354,6 +350,7 @@ static int scmi_syspower_probe(struct scmi_device *sdev)
sc->required_transition = SCMI_SYSTEM_MAX;
sc->userspace_nb.notifier_call = &scmi_userspace_notifier;
sc->dev = &sdev->dev;
+ dev_set_drvdata(&sdev->dev, sc);

INIT_WORK(&sc->suspend_work, scmi_suspend_work_func);

@@ -363,6 +360,20 @@ static int scmi_syspower_probe(struct scmi_device *sdev)
NULL, &sc->userspace_nb);
}

+static int scmi_system_power_resume(struct device *dev)
+{
+
+ struct scmi_syspower_conf *sc = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ sc->state = SCMI_SYSPOWER_IDLE;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct dev_pm_ops scmi_system_power_pmops = {
+ SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(NULL, scmi_system_power_resume)
+};
+
static const struct scmi_device_id scmi_id_table[] = {
{ SCMI_PROTOCOL_SYSTEM, "syspower" },
{ },
@@ -370,6 +381,9 @@ static const struct scmi_device_id scmi_id_table[] = {
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(scmi, scmi_id_table);

static struct scmi_driver scmi_system_power_driver = {
+ .driver = {
+ .pm = &scmi_system_power_pmops,
+ },
.name = "scmi-system-power",
.probe = scmi_syspower_probe,
.id_table = scmi_id_table,

--
2.37.1