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diff --git a/Documentation/power/00-INDEX b/Documentation/power/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7f3c2def2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +00-INDEX + - This file +apm-acpi.txt + - basic info about the APM and ACPI support. +basic-pm-debugging.txt + - Debugging suspend and resume +charger-manager.txt + - Battery charger management. +admin-guide/devices.rst + - How drivers interact with system-wide power management +drivers-testing.txt + - Testing suspend and resume support in device drivers +freezing-of-tasks.txt + - How processes and controlled during suspend +interface.txt + - Power management user interface in /sys/power +opp.txt + - Operating Performance Point library +pci.txt + - How the PCI Subsystem Does Power Management +pm_qos_interface.txt + - info on Linux PM Quality of Service interface +power_supply_class.txt + - Tells userspace about battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply properties +runtime_pm.txt + - Power management framework for I/O devices. +s2ram.txt + - How to get suspend to ram working (and debug it when it isn't) +states.txt + - System power management states +suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt + - Explains the interaction between Suspend-to-RAM (S3) and CPU hotplug +swsusp-and-swap-files.txt + - Using swap files with software suspend (to disk) +swsusp-dmcrypt.txt + - How to use dm-crypt and software suspend (to disk) together +swsusp.txt + - Goals, implementation, and usage of software suspend (ACPI S3) +tricks.txt + - How to trick software suspend (to disk) into working when it isn't +userland-swsusp.txt + - Experimental implementation of software suspend in userspace +video.txt + - Video issues during resume from suspend diff --git a/Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt b/Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6cc423d36 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +APM or ACPI? +------------ +If you have a relatively recent x86 mobile, desktop, or server system, +odds are it supports either Advanced Power Management (APM) or +Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). ACPI is the newer +of the two technologies and puts power management in the hands of the +operating system, allowing for more intelligent power management than +is possible with BIOS controlled APM. + +The best way to determine which, if either, your system supports is to +build a kernel with both ACPI and APM enabled (as of 2.3.x ACPI is +enabled by default). If a working ACPI implementation is found, the +ACPI driver will override and disable APM, otherwise the APM driver +will be used. + +No, sorry, you cannot have both ACPI and APM enabled and running at +once. Some people with broken ACPI or broken APM implementations +would like to use both to get a full set of working features, but you +simply cannot mix and match the two. Only one power management +interface can be in control of the machine at once. Think about it.. + +User-space Daemons +------------------ +Both APM and ACPI rely on user-space daemons, apmd and acpid +respectively, to be completely functional. Obtain both of these +daemons from your Linux distribution or from the Internet (see below) +and be sure that they are started sometime in the system boot process. +Go ahead and start both. If ACPI or APM is not available on your +system the associated daemon will exit gracefully. + + apmd: http://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/a/apmd/ + acpid: http://acpid.sf.net/ diff --git a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..708f87f78 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt @@ -0,0 +1,254 @@ +Debugging hibernation and suspend + (C) 2007 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, GPL + +1. Testing hibernation (aka suspend to disk or STD) + +To check if hibernation works, you can try to hibernate in the "reboot" mode: + +# echo reboot > /sys/power/disk +# echo disk > /sys/power/state + +and the system should create a hibernation image, reboot, resume and get back to +the command prompt where you have started the transition. If that happens, +hibernation is most likely to work correctly. Still, you need to repeat the +test at least a couple of times in a row for confidence. [This is necessary, +because some problems only show up on a second attempt at suspending and +resuming the system.] Moreover, hibernating in the "reboot" and "shutdown" +modes causes the PM core to skip some platform-related callbacks which on ACPI +systems might be necessary to make hibernation work. Thus, if your machine fails +to hibernate or resume in the "reboot" mode, you should try the "platform" mode: + +# echo platform > /sys/power/disk +# echo disk > /sys/power/state + +which is the default and recommended mode of hibernation. + +Unfortunately, the "platform" mode of hibernation does not work on some systems +with broken BIOSes. In such cases the "shutdown" mode of hibernation might +work: + +# echo shutdown > /sys/power/disk +# echo disk > /sys/power/state + +(it is similar to the "reboot" mode, but it requires you to press the power +button to make the system resume). + +If neither "platform" nor "shutdown" hibernation mode works, you will need to +identify what goes wrong. + +a) Test modes of hibernation + +To find out why hibernation fails on your system, you can use a special testing +facility available if the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_PM_DEBUG set. Then, +there is the file /sys/power/pm_test that can be used to make the hibernation +core run in a test mode. There are 5 test modes available: + +freezer +- test the freezing of processes + +devices +- test the freezing of processes and suspending of devices + +platform +- test the freezing of processes, suspending of devices and platform + global control methods(*) + +processors +- test the freezing of processes, suspending of devices, platform + global control methods(*) and the disabling of nonboot CPUs + +core +- test the freezing of processes, suspending of devices, platform global + control methods(*), the disabling of nonboot CPUs and suspending of + platform/system devices + +(*) the platform global control methods are only available on ACPI systems + and are only tested if the hibernation mode is set to "platform" + +To use one of them it is necessary to write the corresponding string to +/sys/power/pm_test (eg. "devices" to test the freezing of processes and +suspending devices) and issue the standard hibernation commands. For example, +to use the "devices" test mode along with the "platform" mode of hibernation, +you should do the following: + +# echo devices > /sys/power/pm_test +# echo platform > /sys/power/disk +# echo disk > /sys/power/state + +Then, the kernel will try to freeze processes, suspend devices, wait a few +seconds (5 by default, but configurable by the suspend.pm_test_delay module +parameter), resume devices and thaw processes. If "platform" is written to +/sys/power/pm_test , then after suspending devices the kernel will additionally +invoke the global control methods (eg. ACPI global control methods) used to +prepare the platform firmware for hibernation. Next, it will wait a +configurable number of seconds and invoke the platform (eg. ACPI) global +methods used to cancel hibernation etc. + +Writing "none" to /sys/power/pm_test causes the kernel to switch to the normal +hibernation/suspend operations. Also, when open for reading, /sys/power/pm_test +contains a space-separated list of all available tests (including "none" that +represents the normal functionality) in which the current test level is +indicated by square brackets. + +Generally, as you can see, each test level is more "invasive" than the previous +one and the "core" level tests the hardware and drivers as deeply as possible +without creating a hibernation image. Obviously, if the "devices" test fails, +the "platform" test will fail as well and so on. Thus, as a rule of thumb, you +should try the test modes starting from "freezer", through "devices", "platform" +and "processors" up to "core" (repeat the test on each level a couple of times +to make sure that any random factors are avoided). + +If the "freezer" test fails, there is a task that cannot be frozen (in that case +it usually is possible to identify the offending task by analysing the output of +dmesg obtained after the failing test). Failure at this level usually means +that there is a problem with the tasks freezer subsystem that should be +reported. + +If the "devices" test fails, most likely there is a driver that cannot suspend +or resume its device (in the latter case the system may hang or become unstable +after the test, so please take that into consideration). To find this driver, +you can carry out a binary search according to the rules: +- if the test fails, unload a half of the drivers currently loaded and repeat +(that would probably involve rebooting the system, so always note what drivers +have been loaded before the test), +- if the test succeeds, load a half of the drivers you have unloaded most +recently and repeat. + +Once you have found the failing driver (there can be more than just one of +them), you have to unload it every time before hibernation. In that case please +make sure to report the problem with the driver. + +It is also possible that the "devices" test will still fail after you have +unloaded all modules. In that case, you may want to look in your kernel +configuration for the drivers that can be compiled as modules (and test again +with these drivers compiled as modules). You may also try to use some special +kernel command line options such as "noapic", "noacpi" or even "acpi=off". + +If the "platform" test fails, there is a problem with the handling of the +platform (eg. ACPI) firmware on your system. In that case the "platform" mode +of hibernation is not likely to work. You can try the "shutdown" mode, but that +is rather a poor man's workaround. + +If the "processors" test fails, the disabling/enabling of nonboot CPUs does not +work (of course, this only may be an issue on SMP systems) and the problem +should be reported. In that case you can also try to switch the nonboot CPUs +off and on using the /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/online sysfs attributes and +see if that works. + +If the "core" test fails, which means that suspending of the system/platform +devices has failed (these devices are suspended on one CPU with interrupts off), +the problem is most probably hardware-related and serious, so it should be +reported. + +A failure of any of the "platform", "processors" or "core" tests may cause your +system to hang or become unstable, so please beware. Such a failure usually +indicates a serious problem that very well may be related to the hardware, but +please report it anyway. + +b) Testing minimal configuration + +If all of the hibernation test modes work, you can boot the system with the +"init=/bin/bash" command line parameter and attempt to hibernate in the +"reboot", "shutdown" and "platform" modes. If that does not work, there +probably is a problem with a driver statically compiled into the kernel and you +can try to compile more drivers as modules, so that they can be tested +individually. Otherwise, there is a problem with a modular driver and you can +find it by loading a half of the modules you normally use and binary searching +in accordance with the algorithm: +- if there are n modules loaded and the attempt to suspend and resume fails, +unload n/2 of the modules and try again (that would probably involve rebooting +the system), +- if there are n modules loaded and the attempt to suspend and resume succeeds, +load n/2 modules more and try again. + +Again, if you find the offending module(s), it(they) must be unloaded every time +before hibernation, and please report the problem with it(them). + +c) Using the "test_resume" hibernation option + +/sys/power/disk generally tells the kernel what to do after creating a +hibernation image. One of the available options is "test_resume" which +causes the just created image to be used for immediate restoration. Namely, +after doing: + +# echo test_resume > /sys/power/disk +# echo disk > /sys/power/state + +a hibernation image will be created and a resume from it will be triggered +immediately without involving the platform firmware in any way. + +That test can be used to check if failures to resume from hibernation are +related to bad interactions with the platform firmware. That is, if the above +works every time, but resume from actual hibernation does not work or is +unreliable, the platform firmware may be responsible for the failures. + +On architectures and platforms that support using different kernels to restore +hibernation images (that is, the kernel used to read the image from storage and +load it into memory is different from the one included in the image) or support +kernel address space randomization, it also can be used to check if failures +to resume may be related to the differences between the restore and image +kernels. + +d) Advanced debugging + +In case that hibernation does not work on your system even in the minimal +configuration and compiling more drivers as modules is not practical or some +modules cannot be unloaded, you can use one of the more advanced debugging +techniques to find the problem. First, if there is a serial port in your box, +you can boot the kernel with the 'no_console_suspend' parameter and try to log +kernel messages using the serial console. This may provide you with some +information about the reasons of the suspend (resume) failure. Alternatively, +it may be possible to use a FireWire port for debugging with firescope +(http://v3.sk/~lkundrak/firescope/). On x86 it is also possible to +use the PM_TRACE mechanism documented in Documentation/power/s2ram.txt . + +2. Testing suspend to RAM (STR) + +To verify that the STR works, it is generally more convenient to use the s2ram +tool available from http://suspend.sf.net and documented at +http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_RAM (S2RAM_LINK). + +Namely, after writing "freezer", "devices", "platform", "processors", or "core" +into /sys/power/pm_test (available if the kernel is compiled with +CONFIG_PM_DEBUG set) the suspend code will work in the test mode corresponding +to given string. The STR test modes are defined in the same way as for +hibernation, so please refer to Section 1 for more information about them. In +particular, the "core" test allows you to test everything except for the actual +invocation of the platform firmware in order to put the system into the sleep +state. + +Among other things, the testing with the help of /sys/power/pm_test may allow +you to identify drivers that fail to suspend or resume their devices. They +should be unloaded every time before an STR transition. + +Next, you can follow the instructions at S2RAM_LINK to test the system, but if +it does not work "out of the box", you may need to boot it with +"init=/bin/bash" and test s2ram in the minimal configuration. In that case, +you may be able to search for failing drivers by following the procedure +analogous to the one described in section 1. If you find some failing drivers, +you will have to unload them every time before an STR transition (ie. before +you run s2ram), and please report the problems with them. + +There is a debugfs entry which shows the suspend to RAM statistics. Here is an +example of its output. + # mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/suspend_stats + success: 20 + fail: 5 + failed_freeze: 0 + failed_prepare: 0 + failed_suspend: 5 + failed_suspend_noirq: 0 + failed_resume: 0 + failed_resume_noirq: 0 + failures: + last_failed_dev: alarm + adc + last_failed_errno: -16 + -16 + last_failed_step: suspend + suspend +Field success means the success number of suspend to RAM, and field fail means +the failure number. Others are the failure number of different steps of suspend +to RAM. suspend_stats just lists the last 2 failed devices, error number and +failed step of suspend. diff --git a/Documentation/power/charger-manager.txt b/Documentation/power/charger-manager.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9ff1105e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/charger-manager.txt @@ -0,0 +1,200 @@ +Charger Manager + (C) 2011 MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>, GPL + +Charger Manager provides in-kernel battery charger management that +requires temperature monitoring during suspend-to-RAM state +and where each battery may have multiple chargers attached and the userland +wants to look at the aggregated information of the multiple chargers. + +Charger Manager is a platform_driver with power-supply-class entries. +An instance of Charger Manager (a platform-device created with Charger-Manager) +represents an independent battery with chargers. If there are multiple +batteries with their own chargers acting independently in a system, +the system may need multiple instances of Charger Manager. + +1. Introduction +=============== + +Charger Manager supports the following: + +* Support for multiple chargers (e.g., a device with USB, AC, and solar panels) + A system may have multiple chargers (or power sources) and some of + they may be activated at the same time. Each charger may have its + own power-supply-class and each power-supply-class can provide + different information about the battery status. This framework + aggregates charger-related information from multiple sources and + shows combined information as a single power-supply-class. + +* Support for in suspend-to-RAM polling (with suspend_again callback) + While the battery is being charged and the system is in suspend-to-RAM, + we may need to monitor the battery health by looking at the ambient or + battery temperature. We can accomplish this by waking up the system + periodically. However, such a method wakes up devices unnecessarily for + monitoring the battery health and tasks, and user processes that are + supposed to be kept suspended. That, in turn, incurs unnecessary power + consumption and slow down charging process. Or even, such peak power + consumption can stop chargers in the middle of charging + (external power input < device power consumption), which not + only affects the charging time, but the lifespan of the battery. + + Charger Manager provides a function "cm_suspend_again" that can be + used as suspend_again callback of platform_suspend_ops. If the platform + requires tasks other than cm_suspend_again, it may implement its own + suspend_again callback that calls cm_suspend_again in the middle. + Normally, the platform will need to resume and suspend some devices + that are used by Charger Manager. + +* Support for premature full-battery event handling + If the battery voltage drops by "fullbatt_vchkdrop_uV" after + "fullbatt_vchkdrop_ms" from the full-battery event, the framework + restarts charging. This check is also performed while suspended by + setting wakeup time accordingly and using suspend_again. + +* Support for uevent-notify + With the charger-related events, the device sends + notification to users with UEVENT. + +2. Global Charger-Manager Data related with suspend_again +======================================================== +In order to setup Charger Manager with suspend-again feature +(in-suspend monitoring), the user should provide charger_global_desc +with setup_charger_manager(struct charger_global_desc *). +This charger_global_desc data for in-suspend monitoring is global +as the name suggests. Thus, the user needs to provide only once even +if there are multiple batteries. If there are multiple batteries, the +multiple instances of Charger Manager share the same charger_global_desc +and it will manage in-suspend monitoring for all instances of Charger Manager. + +The user needs to provide all the three entries properly in order to activate +in-suspend monitoring: + +struct charger_global_desc { + +char *rtc_name; + : The name of rtc (e.g., "rtc0") used to wakeup the system from + suspend for Charger Manager. The alarm interrupt (AIE) of the rtc + should be able to wake up the system from suspend. Charger Manager + saves and restores the alarm value and use the previously-defined + alarm if it is going to go off earlier than Charger Manager so that + Charger Manager does not interfere with previously-defined alarms. + +bool (*rtc_only_wakeup)(void); + : This callback should let CM know whether + the wakeup-from-suspend is caused only by the alarm of "rtc" in the + same struct. If there is any other wakeup source triggered the + wakeup, it should return false. If the "rtc" is the only wakeup + reason, it should return true. + +bool assume_timer_stops_in_suspend; + : if true, Charger Manager assumes that + the timer (CM uses jiffies as timer) stops during suspend. Then, CM + assumes that the suspend-duration is same as the alarm length. +}; + +3. How to setup suspend_again +============================= +Charger Manager provides a function "extern bool cm_suspend_again(void)". +When cm_suspend_again is called, it monitors every battery. The suspend_ops +callback of the system's platform_suspend_ops can call cm_suspend_again +function to know whether Charger Manager wants to suspend again or not. +If there are no other devices or tasks that want to use suspend_again +feature, the platform_suspend_ops may directly refer to cm_suspend_again +for its suspend_again callback. + +The cm_suspend_again() returns true (meaning "I want to suspend again") +if the system was woken up by Charger Manager and the polling +(in-suspend monitoring) results in "normal". + +4. Charger-Manager Data (struct charger_desc) +============================================= +For each battery charged independently from other batteries (if a series of +batteries are charged by a single charger, they are counted as one independent +battery), an instance of Charger Manager is attached to it. + +struct charger_desc { + +char *psy_name; + : The power-supply-class name of the battery. Default is + "battery" if psy_name is NULL. Users can access the psy entries + at "/sys/class/power_supply/[psy_name]/". + +enum polling_modes polling_mode; + : CM_POLL_DISABLE: do not poll this battery. + CM_POLL_ALWAYS: always poll this battery. + CM_POLL_EXTERNAL_POWER_ONLY: poll this battery if and only if + an external power source is attached. + CM_POLL_CHARGING_ONLY: poll this battery if and only if the + battery is being charged. + +unsigned int fullbatt_vchkdrop_ms; +unsigned int fullbatt_vchkdrop_uV; + : If both have non-zero values, Charger Manager will check the + battery voltage drop fullbatt_vchkdrop_ms after the battery is fully + charged. If the voltage drop is over fullbatt_vchkdrop_uV, Charger + Manager will try to recharge the battery by disabling and enabling + chargers. Recharge with voltage drop condition only (without delay + condition) is needed to be implemented with hardware interrupts from + fuel gauges or charger devices/chips. + +unsigned int fullbatt_uV; + : If specified with a non-zero value, Charger Manager assumes + that the battery is full (capacity = 100) if the battery is not being + charged and the battery voltage is equal to or greater than + fullbatt_uV. + +unsigned int polling_interval_ms; + : Required polling interval in ms. Charger Manager will poll + this battery every polling_interval_ms or more frequently. + +enum data_source battery_present; + : CM_BATTERY_PRESENT: assume that the battery exists. + CM_NO_BATTERY: assume that the battery does not exists. + CM_FUEL_GAUGE: get battery presence information from fuel gauge. + CM_CHARGER_STAT: get battery presence from chargers. + +char **psy_charger_stat; + : An array ending with NULL that has power-supply-class names of + chargers. Each power-supply-class should provide "PRESENT" (if + battery_present is "CM_CHARGER_STAT"), "ONLINE" (shows whether an + external power source is attached or not), and "STATUS" (shows whether + the battery is {"FULL" or not FULL} or {"FULL", "Charging", + "Discharging", "NotCharging"}). + +int num_charger_regulators; +struct regulator_bulk_data *charger_regulators; + : Regulators representing the chargers in the form for + regulator framework's bulk functions. + +char *psy_fuel_gauge; + : Power-supply-class name of the fuel gauge. + +int (*temperature_out_of_range)(int *mC); +bool measure_battery_temp; + : This callback returns 0 if the temperature is safe for charging, + a positive number if it is too hot to charge, and a negative number + if it is too cold to charge. With the variable mC, the callback returns + the temperature in 1/1000 of centigrade. + The source of temperature can be battery or ambient one according to + the value of measure_battery_temp. +}; + +5. Notify Charger-Manager of charger events: cm_notify_event() +========================================================= +If there is an charger event is required to notify +Charger Manager, a charger device driver that triggers the event can call +cm_notify_event(psy, type, msg) to notify the corresponding Charger Manager. +In the function, psy is the charger driver's power_supply pointer, which is +associated with Charger-Manager. The parameter "type" +is the same as irq's type (enum cm_event_types). The event message "msg" is +optional and is effective only if the event type is "UNDESCRIBED" or "OTHERS". + +6. Other Considerations +======================= + +At the charger/battery-related events such as battery-pulled-out, +charger-pulled-out, charger-inserted, DCIN-over/under-voltage, charger-stopped, +and others critical to chargers, the system should be configured to wake up. +At least the following should wake up the system from a suspend: +a) charger-on/off b) external-power-in/out c) battery-in/out (while charging) + +It is usually accomplished by configuring the PMIC as a wakeup source. diff --git a/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt b/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..638afdf4d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Testing suspend and resume support in device drivers + (C) 2007 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, GPL + +1. Preparing the test system + +Unfortunately, to effectively test the support for the system-wide suspend and +resume transitions in a driver, it is necessary to suspend and resume a fully +functional system with this driver loaded. Moreover, that should be done +several times, preferably several times in a row, and separately for hibernation +(aka suspend to disk or STD) and suspend to RAM (STR), because each of these +cases involves slightly different operations and different interactions with +the machine's BIOS. + +Of course, for this purpose the test system has to be known to suspend and +resume without the driver being tested. Thus, if possible, you should first +resolve all suspend/resume-related problems in the test system before you start +testing the new driver. Please see Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt +for more information about the debugging of suspend/resume functionality. + +2. Testing the driver + +Once you have resolved the suspend/resume-related problems with your test system +without the new driver, you are ready to test it: + +a) Build the driver as a module, load it and try the test modes of hibernation + (see: Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 1). + +b) Load the driver and attempt to hibernate in the "reboot", "shutdown" and + "platform" modes (see: Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 1). + +c) Compile the driver directly into the kernel and try the test modes of + hibernation. + +d) Attempt to hibernate with the driver compiled directly into the kernel + in the "reboot", "shutdown" and "platform" modes. + +e) Try the test modes of suspend (see: Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, + 2). [As far as the STR tests are concerned, it should not matter whether or + not the driver is built as a module.] + +f) Attempt to suspend to RAM using the s2ram tool with the driver loaded + (see: Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 2). + +Each of the above tests should be repeated several times and the STD tests +should be mixed with the STR tests. If any of them fails, the driver cannot be +regarded as suspend/resume-safe. diff --git a/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cd2831908 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@ +Freezing of tasks + (C) 2007 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, GPL + +I. What is the freezing of tasks? + +The freezing of tasks is a mechanism by which user space processes and some +kernel threads are controlled during hibernation or system-wide suspend (on some +architectures). + +II. How does it work? + +There are three per-task flags used for that, PF_NOFREEZE, PF_FROZEN +and PF_FREEZER_SKIP (the last one is auxiliary). The tasks that have +PF_NOFREEZE unset (all user space processes and some kernel threads) are +regarded as 'freezable' and treated in a special way before the system enters a +suspend state as well as before a hibernation image is created (in what follows +we only consider hibernation, but the description also applies to suspend). + +Namely, as the first step of the hibernation procedure the function +freeze_processes() (defined in kernel/power/process.c) is called. A system-wide +variable system_freezing_cnt (as opposed to a per-task flag) is used to indicate +whether the system is to undergo a freezing operation. And freeze_processes() +sets this variable. After this, it executes try_to_freeze_tasks() that sends a +fake signal to all user space processes, and wakes up all the kernel threads. +All freezable tasks must react to that by calling try_to_freeze(), which +results in a call to __refrigerator() (defined in kernel/freezer.c), which sets +the task's PF_FROZEN flag, changes its state to TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE and makes +it loop until PF_FROZEN is cleared for it. Then, we say that the task is +'frozen' and therefore the set of functions handling this mechanism is referred +to as 'the freezer' (these functions are defined in kernel/power/process.c, +kernel/freezer.c & include/linux/freezer.h). User space processes are generally +frozen before kernel threads. + +__refrigerator() must not be called directly. Instead, use the +try_to_freeze() function (defined in include/linux/freezer.h), that checks +if the task is to be frozen and makes the task enter __refrigerator(). + +For user space processes try_to_freeze() is called automatically from the +signal-handling code, but the freezable kernel threads need to call it +explicitly in suitable places or use the wait_event_freezable() or +wait_event_freezable_timeout() macros (defined in include/linux/freezer.h) +that combine interruptible sleep with checking if the task is to be frozen and +calling try_to_freeze(). The main loop of a freezable kernel thread may look +like the following one: + + set_freezable(); + do { + hub_events(); + wait_event_freezable(khubd_wait, + !list_empty(&hub_event_list) || + kthread_should_stop()); + } while (!kthread_should_stop() || !list_empty(&hub_event_list)); + +(from drivers/usb/core/hub.c::hub_thread()). + +If a freezable kernel thread fails to call try_to_freeze() after the freezer has +initiated a freezing operation, the freezing of tasks will fail and the entire +hibernation operation will be cancelled. For this reason, freezable kernel +threads must call try_to_freeze() somewhere or use one of the +wait_event_freezable() and wait_event_freezable_timeout() macros. + +After the system memory state has been restored from a hibernation image and +devices have been reinitialized, the function thaw_processes() is called in +order to clear the PF_FROZEN flag for each frozen task. Then, the tasks that +have been frozen leave __refrigerator() and continue running. + + +Rationale behind the functions dealing with freezing and thawing of tasks: +------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +freeze_processes(): + - freezes only userspace tasks + +freeze_kernel_threads(): + - freezes all tasks (including kernel threads) because we can't freeze + kernel threads without freezing userspace tasks + +thaw_kernel_threads(): + - thaws only kernel threads; this is particularly useful if we need to do + anything special in between thawing of kernel threads and thawing of + userspace tasks, or if we want to postpone the thawing of userspace tasks + +thaw_processes(): + - thaws all tasks (including kernel threads) because we can't thaw userspace + tasks without thawing kernel threads + + +III. Which kernel threads are freezable? + +Kernel threads are not freezable by default. However, a kernel thread may clear +PF_NOFREEZE for itself by calling set_freezable() (the resetting of PF_NOFREEZE +directly is not allowed). From this point it is regarded as freezable +and must call try_to_freeze() in a suitable place. + +IV. Why do we do that? + +Generally speaking, there is a couple of reasons to use the freezing of tasks: + +1. The principal reason is to prevent filesystems from being damaged after +hibernation. At the moment we have no simple means of checkpointing +filesystems, so if there are any modifications made to filesystem data and/or +metadata on disks, we cannot bring them back to the state from before the +modifications. At the same time each hibernation image contains some +filesystem-related information that must be consistent with the state of the +on-disk data and metadata after the system memory state has been restored from +the image (otherwise the filesystems will be damaged in a nasty way, usually +making them almost impossible to repair). We therefore freeze tasks that might +cause the on-disk filesystems' data and metadata to be modified after the +hibernation image has been created and before the system is finally powered off. +The majority of these are user space processes, but if any of the kernel threads +may cause something like this to happen, they have to be freezable. + +2. Next, to create the hibernation image we need to free a sufficient amount of +memory (approximately 50% of available RAM) and we need to do that before +devices are deactivated, because we generally need them for swapping out. Then, +after the memory for the image has been freed, we don't want tasks to allocate +additional memory and we prevent them from doing that by freezing them earlier. +[Of course, this also means that device drivers should not allocate substantial +amounts of memory from their .suspend() callbacks before hibernation, but this +is a separate issue.] + +3. The third reason is to prevent user space processes and some kernel threads +from interfering with the suspending and resuming of devices. A user space +process running on a second CPU while we are suspending devices may, for +example, be troublesome and without the freezing of tasks we would need some +safeguards against race conditions that might occur in such a case. + +Although Linus Torvalds doesn't like the freezing of tasks, he said this in one +of the discussions on LKML (http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/608): + +"RJW:> Why we freeze tasks at all or why we freeze kernel threads? + +Linus: In many ways, 'at all'. + +I _do_ realize the IO request queue issues, and that we cannot actually do +s2ram with some devices in the middle of a DMA. So we want to be able to +avoid *that*, there's no question about that. And I suspect that stopping +user threads and then waiting for a sync is practically one of the easier +ways to do so. + +So in practice, the 'at all' may become a 'why freeze kernel threads?' and +freezing user threads I don't find really objectionable." + +Still, there are kernel threads that may want to be freezable. For example, if +a kernel thread that belongs to a device driver accesses the device directly, it +in principle needs to know when the device is suspended, so that it doesn't try +to access it at that time. However, if the kernel thread is freezable, it will +be frozen before the driver's .suspend() callback is executed and it will be +thawed after the driver's .resume() callback has run, so it won't be accessing +the device while it's suspended. + +4. Another reason for freezing tasks is to prevent user space processes from +realizing that hibernation (or suspend) operation takes place. Ideally, user +space processes should not notice that such a system-wide operation has occurred +and should continue running without any problems after the restore (or resume +from suspend). Unfortunately, in the most general case this is quite difficult +to achieve without the freezing of tasks. Consider, for example, a process +that depends on all CPUs being online while it's running. Since we need to +disable nonboot CPUs during the hibernation, if this process is not frozen, it +may notice that the number of CPUs has changed and may start to work incorrectly +because of that. + +V. Are there any problems related to the freezing of tasks? + +Yes, there are. + +First of all, the freezing of kernel threads may be tricky if they depend one +on another. For example, if kernel thread A waits for a completion (in the +TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state) that needs to be done by freezable kernel thread B +and B is frozen in the meantime, then A will be blocked until B is thawed, which +may be undesirable. That's why kernel threads are not freezable by default. + +Second, there are the following two problems related to the freezing of user +space processes: +1. Putting processes into an uninterruptible sleep distorts the load average. +2. Now that we have FUSE, plus the framework for doing device drivers in +userspace, it gets even more complicated because some userspace processes are +now doing the sorts of things that kernel threads do +(https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/linux-pm/2007-May/012309.html). + +The problem 1. seems to be fixable, although it hasn't been fixed so far. The +other one is more serious, but it seems that we can work around it by using +hibernation (and suspend) notifiers (in that case, though, we won't be able to +avoid the realization by the user space processes that the hibernation is taking +place). + +There are also problems that the freezing of tasks tends to expose, although +they are not directly related to it. For example, if request_firmware() is +called from a device driver's .resume() routine, it will timeout and eventually +fail, because the user land process that should respond to the request is frozen +at this point. So, seemingly, the failure is due to the freezing of tasks. +Suppose, however, that the firmware file is located on a filesystem accessible +only through another device that hasn't been resumed yet. In that case, +request_firmware() will fail regardless of whether or not the freezing of tasks +is used. Consequently, the problem is not really related to the freezing of +tasks, since it generally exists anyway. + +A driver must have all firmwares it may need in RAM before suspend() is called. +If keeping them is not practical, for example due to their size, they must be +requested early enough using the suspend notifier API described in +Documentation/driver-api/pm/notifiers.rst. + +VI. Are there any precautions to be taken to prevent freezing failures? + +Yes, there are. + +First of all, grabbing the 'system_transition_mutex' lock to mutually exclude a piece of code +from system-wide sleep such as suspend/hibernation is not encouraged. +If possible, that piece of code must instead hook onto the suspend/hibernation +notifiers to achieve mutual exclusion. Look at the CPU-Hotplug code +(kernel/cpu.c) for an example. + +However, if that is not feasible, and grabbing 'system_transition_mutex' is deemed necessary, +it is strongly discouraged to directly call mutex_[un]lock(&system_transition_mutex) since +that could lead to freezing failures, because if the suspend/hibernate code +successfully acquired the 'system_transition_mutex' lock, and hence that other entity failed +to acquire the lock, then that task would get blocked in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE +state. As a consequence, the freezer would not be able to freeze that task, +leading to freezing failure. + +However, the [un]lock_system_sleep() APIs are safe to use in this scenario, +since they ask the freezer to skip freezing this task, since it is anyway +"frozen enough" as it is blocked on 'system_transition_mutex', which will be released +only after the entire suspend/hibernation sequence is complete. +So, to summarize, use [un]lock_system_sleep() instead of directly using +mutex_[un]lock(&system_transition_mutex). That would prevent freezing failures. + +V. Miscellaneous +/sys/power/pm_freeze_timeout controls how long it will cost at most to freeze +all user space processes or all freezable kernel threads, in unit of millisecond. +The default value is 20000, with range of unsigned integer. diff --git a/Documentation/power/interface.txt b/Documentation/power/interface.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..27df7f986 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/interface.txt @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +Power Management Interface for System Sleep + +Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corp., Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> + +The power management subsystem provides userspace with a unified sysfs interface +for system sleep regardless of the underlying system architecture or platform. +The interface is located in the /sys/power/ directory (assuming that sysfs is +mounted at /sys). + +/sys/power/state is the system sleep state control file. + +Reading from it returns a list of supported sleep states, encoded as: + +'freeze' (Suspend-to-Idle) +'standby' (Power-On Suspend) +'mem' (Suspend-to-RAM) +'disk' (Suspend-to-Disk) + +Suspend-to-Idle is always supported. Suspend-to-Disk is always supported +too as long the kernel has been configured to support hibernation at all +(ie. CONFIG_HIBERNATION is set in the kernel configuration file). Support +for Suspend-to-RAM and Power-On Suspend depends on the capabilities of the +platform. + +If one of the strings listed in /sys/power/state is written to it, the system +will attempt to transition into the corresponding sleep state. Refer to +Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst for a description of each of +those states. + +/sys/power/disk controls the operating mode of hibernation (Suspend-to-Disk). +Specifically, it tells the kernel what to do after creating a hibernation image. + +Reading from it returns a list of supported options encoded as: + +'platform' (put the system into sleep using a platform-provided method) +'shutdown' (shut the system down) +'reboot' (reboot the system) +'suspend' (trigger a Suspend-to-RAM transition) +'test_resume' (resume-after-hibernation test mode) + +The currently selected option is printed in square brackets. + +The 'platform' option is only available if the platform provides a special +mechanism to put the system to sleep after creating a hibernation image (ACPI +does that, for example). The 'suspend' option is available if Suspend-to-RAM +is supported. Refer to Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt for the +description of the 'test_resume' option. + +To select an option, write the string representing it to /sys/power/disk. + +/sys/power/image_size controls the size of hibernation images. + +It can be written a string representing a non-negative integer that will be +used as a best-effort upper limit of the image size, in bytes. The hibernation +core will do its best to ensure that the image size will not exceed that number. +However, if that turns out to be impossible to achieve, a hibernation image will +still be created and its size will be as small as possible. In particular, +writing '0' to this file will enforce hibernation images to be as small as +possible. + +Reading from this file returns the current image size limit, which is set to +around 2/5 of available RAM by default. + +/sys/power/pm_trace controls the PM trace mechanism saving the last suspend +or resume event point in the RTC across reboots. + +It helps to debug hard lockups or reboots due to device driver failures that +occur during system suspend or resume (which is more common) more effectively. + +If /sys/power/pm_trace contains '1', the fingerprint of each suspend/resume +event point in turn will be stored in the RTC memory (overwriting the actual +RTC information), so it will survive a system crash if one occurs right after +storing it and it can be used later to identify the driver that caused the crash +to happen (see Documentation/power/s2ram.txt for more information). + +Initially it contains '0' which may be changed to '1' by writing a string +representing a nonzero integer into it. diff --git a/Documentation/power/opp.txt b/Documentation/power/opp.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0c007e250 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/opp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,342 @@ +Operating Performance Points (OPP) Library +========================================== + +(C) 2009-2010 Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>, Texas Instruments Incorporated + +Contents +-------- +1. Introduction +2. Initial OPP List Registration +3. OPP Search Functions +4. OPP Availability Control Functions +5. OPP Data Retrieval Functions +6. Data Structures + +1. Introduction +=============== +1.1 What is an Operating Performance Point (OPP)? + +Complex SoCs of today consists of a multiple sub-modules working in conjunction. +In an operational system executing varied use cases, not all modules in the SoC +need to function at their highest performing frequency all the time. To +facilitate this, sub-modules in a SoC are grouped into domains, allowing some +domains to run at lower voltage and frequency while other domains run at +voltage/frequency pairs that are higher. + +The set of discrete tuples consisting of frequency and voltage pairs that +the device will support per domain are called Operating Performance Points or +OPPs. + +As an example: +Let us consider an MPU device which supports the following: +{300MHz at minimum voltage of 1V}, {800MHz at minimum voltage of 1.2V}, +{1GHz at minimum voltage of 1.3V} + +We can represent these as three OPPs as the following {Hz, uV} tuples: +{300000000, 1000000} +{800000000, 1200000} +{1000000000, 1300000} + +1.2 Operating Performance Points Library + +OPP library provides a set of helper functions to organize and query the OPP +information. The library is located in drivers/base/power/opp.c and the header +is located in include/linux/pm_opp.h. OPP library can be enabled by enabling +CONFIG_PM_OPP from power management menuconfig menu. OPP library depends on +CONFIG_PM as certain SoCs such as Texas Instrument's OMAP framework allows to +optionally boot at a certain OPP without needing cpufreq. + +Typical usage of the OPP library is as follows: +(users) -> registers a set of default OPPs -> (library) +SoC framework -> modifies on required cases certain OPPs -> OPP layer + -> queries to search/retrieve information -> + +OPP layer expects each domain to be represented by a unique device pointer. SoC +framework registers a set of initial OPPs per device with the OPP layer. This +list is expected to be an optimally small number typically around 5 per device. +This initial list contains a set of OPPs that the framework expects to be safely +enabled by default in the system. + +Note on OPP Availability: +------------------------ +As the system proceeds to operate, SoC framework may choose to make certain +OPPs available or not available on each device based on various external +factors. Example usage: Thermal management or other exceptional situations where +SoC framework might choose to disable a higher frequency OPP to safely continue +operations until that OPP could be re-enabled if possible. + +OPP library facilitates this concept in it's implementation. The following +operational functions operate only on available opps: +opp_find_freq_{ceil, floor}, dev_pm_opp_get_voltage, dev_pm_opp_get_freq, dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count + +dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact is meant to be used to find the opp pointer which can then +be used for dev_pm_opp_enable/disable functions to make an opp available as required. + +WARNING: Users of OPP library should refresh their availability count using +get_opp_count if dev_pm_opp_enable/disable functions are invoked for a device, the +exact mechanism to trigger these or the notification mechanism to other +dependent subsystems such as cpufreq are left to the discretion of the SoC +specific framework which uses the OPP library. Similar care needs to be taken +care to refresh the cpufreq table in cases of these operations. + +2. Initial OPP List Registration +================================ +The SoC implementation calls dev_pm_opp_add function iteratively to add OPPs per +device. It is expected that the SoC framework will register the OPP entries +optimally- typical numbers range to be less than 5. The list generated by +registering the OPPs is maintained by OPP library throughout the device +operation. The SoC framework can subsequently control the availability of the +OPPs dynamically using the dev_pm_opp_enable / disable functions. + +dev_pm_opp_add - Add a new OPP for a specific domain represented by the device pointer. + The OPP is defined using the frequency and voltage. Once added, the OPP + is assumed to be available and control of it's availability can be done + with the dev_pm_opp_enable/disable functions. OPP library internally stores + and manages this information in the opp struct. This function may be + used by SoC framework to define a optimal list as per the demands of + SoC usage environment. + + WARNING: Do not use this function in interrupt context. + + Example: + soc_pm_init() + { + /* Do things */ + r = dev_pm_opp_add(mpu_dev, 1000000, 900000); + if (!r) { + pr_err("%s: unable to register mpu opp(%d)\n", r); + goto no_cpufreq; + } + /* Do cpufreq things */ + no_cpufreq: + /* Do remaining things */ + } + +3. OPP Search Functions +======================= +High level framework such as cpufreq operates on frequencies. To map the +frequency back to the corresponding OPP, OPP library provides handy functions +to search the OPP list that OPP library internally manages. These search +functions return the matching pointer representing the opp if a match is +found, else returns error. These errors are expected to be handled by standard +error checks such as IS_ERR() and appropriate actions taken by the caller. + +Callers of these functions shall call dev_pm_opp_put() after they have used the +OPP. Otherwise the memory for the OPP will never get freed and result in +memleak. + +dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact - Search for an OPP based on an *exact* frequency and + availability. This function is especially useful to enable an OPP which + is not available by default. + Example: In a case when SoC framework detects a situation where a + higher frequency could be made available, it can use this function to + find the OPP prior to call the dev_pm_opp_enable to actually make it available. + opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact(dev, 1000000000, false); + dev_pm_opp_put(opp); + /* dont operate on the pointer.. just do a sanity check.. */ + if (IS_ERR(opp)) { + pr_err("frequency not disabled!\n"); + /* trigger appropriate actions.. */ + } else { + dev_pm_opp_enable(dev,1000000000); + } + + NOTE: This is the only search function that operates on OPPs which are + not available. + +dev_pm_opp_find_freq_floor - Search for an available OPP which is *at most* the + provided frequency. This function is useful while searching for a lesser + match OR operating on OPP information in the order of decreasing + frequency. + Example: To find the highest opp for a device: + freq = ULONG_MAX; + opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_floor(dev, &freq); + dev_pm_opp_put(opp); + +dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil - Search for an available OPP which is *at least* the + provided frequency. This function is useful while searching for a + higher match OR operating on OPP information in the order of increasing + frequency. + Example 1: To find the lowest opp for a device: + freq = 0; + opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil(dev, &freq); + dev_pm_opp_put(opp); + Example 2: A simplified implementation of a SoC cpufreq_driver->target: + soc_cpufreq_target(..) + { + /* Do stuff like policy checks etc. */ + /* Find the best frequency match for the req */ + opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil(dev, &freq); + dev_pm_opp_put(opp); + if (!IS_ERR(opp)) + soc_switch_to_freq_voltage(freq); + else + /* do something when we can't satisfy the req */ + /* do other stuff */ + } + +4. OPP Availability Control Functions +===================================== +A default OPP list registered with the OPP library may not cater to all possible +situation. The OPP library provides a set of functions to modify the +availability of a OPP within the OPP list. This allows SoC frameworks to have +fine grained dynamic control of which sets of OPPs are operationally available. +These functions are intended to *temporarily* remove an OPP in conditions such +as thermal considerations (e.g. don't use OPPx until the temperature drops). + +WARNING: Do not use these functions in interrupt context. + +dev_pm_opp_enable - Make a OPP available for operation. + Example: Lets say that 1GHz OPP is to be made available only if the + SoC temperature is lower than a certain threshold. The SoC framework + implementation might choose to do something as follows: + if (cur_temp < temp_low_thresh) { + /* Enable 1GHz if it was disabled */ + opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact(dev, 1000000000, false); + dev_pm_opp_put(opp); + /* just error check */ + if (!IS_ERR(opp)) + ret = dev_pm_opp_enable(dev, 1000000000); + else + goto try_something_else; + } + +dev_pm_opp_disable - Make an OPP to be not available for operation + Example: Lets say that 1GHz OPP is to be disabled if the temperature + exceeds a threshold value. The SoC framework implementation might + choose to do something as follows: + if (cur_temp > temp_high_thresh) { + /* Disable 1GHz if it was enabled */ + opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact(dev, 1000000000, true); + dev_pm_opp_put(opp); + /* just error check */ + if (!IS_ERR(opp)) + ret = dev_pm_opp_disable(dev, 1000000000); + else + goto try_something_else; + } + +5. OPP Data Retrieval Functions +=============================== +Since OPP library abstracts away the OPP information, a set of functions to pull +information from the OPP structure is necessary. Once an OPP pointer is +retrieved using the search functions, the following functions can be used by SoC +framework to retrieve the information represented inside the OPP layer. + +dev_pm_opp_get_voltage - Retrieve the voltage represented by the opp pointer. + Example: At a cpufreq transition to a different frequency, SoC + framework requires to set the voltage represented by the OPP using + the regulator framework to the Power Management chip providing the + voltage. + soc_switch_to_freq_voltage(freq) + { + /* do things */ + opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil(dev, &freq); + v = dev_pm_opp_get_voltage(opp); + dev_pm_opp_put(opp); + if (v) + regulator_set_voltage(.., v); + /* do other things */ + } + +dev_pm_opp_get_freq - Retrieve the freq represented by the opp pointer. + Example: Lets say the SoC framework uses a couple of helper functions + we could pass opp pointers instead of doing additional parameters to + handle quiet a bit of data parameters. + soc_cpufreq_target(..) + { + /* do things.. */ + max_freq = ULONG_MAX; + max_opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_floor(dev,&max_freq); + requested_opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil(dev,&freq); + if (!IS_ERR(max_opp) && !IS_ERR(requested_opp)) + r = soc_test_validity(max_opp, requested_opp); + dev_pm_opp_put(max_opp); + dev_pm_opp_put(requested_opp); + /* do other things */ + } + soc_test_validity(..) + { + if(dev_pm_opp_get_voltage(max_opp) < dev_pm_opp_get_voltage(requested_opp)) + return -EINVAL; + if(dev_pm_opp_get_freq(max_opp) < dev_pm_opp_get_freq(requested_opp)) + return -EINVAL; + /* do things.. */ + } + +dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count - Retrieve the number of available opps for a device + Example: Lets say a co-processor in the SoC needs to know the available + frequencies in a table, the main processor can notify as following: + soc_notify_coproc_available_frequencies() + { + /* Do things */ + num_available = dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count(dev); + speeds = kzalloc(sizeof(u32) * num_available, GFP_KERNEL); + /* populate the table in increasing order */ + freq = 0; + while (!IS_ERR(opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil(dev, &freq))) { + speeds[i] = freq; + freq++; + i++; + dev_pm_opp_put(opp); + } + + soc_notify_coproc(AVAILABLE_FREQs, speeds, num_available); + /* Do other things */ + } + +6. Data Structures +================== +Typically an SoC contains multiple voltage domains which are variable. Each +domain is represented by a device pointer. The relationship to OPP can be +represented as follows: +SoC + |- device 1 + | |- opp 1 (availability, freq, voltage) + | |- opp 2 .. + ... ... + | `- opp n .. + |- device 2 + ... + `- device m + +OPP library maintains a internal list that the SoC framework populates and +accessed by various functions as described above. However, the structures +representing the actual OPPs and domains are internal to the OPP library itself +to allow for suitable abstraction reusable across systems. + +struct dev_pm_opp - The internal data structure of OPP library which is used to + represent an OPP. In addition to the freq, voltage, availability + information, it also contains internal book keeping information required + for the OPP library to operate on. Pointer to this structure is + provided back to the users such as SoC framework to be used as a + identifier for OPP in the interactions with OPP layer. + + WARNING: The struct dev_pm_opp pointer should not be parsed or modified by the + users. The defaults of for an instance is populated by dev_pm_opp_add, but the + availability of the OPP can be modified by dev_pm_opp_enable/disable functions. + +struct device - This is used to identify a domain to the OPP layer. The + nature of the device and it's implementation is left to the user of + OPP library such as the SoC framework. + +Overall, in a simplistic view, the data structure operations is represented as +following: + +Initialization / modification: + +-----+ /- dev_pm_opp_enable +dev_pm_opp_add --> | opp | <------- + | +-----+ \- dev_pm_opp_disable + \-------> domain_info(device) + +Search functions: + /-- dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil ---\ +-----+ +domain_info<---- dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact -----> | opp | + \-- dev_pm_opp_find_freq_floor ---/ +-----+ + +Retrieval functions: ++-----+ /- dev_pm_opp_get_voltage +| opp | <--- ++-----+ \- dev_pm_opp_get_freq + +domain_info <- dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count diff --git a/Documentation/power/pci.txt b/Documentation/power/pci.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8eaf9ee24 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/pci.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1094 @@ +PCI Power Management + +Copyright (c) 2010 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. + +An overview of concepts and the Linux kernel's interfaces related to PCI power +management. Based on previous work by Patrick Mochel <mochel@transmeta.com> +(and others). + +This document only covers the aspects of power management specific to PCI +devices. For general description of the kernel's interfaces related to device +power management refer to Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst and +Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1. Hardware and Platform Support for PCI Power Management +2. PCI Subsystem and Device Power Management +3. PCI Device Drivers and Power Management +4. Resources + + +1. Hardware and Platform Support for PCI Power Management +========================================================= + +1.1. Native and Platform-Based Power Management +----------------------------------------------- +In general, power management is a feature allowing one to save energy by putting +devices into states in which they draw less power (low-power states) at the +price of reduced functionality or performance. + +Usually, a device is put into a low-power state when it is underutilized or +completely inactive. However, when it is necessary to use the device once +again, it has to be put back into the "fully functional" state (full-power +state). This may happen when there are some data for the device to handle or +as a result of an external event requiring the device to be active, which may +be signaled by the device itself. + +PCI devices may be put into low-power states in two ways, by using the device +capabilities introduced by the PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, +or with the help of platform firmware, such as an ACPI BIOS. In the first +approach, that is referred to as the native PCI power management (native PCI PM) +in what follows, the device power state is changed as a result of writing a +specific value into one of its standard configuration registers. The second +approach requires the platform firmware to provide special methods that may be +used by the kernel to change the device's power state. + +Devices supporting the native PCI PM usually can generate wakeup signals called +Power Management Events (PMEs) to let the kernel know about external events +requiring the device to be active. After receiving a PME the kernel is supposed +to put the device that sent it into the full-power state. However, the PCI Bus +Power Management Interface Specification doesn't define any standard method of +delivering the PME from the device to the CPU and the operating system kernel. +It is assumed that the platform firmware will perform this task and therefore, +even though a PCI device is set up to generate PMEs, it also may be necessary to +prepare the platform firmware for notifying the CPU of the PMEs coming from the +device (e.g. by generating interrupts). + +In turn, if the methods provided by the platform firmware are used for changing +the power state of a device, usually the platform also provides a method for +preparing the device to generate wakeup signals. In that case, however, it +often also is necessary to prepare the device for generating PMEs using the +native PCI PM mechanism, because the method provided by the platform depends on +that. + +Thus in many situations both the native and the platform-based power management +mechanisms have to be used simultaneously to obtain the desired result. + +1.2. Native PCI Power Management +-------------------------------- +The PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification (PCI PM Spec) was +introduced between the PCI 2.1 and PCI 2.2 Specifications. It defined a +standard interface for performing various operations related to power +management. + +The implementation of the PCI PM Spec is optional for conventional PCI devices, +but it is mandatory for PCI Express devices. If a device supports the PCI PM +Spec, it has an 8 byte power management capability field in its PCI +configuration space. This field is used to describe and control the standard +features related to the native PCI power management. + +The PCI PM Spec defines 4 operating states for devices (D0-D3) and for buses +(B0-B3). The higher the number, the less power is drawn by the device or bus +in that state. However, the higher the number, the longer the latency for +the device or bus to return to the full-power state (D0 or B0, respectively). + +There are two variants of the D3 state defined by the specification. The first +one is D3hot, referred to as the software accessible D3, because devices can be +programmed to go into it. The second one, D3cold, is the state that PCI devices +are in when the supply voltage (Vcc) is removed from them. It is not possible +to program a PCI device to go into D3cold, although there may be a programmable +interface for putting the bus the device is on into a state in which Vcc is +removed from all devices on the bus. + +PCI bus power management, however, is not supported by the Linux kernel at the +time of this writing and therefore it is not covered by this document. + +Note that every PCI device can be in the full-power state (D0) or in D3cold, +regardless of whether or not it implements the PCI PM Spec. In addition to +that, if the PCI PM Spec is implemented by the device, it must support D3hot +as well as D0. The support for the D1 and D2 power states is optional. + +PCI devices supporting the PCI PM Spec can be programmed to go to any of the +supported low-power states (except for D3cold). While in D1-D3hot the +standard configuration registers of the device must be accessible to software +(i.e. the device is required to respond to PCI configuration accesses), although +its I/O and memory spaces are then disabled. This allows the device to be +programmatically put into D0. Thus the kernel can switch the device back and +forth between D0 and the supported low-power states (except for D3cold) and the +possible power state transitions the device can undergo are the following: + ++----------------------------+ +| Current State | New State | ++----------------------------+ +| D0 | D1, D2, D3 | ++----------------------------+ +| D1 | D2, D3 | ++----------------------------+ +| D2 | D3 | ++----------------------------+ +| D1, D2, D3 | D0 | ++----------------------------+ + +The transition from D3cold to D0 occurs when the supply voltage is provided to +the device (i.e. power is restored). In that case the device returns to D0 with +a full power-on reset sequence and the power-on defaults are restored to the +device by hardware just as at initial power up. + +PCI devices supporting the PCI PM Spec can be programmed to generate PMEs +while in a low-power state (D1-D3), but they are not required to be capable +of generating PMEs from all supported low-power states. In particular, the +capability of generating PMEs from D3cold is optional and depends on the +presence of additional voltage (3.3Vaux) allowing the device to remain +sufficiently active to generate a wakeup signal. + +1.3. ACPI Device Power Management +--------------------------------- +The platform firmware support for the power management of PCI devices is +system-specific. However, if the system in question is compliant with the +Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) Specification, like the +majority of x86-based systems, it is supposed to implement device power +management interfaces defined by the ACPI standard. + +For this purpose the ACPI BIOS provides special functions called "control +methods" that may be executed by the kernel to perform specific tasks, such as +putting a device into a low-power state. These control methods are encoded +using special byte-code language called the ACPI Machine Language (AML) and +stored in the machine's BIOS. The kernel loads them from the BIOS and executes +them as needed using an AML interpreter that translates the AML byte code into +computations and memory or I/O space accesses. This way, in theory, a BIOS +writer can provide the kernel with a means to perform actions depending +on the system design in a system-specific fashion. + +ACPI control methods may be divided into global control methods, that are not +associated with any particular devices, and device control methods, that have +to be defined separately for each device supposed to be handled with the help of +the platform. This means, in particular, that ACPI device control methods can +only be used to handle devices that the BIOS writer knew about in advance. The +ACPI methods used for device power management fall into that category. + +The ACPI specification assumes that devices can be in one of four power states +labeled as D0, D1, D2, and D3 that roughly correspond to the native PCI PM +D0-D3 states (although the difference between D3hot and D3cold is not taken +into account by ACPI). Moreover, for each power state of a device there is a +set of power resources that have to be enabled for the device to be put into +that state. These power resources are controlled (i.e. enabled or disabled) +with the help of their own control methods, _ON and _OFF, that have to be +defined individually for each of them. + +To put a device into the ACPI power state Dx (where x is a number between 0 and +3 inclusive) the kernel is supposed to (1) enable the power resources required +by the device in this state using their _ON control methods and (2) execute the +_PSx control method defined for the device. In addition to that, if the device +is going to be put into a low-power state (D1-D3) and is supposed to generate +wakeup signals from that state, the _DSW (or _PSW, replaced with _DSW by ACPI +3.0) control method defined for it has to be executed before _PSx. Power +resources that are not required by the device in the target power state and are +not required any more by any other device should be disabled (by executing their +_OFF control methods). If the current power state of the device is D3, it can +only be put into D0 this way. + +However, quite often the power states of devices are changed during a +system-wide transition into a sleep state or back into the working state. ACPI +defines four system sleep states, S1, S2, S3, and S4, and denotes the system +working state as S0. In general, the target system sleep (or working) state +determines the highest power (lowest number) state the device can be put +into and the kernel is supposed to obtain this information by executing the +device's _SxD control method (where x is a number between 0 and 4 inclusive). +If the device is required to wake up the system from the target sleep state, the +lowest power (highest number) state it can be put into is also determined by the +target state of the system. The kernel is then supposed to use the device's +_SxW control method to obtain the number of that state. It also is supposed to +use the device's _PRW control method to learn which power resources need to be +enabled for the device to be able to generate wakeup signals. + +1.4. Wakeup Signaling +--------------------- +Wakeup signals generated by PCI devices, either as native PCI PMEs, or as +a result of the execution of the _DSW (or _PSW) ACPI control method before +putting the device into a low-power state, have to be caught and handled as +appropriate. If they are sent while the system is in the working state +(ACPI S0), they should be translated into interrupts so that the kernel can +put the devices generating them into the full-power state and take care of the +events that triggered them. In turn, if they are sent while the system is +sleeping, they should cause the system's core logic to trigger wakeup. + +On ACPI-based systems wakeup signals sent by conventional PCI devices are +converted into ACPI General-Purpose Events (GPEs) which are hardware signals +from the system core logic generated in response to various events that need to +be acted upon. Every GPE is associated with one or more sources of potentially +interesting events. In particular, a GPE may be associated with a PCI device +capable of signaling wakeup. The information on the connections between GPEs +and event sources is recorded in the system's ACPI BIOS from where it can be +read by the kernel. + +If a PCI device known to the system's ACPI BIOS signals wakeup, the GPE +associated with it (if there is one) is triggered. The GPEs associated with PCI +bridges may also be triggered in response to a wakeup signal from one of the +devices below the bridge (this also is the case for root bridges) and, for +example, native PCI PMEs from devices unknown to the system's ACPI BIOS may be +handled this way. + +A GPE may be triggered when the system is sleeping (i.e. when it is in one of +the ACPI S1-S4 states), in which case system wakeup is started by its core logic +(the device that was the source of the signal causing the system wakeup to occur +may be identified later). The GPEs used in such situations are referred to as +wakeup GPEs. + +Usually, however, GPEs are also triggered when the system is in the working +state (ACPI S0) and in that case the system's core logic generates a System +Control Interrupt (SCI) to notify the kernel of the event. Then, the SCI +handler identifies the GPE that caused the interrupt to be generated which, +in turn, allows the kernel to identify the source of the event (that may be +a PCI device signaling wakeup). The GPEs used for notifying the kernel of +events occurring while the system is in the working state are referred to as +runtime GPEs. + +Unfortunately, there is no standard way of handling wakeup signals sent by +conventional PCI devices on systems that are not ACPI-based, but there is one +for PCI Express devices. Namely, the PCI Express Base Specification introduced +a native mechanism for converting native PCI PMEs into interrupts generated by +root ports. For conventional PCI devices native PMEs are out-of-band, so they +are routed separately and they need not pass through bridges (in principle they +may be routed directly to the system's core logic), but for PCI Express devices +they are in-band messages that have to pass through the PCI Express hierarchy, +including the root port on the path from the device to the Root Complex. Thus +it was possible to introduce a mechanism by which a root port generates an +interrupt whenever it receives a PME message from one of the devices below it. +The PCI Express Requester ID of the device that sent the PME message is then +recorded in one of the root port's configuration registers from where it may be +read by the interrupt handler allowing the device to be identified. [PME +messages sent by PCI Express endpoints integrated with the Root Complex don't +pass through root ports, but instead they cause a Root Complex Event Collector +(if there is one) to generate interrupts.] + +In principle the native PCI Express PME signaling may also be used on ACPI-based +systems along with the GPEs, but to use it the kernel has to ask the system's +ACPI BIOS to release control of root port configuration registers. The ACPI +BIOS, however, is not required to allow the kernel to control these registers +and if it doesn't do that, the kernel must not modify their contents. Of course +the native PCI Express PME signaling cannot be used by the kernel in that case. + + +2. PCI Subsystem and Device Power Management +============================================ + +2.1. Device Power Management Callbacks +-------------------------------------- +The PCI Subsystem participates in the power management of PCI devices in a +number of ways. First of all, it provides an intermediate code layer between +the device power management core (PM core) and PCI device drivers. +Specifically, the pm field of the PCI subsystem's struct bus_type object, +pci_bus_type, points to a struct dev_pm_ops object, pci_dev_pm_ops, containing +pointers to several device power management callbacks: + +const struct dev_pm_ops pci_dev_pm_ops = { + .prepare = pci_pm_prepare, + .complete = pci_pm_complete, + .suspend = pci_pm_suspend, + .resume = pci_pm_resume, + .freeze = pci_pm_freeze, + .thaw = pci_pm_thaw, + .poweroff = pci_pm_poweroff, + .restore = pci_pm_restore, + .suspend_noirq = pci_pm_suspend_noirq, + .resume_noirq = pci_pm_resume_noirq, + .freeze_noirq = pci_pm_freeze_noirq, + .thaw_noirq = pci_pm_thaw_noirq, + .poweroff_noirq = pci_pm_poweroff_noirq, + .restore_noirq = pci_pm_restore_noirq, + .runtime_suspend = pci_pm_runtime_suspend, + .runtime_resume = pci_pm_runtime_resume, + .runtime_idle = pci_pm_runtime_idle, +}; + +These callbacks are executed by the PM core in various situations related to +device power management and they, in turn, execute power management callbacks +provided by PCI device drivers. They also perform power management operations +involving some standard configuration registers of PCI devices that device +drivers need not know or care about. + +The structure representing a PCI device, struct pci_dev, contains several fields +that these callbacks operate on: + +struct pci_dev { + ... + pci_power_t current_state; /* Current operating state. */ + int pm_cap; /* PM capability offset in the + configuration space */ + unsigned int pme_support:5; /* Bitmask of states from which PME# + can be generated */ + unsigned int pme_interrupt:1;/* Is native PCIe PME signaling used? */ + unsigned int d1_support:1; /* Low power state D1 is supported */ + unsigned int d2_support:1; /* Low power state D2 is supported */ + unsigned int no_d1d2:1; /* D1 and D2 are forbidden */ + unsigned int wakeup_prepared:1; /* Device prepared for wake up */ + unsigned int d3_delay; /* D3->D0 transition time in ms */ + ... +}; + +They also indirectly use some fields of the struct device that is embedded in +struct pci_dev. + +2.2. Device Initialization +-------------------------- +The PCI subsystem's first task related to device power management is to +prepare the device for power management and initialize the fields of struct +pci_dev used for this purpose. This happens in two functions defined in +drivers/pci/pci.c, pci_pm_init() and platform_pci_wakeup_init(). + +The first of these functions checks if the device supports native PCI PM +and if that's the case the offset of its power management capability structure +in the configuration space is stored in the pm_cap field of the device's struct +pci_dev object. Next, the function checks which PCI low-power states are +supported by the device and from which low-power states the device can generate +native PCI PMEs. The power management fields of the device's struct pci_dev and +the struct device embedded in it are updated accordingly and the generation of +PMEs by the device is disabled. + +The second function checks if the device can be prepared to signal wakeup with +the help of the platform firmware, such as the ACPI BIOS. If that is the case, +the function updates the wakeup fields in struct device embedded in the +device's struct pci_dev and uses the firmware-provided method to prevent the +device from signaling wakeup. + +At this point the device is ready for power management. For driverless devices, +however, this functionality is limited to a few basic operations carried out +during system-wide transitions to a sleep state and back to the working state. + +2.3. Runtime Device Power Management +------------------------------------ +The PCI subsystem plays a vital role in the runtime power management of PCI +devices. For this purpose it uses the general runtime power management +(runtime PM) framework described in Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt. +Namely, it provides subsystem-level callbacks: + + pci_pm_runtime_suspend() + pci_pm_runtime_resume() + pci_pm_runtime_idle() + +that are executed by the core runtime PM routines. It also implements the +entire mechanics necessary for handling runtime wakeup signals from PCI devices +in low-power states, which at the time of this writing works for both the native +PCI Express PME signaling and the ACPI GPE-based wakeup signaling described in +Section 1. + +First, a PCI device is put into a low-power state, or suspended, with the help +of pm_schedule_suspend() or pm_runtime_suspend() which for PCI devices call +pci_pm_runtime_suspend() to do the actual job. For this to work, the device's +driver has to provide a pm->runtime_suspend() callback (see below), which is +run by pci_pm_runtime_suspend() as the first action. If the driver's callback +returns successfully, the device's standard configuration registers are saved, +the device is prepared to generate wakeup signals and, finally, it is put into +the target low-power state. + +The low-power state to put the device into is the lowest-power (highest number) +state from which it can signal wakeup. The exact method of signaling wakeup is +system-dependent and is determined by the PCI subsystem on the basis of the +reported capabilities of the device and the platform firmware. To prepare the +device for signaling wakeup and put it into the selected low-power state, the +PCI subsystem can use the platform firmware as well as the device's native PCI +PM capabilities, if supported. + +It is expected that the device driver's pm->runtime_suspend() callback will +not attempt to prepare the device for signaling wakeup or to put it into a +low-power state. The driver ought to leave these tasks to the PCI subsystem +that has all of the information necessary to perform them. + +A suspended device is brought back into the "active" state, or resumed, +with the help of pm_request_resume() or pm_runtime_resume() which both call +pci_pm_runtime_resume() for PCI devices. Again, this only works if the device's +driver provides a pm->runtime_resume() callback (see below). However, before +the driver's callback is executed, pci_pm_runtime_resume() brings the device +back into the full-power state, prevents it from signaling wakeup while in that +state and restores its standard configuration registers. Thus the driver's +callback need not worry about the PCI-specific aspects of the device resume. + +Note that generally pci_pm_runtime_resume() may be called in two different +situations. First, it may be called at the request of the device's driver, for +example if there are some data for it to process. Second, it may be called +as a result of a wakeup signal from the device itself (this sometimes is +referred to as "remote wakeup"). Of course, for this purpose the wakeup signal +is handled in one of the ways described in Section 1 and finally converted into +a notification for the PCI subsystem after the source device has been +identified. + +The pci_pm_runtime_idle() function, called for PCI devices by pm_runtime_idle() +and pm_request_idle(), executes the device driver's pm->runtime_idle() +callback, if defined, and if that callback doesn't return error code (or is not +present at all), suspends the device with the help of pm_runtime_suspend(). +Sometimes pci_pm_runtime_idle() is called automatically by the PM core (for +example, it is called right after the device has just been resumed), in which +cases it is expected to suspend the device if that makes sense. Usually, +however, the PCI subsystem doesn't really know if the device really can be +suspended, so it lets the device's driver decide by running its +pm->runtime_idle() callback. + +2.4. System-Wide Power Transitions +---------------------------------- +There are a few different types of system-wide power transitions, described in +Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst. Each of them requires devices to be handled +in a specific way and the PM core executes subsystem-level power management +callbacks for this purpose. They are executed in phases such that each phase +involves executing the same subsystem-level callback for every device belonging +to the given subsystem before the next phase begins. These phases always run +after tasks have been frozen. + +2.4.1. System Suspend + +When the system is going into a sleep state in which the contents of memory will +be preserved, such as one of the ACPI sleep states S1-S3, the phases are: + + prepare, suspend, suspend_noirq. + +The following PCI bus type's callbacks, respectively, are used in these phases: + + pci_pm_prepare() + pci_pm_suspend() + pci_pm_suspend_noirq() + +The pci_pm_prepare() routine first puts the device into the "fully functional" +state with the help of pm_runtime_resume(). Then, it executes the device +driver's pm->prepare() callback if defined (i.e. if the driver's struct +dev_pm_ops object is present and the prepare pointer in that object is valid). + +The pci_pm_suspend() routine first checks if the device's driver implements +legacy PCI suspend routines (see Section 3), in which case the driver's legacy +suspend callback is executed, if present, and its result is returned. Next, if +the device's driver doesn't provide a struct dev_pm_ops object (containing +pointers to the driver's callbacks), pci_pm_default_suspend() is called, which +simply turns off the device's bus master capability and runs +pcibios_disable_device() to disable it, unless the device is a bridge (PCI +bridges are ignored by this routine). Next, the device driver's pm->suspend() +callback is executed, if defined, and its result is returned if it fails. +Finally, pci_fixup_device() is called to apply hardware suspend quirks related +to the device if necessary. + +Note that the suspend phase is carried out asynchronously for PCI devices, so +the pci_pm_suspend() callback may be executed in parallel for any pair of PCI +devices that don't depend on each other in a known way (i.e. none of the paths +in the device tree from the root bridge to a leaf device contains both of them). + +The pci_pm_suspend_noirq() routine is executed after suspend_device_irqs() has +been called, which means that the device driver's interrupt handler won't be +invoked while this routine is running. It first checks if the device's driver +implements legacy PCI suspends routines (Section 3), in which case the legacy +late suspend routine is called and its result is returned (the standard +configuration registers of the device are saved if the driver's callback hasn't +done that). Second, if the device driver's struct dev_pm_ops object is not +present, the device's standard configuration registers are saved and the routine +returns success. Otherwise the device driver's pm->suspend_noirq() callback is +executed, if present, and its result is returned if it fails. Next, if the +device's standard configuration registers haven't been saved yet (one of the +device driver's callbacks executed before might do that), pci_pm_suspend_noirq() +saves them, prepares the device to signal wakeup (if necessary) and puts it into +a low-power state. + +The low-power state to put the device into is the lowest-power (highest number) +state from which it can signal wakeup while the system is in the target sleep +state. Just like in the runtime PM case described above, the mechanism of +signaling wakeup is system-dependent and determined by the PCI subsystem, which +is also responsible for preparing the device to signal wakeup from the system's +target sleep state as appropriate. + +PCI device drivers (that don't implement legacy power management callbacks) are +generally not expected to prepare devices for signaling wakeup or to put them +into low-power states. However, if one of the driver's suspend callbacks +(pm->suspend() or pm->suspend_noirq()) saves the device's standard configuration +registers, pci_pm_suspend_noirq() will assume that the device has been prepared +to signal wakeup and put into a low-power state by the driver (the driver is +then assumed to have used the helper functions provided by the PCI subsystem for +this purpose). PCI device drivers are not encouraged to do that, but in some +rare cases doing that in the driver may be the optimum approach. + +2.4.2. System Resume + +When the system is undergoing a transition from a sleep state in which the +contents of memory have been preserved, such as one of the ACPI sleep states +S1-S3, into the working state (ACPI S0), the phases are: + + resume_noirq, resume, complete. + +The following PCI bus type's callbacks, respectively, are executed in these +phases: + + pci_pm_resume_noirq() + pci_pm_resume() + pci_pm_complete() + +The pci_pm_resume_noirq() routine first puts the device into the full-power +state, restores its standard configuration registers and applies early resume +hardware quirks related to the device, if necessary. This is done +unconditionally, regardless of whether or not the device's driver implements +legacy PCI power management callbacks (this way all PCI devices are in the +full-power state and their standard configuration registers have been restored +when their interrupt handlers are invoked for the first time during resume, +which allows the kernel to avoid problems with the handling of shared interrupts +by drivers whose devices are still suspended). If legacy PCI power management +callbacks (see Section 3) are implemented by the device's driver, the legacy +early resume callback is executed and its result is returned. Otherwise, the +device driver's pm->resume_noirq() callback is executed, if defined, and its +result is returned. + +The pci_pm_resume() routine first checks if the device's standard configuration +registers have been restored and restores them if that's not the case (this +only is necessary in the error path during a failing suspend). Next, resume +hardware quirks related to the device are applied, if necessary, and if the +device's driver implements legacy PCI power management callbacks (see +Section 3), the driver's legacy resume callback is executed and its result is +returned. Otherwise, the device's wakeup signaling mechanisms are blocked and +its driver's pm->resume() callback is executed, if defined (the callback's +result is then returned). + +The resume phase is carried out asynchronously for PCI devices, like the +suspend phase described above, which means that if two PCI devices don't depend +on each other in a known way, the pci_pm_resume() routine may be executed for +the both of them in parallel. + +The pci_pm_complete() routine only executes the device driver's pm->complete() +callback, if defined. + +2.4.3. System Hibernation + +System hibernation is more complicated than system suspend, because it requires +a system image to be created and written into a persistent storage medium. The +image is created atomically and all devices are quiesced, or frozen, before that +happens. + +The freezing of devices is carried out after enough memory has been freed (at +the time of this writing the image creation requires at least 50% of system RAM +to be free) in the following three phases: + + prepare, freeze, freeze_noirq + +that correspond to the PCI bus type's callbacks: + + pci_pm_prepare() + pci_pm_freeze() + pci_pm_freeze_noirq() + +This means that the prepare phase is exactly the same as for system suspend. +The other two phases, however, are different. + +The pci_pm_freeze() routine is quite similar to pci_pm_suspend(), but it runs +the device driver's pm->freeze() callback, if defined, instead of pm->suspend(), +and it doesn't apply the suspend-related hardware quirks. It is executed +asynchronously for different PCI devices that don't depend on each other in a +known way. + +The pci_pm_freeze_noirq() routine, in turn, is similar to +pci_pm_suspend_noirq(), but it calls the device driver's pm->freeze_noirq() +routine instead of pm->suspend_noirq(). It also doesn't attempt to prepare the +device for signaling wakeup and put it into a low-power state. Still, it saves +the device's standard configuration registers if they haven't been saved by one +of the driver's callbacks. + +Once the image has been created, it has to be saved. However, at this point all +devices are frozen and they cannot handle I/O, while their ability to handle +I/O is obviously necessary for the image saving. Thus they have to be brought +back to the fully functional state and this is done in the following phases: + + thaw_noirq, thaw, complete + +using the following PCI bus type's callbacks: + + pci_pm_thaw_noirq() + pci_pm_thaw() + pci_pm_complete() + +respectively. + +The first of them, pci_pm_thaw_noirq(), is analogous to pci_pm_resume_noirq(), +but it doesn't put the device into the full power state and doesn't attempt to +restore its standard configuration registers. It also executes the device +driver's pm->thaw_noirq() callback, if defined, instead of pm->resume_noirq(). + +The pci_pm_thaw() routine is similar to pci_pm_resume(), but it runs the device +driver's pm->thaw() callback instead of pm->resume(). It is executed +asynchronously for different PCI devices that don't depend on each other in a +known way. + +The complete phase it the same as for system resume. + +After saving the image, devices need to be powered down before the system can +enter the target sleep state (ACPI S4 for ACPI-based systems). This is done in +three phases: + + prepare, poweroff, poweroff_noirq + +where the prepare phase is exactly the same as for system suspend. The other +two phases are analogous to the suspend and suspend_noirq phases, respectively. +The PCI subsystem-level callbacks they correspond to + + pci_pm_poweroff() + pci_pm_poweroff_noirq() + +work in analogy with pci_pm_suspend() and pci_pm_poweroff_noirq(), respectively, +although they don't attempt to save the device's standard configuration +registers. + +2.4.4. System Restore + +System restore requires a hibernation image to be loaded into memory and the +pre-hibernation memory contents to be restored before the pre-hibernation system +activity can be resumed. + +As described in Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst, the hibernation image is loaded +into memory by a fresh instance of the kernel, called the boot kernel, which in +turn is loaded and run by a boot loader in the usual way. After the boot kernel +has loaded the image, it needs to replace its own code and data with the code +and data of the "hibernated" kernel stored within the image, called the image +kernel. For this purpose all devices are frozen just like before creating +the image during hibernation, in the + + prepare, freeze, freeze_noirq + +phases described above. However, the devices affected by these phases are only +those having drivers in the boot kernel; other devices will still be in whatever +state the boot loader left them. + +Should the restoration of the pre-hibernation memory contents fail, the boot +kernel would go through the "thawing" procedure described above, using the +thaw_noirq, thaw, and complete phases (that will only affect the devices having +drivers in the boot kernel), and then continue running normally. + +If the pre-hibernation memory contents are restored successfully, which is the +usual situation, control is passed to the image kernel, which then becomes +responsible for bringing the system back to the working state. To achieve this, +it must restore the devices' pre-hibernation functionality, which is done much +like waking up from the memory sleep state, although it involves different +phases: + + restore_noirq, restore, complete + +The first two of these are analogous to the resume_noirq and resume phases +described above, respectively, and correspond to the following PCI subsystem +callbacks: + + pci_pm_restore_noirq() + pci_pm_restore() + +These callbacks work in analogy with pci_pm_resume_noirq() and pci_pm_resume(), +respectively, but they execute the device driver's pm->restore_noirq() and +pm->restore() callbacks, if available. + +The complete phase is carried out in exactly the same way as during system +resume. + + +3. PCI Device Drivers and Power Management +========================================== + +3.1. Power Management Callbacks +------------------------------- +PCI device drivers participate in power management by providing callbacks to be +executed by the PCI subsystem's power management routines described above and by +controlling the runtime power management of their devices. + +At the time of this writing there are two ways to define power management +callbacks for a PCI device driver, the recommended one, based on using a +dev_pm_ops structure described in Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst, and the +"legacy" one, in which the .suspend(), .suspend_late(), .resume_early(), and +.resume() callbacks from struct pci_driver are used. The legacy approach, +however, doesn't allow one to define runtime power management callbacks and is +not really suitable for any new drivers. Therefore it is not covered by this +document (refer to the source code to learn more about it). + +It is recommended that all PCI device drivers define a struct dev_pm_ops object +containing pointers to power management (PM) callbacks that will be executed by +the PCI subsystem's PM routines in various circumstances. A pointer to the +driver's struct dev_pm_ops object has to be assigned to the driver.pm field in +its struct pci_driver object. Once that has happened, the "legacy" PM callbacks +in struct pci_driver are ignored (even if they are not NULL). + +The PM callbacks in struct dev_pm_ops are not mandatory and if they are not +defined (i.e. the respective fields of struct dev_pm_ops are unset) the PCI +subsystem will handle the device in a simplified default manner. If they are +defined, though, they are expected to behave as described in the following +subsections. + +3.1.1. prepare() + +The prepare() callback is executed during system suspend, during hibernation +(when a hibernation image is about to be created), during power-off after +saving a hibernation image and during system restore, when a hibernation image +has just been loaded into memory. + +This callback is only necessary if the driver's device has children that in +general may be registered at any time. In that case the role of the prepare() +callback is to prevent new children of the device from being registered until +one of the resume_noirq(), thaw_noirq(), or restore_noirq() callbacks is run. + +In addition to that the prepare() callback may carry out some operations +preparing the device to be suspended, although it should not allocate memory +(if additional memory is required to suspend the device, it has to be +preallocated earlier, for example in a suspend/hibernate notifier as described +in Documentation/driver-api/pm/notifiers.rst). + +3.1.2. suspend() + +The suspend() callback is only executed during system suspend, after prepare() +callbacks have been executed for all devices in the system. + +This callback is expected to quiesce the device and prepare it to be put into a +low-power state by the PCI subsystem. It is not required (in fact it even is +not recommended) that a PCI driver's suspend() callback save the standard +configuration registers of the device, prepare it for waking up the system, or +put it into a low-power state. All of these operations can very well be taken +care of by the PCI subsystem, without the driver's participation. + +However, in some rare case it is convenient to carry out these operations in +a PCI driver. Then, pci_save_state(), pci_prepare_to_sleep(), and +pci_set_power_state() should be used to save the device's standard configuration +registers, to prepare it for system wakeup (if necessary), and to put it into a +low-power state, respectively. Moreover, if the driver calls pci_save_state(), +the PCI subsystem will not execute either pci_prepare_to_sleep(), or +pci_set_power_state() for its device, so the driver is then responsible for +handling the device as appropriate. + +While the suspend() callback is being executed, the driver's interrupt handler +can be invoked to handle an interrupt from the device, so all suspend-related +operations relying on the driver's ability to handle interrupts should be +carried out in this callback. + +3.1.3. suspend_noirq() + +The suspend_noirq() callback is only executed during system suspend, after +suspend() callbacks have been executed for all devices in the system and +after device interrupts have been disabled by the PM core. + +The difference between suspend_noirq() and suspend() is that the driver's +interrupt handler will not be invoked while suspend_noirq() is running. Thus +suspend_noirq() can carry out operations that would cause race conditions to +arise if they were performed in suspend(). + +3.1.4. freeze() + +The freeze() callback is hibernation-specific and is executed in two situations, +during hibernation, after prepare() callbacks have been executed for all devices +in preparation for the creation of a system image, and during restore, +after a system image has been loaded into memory from persistent storage and the +prepare() callbacks have been executed for all devices. + +The role of this callback is analogous to the role of the suspend() callback +described above. In fact, they only need to be different in the rare cases when +the driver takes the responsibility for putting the device into a low-power +state. + +In that cases the freeze() callback should not prepare the device system wakeup +or put it into a low-power state. Still, either it or freeze_noirq() should +save the device's standard configuration registers using pci_save_state(). + +3.1.5. freeze_noirq() + +The freeze_noirq() callback is hibernation-specific. It is executed during +hibernation, after prepare() and freeze() callbacks have been executed for all +devices in preparation for the creation of a system image, and during restore, +after a system image has been loaded into memory and after prepare() and +freeze() callbacks have been executed for all devices. It is always executed +after device interrupts have been disabled by the PM core. + +The role of this callback is analogous to the role of the suspend_noirq() +callback described above and it very rarely is necessary to define +freeze_noirq(). + +The difference between freeze_noirq() and freeze() is analogous to the +difference between suspend_noirq() and suspend(). + +3.1.6. poweroff() + +The poweroff() callback is hibernation-specific. It is executed when the system +is about to be powered off after saving a hibernation image to a persistent +storage. prepare() callbacks are executed for all devices before poweroff() is +called. + +The role of this callback is analogous to the role of the suspend() and freeze() +callbacks described above, although it does not need to save the contents of +the device's registers. In particular, if the driver wants to put the device +into a low-power state itself instead of allowing the PCI subsystem to do that, +the poweroff() callback should use pci_prepare_to_sleep() and +pci_set_power_state() to prepare the device for system wakeup and to put it +into a low-power state, respectively, but it need not save the device's standard +configuration registers. + +3.1.7. poweroff_noirq() + +The poweroff_noirq() callback is hibernation-specific. It is executed after +poweroff() callbacks have been executed for all devices in the system. + +The role of this callback is analogous to the role of the suspend_noirq() and +freeze_noirq() callbacks described above, but it does not need to save the +contents of the device's registers. + +The difference between poweroff_noirq() and poweroff() is analogous to the +difference between suspend_noirq() and suspend(). + +3.1.8. resume_noirq() + +The resume_noirq() callback is only executed during system resume, after the +PM core has enabled the non-boot CPUs. The driver's interrupt handler will not +be invoked while resume_noirq() is running, so this callback can carry out +operations that might race with the interrupt handler. + +Since the PCI subsystem unconditionally puts all devices into the full power +state in the resume_noirq phase of system resume and restores their standard +configuration registers, resume_noirq() is usually not necessary. In general +it should only be used for performing operations that would lead to race +conditions if carried out by resume(). + +3.1.9. resume() + +The resume() callback is only executed during system resume, after +resume_noirq() callbacks have been executed for all devices in the system and +device interrupts have been enabled by the PM core. + +This callback is responsible for restoring the pre-suspend configuration of the +device and bringing it back to the fully functional state. The device should be +able to process I/O in a usual way after resume() has returned. + +3.1.10. thaw_noirq() + +The thaw_noirq() callback is hibernation-specific. It is executed after a +system image has been created and the non-boot CPUs have been enabled by the PM +core, in the thaw_noirq phase of hibernation. It also may be executed if the +loading of a hibernation image fails during system restore (it is then executed +after enabling the non-boot CPUs). The driver's interrupt handler will not be +invoked while thaw_noirq() is running. + +The role of this callback is analogous to the role of resume_noirq(). The +difference between these two callbacks is that thaw_noirq() is executed after +freeze() and freeze_noirq(), so in general it does not need to modify the +contents of the device's registers. + +3.1.11. thaw() + +The thaw() callback is hibernation-specific. It is executed after thaw_noirq() +callbacks have been executed for all devices in the system and after device +interrupts have been enabled by the PM core. + +This callback is responsible for restoring the pre-freeze configuration of +the device, so that it will work in a usual way after thaw() has returned. + +3.1.12. restore_noirq() + +The restore_noirq() callback is hibernation-specific. It is executed in the +restore_noirq phase of hibernation, when the boot kernel has passed control to +the image kernel and the non-boot CPUs have been enabled by the image kernel's +PM core. + +This callback is analogous to resume_noirq() with the exception that it cannot +make any assumption on the previous state of the device, even if the BIOS (or +generally the platform firmware) is known to preserve that state over a +suspend-resume cycle. + +For the vast majority of PCI device drivers there is no difference between +resume_noirq() and restore_noirq(). + +3.1.13. restore() + +The restore() callback is hibernation-specific. It is executed after +restore_noirq() callbacks have been executed for all devices in the system and +after the PM core has enabled device drivers' interrupt handlers to be invoked. + +This callback is analogous to resume(), just like restore_noirq() is analogous +to resume_noirq(). Consequently, the difference between restore_noirq() and +restore() is analogous to the difference between resume_noirq() and resume(). + +For the vast majority of PCI device drivers there is no difference between +resume() and restore(). + +3.1.14. complete() + +The complete() callback is executed in the following situations: + - during system resume, after resume() callbacks have been executed for all + devices, + - during hibernation, before saving the system image, after thaw() callbacks + have been executed for all devices, + - during system restore, when the system is going back to its pre-hibernation + state, after restore() callbacks have been executed for all devices. +It also may be executed if the loading of a hibernation image into memory fails +(in that case it is run after thaw() callbacks have been executed for all +devices that have drivers in the boot kernel). + +This callback is entirely optional, although it may be necessary if the +prepare() callback performs operations that need to be reversed. + +3.1.15. runtime_suspend() + +The runtime_suspend() callback is specific to device runtime power management +(runtime PM). It is executed by the PM core's runtime PM framework when the +device is about to be suspended (i.e. quiesced and put into a low-power state) +at run time. + +This callback is responsible for freezing the device and preparing it to be +put into a low-power state, but it must allow the PCI subsystem to perform all +of the PCI-specific actions necessary for suspending the device. + +3.1.16. runtime_resume() + +The runtime_resume() callback is specific to device runtime PM. It is executed +by the PM core's runtime PM framework when the device is about to be resumed +(i.e. put into the full-power state and programmed to process I/O normally) at +run time. + +This callback is responsible for restoring the normal functionality of the +device after it has been put into the full-power state by the PCI subsystem. +The device is expected to be able to process I/O in the usual way after +runtime_resume() has returned. + +3.1.17. runtime_idle() + +The runtime_idle() callback is specific to device runtime PM. It is executed +by the PM core's runtime PM framework whenever it may be desirable to suspend +the device according to the PM core's information. In particular, it is +automatically executed right after runtime_resume() has returned in case the +resume of the device has happened as a result of a spurious event. + +This callback is optional, but if it is not implemented or if it returns 0, the +PCI subsystem will call pm_runtime_suspend() for the device, which in turn will +cause the driver's runtime_suspend() callback to be executed. + +3.1.18. Pointing Multiple Callback Pointers to One Routine + +Although in principle each of the callbacks described in the previous +subsections can be defined as a separate function, it often is convenient to +point two or more members of struct dev_pm_ops to the same routine. There are +a few convenience macros that can be used for this purpose. + +The SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS macro declares a struct dev_pm_ops object with one +suspend routine pointed to by the .suspend(), .freeze(), and .poweroff() +members and one resume routine pointed to by the .resume(), .thaw(), and +.restore() members. The other function pointers in this struct dev_pm_ops are +unset. + +The UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS macro is similar to SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS, but it +additionally sets the .runtime_resume() pointer to the same value as +.resume() (and .thaw(), and .restore()) and the .runtime_suspend() pointer to +the same value as .suspend() (and .freeze() and .poweroff()). + +The SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS can be used inside of a declaration of struct +dev_pm_ops to indicate that one suspend routine is to be pointed to by the +.suspend(), .freeze(), and .poweroff() members and one resume routine is to +be pointed to by the .resume(), .thaw(), and .restore() members. + +3.1.19. Driver Flags for Power Management + +The PM core allows device drivers to set flags that influence the handling of +power management for the devices by the core itself and by middle layer code +including the PCI bus type. The flags should be set once at the driver probe +time with the help of the dev_pm_set_driver_flags() function and they should not +be updated directly afterwards. + +The DPM_FLAG_NEVER_SKIP flag prevents the PM core from using the direct-complete +mechanism allowing device suspend/resume callbacks to be skipped if the device +is in runtime suspend when the system suspend starts. That also affects all of +the ancestors of the device, so this flag should only be used if absolutely +necessary. + +The DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE flag instructs the PCI bus type to only return a +positive value from pci_pm_prepare() if the ->prepare callback provided by the +driver of the device returns a positive value. That allows the driver to opt +out from using the direct-complete mechanism dynamically. + +The DPM_FLAG_SMART_SUSPEND flag tells the PCI bus type that from the driver's +perspective the device can be safely left in runtime suspend during system +suspend. That causes pci_pm_suspend(), pci_pm_freeze() and pci_pm_poweroff() +to skip resuming the device from runtime suspend unless there are PCI-specific +reasons for doing that. Also, it causes pci_pm_suspend_late/noirq(), +pci_pm_freeze_late/noirq() and pci_pm_poweroff_late/noirq() to return early +if the device remains in runtime suspend in the beginning of the "late" phase +of the system-wide transition under way. Moreover, if the device is in +runtime suspend in pci_pm_resume_noirq() or pci_pm_restore_noirq(), its runtime +power management status will be changed to "active" (as it is going to be put +into D0 going forward), but if it is in runtime suspend in pci_pm_thaw_noirq(), +the function will set the power.direct_complete flag for it (to make the PM core +skip the subsequent "thaw" callbacks for it) and return. + +Setting the DPM_FLAG_LEAVE_SUSPENDED flag means that the driver prefers the +device to be left in suspend after system-wide transitions to the working state. +This flag is checked by the PM core, but the PCI bus type informs the PM core +which devices may be left in suspend from its perspective (that happens during +the "noirq" phase of system-wide suspend and analogous transitions) and next it +uses the dev_pm_may_skip_resume() helper to decide whether or not to return from +pci_pm_resume_noirq() early, as the PM core will skip the remaining resume +callbacks for the device during the transition under way and will set its +runtime PM status to "suspended" if dev_pm_may_skip_resume() returns "true" for +it. + +3.2. Device Runtime Power Management +------------------------------------ +In addition to providing device power management callbacks PCI device drivers +are responsible for controlling the runtime power management (runtime PM) of +their devices. + +The PCI device runtime PM is optional, but it is recommended that PCI device +drivers implement it at least in the cases where there is a reliable way of +verifying that the device is not used (like when the network cable is detached +from an Ethernet adapter or there are no devices attached to a USB controller). + +To support the PCI runtime PM the driver first needs to implement the +runtime_suspend() and runtime_resume() callbacks. It also may need to implement +the runtime_idle() callback to prevent the device from being suspended again +every time right after the runtime_resume() callback has returned +(alternatively, the runtime_suspend() callback will have to check if the +device should really be suspended and return -EAGAIN if that is not the case). + +The runtime PM of PCI devices is enabled by default by the PCI core. PCI +device drivers do not need to enable it and should not attempt to do so. +However, it is blocked by pci_pm_init() that runs the pm_runtime_forbid() +helper function. In addition to that, the runtime PM usage counter of +each PCI device is incremented by local_pci_probe() before executing the +probe callback provided by the device's driver. + +If a PCI driver implements the runtime PM callbacks and intends to use the +runtime PM framework provided by the PM core and the PCI subsystem, it needs +to decrement the device's runtime PM usage counter in its probe callback +function. If it doesn't do that, the counter will always be different from +zero for the device and it will never be runtime-suspended. The simplest +way to do that is by calling pm_runtime_put_noidle(), but if the driver +wants to schedule an autosuspend right away, for example, it may call +pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() instead for this purpose. Generally, it +just needs to call a function that decrements the devices usage counter +from its probe routine to make runtime PM work for the device. + +It is important to remember that the driver's runtime_suspend() callback +may be executed right after the usage counter has been decremented, because +user space may already have caused the pm_runtime_allow() helper function +unblocking the runtime PM of the device to run via sysfs, so the driver must +be prepared to cope with that. + +The driver itself should not call pm_runtime_allow(), though. Instead, it +should let user space or some platform-specific code do that (user space can +do it via sysfs as stated above), but it must be prepared to handle the +runtime PM of the device correctly as soon as pm_runtime_allow() is called +(which may happen at any time, even before the driver is loaded). + +When the driver's remove callback runs, it has to balance the decrementation +of the device's runtime PM usage counter at the probe time. For this reason, +if it has decremented the counter in its probe callback, it must run +pm_runtime_get_noresume() in its remove callback. [Since the core carries +out a runtime resume of the device and bumps up the device's usage counter +before running the driver's remove callback, the runtime PM of the device +is effectively disabled for the duration of the remove execution and all +runtime PM helper functions incrementing the device's usage counter are +then effectively equivalent to pm_runtime_get_noresume().] + +The runtime PM framework works by processing requests to suspend or resume +devices, or to check if they are idle (in which cases it is reasonable to +subsequently request that they be suspended). These requests are represented +by work items put into the power management workqueue, pm_wq. Although there +are a few situations in which power management requests are automatically +queued by the PM core (for example, after processing a request to resume a +device the PM core automatically queues a request to check if the device is +idle), device drivers are generally responsible for queuing power management +requests for their devices. For this purpose they should use the runtime PM +helper functions provided by the PM core, discussed in +Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt. + +Devices can also be suspended and resumed synchronously, without placing a +request into pm_wq. In the majority of cases this also is done by their +drivers that use helper functions provided by the PM core for this purpose. + +For more information on the runtime PM of devices refer to +Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt. + + +4. Resources +============ + +PCI Local Bus Specification, Rev. 3.0 +PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, Rev. 1.2 +Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) Specification, Rev. 3.0b +PCI Express Base Specification, Rev. 2.0 +Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst +Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt diff --git a/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..19c5f7b1a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt @@ -0,0 +1,212 @@ +PM Quality Of Service Interface. + +This interface provides a kernel and user mode interface for registering +performance expectations by drivers, subsystems and user space applications on +one of the parameters. + +Two different PM QoS frameworks are available: +1. PM QoS classes for cpu_dma_latency, network_latency, network_throughput, +memory_bandwidth. +2. the per-device PM QoS framework provides the API to manage the per-device latency +constraints and PM QoS flags. + +Each parameters have defined units: + * latency: usec + * timeout: usec + * throughput: kbs (kilo bit / sec) + * memory bandwidth: mbs (mega bit / sec) + + +1. PM QoS framework + +The infrastructure exposes multiple misc device nodes one per implemented +parameter. The set of parameters implement is defined by pm_qos_power_init() +and pm_qos_params.h. This is done because having the available parameters +being runtime configurable or changeable from a driver was seen as too easy to +abuse. + +For each parameter a list of performance requests is maintained along with +an aggregated target value. The aggregated target value is updated with +changes to the request list or elements of the list. Typically the +aggregated target value is simply the max or min of the request values held +in the parameter list elements. +Note: the aggregated target value is implemented as an atomic variable so that +reading the aggregated value does not require any locking mechanism. + + +From kernel mode the use of this interface is simple: + +void pm_qos_add_request(handle, param_class, target_value): +Will insert an element into the list for that identified PM QoS class with the +target value. Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed and any +registered notifiers are called only if the target value is now different. +Clients of pm_qos need to save the returned handle for future use in other +pm_qos API functions. + +void pm_qos_update_request(handle, new_target_value): +Will update the list element pointed to by the handle with the new target value +and recompute the new aggregated target, calling the notification tree if the +target is changed. + +void pm_qos_remove_request(handle): +Will remove the element. After removal it will update the aggregate target and +call the notification tree if the target was changed as a result of removing +the request. + +int pm_qos_request(param_class): +Returns the aggregated value for a given PM QoS class. + +int pm_qos_request_active(handle): +Returns if the request is still active, i.e. it has not been removed from a +PM QoS class constraints list. + +int pm_qos_add_notifier(param_class, notifier): +Adds a notification callback function to the PM QoS class. The callback is +called when the aggregated value for the PM QoS class is changed. + +int pm_qos_remove_notifier(int param_class, notifier): +Removes the notification callback function for the PM QoS class. + + +From user mode: +Only processes can register a pm_qos request. To provide for automatic +cleanup of a process, the interface requires the process to register its +parameter requests in the following way: + +To register the default pm_qos target for the specific parameter, the process +must open one of /dev/[cpu_dma_latency, network_latency, network_throughput] + +As long as the device node is held open that process has a registered +request on the parameter. + +To change the requested target value the process needs to write an s32 value to +the open device node. Alternatively the user mode program could write a hex +string for the value using 10 char long format e.g. "0x12345678". This +translates to a pm_qos_update_request call. + +To remove the user mode request for a target value simply close the device +node. + + +2. PM QoS per-device latency and flags framework + +For each device, there are three lists of PM QoS requests. Two of them are +maintained along with the aggregated targets of resume latency and active +state latency tolerance (in microseconds) and the third one is for PM QoS flags. +Values are updated in response to changes of the request list. + +The target values of resume latency and active state latency tolerance are +simply the minimum of the request values held in the parameter list elements. +The PM QoS flags aggregate value is a gather (bitwise OR) of all list elements' +values. One device PM QoS flag is defined currently: PM_QOS_FLAG_NO_POWER_OFF. + +Note: The aggregated target values are implemented in such a way that reading +the aggregated value does not require any locking mechanism. + + +From kernel mode the use of this interface is the following: + +int dev_pm_qos_add_request(device, handle, type, value): +Will insert an element into the list for that identified device with the +target value. Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed and any +registered notifiers are called only if the target value is now different. +Clients of dev_pm_qos need to save the handle for future use in other +dev_pm_qos API functions. + +int dev_pm_qos_update_request(handle, new_value): +Will update the list element pointed to by the handle with the new target value +and recompute the new aggregated target, calling the notification trees if the +target is changed. + +int dev_pm_qos_remove_request(handle): +Will remove the element. After removal it will update the aggregate target and +call the notification trees if the target was changed as a result of removing +the request. + +s32 dev_pm_qos_read_value(device): +Returns the aggregated value for a given device's constraints list. + +enum pm_qos_flags_status dev_pm_qos_flags(device, mask) +Check PM QoS flags of the given device against the given mask of flags. +The meaning of the return values is as follows: + PM_QOS_FLAGS_ALL: All flags from the mask are set + PM_QOS_FLAGS_SOME: Some flags from the mask are set + PM_QOS_FLAGS_NONE: No flags from the mask are set + PM_QOS_FLAGS_UNDEFINED: The device's PM QoS structure has not been + initialized or the list of requests is empty. + +int dev_pm_qos_add_ancestor_request(dev, handle, type, value) +Add a PM QoS request for the first direct ancestor of the given device whose +power.ignore_children flag is unset (for DEV_PM_QOS_RESUME_LATENCY requests) +or whose power.set_latency_tolerance callback pointer is not NULL (for +DEV_PM_QOS_LATENCY_TOLERANCE requests). + +int dev_pm_qos_expose_latency_limit(device, value) +Add a request to the device's PM QoS list of resume latency constraints and +create a sysfs attribute pm_qos_resume_latency_us under the device's power +directory allowing user space to manipulate that request. + +void dev_pm_qos_hide_latency_limit(device) +Drop the request added by dev_pm_qos_expose_latency_limit() from the device's +PM QoS list of resume latency constraints and remove sysfs attribute +pm_qos_resume_latency_us from the device's power directory. + +int dev_pm_qos_expose_flags(device, value) +Add a request to the device's PM QoS list of flags and create sysfs attribute +pm_qos_no_power_off under the device's power directory allowing user space to +change the value of the PM_QOS_FLAG_NO_POWER_OFF flag. + +void dev_pm_qos_hide_flags(device) +Drop the request added by dev_pm_qos_expose_flags() from the device's PM QoS list +of flags and remove sysfs attribute pm_qos_no_power_off from the device's power +directory. + +Notification mechanisms: +The per-device PM QoS framework has a per-device notification tree. + +int dev_pm_qos_add_notifier(device, notifier): +Adds a notification callback function for the device. +The callback is called when the aggregated value of the device constraints list +is changed (for resume latency device PM QoS only). + +int dev_pm_qos_remove_notifier(device, notifier): +Removes the notification callback function for the device. + + +Active state latency tolerance + +This device PM QoS type is used to support systems in which hardware may switch +to energy-saving operation modes on the fly. In those systems, if the operation +mode chosen by the hardware attempts to save energy in an overly aggressive way, +it may cause excess latencies to be visible to software, causing it to miss +certain protocol requirements or target frame or sample rates etc. + +If there is a latency tolerance control mechanism for a given device available +to software, the .set_latency_tolerance callback in that device's dev_pm_info +structure should be populated. The routine pointed to by it is should implement +whatever is necessary to transfer the effective requirement value to the +hardware. + +Whenever the effective latency tolerance changes for the device, its +.set_latency_tolerance() callback will be executed and the effective value will +be passed to it. If that value is negative, which means that the list of +latency tolerance requirements for the device is empty, the callback is expected +to switch the underlying hardware latency tolerance control mechanism to an +autonomous mode if available. If that value is PM_QOS_LATENCY_ANY, in turn, and +the hardware supports a special "no requirement" setting, the callback is +expected to use it. That allows software to prevent the hardware from +automatically updating the device's latency tolerance in response to its power +state changes (e.g. during transitions from D3cold to D0), which generally may +be done in the autonomous latency tolerance control mode. + +If .set_latency_tolerance() is present for the device, sysfs attribute +pm_qos_latency_tolerance_us will be present in the devivce's power directory. +Then, user space can use that attribute to specify its latency tolerance +requirement for the device, if any. Writing "any" to it means "no requirement, +but do not let the hardware control latency tolerance" and writing "auto" to it +allows the hardware to be switched to the autonomous mode if there are no other +requirements from the kernel side in the device's list. + +Kernel code can use the functions described above along with the +DEV_PM_QOS_LATENCY_TOLERANCE device PM QoS type to add, remove and update +latency tolerance requirements for devices. diff --git a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..300d37896 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@ +Linux power supply class +======================== + +Synopsis +~~~~~~~~ +Power supply class used to represent battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply +properties to user-space. + +It defines core set of attributes, which should be applicable to (almost) +every power supply out there. Attributes are available via sysfs and uevent +interfaces. + +Each attribute has well defined meaning, up to unit of measure used. While +the attributes provided are believed to be universally applicable to any +power supply, specific monitoring hardware may not be able to provide them +all, so any of them may be skipped. + +Power supply class is extensible, and allows to define drivers own attributes. +The core attribute set is subject to the standard Linux evolution (i.e. +if it will be found that some attribute is applicable to many power supply +types or their drivers, it can be added to the core set). + +It also integrates with LED framework, for the purpose of providing +typically expected feedback of battery charging/fully charged status and +AC/USB power supply online status. (Note that specific details of the +indication (including whether to use it at all) are fully controllable by +user and/or specific machine defaults, per design principles of LED +framework). + + +Attributes/properties +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Power supply class has predefined set of attributes, this eliminates code +duplication across drivers. Power supply class insist on reusing its +predefined attributes *and* their units. + +So, userspace gets predictable set of attributes and their units for any +kind of power supply, and can process/present them to a user in consistent +manner. Results for different power supplies and machines are also directly +comparable. + +See drivers/power/supply/ds2760_battery.c and drivers/power/supply/pda_power.c +for the example how to declare and handle attributes. + + +Units +~~~~~ +Quoting include/linux/power_supply.h: + + All voltages, currents, charges, energies, time and temperatures in µV, + µA, µAh, µWh, seconds and tenths of degree Celsius unless otherwise + stated. It's driver's job to convert its raw values to units in which + this class operates. + + +Attributes/properties detailed +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charge/Energy/Capacity - how to not confuse ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +~ ~ +~ Because both "charge" (µAh) and "energy" (µWh) represents "capacity" ~ +~ of battery, this class distinguish these terms. Don't mix them! ~ +~ ~ +~ CHARGE_* attributes represents capacity in µAh only. ~ +~ ENERGY_* attributes represents capacity in µWh only. ~ +~ CAPACITY attribute represents capacity in *percents*, from 0 to 100. ~ +~ ~ +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ + +Postfixes: +_AVG - *hardware* averaged value, use it if your hardware is really able to +report averaged values. +_NOW - momentary/instantaneous values. + +STATUS - this attribute represents operating status (charging, full, +discharging (i.e. powering a load), etc.). This corresponds to +BATTERY_STATUS_* values, as defined in battery.h. + +CHARGE_TYPE - batteries can typically charge at different rates. +This defines trickle and fast charges. For batteries that +are already charged or discharging, 'n/a' can be displayed (or +'unknown', if the status is not known). + +AUTHENTIC - indicates the power supply (battery or charger) connected +to the platform is authentic(1) or non authentic(0). + +HEALTH - represents health of the battery, values corresponds to +POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_*, defined in battery.h. + +VOLTAGE_OCV - open circuit voltage of the battery. + +VOLTAGE_MAX_DESIGN, VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN - design values for maximal and +minimal power supply voltages. Maximal/minimal means values of voltages +when battery considered "full"/"empty" at normal conditions. Yes, there is +no direct relation between voltage and battery capacity, but some dumb +batteries use voltage for very approximated calculation of capacity. +Battery driver also can use this attribute just to inform userspace +about maximal and minimal voltage thresholds of a given battery. + +VOLTAGE_MAX, VOLTAGE_MIN - same as _DESIGN voltage values except that +these ones should be used if hardware could only guess (measure and +retain) the thresholds of a given power supply. + +VOLTAGE_BOOT - Reports the voltage measured during boot + +CURRENT_BOOT - Reports the current measured during boot + +CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN, CHARGE_EMPTY_DESIGN - design charge values, when +battery considered full/empty. + +ENERGY_FULL_DESIGN, ENERGY_EMPTY_DESIGN - same as above but for energy. + +CHARGE_FULL, CHARGE_EMPTY - These attributes means "last remembered value +of charge when battery became full/empty". It also could mean "value of +charge when battery considered full/empty at given conditions (temperature, +age)". I.e. these attributes represents real thresholds, not design values. + +ENERGY_FULL, ENERGY_EMPTY - same as above but for energy. + +CHARGE_COUNTER - the current charge counter (in µAh). This could easily +be negative; there is no empty or full value. It is only useful for +relative, time-based measurements. + +PRECHARGE_CURRENT - the maximum charge current during precharge phase +of charge cycle (typically 20% of battery capacity). +CHARGE_TERM_CURRENT - Charge termination current. The charge cycle +terminates when battery voltage is above recharge threshold, and charge +current is below this setting (typically 10% of battery capacity). + +CONSTANT_CHARGE_CURRENT - constant charge current programmed by charger. +CONSTANT_CHARGE_CURRENT_MAX - maximum charge current supported by the +power supply object. + +CONSTANT_CHARGE_VOLTAGE - constant charge voltage programmed by charger. +CONSTANT_CHARGE_VOLTAGE_MAX - maximum charge voltage supported by the +power supply object. + +INPUT_CURRENT_LIMIT - input current limit programmed by charger. Indicates +the current drawn from a charging source. + +CHARGE_CONTROL_LIMIT - current charge control limit setting +CHARGE_CONTROL_LIMIT_MAX - maximum charge control limit setting + +CALIBRATE - battery or coulomb counter calibration status + +CAPACITY - capacity in percents. +CAPACITY_ALERT_MIN - minimum capacity alert value in percents. +CAPACITY_ALERT_MAX - maximum capacity alert value in percents. +CAPACITY_LEVEL - capacity level. This corresponds to +POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL_*. + +TEMP - temperature of the power supply. +TEMP_ALERT_MIN - minimum battery temperature alert. +TEMP_ALERT_MAX - maximum battery temperature alert. +TEMP_AMBIENT - ambient temperature. +TEMP_AMBIENT_ALERT_MIN - minimum ambient temperature alert. +TEMP_AMBIENT_ALERT_MAX - maximum ambient temperature alert. +TEMP_MIN - minimum operatable temperature +TEMP_MAX - maximum operatable temperature + +TIME_TO_EMPTY - seconds left for battery to be considered empty (i.e. +while battery powers a load) +TIME_TO_FULL - seconds left for battery to be considered full (i.e. +while battery is charging) + + +Battery <-> external power supply interaction +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Often power supplies are acting as supplies and supplicants at the same +time. Batteries are good example. So, batteries usually care if they're +externally powered or not. + +For that case, power supply class implements notification mechanism for +batteries. + +External power supply (AC) lists supplicants (batteries) names in +"supplied_to" struct member, and each power_supply_changed() call +issued by external power supply will notify supplicants via +external_power_changed callback. + + +Devicetree battery characteristics +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Drivers should call power_supply_get_battery_info() to obtain battery +characteristics from a devicetree battery node, defined in +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/battery.txt. This is +implemented in drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery.c. + +Properties in struct power_supply_battery_info and their counterparts in the +battery node have names corresponding to elements in enum power_supply_property, +for naming consistency between sysfs attributes and battery node properties. + + +QA +~~ +Q: Where is POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_XYZ attribute? +A: If you cannot find attribute suitable for your driver needs, feel free + to add it and send patch along with your driver. + + The attributes available currently are the ones currently provided by the + drivers written. + + Good candidates to add in future: model/part#, cycle_time, manufacturer, + etc. + + +Q: I have some very specific attribute (e.g. battery color), should I add + this attribute to standard ones? +A: Most likely, no. Such attribute can be placed in the driver itself, if + it is useful. Of course, if the attribute in question applicable to + large set of batteries, provided by many drivers, and/or comes from + some general battery specification/standard, it may be a candidate to + be added to the core attribute set. + + +Q: Suppose, my battery monitoring chip/firmware does not provides capacity + in percents, but provides charge_{now,full,empty}. Should I calculate + percentage capacity manually, inside the driver, and register CAPACITY + attribute? The same question about time_to_empty/time_to_full. +A: Most likely, no. This class is designed to export properties which are + directly measurable by the specific hardware available. + + Inferring not available properties using some heuristics or mathematical + model is not subject of work for a battery driver. Such functionality + should be factored out, and in fact, apm_power, the driver to serve + legacy APM API on top of power supply class, uses a simple heuristic of + approximating remaining battery capacity based on its charge, current, + voltage and so on. But full-fledged battery model is likely not subject + for kernel at all, as it would require floating point calculation to deal + with things like differential equations and Kalman filters. This is + better be handled by batteryd/libbattery, yet to be written. diff --git a/Documentation/power/powercap/powercap.txt b/Documentation/power/powercap/powercap.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1e6ef164e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/powercap/powercap.txt @@ -0,0 +1,236 @@ +Power Capping Framework +================================== + +The power capping framework provides a consistent interface between the kernel +and the user space that allows power capping drivers to expose the settings to +user space in a uniform way. + +Terminology +========================= +The framework exposes power capping devices to user space via sysfs in the +form of a tree of objects. The objects at the root level of the tree represent +'control types', which correspond to different methods of power capping. For +example, the intel-rapl control type represents the Intel "Running Average +Power Limit" (RAPL) technology, whereas the 'idle-injection' control type +corresponds to the use of idle injection for controlling power. + +Power zones represent different parts of the system, which can be controlled and +monitored using the power capping method determined by the control type the +given zone belongs to. They each contain attributes for monitoring power, as +well as controls represented in the form of power constraints. If the parts of +the system represented by different power zones are hierarchical (that is, one +bigger part consists of multiple smaller parts that each have their own power +controls), those power zones may also be organized in a hierarchy with one +parent power zone containing multiple subzones and so on to reflect the power +control topology of the system. In that case, it is possible to apply power +capping to a set of devices together using the parent power zone and if more +fine grained control is required, it can be applied through the subzones. + + +Example sysfs interface tree: + +/sys/devices/virtual/powercap +??? intel-rapl + ??? intel-rapl:0 + ?  ??? constraint_0_name + ?  ??? constraint_0_power_limit_uw + ?  ??? constraint_0_time_window_us + ?  ??? constraint_1_name + ?  ??? constraint_1_power_limit_uw + ?  ??? constraint_1_time_window_us + ?  ??? device -> ../../intel-rapl + ?  ??? energy_uj + ?  ??? intel-rapl:0:0 + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_name + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_power_limit_uw + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_time_window_us + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_name + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_power_limit_uw + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_time_window_us + ?  ?  ??? device -> ../../intel-rapl:0 + ?  ?  ??? energy_uj + ?  ?  ??? max_energy_range_uj + ?  ?  ??? name + ?  ?  ??? enabled + ?  ?  ??? power + ?  ?  ?  ??? async + ?  ?  ?  [] + ?  ?  ??? subsystem -> ../../../../../../class/power_cap + ?  ?  ??? uevent + ?  ??? intel-rapl:0:1 + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_name + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_power_limit_uw + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_time_window_us + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_name + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_power_limit_uw + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_time_window_us + ?  ?  ??? device -> ../../intel-rapl:0 + ?  ?  ??? energy_uj + ?  ?  ??? max_energy_range_uj + ?  ?  ??? name + ?  ?  ??? enabled + ?  ?  ??? power + ?  ?  ?  ??? async + ?  ?  ?  [] + ?  ?  ??? subsystem -> ../../../../../../class/power_cap + ?  ?  ??? uevent + ?  ??? max_energy_range_uj + ?  ??? max_power_range_uw + ?  ??? name + ?  ??? enabled + ?  ??? power + ?  ?  ??? async + ?  ?  [] + ?  ??? subsystem -> ../../../../../class/power_cap + ?  ??? enabled + ?  ??? uevent + ??? intel-rapl:1 + ?  ??? constraint_0_name + ?  ??? constraint_0_power_limit_uw + ?  ??? constraint_0_time_window_us + ?  ??? constraint_1_name + ?  ??? constraint_1_power_limit_uw + ?  ??? constraint_1_time_window_us + ?  ??? device -> ../../intel-rapl + ?  ??? energy_uj + ?  ??? intel-rapl:1:0 + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_name + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_power_limit_uw + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_time_window_us + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_name + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_power_limit_uw + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_time_window_us + ?  ?  ??? device -> ../../intel-rapl:1 + ?  ?  ??? energy_uj + ?  ?  ??? max_energy_range_uj + ?  ?  ??? name + ?  ?  ??? enabled + ?  ?  ??? power + ?  ?  ?  ??? async + ?  ?  ?  [] + ?  ?  ??? subsystem -> ../../../../../../class/power_cap + ?  ?  ??? uevent + ?  ??? intel-rapl:1:1 + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_name + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_power_limit_uw + ?  ?  ??? constraint_0_time_window_us + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_name + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_power_limit_uw + ?  ?  ??? constraint_1_time_window_us + ?  ?  ??? device -> ../../intel-rapl:1 + ?  ?  ??? energy_uj + ?  ?  ??? max_energy_range_uj + ?  ?  ??? name + ?  ?  ??? enabled + ?  ?  ??? power + ?  ?  ?  ??? async + ?  ?  ?  [] + ?  ?  ??? subsystem -> ../../../../../../class/power_cap + ?  ?  ??? uevent + ?  ??? max_energy_range_uj + ?  ??? max_power_range_uw + ?  ??? name + ?  ??? enabled + ?  ??? power + ?  ?  ??? async + ?  ?  [] + ?  ??? subsystem -> ../../../../../class/power_cap + ?  ??? uevent + ??? power + ?  ??? async + ?  [] + ??? subsystem -> ../../../../class/power_cap + ??? enabled + ??? uevent + +The above example illustrates a case in which the Intel RAPL technology, +available in Intel® IA-64 and IA-32 Processor Architectures, is used. There is one +control type called intel-rapl which contains two power zones, intel-rapl:0 and +intel-rapl:1, representing CPU packages. Each of these power zones contains +two subzones, intel-rapl:j:0 and intel-rapl:j:1 (j = 0, 1), representing the +"core" and the "uncore" parts of the given CPU package, respectively. All of +the zones and subzones contain energy monitoring attributes (energy_uj, +max_energy_range_uj) and constraint attributes (constraint_*) allowing controls +to be applied (the constraints in the 'package' power zones apply to the whole +CPU packages and the subzone constraints only apply to the respective parts of +the given package individually). Since Intel RAPL doesn't provide instantaneous +power value, there is no power_uw attribute. + +In addition to that, each power zone contains a name attribute, allowing the +part of the system represented by that zone to be identified. +For example: + +cat /sys/class/power_cap/intel-rapl/intel-rapl:0/name +package-0 + +The Intel RAPL technology allows two constraints, short term and long term, +with two different time windows to be applied to each power zone. Thus for +each zone there are 2 attributes representing the constraint names, 2 power +limits and 2 attributes representing the sizes of the time windows. Such that, +constraint_j_* attributes correspond to the jth constraint (j = 0,1). + +For example: + constraint_0_name + constraint_0_power_limit_uw + constraint_0_time_window_us + constraint_1_name + constraint_1_power_limit_uw + constraint_1_time_window_us + +Power Zone Attributes +================================= +Monitoring attributes +---------------------- + +energy_uj (rw): Current energy counter in micro joules. Write "0" to reset. +If the counter can not be reset, then this attribute is read only. + +max_energy_range_uj (ro): Range of the above energy counter in micro-joules. + +power_uw (ro): Current power in micro watts. + +max_power_range_uw (ro): Range of the above power value in micro-watts. + +name (ro): Name of this power zone. + +It is possible that some domains have both power ranges and energy counter ranges; +however, only one is mandatory. + +Constraints +---------------- +constraint_X_power_limit_uw (rw): Power limit in micro watts, which should be +applicable for the time window specified by "constraint_X_time_window_us". + +constraint_X_time_window_us (rw): Time window in micro seconds. + +constraint_X_name (ro): An optional name of the constraint + +constraint_X_max_power_uw(ro): Maximum allowed power in micro watts. + +constraint_X_min_power_uw(ro): Minimum allowed power in micro watts. + +constraint_X_max_time_window_us(ro): Maximum allowed time window in micro seconds. + +constraint_X_min_time_window_us(ro): Minimum allowed time window in micro seconds. + +Except power_limit_uw and time_window_us other fields are optional. + +Common zone and control type attributes +---------------------------------------- +enabled (rw): Enable/Disable controls at zone level or for all zones using +a control type. + +Power Cap Client Driver Interface +================================== +The API summary: + +Call powercap_register_control_type() to register control type object. +Call powercap_register_zone() to register a power zone (under a given +control type), either as a top-level power zone or as a subzone of another +power zone registered earlier. +The number of constraints in a power zone and the corresponding callbacks have +to be defined prior to calling powercap_register_zone() to register that zone. + +To Free a power zone call powercap_unregister_zone(). +To free a control type object call powercap_unregister_control_type(). +Detailed API can be generated using kernel-doc on include/linux/powercap.h. diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e51564c1a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt @@ -0,0 +1,218 @@ +Regulator Consumer Driver Interface +=================================== + +This text describes the regulator interface for consumer device drivers. +Please see overview.txt for a description of the terms used in this text. + + +1. Consumer Regulator Access (static & dynamic drivers) +======================================================= + +A consumer driver can get access to its supply regulator by calling :- + +regulator = regulator_get(dev, "Vcc"); + +The consumer passes in its struct device pointer and power supply ID. The core +then finds the correct regulator by consulting a machine specific lookup table. +If the lookup is successful then this call will return a pointer to the struct +regulator that supplies this consumer. + +To release the regulator the consumer driver should call :- + +regulator_put(regulator); + +Consumers can be supplied by more than one regulator e.g. codec consumer with +analog and digital supplies :- + +digital = regulator_get(dev, "Vcc"); /* digital core */ +analog = regulator_get(dev, "Avdd"); /* analog */ + +The regulator access functions regulator_get() and regulator_put() will +usually be called in your device drivers probe() and remove() respectively. + + +2. Regulator Output Enable & Disable (static & dynamic drivers) +==================================================================== + +A consumer can enable its power supply by calling:- + +int regulator_enable(regulator); + +NOTE: The supply may already be enabled before regulator_enabled() is called. +This may happen if the consumer shares the regulator or the regulator has been +previously enabled by bootloader or kernel board initialization code. + +A consumer can determine if a regulator is enabled by calling :- + +int regulator_is_enabled(regulator); + +This will return > zero when the regulator is enabled. + + +A consumer can disable its supply when no longer needed by calling :- + +int regulator_disable(regulator); + +NOTE: This may not disable the supply if it's shared with other consumers. The +regulator will only be disabled when the enabled reference count is zero. + +Finally, a regulator can be forcefully disabled in the case of an emergency :- + +int regulator_force_disable(regulator); + +NOTE: this will immediately and forcefully shutdown the regulator output. All +consumers will be powered off. + + +3. Regulator Voltage Control & Status (dynamic drivers) +====================================================== + +Some consumer drivers need to be able to dynamically change their supply +voltage to match system operating points. e.g. CPUfreq drivers can scale +voltage along with frequency to save power, SD drivers may need to select the +correct card voltage, etc. + +Consumers can control their supply voltage by calling :- + +int regulator_set_voltage(regulator, min_uV, max_uV); + +Where min_uV and max_uV are the minimum and maximum acceptable voltages in +microvolts. + +NOTE: this can be called when the regulator is enabled or disabled. If called +when enabled, then the voltage changes instantly, otherwise the voltage +configuration changes and the voltage is physically set when the regulator is +next enabled. + +The regulators configured voltage output can be found by calling :- + +int regulator_get_voltage(regulator); + +NOTE: get_voltage() will return the configured output voltage whether the +regulator is enabled or disabled and should NOT be used to determine regulator +output state. However this can be used in conjunction with is_enabled() to +determine the regulator physical output voltage. + + +4. Regulator Current Limit Control & Status (dynamic drivers) +=========================================================== + +Some consumer drivers need to be able to dynamically change their supply +current limit to match system operating points. e.g. LCD backlight driver can +change the current limit to vary the backlight brightness, USB drivers may want +to set the limit to 500mA when supplying power. + +Consumers can control their supply current limit by calling :- + +int regulator_set_current_limit(regulator, min_uA, max_uA); + +Where min_uA and max_uA are the minimum and maximum acceptable current limit in +microamps. + +NOTE: this can be called when the regulator is enabled or disabled. If called +when enabled, then the current limit changes instantly, otherwise the current +limit configuration changes and the current limit is physically set when the +regulator is next enabled. + +A regulators current limit can be found by calling :- + +int regulator_get_current_limit(regulator); + +NOTE: get_current_limit() will return the current limit whether the regulator +is enabled or disabled and should not be used to determine regulator current +load. + + +5. Regulator Operating Mode Control & Status (dynamic drivers) +============================================================= + +Some consumers can further save system power by changing the operating mode of +their supply regulator to be more efficient when the consumers operating state +changes. e.g. consumer driver is idle and subsequently draws less current + +Regulator operating mode can be changed indirectly or directly. + +Indirect operating mode control. +-------------------------------- +Consumer drivers can request a change in their supply regulator operating mode +by calling :- + +int regulator_set_load(struct regulator *regulator, int load_uA); + +This will cause the core to recalculate the total load on the regulator (based +on all its consumers) and change operating mode (if necessary and permitted) +to best match the current operating load. + +The load_uA value can be determined from the consumer's datasheet. e.g. most +datasheets have tables showing the maximum current consumed in certain +situations. + +Most consumers will use indirect operating mode control since they have no +knowledge of the regulator or whether the regulator is shared with other +consumers. + +Direct operating mode control. +------------------------------ +Bespoke or tightly coupled drivers may want to directly control regulator +operating mode depending on their operating point. This can be achieved by +calling :- + +int regulator_set_mode(struct regulator *regulator, unsigned int mode); +unsigned int regulator_get_mode(struct regulator *regulator); + +Direct mode will only be used by consumers that *know* about the regulator and +are not sharing the regulator with other consumers. + + +6. Regulator Events +=================== +Regulators can notify consumers of external events. Events could be received by +consumers under regulator stress or failure conditions. + +Consumers can register interest in regulator events by calling :- + +int regulator_register_notifier(struct regulator *regulator, + struct notifier_block *nb); + +Consumers can unregister interest by calling :- + +int regulator_unregister_notifier(struct regulator *regulator, + struct notifier_block *nb); + +Regulators use the kernel notifier framework to send event to their interested +consumers. + +7. Regulator Direct Register Access +=================================== +Some kinds of power management hardware or firmware are designed such that +they need to do low-level hardware access to regulators, with no involvement +from the kernel. Examples of such devices are: + +- clocksource with a voltage-controlled oscillator and control logic to change + the supply voltage over I2C to achieve a desired output clock rate +- thermal management firmware that can issue an arbitrary I2C transaction to + perform system poweroff during overtemperature conditions + +To set up such a device/firmware, various parameters like I2C address of the +regulator, addresses of various regulator registers etc. need to be configured +to it. The regulator framework provides the following helpers for querying +these details. + +Bus-specific details, like I2C addresses or transfer rates are handled by the +regmap framework. To get the regulator's regmap (if supported), use :- + +struct regmap *regulator_get_regmap(struct regulator *regulator); + +To obtain the hardware register offset and bitmask for the regulator's voltage +selector register, use :- + +int regulator_get_hardware_vsel_register(struct regulator *regulator, + unsigned *vsel_reg, + unsigned *vsel_mask); + +To convert a regulator framework voltage selector code (used by +regulator_list_voltage) to a hardware-specific voltage selector that can be +directly written to the voltage selector register, use :- + +int regulator_list_hardware_vsel(struct regulator *regulator, + unsigned selector); diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fdd919b96 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +Regulator API design notes +========================== + +This document provides a brief, partially structured, overview of some +of the design considerations which impact the regulator API design. + +Safety +------ + + - Errors in regulator configuration can have very serious consequences + for the system, potentially including lasting hardware damage. + - It is not possible to automatically determine the power configuration + of the system - software-equivalent variants of the same chip may + have different power requirements, and not all components with power + requirements are visible to software. + + => The API should make no changes to the hardware state unless it has + specific knowledge that these changes are safe to perform on this + particular system. + +Consumer use cases +------------------ + + - The overwhelming majority of devices in a system will have no + requirement to do any runtime configuration of their power beyond + being able to turn it on or off. + + - Many of the power supplies in the system will be shared between many + different consumers. + + => The consumer API should be structured so that these use cases are + very easy to handle and so that consumers will work with shared + supplies without any additional effort. diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eff4dcaaa --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +Regulator Machine Driver Interface +=================================== + +The regulator machine driver interface is intended for board/machine specific +initialisation code to configure the regulator subsystem. + +Consider the following machine :- + + Regulator-1 -+-> Regulator-2 --> [Consumer A @ 1.8 - 2.0V] + | + +-> [Consumer B @ 3.3V] + +The drivers for consumers A & B must be mapped to the correct regulator in +order to control their power supplies. This mapping can be achieved in machine +initialisation code by creating a struct regulator_consumer_supply for +each regulator. + +struct regulator_consumer_supply { + const char *dev_name; /* consumer dev_name() */ + const char *supply; /* consumer supply - e.g. "vcc" */ +}; + +e.g. for the machine above + +static struct regulator_consumer_supply regulator1_consumers[] = { + REGULATOR_SUPPLY("Vcc", "consumer B"), +}; + +static struct regulator_consumer_supply regulator2_consumers[] = { + REGULATOR_SUPPLY("Vcc", "consumer A"), +}; + +This maps Regulator-1 to the 'Vcc' supply for Consumer B and maps Regulator-2 +to the 'Vcc' supply for Consumer A. + +Constraints can now be registered by defining a struct regulator_init_data +for each regulator power domain. This structure also maps the consumers +to their supply regulators :- + +static struct regulator_init_data regulator1_data = { + .constraints = { + .name = "Regulator-1", + .min_uV = 3300000, + .max_uV = 3300000, + .valid_modes_mask = REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL, + }, + .num_consumer_supplies = ARRAY_SIZE(regulator1_consumers), + .consumer_supplies = regulator1_consumers, +}; + +The name field should be set to something that is usefully descriptive +for the board for configuration of supplies for other regulators and +for use in logging and other diagnostic output. Normally the name +used for the supply rail in the schematic is a good choice. If no +name is provided then the subsystem will choose one. + +Regulator-1 supplies power to Regulator-2. This relationship must be registered +with the core so that Regulator-1 is also enabled when Consumer A enables its +supply (Regulator-2). The supply regulator is set by the supply_regulator +field below and co:- + +static struct regulator_init_data regulator2_data = { + .supply_regulator = "Regulator-1", + .constraints = { + .min_uV = 1800000, + .max_uV = 2000000, + .valid_ops_mask = REGULATOR_CHANGE_VOLTAGE, + .valid_modes_mask = REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL, + }, + .num_consumer_supplies = ARRAY_SIZE(regulator2_consumers), + .consumer_supplies = regulator2_consumers, +}; + +Finally the regulator devices must be registered in the usual manner. + +static struct platform_device regulator_devices[] = { + { + .name = "regulator", + .id = DCDC_1, + .dev = { + .platform_data = ®ulator1_data, + }, + }, + { + .name = "regulator", + .id = DCDC_2, + .dev = { + .platform_data = ®ulator2_data, + }, + }, +}; +/* register regulator 1 device */ +platform_device_register(®ulator_devices[0]); + +/* register regulator 2 device */ +platform_device_register(®ulator_devices[1]); diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..40ca2d6e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@ +Linux voltage and current regulator framework +============================================= + +About +===== + +This framework is designed to provide a standard kernel interface to control +voltage and current regulators. + +The intention is to allow systems to dynamically control regulator power output +in order to save power and prolong battery life. This applies to both voltage +regulators (where voltage output is controllable) and current sinks (where +current limit is controllable). + +(C) 2008 Wolfson Microelectronics PLC. +Author: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> + + +Nomenclature +============ + +Some terms used in this document:- + + o Regulator - Electronic device that supplies power to other devices. + Most regulators can enable and disable their output whilst + some can control their output voltage and or current. + + Input Voltage -> Regulator -> Output Voltage + + + o PMIC - Power Management IC. An IC that contains numerous regulators + and often contains other subsystems. + + + o Consumer - Electronic device that is supplied power by a regulator. + Consumers can be classified into two types:- + + Static: consumer does not change its supply voltage or + current limit. It only needs to enable or disable its + power supply. Its supply voltage is set by the hardware, + bootloader, firmware or kernel board initialisation code. + + Dynamic: consumer needs to change its supply voltage or + current limit to meet operation demands. + + + o Power Domain - Electronic circuit that is supplied its input power by the + output power of a regulator, switch or by another power + domain. + + The supply regulator may be behind a switch(s). i.e. + + Regulator -+-> Switch-1 -+-> Switch-2 --> [Consumer A] + | | + | +-> [Consumer B], [Consumer C] + | + +-> [Consumer D], [Consumer E] + + That is one regulator and three power domains: + + Domain 1: Switch-1, Consumers D & E. + Domain 2: Switch-2, Consumers B & C. + Domain 3: Consumer A. + + and this represents a "supplies" relationship: + + Domain-1 --> Domain-2 --> Domain-3. + + A power domain may have regulators that are supplied power + by other regulators. i.e. + + Regulator-1 -+-> Regulator-2 -+-> [Consumer A] + | + +-> [Consumer B] + + This gives us two regulators and two power domains: + + Domain 1: Regulator-2, Consumer B. + Domain 2: Consumer A. + + and a "supplies" relationship: + + Domain-1 --> Domain-2 + + + o Constraints - Constraints are used to define power levels for performance + and hardware protection. Constraints exist at three levels: + + Regulator Level: This is defined by the regulator hardware + operating parameters and is specified in the regulator + datasheet. i.e. + + - voltage output is in the range 800mV -> 3500mV. + - regulator current output limit is 20mA @ 5V but is + 10mA @ 10V. + + Power Domain Level: This is defined in software by kernel + level board initialisation code. It is used to constrain a + power domain to a particular power range. i.e. + + - Domain-1 voltage is 3300mV + - Domain-2 voltage is 1400mV -> 1600mV + - Domain-3 current limit is 0mA -> 20mA. + + Consumer Level: This is defined by consumer drivers + dynamically setting voltage or current limit levels. + + e.g. a consumer backlight driver asks for a current increase + from 5mA to 10mA to increase LCD illumination. This passes + to through the levels as follows :- + + Consumer: need to increase LCD brightness. Lookup and + request next current mA value in brightness table (the + consumer driver could be used on several different + personalities based upon the same reference device). + + Power Domain: is the new current limit within the domain + operating limits for this domain and system state (e.g. + battery power, USB power) + + Regulator Domains: is the new current limit within the + regulator operating parameters for input/output voltage. + + If the regulator request passes all the constraint tests + then the new regulator value is applied. + + +Design +====== + +The framework is designed and targeted at SoC based devices but may also be +relevant to non SoC devices and is split into the following four interfaces:- + + + 1. Consumer driver interface. + + This uses a similar API to the kernel clock interface in that consumer + drivers can get and put a regulator (like they can with clocks atm) and + get/set voltage, current limit, mode, enable and disable. This should + allow consumers complete control over their supply voltage and current + limit. This also compiles out if not in use so drivers can be reused in + systems with no regulator based power control. + + See Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt + + 2. Regulator driver interface. + + This allows regulator drivers to register their regulators and provide + operations to the core. It also has a notifier call chain for propagating + regulator events to clients. + + See Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt + + 3. Machine interface. + + This interface is for machine specific code and allows the creation of + voltage/current domains (with constraints) for each regulator. It can + provide regulator constraints that will prevent device damage through + overvoltage or overcurrent caused by buggy client drivers. It also + allows the creation of a regulator tree whereby some regulators are + supplied by others (similar to a clock tree). + + See Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt + + 4. Userspace ABI. + + The framework also exports a lot of useful voltage/current/opmode data to + userspace via sysfs. This could be used to help monitor device power + consumption and status. + + See Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b17e5833c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Regulator Driver Interface +========================== + +The regulator driver interface is relatively simple and designed to allow +regulator drivers to register their services with the core framework. + + +Registration +============ + +Drivers can register a regulator by calling :- + +struct regulator_dev *regulator_register(struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc, + const struct regulator_config *config); + +This will register the regulator's capabilities and operations to the regulator +core. + +Regulators can be unregistered by calling :- + +void regulator_unregister(struct regulator_dev *rdev); + + +Regulator Events +================ +Regulators can send events (e.g. overtemperature, undervoltage, etc) to +consumer drivers by calling :- + +int regulator_notifier_call_chain(struct regulator_dev *rdev, + unsigned long event, void *data); diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..937e33c46 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt @@ -0,0 +1,928 @@ +Runtime Power Management Framework for I/O Devices + +(C) 2009-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. +(C) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> +(C) 2014 Intel Corp., Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> + +1. Introduction + +Support for runtime power management (runtime PM) of I/O devices is provided +at the power management core (PM core) level by means of: + +* The power management workqueue pm_wq in which bus types and device drivers can + put their PM-related work items. It is strongly recommended that pm_wq be + used for queuing all work items related to runtime PM, because this allows + them to be synchronized with system-wide power transitions (suspend to RAM, + hibernation and resume from system sleep states). pm_wq is declared in + include/linux/pm_runtime.h and defined in kernel/power/main.c. + +* A number of runtime PM fields in the 'power' member of 'struct device' (which + is of the type 'struct dev_pm_info', defined in include/linux/pm.h) that can + be used for synchronizing runtime PM operations with one another. + +* Three device runtime PM callbacks in 'struct dev_pm_ops' (defined in + include/linux/pm.h). + +* A set of helper functions defined in drivers/base/power/runtime.c that can be + used for carrying out runtime PM operations in such a way that the + synchronization between them is taken care of by the PM core. Bus types and + device drivers are encouraged to use these functions. + +The runtime PM callbacks present in 'struct dev_pm_ops', the device runtime PM +fields of 'struct dev_pm_info' and the core helper functions provided for +runtime PM are described below. + +2. Device Runtime PM Callbacks + +There are three device runtime PM callbacks defined in 'struct dev_pm_ops': + +struct dev_pm_ops { + ... + int (*runtime_suspend)(struct device *dev); + int (*runtime_resume)(struct device *dev); + int (*runtime_idle)(struct device *dev); + ... +}; + +The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks +are executed by the PM core for the device's subsystem that may be either of +the following: + + 1. PM domain of the device, if the device's PM domain object, dev->pm_domain, + is present. + + 2. Device type of the device, if both dev->type and dev->type->pm are present. + + 3. Device class of the device, if both dev->class and dev->class->pm are + present. + + 4. Bus type of the device, if both dev->bus and dev->bus->pm are present. + +If the subsystem chosen by applying the above rules doesn't provide the relevant +callback, the PM core will invoke the corresponding driver callback stored in +dev->driver->pm directly (if present). + +The PM core always checks which callback to use in the order given above, so the +priority order of callbacks from high to low is: PM domain, device type, class +and bus type. Moreover, the high-priority one will always take precedence over +a low-priority one. The PM domain, bus type, device type and class callbacks +are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what follows. + +By default, the callbacks are always invoked in process context with interrupts +enabled. However, the pm_runtime_irq_safe() helper function can be used to tell +the PM core that it is safe to run the ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() +and ->runtime_idle() callbacks for the given device in atomic context with +interrupts disabled. This implies that the callback routines in question must +not block or sleep, but it also means that the synchronous helper functions +listed at the end of Section 4 may be used for that device within an interrupt +handler or generally in an atomic context. + +The subsystem-level suspend callback, if present, is _entirely_ _responsible_ +for handling the suspend of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not +include executing the device driver's own ->runtime_suspend() callback (from the +PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_suspend() +callback in a device driver as long as the subsystem-level suspend callback +knows what to do to handle the device). + + * Once the subsystem-level suspend callback (or the driver suspend callback, + if invoked directly) has completed successfully for the given device, the PM + core regards the device as suspended, which need not mean that it has been + put into a low power state. It is supposed to mean, however, that the + device will not process data and will not communicate with the CPU(s) and + RAM until the appropriate resume callback is executed for it. The runtime + PM status of a device after successful execution of the suspend callback is + 'suspended'. + + * If the suspend callback returns -EBUSY or -EAGAIN, the device's runtime PM + status remains 'active', which means that the device _must_ be fully + operational afterwards. + + * If the suspend callback returns an error code different from -EBUSY and + -EAGAIN, the PM core regards this as a fatal error and will refuse to run + the helper functions described in Section 4 for the device until its status + is directly set to either 'active', or 'suspended' (the PM core provides + special helper functions for this purpose). + +In particular, if the driver requires remote wakeup capability (i.e. hardware +mechanism allowing the device to request a change of its power state, such as +PCI PME) for proper functioning and device_can_wakeup() returns 'false' for the +device, then ->runtime_suspend() should return -EBUSY. On the other hand, if +device_can_wakeup() returns 'true' for the device and the device is put into a +low-power state during the execution of the suspend callback, it is expected +that remote wakeup will be enabled for the device. Generally, remote wakeup +should be enabled for all input devices put into low-power states at run time. + +The subsystem-level resume callback, if present, is _entirely_ _responsible_ for +handling the resume of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not +include executing the device driver's own ->runtime_resume() callback (from the +PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_resume() +callback in a device driver as long as the subsystem-level resume callback knows +what to do to handle the device). + + * Once the subsystem-level resume callback (or the driver resume callback, if + invoked directly) has completed successfully, the PM core regards the device + as fully operational, which means that the device _must_ be able to complete + I/O operations as needed. The runtime PM status of the device is then + 'active'. + + * If the resume callback returns an error code, the PM core regards this as a + fatal error and will refuse to run the helper functions described in Section + 4 for the device, until its status is directly set to either 'active', or + 'suspended' (by means of special helper functions provided by the PM core + for this purpose). + +The idle callback (a subsystem-level one, if present, or the driver one) is +executed by the PM core whenever the device appears to be idle, which is +indicated to the PM core by two counters, the device's usage counter and the +counter of 'active' children of the device. + + * If any of these counters is decreased using a helper function provided by + the PM core and it turns out to be equal to zero, the other counter is + checked. If that counter also is equal to zero, the PM core executes the + idle callback with the device as its argument. + +The action performed by the idle callback is totally dependent on the subsystem +(or driver) in question, but the expected and recommended action is to check +if the device can be suspended (i.e. if all of the conditions necessary for +suspending the device are satisfied) and to queue up a suspend request for the +device in that case. If there is no idle callback, or if the callback returns +0, then the PM core will attempt to carry out a runtime suspend of the device, +also respecting devices configured for autosuspend. In essence this means a +call to pm_runtime_autosuspend() (do note that drivers needs to update the +device last busy mark, pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(), to control the delay under +this circumstance). To prevent this (for example, if the callback routine has +started a delayed suspend), the routine must return a non-zero value. Negative +error return codes are ignored by the PM core. + +The helper functions provided by the PM core, described in Section 4, guarantee +that the following constraints are met with respect to runtime PM callbacks for +one device: + +(1) The callbacks are mutually exclusive (e.g. it is forbidden to execute + ->runtime_suspend() in parallel with ->runtime_resume() or with another + instance of ->runtime_suspend() for the same device) with the exception that + ->runtime_suspend() or ->runtime_resume() can be executed in parallel with + ->runtime_idle() (although ->runtime_idle() will not be started while any + of the other callbacks is being executed for the same device). + +(2) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for 'active' + devices (i.e. the PM core will only execute ->runtime_idle() or + ->runtime_suspend() for the devices the runtime PM status of which is + 'active'). + +(3) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for a device + the usage counter of which is equal to zero _and_ either the counter of + 'active' children of which is equal to zero, or the 'power.ignore_children' + flag of which is set. + +(4) ->runtime_resume() can only be executed for 'suspended' devices (i.e. the + PM core will only execute ->runtime_resume() for the devices the runtime + PM status of which is 'suspended'). + +Additionally, the helper functions provided by the PM core obey the following +rules: + + * If ->runtime_suspend() is about to be executed or there's a pending request + to execute it, ->runtime_idle() will not be executed for the same device. + + * A request to execute or to schedule the execution of ->runtime_suspend() + will cancel any pending requests to execute ->runtime_idle() for the same + device. + + * If ->runtime_resume() is about to be executed or there's a pending request + to execute it, the other callbacks will not be executed for the same device. + + * A request to execute ->runtime_resume() will cancel any pending or + scheduled requests to execute the other callbacks for the same device, + except for scheduled autosuspends. + +3. Runtime PM Device Fields + +The following device runtime PM fields are present in 'struct dev_pm_info', as +defined in include/linux/pm.h: + + struct timer_list suspend_timer; + - timer used for scheduling (delayed) suspend and autosuspend requests + + unsigned long timer_expires; + - timer expiration time, in jiffies (if this is different from zero, the + timer is running and will expire at that time, otherwise the timer is not + running) + + struct work_struct work; + - work structure used for queuing up requests (i.e. work items in pm_wq) + + wait_queue_head_t wait_queue; + - wait queue used if any of the helper functions needs to wait for another + one to complete + + spinlock_t lock; + - lock used for synchronization + + atomic_t usage_count; + - the usage counter of the device + + atomic_t child_count; + - the count of 'active' children of the device + + unsigned int ignore_children; + - if set, the value of child_count is ignored (but still updated) + + unsigned int disable_depth; + - used for disabling the helper functions (they work normally if this is + equal to zero); the initial value of it is 1 (i.e. runtime PM is + initially disabled for all devices) + + int runtime_error; + - if set, there was a fatal error (one of the callbacks returned error code + as described in Section 2), so the helper functions will not work until + this flag is cleared; this is the error code returned by the failing + callback + + unsigned int idle_notification; + - if set, ->runtime_idle() is being executed + + unsigned int request_pending; + - if set, there's a pending request (i.e. a work item queued up into pm_wq) + + enum rpm_request request; + - type of request that's pending (valid if request_pending is set) + + unsigned int deferred_resume; + - set if ->runtime_resume() is about to be run while ->runtime_suspend() is + being executed for that device and it is not practical to wait for the + suspend to complete; means "start a resume as soon as you've suspended" + + enum rpm_status runtime_status; + - the runtime PM status of the device; this field's initial value is + RPM_SUSPENDED, which means that each device is initially regarded by the + PM core as 'suspended', regardless of its real hardware status + + unsigned int runtime_auto; + - if set, indicates that the user space has allowed the device driver to + power manage the device at run time via the /sys/devices/.../power/control + interface; it may only be modified with the help of the pm_runtime_allow() + and pm_runtime_forbid() helper functions + + unsigned int no_callbacks; + - indicates that the device does not use the runtime PM callbacks (see + Section 8); it may be modified only by the pm_runtime_no_callbacks() + helper function + + unsigned int irq_safe; + - indicates that the ->runtime_suspend() and ->runtime_resume() callbacks + will be invoked with the spinlock held and interrupts disabled + + unsigned int use_autosuspend; + - indicates that the device's driver supports delayed autosuspend (see + Section 9); it may be modified only by the + pm_runtime{_dont}_use_autosuspend() helper functions + + unsigned int timer_autosuspends; + - indicates that the PM core should attempt to carry out an autosuspend + when the timer expires rather than a normal suspend + + int autosuspend_delay; + - the delay time (in milliseconds) to be used for autosuspend + + unsigned long last_busy; + - the time (in jiffies) when the pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() helper + function was last called for this device; used in calculating inactivity + periods for autosuspend + +All of the above fields are members of the 'power' member of 'struct device'. + +4. Runtime PM Device Helper Functions + +The following runtime PM helper functions are defined in +drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: + + void pm_runtime_init(struct device *dev); + - initialize the device runtime PM fields in 'struct dev_pm_info' + + void pm_runtime_remove(struct device *dev); + - make sure that the runtime PM of the device will be disabled after + removing the device from device hierarchy + + int pm_runtime_idle(struct device *dev); + - execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the device; returns an + error code on failure, where -EINPROGRESS means that ->runtime_idle() is + already being executed; if there is no callback or the callback returns 0 + then run pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and return its result + + int pm_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev); + - execute the subsystem-level suspend callback for the device; returns 0 on + success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'suspended', or + error code on failure, where -EAGAIN or -EBUSY means it is safe to attempt + to suspend the device again in future and -EACCES means that + 'power.disable_depth' is different from 0 + + int pm_runtime_autosuspend(struct device *dev); + - same as pm_runtime_suspend() except that the autosuspend delay is taken + into account; if pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() says the delay has + not yet expired then an autosuspend is scheduled for the appropriate time + and 0 is returned + + int pm_runtime_resume(struct device *dev); + - execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device; returns 0 on + success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active' or + error code on failure, where -EAGAIN means it may be safe to attempt to + resume the device again in future, but 'power.runtime_error' should be + checked additionally, and -EACCES means that 'power.disable_depth' is + different from 0 + + int pm_request_idle(struct device *dev); + - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the + device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on + success or error code if the request has not been queued up + + int pm_request_autosuspend(struct device *dev); + - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the + device when the autosuspend delay has expired; if the delay has already + expired then the work item is queued up immediately + + int pm_schedule_suspend(struct device *dev, unsigned int delay); + - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the + device in future, where 'delay' is the time to wait before queuing up a + suspend work item in pm_wq, in milliseconds (if 'delay' is zero, the work + item is queued up immediately); returns 0 on success, 1 if the device's PM + runtime status was already 'suspended', or error code if the request + hasn't been scheduled (or queued up if 'delay' is 0); if the execution of + ->runtime_suspend() is already scheduled and not yet expired, the new + value of 'delay' will be used as the time to wait + + int pm_request_resume(struct device *dev); + - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the + device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on + success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active', or + error code if the request hasn't been queued up + + void pm_runtime_get_noresume(struct device *dev); + - increment the device's usage counter + + int pm_runtime_get(struct device *dev); + - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_request_resume(dev) and + return its result + + int pm_runtime_get_sync(struct device *dev); + - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_runtime_resume(dev) and + return its result + + int pm_runtime_get_if_in_use(struct device *dev); + - return -EINVAL if 'power.disable_depth' is nonzero; otherwise, if the + runtime PM status is RPM_ACTIVE and the runtime PM usage counter is + nonzero, increment the counter and return 1; otherwise return 0 without + changing the counter + + void pm_runtime_put_noidle(struct device *dev); + - decrement the device's usage counter + + int pm_runtime_put(struct device *dev); + - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run + pm_request_idle(dev) and return its result + + int pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(struct device *dev); + - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run + pm_request_autosuspend(dev) and return its result + + int pm_runtime_put_sync(struct device *dev); + - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run + pm_runtime_idle(dev) and return its result + + int pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend(struct device *dev); + - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run + pm_runtime_suspend(dev) and return its result + + int pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend(struct device *dev); + - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run + pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and return its result + + void pm_runtime_enable(struct device *dev); + - decrement the device's 'power.disable_depth' field; if that field is equal + to zero, the runtime PM helper functions can execute subsystem-level + callbacks described in Section 2 for the device + + int pm_runtime_disable(struct device *dev); + - increment the device's 'power.disable_depth' field (if the value of that + field was previously zero, this prevents subsystem-level runtime PM + callbacks from being run for the device), make sure that all of the + pending runtime PM operations on the device are either completed or + canceled; returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was + necessary to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device + to satisfy that request, otherwise 0 is returned + + int pm_runtime_barrier(struct device *dev); + - check if there's a resume request pending for the device and resume it + (synchronously) in that case, cancel any other pending runtime PM requests + regarding it and wait for all runtime PM operations on it in progress to + complete; returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was + necessary to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device to + satisfy that request, otherwise 0 is returned + + void pm_suspend_ignore_children(struct device *dev, bool enable); + - set/unset the power.ignore_children flag of the device + + int pm_runtime_set_active(struct device *dev); + - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime + PM status to 'active' and update its parent's counter of 'active' + children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if + 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than + zero); it will fail and return error code if the device has a parent + which is not active and the 'power.ignore_children' flag of which is unset + + void pm_runtime_set_suspended(struct device *dev); + - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime + PM status to 'suspended' and update its parent's counter of 'active' + children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if + 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than + zero) + + bool pm_runtime_active(struct device *dev); + - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'active' or its + 'power.disable_depth' field is not equal to zero, or false otherwise + + bool pm_runtime_suspended(struct device *dev); + - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' and its + 'power.disable_depth' field is equal to zero, or false otherwise + + bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev); + - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' + + void pm_runtime_allow(struct device *dev); + - set the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and decrease its usage + counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to + effectively allow the device to be power managed at run time) + + void pm_runtime_forbid(struct device *dev); + - unset the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and increase its usage + counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to + effectively prevent the device from being power managed at run time) + + void pm_runtime_no_callbacks(struct device *dev); + - set the power.no_callbacks flag for the device and remove the runtime + PM attributes from /sys/devices/.../power (or prevent them from being + added when the device is registered) + + void pm_runtime_irq_safe(struct device *dev); + - set the power.irq_safe flag for the device, causing the runtime-PM + callbacks to be invoked with interrupts off + + bool pm_runtime_is_irq_safe(struct device *dev); + - return true if power.irq_safe flag was set for the device, causing + the runtime-PM callbacks to be invoked with interrupts off + + void pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(struct device *dev); + - set the power.last_busy field to the current time + + void pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev); + - set the power.use_autosuspend flag, enabling autosuspend delays; call + pm_runtime_get_sync if the flag was previously cleared and + power.autosuspend_delay is negative + + void pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev); + - clear the power.use_autosuspend flag, disabling autosuspend delays; + decrement the device's usage counter if the flag was previously set and + power.autosuspend_delay is negative; call pm_runtime_idle + + void pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(struct device *dev, int delay); + - set the power.autosuspend_delay value to 'delay' (expressed in + milliseconds); if 'delay' is negative then runtime suspends are + prevented; if power.use_autosuspend is set, pm_runtime_get_sync may be + called or the device's usage counter may be decremented and + pm_runtime_idle called depending on if power.autosuspend_delay is + changed to or from a negative value; if power.use_autosuspend is clear, + pm_runtime_idle is called + + unsigned long pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration(struct device *dev); + - calculate the time when the current autosuspend delay period will expire, + based on power.last_busy and power.autosuspend_delay; if the delay time + is 1000 ms or larger then the expiration time is rounded up to the + nearest second; returns 0 if the delay period has already expired or + power.use_autosuspend isn't set, otherwise returns the expiration time + in jiffies + +It is safe to execute the following helper functions from interrupt context: + +pm_request_idle() +pm_request_autosuspend() +pm_schedule_suspend() +pm_request_resume() +pm_runtime_get_noresume() +pm_runtime_get() +pm_runtime_put_noidle() +pm_runtime_put() +pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() +pm_runtime_enable() +pm_suspend_ignore_children() +pm_runtime_set_active() +pm_runtime_set_suspended() +pm_runtime_suspended() +pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() +pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() + +If pm_runtime_irq_safe() has been called for a device then the following helper +functions may also be used in interrupt context: + +pm_runtime_idle() +pm_runtime_suspend() +pm_runtime_autosuspend() +pm_runtime_resume() +pm_runtime_get_sync() +pm_runtime_put_sync() +pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend() +pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend() + +5. Runtime PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal + +Initially, the runtime PM is disabled for all devices, which means that the +majority of the runtime PM helper functions described in Section 4 will return +-EAGAIN until pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device. + +In addition to that, the initial runtime PM status of all devices is +'suspended', but it need not reflect the actual physical state of the device. +Thus, if the device is initially active (i.e. it is able to process I/O), its +runtime PM status must be changed to 'active', with the help of +pm_runtime_set_active(), before pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device. + +However, if the device has a parent and the parent's runtime PM is enabled, +calling pm_runtime_set_active() for the device will affect the parent, unless +the parent's 'power.ignore_children' flag is set. Namely, in that case the +parent won't be able to suspend at run time, using the PM core's helper +functions, as long as the child's status is 'active', even if the child's +runtime PM is still disabled (i.e. pm_runtime_enable() hasn't been called for +the child yet or pm_runtime_disable() has been called for it). For this reason, +once pm_runtime_set_active() has been called for the device, pm_runtime_enable() +should be called for it too as soon as reasonably possible or its runtime PM +status should be changed back to 'suspended' with the help of +pm_runtime_set_suspended(). + +If the default initial runtime PM status of the device (i.e. 'suspended') +reflects the actual state of the device, its bus type's or its driver's +->probe() callback will likely need to wake it up using one of the PM core's +helper functions described in Section 4. In that case, pm_runtime_resume() +should be used. Of course, for this purpose the device's runtime PM has to be +enabled earlier by calling pm_runtime_enable(). + +Note, if the device may execute pm_runtime calls during the probe (such as +if it is registers with a subsystem that may call back in) then the +pm_runtime_get_sync() call paired with a pm_runtime_put() call will be +appropriate to ensure that the device is not put back to sleep during the +probe. This can happen with systems such as the network device layer. + +It may be desirable to suspend the device once ->probe() has finished. +Therefore the driver core uses the asynchronous pm_request_idle() to submit a +request to execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the device at that +time. A driver that makes use of the runtime autosuspend feature, may want to +update the last busy mark before returning from ->probe(). + +Moreover, the driver core prevents runtime PM callbacks from racing with the bus +notifier callback in __device_release_driver(), which is necessary, because the +notifier is used by some subsystems to carry out operations affecting the +runtime PM functionality. It does so by calling pm_runtime_get_sync() before +driver_sysfs_remove() and the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER notifications. This +resumes the device if it's in the suspended state and prevents it from +being suspended again while those routines are being executed. + +To allow bus types and drivers to put devices into the suspended state by +calling pm_runtime_suspend() from their ->remove() routines, the driver core +executes pm_runtime_put_sync() after running the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER +notifications in __device_release_driver(). This requires bus types and +drivers to make their ->remove() callbacks avoid races with runtime PM directly, +but also it allows of more flexibility in the handling of devices during the +removal of their drivers. + +Drivers in ->remove() callback should undo the runtime PM changes done +in ->probe(). Usually this means calling pm_runtime_disable(), +pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() etc. + +The user space can effectively disallow the driver of the device to power manage +it at run time by changing the value of its /sys/devices/.../power/control +attribute to "on", which causes pm_runtime_forbid() to be called. In principle, +this mechanism may also be used by the driver to effectively turn off the +runtime power management of the device until the user space turns it on. +Namely, during the initialization the driver can make sure that the runtime PM +status of the device is 'active' and call pm_runtime_forbid(). It should be +noted, however, that if the user space has already intentionally changed the +value of /sys/devices/.../power/control to "auto" to allow the driver to power +manage the device at run time, the driver may confuse it by using +pm_runtime_forbid() this way. + +6. Runtime PM and System Sleep + +Runtime PM and system sleep (i.e., system suspend and hibernation, also known +as suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk) interact with each other in a couple of +ways. If a device is active when a system sleep starts, everything is +straightforward. But what should happen if the device is already suspended? + +The device may have different wake-up settings for runtime PM and system sleep. +For example, remote wake-up may be enabled for runtime suspend but disallowed +for system sleep (device_may_wakeup(dev) returns 'false'). When this happens, +the subsystem-level system suspend callback is responsible for changing the +device's wake-up setting (it may leave that to the device driver's system +suspend routine). It may be necessary to resume the device and suspend it again +in order to do so. The same is true if the driver uses different power levels +or other settings for runtime suspend and system sleep. + +During system resume, the simplest approach is to bring all devices back to full +power, even if they had been suspended before the system suspend began. There +are several reasons for this, including: + + * The device might need to switch power levels, wake-up settings, etc. + + * Remote wake-up events might have been lost by the firmware. + + * The device's children may need the device to be at full power in order + to resume themselves. + + * The driver's idea of the device state may not agree with the device's + physical state. This can happen during resume from hibernation. + + * The device might need to be reset. + + * Even though the device was suspended, if its usage counter was > 0 then most + likely it would need a runtime resume in the near future anyway. + +If the device had been suspended before the system suspend began and it's +brought back to full power during resume, then its runtime PM status will have +to be updated to reflect the actual post-system sleep status. The way to do +this is: + + pm_runtime_disable(dev); + pm_runtime_set_active(dev); + pm_runtime_enable(dev); + +The PM core always increments the runtime usage counter before calling the +->suspend() callback and decrements it after calling the ->resume() callback. +Hence disabling runtime PM temporarily like this will not cause any runtime +suspend attempts to be permanently lost. If the usage count goes to zero +following the return of the ->resume() callback, the ->runtime_idle() callback +will be invoked as usual. + +On some systems, however, system sleep is not entered through a global firmware +or hardware operation. Instead, all hardware components are put into low-power +states directly by the kernel in a coordinated way. Then, the system sleep +state effectively follows from the states the hardware components end up in +and the system is woken up from that state by a hardware interrupt or a similar +mechanism entirely under the kernel's control. As a result, the kernel never +gives control away and the states of all devices during resume are precisely +known to it. If that is the case and none of the situations listed above takes +place (in particular, if the system is not waking up from hibernation), it may +be more efficient to leave the devices that had been suspended before the system +suspend began in the suspended state. + +To this end, the PM core provides a mechanism allowing some coordination between +different levels of device hierarchy. Namely, if a system suspend .prepare() +callback returns a positive number for a device, that indicates to the PM core +that the device appears to be runtime-suspended and its state is fine, so it +may be left in runtime suspend provided that all of its descendants are also +left in runtime suspend. If that happens, the PM core will not execute any +system suspend and resume callbacks for all of those devices, except for the +complete callback, which is then entirely responsible for handling the device +as appropriate. This only applies to system suspend transitions that are not +related to hibernation (see Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst for more +information). + +The PM core does its best to reduce the probability of race conditions between +the runtime PM and system suspend/resume (and hibernation) callbacks by carrying +out the following operations: + + * During system suspend pm_runtime_get_noresume() is called for every device + right before executing the subsystem-level .prepare() callback for it and + pm_runtime_barrier() is called for every device right before executing the + subsystem-level .suspend() callback for it. In addition to that the PM core + calls __pm_runtime_disable() with 'false' as the second argument for every + device right before executing the subsystem-level .suspend_late() callback + for it. + + * During system resume pm_runtime_enable() and pm_runtime_put() are called for + every device right after executing the subsystem-level .resume_early() + callback and right after executing the subsystem-level .complete() callback + for it, respectively. + +7. Generic subsystem callbacks + +Subsystems may wish to conserve code space by using the set of generic power +management callbacks provided by the PM core, defined in +driver/base/power/generic_ops.c: + + int pm_generic_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev); + - invoke the ->runtime_suspend() callback provided by the driver of this + device and return its result, or return 0 if not defined + + int pm_generic_runtime_resume(struct device *dev); + - invoke the ->runtime_resume() callback provided by the driver of this + device and return its result, or return 0 if not defined + + int pm_generic_suspend(struct device *dev); + - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->suspend() + callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not + defined + + int pm_generic_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev); + - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->suspend_noirq() + callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return + 0 if not defined + + int pm_generic_resume(struct device *dev); + - invoke the ->resume() callback provided by the driver of this device and, + if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active' + + int pm_generic_resume_noirq(struct device *dev); + - invoke the ->resume_noirq() callback provided by the driver of this device + + int pm_generic_freeze(struct device *dev); + - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->freeze() + callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not + defined + + int pm_generic_freeze_noirq(struct device *dev); + - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->freeze_noirq() + callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return + 0 if not defined + + int pm_generic_thaw(struct device *dev); + - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->thaw() + callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not + defined + + int pm_generic_thaw_noirq(struct device *dev); + - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->thaw_noirq() + callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return + 0 if not defined + + int pm_generic_poweroff(struct device *dev); + - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->poweroff() + callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not + defined + + int pm_generic_poweroff_noirq(struct device *dev); + - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", run the ->poweroff_noirq() + callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return + 0 if not defined + + int pm_generic_restore(struct device *dev); + - invoke the ->restore() callback provided by the driver of this device and, + if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active' + + int pm_generic_restore_noirq(struct device *dev); + - invoke the ->restore_noirq() callback provided by the device's driver + +These functions are the defaults used by the PM core, if a subsystem doesn't +provide its own callbacks for ->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(), +->runtime_resume(), ->suspend(), ->suspend_noirq(), ->resume(), +->resume_noirq(), ->freeze(), ->freeze_noirq(), ->thaw(), ->thaw_noirq(), +->poweroff(), ->poweroff_noirq(), ->restore(), ->restore_noirq() in the +subsystem-level dev_pm_ops structure. + +Device drivers that wish to use the same function as a system suspend, freeze, +poweroff and runtime suspend callback, and similarly for system resume, thaw, +restore, and runtime resume, can achieve this with the help of the +UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS macro defined in include/linux/pm.h (possibly setting its +last argument to NULL). + +8. "No-Callback" Devices + +Some "devices" are only logical sub-devices of their parent and cannot be +power-managed on their own. (The prototype example is a USB interface. Entire +USB devices can go into low-power mode or send wake-up requests, but neither is +possible for individual interfaces.) The drivers for these devices have no +need of runtime PM callbacks; if the callbacks did exist, ->runtime_suspend() +and ->runtime_resume() would always return 0 without doing anything else and +->runtime_idle() would always call pm_runtime_suspend(). + +Subsystems can tell the PM core about these devices by calling +pm_runtime_no_callbacks(). This should be done after the device structure is +initialized and before it is registered (although after device registration is +also okay). The routine will set the device's power.no_callbacks flag and +prevent the non-debugging runtime PM sysfs attributes from being created. + +When power.no_callbacks is set, the PM core will not invoke the +->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(), or ->runtime_resume() callbacks. +Instead it will assume that suspends and resumes always succeed and that idle +devices should be suspended. + +As a consequence, the PM core will never directly inform the device's subsystem +or driver about runtime power changes. Instead, the driver for the device's +parent must take responsibility for telling the device's driver when the +parent's power state changes. + +9. Autosuspend, or automatically-delayed suspends + +Changing a device's power state isn't free; it requires both time and energy. +A device should be put in a low-power state only when there's some reason to +think it will remain in that state for a substantial time. A common heuristic +says that a device which hasn't been used for a while is liable to remain +unused; following this advice, drivers should not allow devices to be suspended +at runtime until they have been inactive for some minimum period. Even when +the heuristic ends up being non-optimal, it will still prevent devices from +"bouncing" too rapidly between low-power and full-power states. + +The term "autosuspend" is an historical remnant. It doesn't mean that the +device is automatically suspended (the subsystem or driver still has to call +the appropriate PM routines); rather it means that runtime suspends will +automatically be delayed until the desired period of inactivity has elapsed. + +Inactivity is determined based on the power.last_busy field. Drivers should +call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() to update this field after carrying out I/O, +typically just before calling pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(). The desired length +of the inactivity period is a matter of policy. Subsystems can set this length +initially by calling pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(), but after device +registration the length should be controlled by user space, using the +/sys/devices/.../power/autosuspend_delay_ms attribute. + +In order to use autosuspend, subsystems or drivers must call +pm_runtime_use_autosuspend() (preferably before registering the device), and +thereafter they should use the various *_autosuspend() helper functions instead +of the non-autosuspend counterparts: + + Instead of: pm_runtime_suspend use: pm_runtime_autosuspend; + Instead of: pm_schedule_suspend use: pm_request_autosuspend; + Instead of: pm_runtime_put use: pm_runtime_put_autosuspend; + Instead of: pm_runtime_put_sync use: pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend. + +Drivers may also continue to use the non-autosuspend helper functions; they +will behave normally, which means sometimes taking the autosuspend delay into +account (see pm_runtime_idle). + +Under some circumstances a driver or subsystem may want to prevent a device +from autosuspending immediately, even though the usage counter is zero and the +autosuspend delay time has expired. If the ->runtime_suspend() callback +returns -EAGAIN or -EBUSY, and if the next autosuspend delay expiration time is +in the future (as it normally would be if the callback invoked +pm_runtime_mark_last_busy()), the PM core will automatically reschedule the +autosuspend. The ->runtime_suspend() callback can't do this rescheduling +itself because no suspend requests of any kind are accepted while the device is +suspending (i.e., while the callback is running). + +The implementation is well suited for asynchronous use in interrupt contexts. +However such use inevitably involves races, because the PM core can't +synchronize ->runtime_suspend() callbacks with the arrival of I/O requests. +This synchronization must be handled by the driver, using its private lock. +Here is a schematic pseudo-code example: + + foo_read_or_write(struct foo_priv *foo, void *data) + { + lock(&foo->private_lock); + add_request_to_io_queue(foo, data); + if (foo->num_pending_requests++ == 0) + pm_runtime_get(&foo->dev); + if (!foo->is_suspended) + foo_process_next_request(foo); + unlock(&foo->private_lock); + } + + foo_io_completion(struct foo_priv *foo, void *req) + { + lock(&foo->private_lock); + if (--foo->num_pending_requests == 0) { + pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev); + pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&foo->dev); + } else { + foo_process_next_request(foo); + } + unlock(&foo->private_lock); + /* Send req result back to the user ... */ + } + + int foo_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev) + { + struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...); + int ret = 0; + + lock(&foo->private_lock); + if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0) { + ret = -EBUSY; + } else { + /* ... suspend the device ... */ + foo->is_suspended = 1; + } + unlock(&foo->private_lock); + return ret; + } + + int foo_runtime_resume(struct device *dev) + { + struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...); + + lock(&foo->private_lock); + /* ... resume the device ... */ + foo->is_suspended = 0; + pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev); + if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0) + foo_process_next_request(foo); + unlock(&foo->private_lock); + return 0; + } + +The important point is that after foo_io_completion() asks for an autosuspend, +the foo_runtime_suspend() callback may race with foo_read_or_write(). +Therefore foo_runtime_suspend() has to check whether there are any pending I/O +requests (while holding the private lock) before allowing the suspend to +proceed. + +In addition, the power.autosuspend_delay field can be changed by user space at +any time. If a driver cares about this, it can call +pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() from within the ->runtime_suspend() +callback while holding its private lock. If the function returns a nonzero +value then the delay has not yet expired and the callback should return +-EAGAIN. diff --git a/Documentation/power/s2ram.txt b/Documentation/power/s2ram.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4685aee19 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/s2ram.txt @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ + How to get s2ram working + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + 2006 Linus Torvalds + 2006 Pavel Machek + +1) Check suspend.sf.net, program s2ram there has long whitelist of + "known ok" machines, along with tricks to use on each one. + +2) If that does not help, try reading tricks.txt and + video.txt. Perhaps problem is as simple as broken module, and + simple module unload can fix it. + +3) You can use Linus' TRACE_RESUME infrastructure, described below. + + Using TRACE_RESUME + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +I've been working at making the machines I have able to STR, and almost +always it's a driver that is buggy. Thank God for the suspend/resume +debugging - the thing that Chuck tried to disable. That's often the _only_ +way to debug these things, and it's actually pretty powerful (but +time-consuming - having to insert TRACE_RESUME() markers into the device +driver that doesn't resume and recompile and reboot). + +Anyway, the way to debug this for people who are interested (have a +machine that doesn't boot) is: + + - enable PM_DEBUG, and PM_TRACE + + - use a script like this: + + #!/bin/sh + sync + echo 1 > /sys/power/pm_trace + echo mem > /sys/power/state + + to suspend + + - if it doesn't come back up (which is usually the problem), reboot by + holding the power button down, and look at the dmesg output for things + like + + Magic number: 4:156:725 + hash matches drivers/base/power/resume.c:28 + hash matches device 0000:01:00.0 + + which means that the last trace event was just before trying to resume + device 0000:01:00.0. Then figure out what driver is controlling that + device (lspci and /sys/devices/pci* is your friend), and see if you can + fix it, disable it, or trace into its resume function. + + If no device matches the hash (or any matches appear to be false positives), + the culprit may be a device from a loadable kernel module that is not loaded + until after the hash is checked. You can check the hash against the current + devices again after more modules are loaded using sysfs: + + cat /sys/power/pm_trace_dev_match + +For example, the above happens to be the VGA device on my EVO, which I +used to run with "radeonfb" (it's an ATI Radeon mobility). It turns out +that "radeonfb" simply cannot resume that device - it tries to set the +PLL's, and it just _hangs_. Using the regular VGA console and letting X +resume it instead works fine. + +NOTE +==== +pm_trace uses the system's Real Time Clock (RTC) to save the magic number. +Reason for this is that the RTC is the only reliably available piece of +hardware during resume operations where a value can be set that will +survive a reboot. + +pm_trace is not compatible with asynchronous suspend, so it turns +asynchronous suspend off (which may work around timing or +ordering-sensitive bugs). + +Consequence is that after a resume (even if it is successful) your system +clock will have a value corresponding to the magic number instead of the +correct date/time! It is therefore advisable to use a program like ntp-date +or rdate to reset the correct date/time from an external time source when +using this trace option. + +As the clock keeps ticking it is also essential that the reboot is done +quickly after the resume failure. The trace option does not use the seconds +or the low order bits of the minutes of the RTC, but a too long delay will +corrupt the magic value. diff --git a/Documentation/power/suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt b/Documentation/power/suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a8751b8df --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt @@ -0,0 +1,274 @@ +Interaction of Suspend code (S3) with the CPU hotplug infrastructure + + (C) 2011 - 2014 Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> + + +I. How does the regular CPU hotplug code differ from how the Suspend-to-RAM + infrastructure uses it internally? And where do they share common code? + +Well, a picture is worth a thousand words... So ASCII art follows :-) + +[This depicts the current design in the kernel, and focusses only on the +interactions involving the freezer and CPU hotplug and also tries to explain +the locking involved. It outlines the notifications involved as well. +But please note that here, only the call paths are illustrated, with the aim +of describing where they take different paths and where they share code. +What happens when regular CPU hotplug and Suspend-to-RAM race with each other +is not depicted here.] + +On a high level, the suspend-resume cycle goes like this: + +|Freeze| -> |Disable nonboot| -> |Do suspend| -> |Enable nonboot| -> |Thaw | +|tasks | | cpus | | | | cpus | |tasks| + + +More details follow: + + Suspend call path + ----------------- + + Write 'mem' to + /sys/power/state + sysfs file + | + v + Acquire system_transition_mutex lock + | + v + Send PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE + notifications + | + v + Freeze tasks + | + | + v + disable_nonboot_cpus() + /* start */ + | + v + Acquire cpu_add_remove_lock + | + v + Iterate over CURRENTLY + online CPUs + | + | + | ---------- + v | L + ======> _cpu_down() | + | [This takes cpuhotplug.lock | + Common | before taking down the CPU | + code | and releases it when done] | O + | While it is at it, notifications | + | are sent when notable events occur, | + ======> by running all registered callbacks. | + | | O + | | + | | + v | + Note down these cpus in | P + frozen_cpus mask ---------- + | + v + Disable regular cpu hotplug + by increasing cpu_hotplug_disabled + | + v + Release cpu_add_remove_lock + | + v + /* disable_nonboot_cpus() complete */ + | + v + Do suspend + + + +Resuming back is likewise, with the counterparts being (in the order of +execution during resume): +* enable_nonboot_cpus() which involves: + | Acquire cpu_add_remove_lock + | Decrease cpu_hotplug_disabled, thereby enabling regular cpu hotplug + | Call _cpu_up() [for all those cpus in the frozen_cpus mask, in a loop] + | Release cpu_add_remove_lock + v + +* thaw tasks +* send PM_POST_SUSPEND notifications +* Release system_transition_mutex lock. + + +It is to be noted here that the system_transition_mutex lock is acquired at the very +beginning, when we are just starting out to suspend, and then released only +after the entire cycle is complete (i.e., suspend + resume). + + + + Regular CPU hotplug call path + ----------------------------- + + Write 0 (or 1) to + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/online + sysfs file + | + | + v + cpu_down() + | + v + Acquire cpu_add_remove_lock + | + v + If cpu_hotplug_disabled > 0 + return gracefully + | + | + v + ======> _cpu_down() + | [This takes cpuhotplug.lock + Common | before taking down the CPU + code | and releases it when done] + | While it is at it, notifications + | are sent when notable events occur, + ======> by running all registered callbacks. + | + | + v + Release cpu_add_remove_lock + [That's it!, for + regular CPU hotplug] + + + +So, as can be seen from the two diagrams (the parts marked as "Common code"), +regular CPU hotplug and the suspend code path converge at the _cpu_down() and +_cpu_up() functions. They differ in the arguments passed to these functions, +in that during regular CPU hotplug, 0 is passed for the 'tasks_frozen' +argument. But during suspend, since the tasks are already frozen by the time +the non-boot CPUs are offlined or onlined, the _cpu_*() functions are called +with the 'tasks_frozen' argument set to 1. +[See below for some known issues regarding this.] + + +Important files and functions/entry points: +------------------------------------------ + +kernel/power/process.c : freeze_processes(), thaw_processes() +kernel/power/suspend.c : suspend_prepare(), suspend_enter(), suspend_finish() +kernel/cpu.c: cpu_[up|down](), _cpu_[up|down](), [disable|enable]_nonboot_cpus() + + + +II. What are the issues involved in CPU hotplug? + ------------------------------------------- + +There are some interesting situations involving CPU hotplug and microcode +update on the CPUs, as discussed below: + +[Please bear in mind that the kernel requests the microcode images from +userspace, using the request_firmware() function defined in +drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c] + + +a. When all the CPUs are identical: + + This is the most common situation and it is quite straightforward: we want + to apply the same microcode revision to each of the CPUs. + To give an example of x86, the collect_cpu_info() function defined in + arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c helps in discovering the type of the CPU + and thereby in applying the correct microcode revision to it. + But note that the kernel does not maintain a common microcode image for the + all CPUs, in order to handle case 'b' described below. + + +b. When some of the CPUs are different than the rest: + + In this case since we probably need to apply different microcode revisions + to different CPUs, the kernel maintains a copy of the correct microcode + image for each CPU (after appropriate CPU type/model discovery using + functions such as collect_cpu_info()). + + +c. When a CPU is physically hot-unplugged and a new (and possibly different + type of) CPU is hot-plugged into the system: + + In the current design of the kernel, whenever a CPU is taken offline during + a regular CPU hotplug operation, upon receiving the CPU_DEAD notification + (which is sent by the CPU hotplug code), the microcode update driver's + callback for that event reacts by freeing the kernel's copy of the + microcode image for that CPU. + + Hence, when a new CPU is brought online, since the kernel finds that it + doesn't have the microcode image, it does the CPU type/model discovery + afresh and then requests the userspace for the appropriate microcode image + for that CPU, which is subsequently applied. + + For example, in x86, the mc_cpu_callback() function (which is the microcode + update driver's callback registered for CPU hotplug events) calls + microcode_update_cpu() which would call microcode_init_cpu() in this case, + instead of microcode_resume_cpu() when it finds that the kernel doesn't + have a valid microcode image. This ensures that the CPU type/model + discovery is performed and the right microcode is applied to the CPU after + getting it from userspace. + + +d. Handling microcode update during suspend/hibernate: + + Strictly speaking, during a CPU hotplug operation which does not involve + physically removing or inserting CPUs, the CPUs are not actually powered + off during a CPU offline. They are just put to the lowest C-states possible. + Hence, in such a case, it is not really necessary to re-apply microcode + when the CPUs are brought back online, since they wouldn't have lost the + image during the CPU offline operation. + + This is the usual scenario encountered during a resume after a suspend. + However, in the case of hibernation, since all the CPUs are completely + powered off, during restore it becomes necessary to apply the microcode + images to all the CPUs. + + [Note that we don't expect someone to physically pull out nodes and insert + nodes with a different type of CPUs in-between a suspend-resume or a + hibernate/restore cycle.] + + In the current design of the kernel however, during a CPU offline operation + as part of the suspend/hibernate cycle (cpuhp_tasks_frozen is set), + the existing copy of microcode image in the kernel is not freed up. + And during the CPU online operations (during resume/restore), since the + kernel finds that it already has copies of the microcode images for all the + CPUs, it just applies them to the CPUs, avoiding any re-discovery of CPU + type/model and the need for validating whether the microcode revisions are + right for the CPUs or not (due to the above assumption that physical CPU + hotplug will not be done in-between suspend/resume or hibernate/restore + cycles). + + +III. Are there any known problems when regular CPU hotplug and suspend race + with each other? + +Yes, they are listed below: + +1. When invoking regular CPU hotplug, the 'tasks_frozen' argument passed to + the _cpu_down() and _cpu_up() functions is *always* 0. + This might not reflect the true current state of the system, since the + tasks could have been frozen by an out-of-band event such as a suspend + operation in progress. Hence, the cpuhp_tasks_frozen variable will not + reflect the frozen state and the CPU hotplug callbacks which evaluate + that variable might execute the wrong code path. + +2. If a regular CPU hotplug stress test happens to race with the freezer due + to a suspend operation in progress at the same time, then we could hit the + situation described below: + + * A regular cpu online operation continues its journey from userspace + into the kernel, since the freezing has not yet begun. + * Then freezer gets to work and freezes userspace. + * If cpu online has not yet completed the microcode update stuff by now, + it will now start waiting on the frozen userspace in the + TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state, in order to get the microcode image. + * Now the freezer continues and tries to freeze the remaining tasks. But + due to this wait mentioned above, the freezer won't be able to freeze + the cpu online hotplug task and hence freezing of tasks fails. + + As a result of this task freezing failure, the suspend operation gets + aborted. diff --git a/Documentation/power/suspend-and-interrupts.txt b/Documentation/power/suspend-and-interrupts.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8afb29a86 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/suspend-and-interrupts.txt @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +System Suspend and Device Interrupts + +Copyright (C) 2014 Intel Corp. +Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> + + +Suspending and Resuming Device IRQs +----------------------------------- + +Device interrupt request lines (IRQs) are generally disabled during system +suspend after the "late" phase of suspending devices (that is, after all of the +->prepare, ->suspend and ->suspend_late callbacks have been executed for all +devices). That is done by suspend_device_irqs(). + +The rationale for doing so is that after the "late" phase of device suspend +there is no legitimate reason why any interrupts from suspended devices should +trigger and if any devices have not been suspended properly yet, it is better to +block interrupts from them anyway. Also, in the past we had problems with +interrupt handlers for shared IRQs that device drivers implementing them were +not prepared for interrupts triggering after their devices had been suspended. +In some cases they would attempt to access, for example, memory address spaces +of suspended devices and cause unpredictable behavior to ensue as a result. +Unfortunately, such problems are very difficult to debug and the introduction +of suspend_device_irqs(), along with the "noirq" phase of device suspend and +resume, was the only practical way to mitigate them. + +Device IRQs are re-enabled during system resume, right before the "early" phase +of resuming devices (that is, before starting to execute ->resume_early +callbacks for devices). The function doing that is resume_device_irqs(). + + +The IRQF_NO_SUSPEND Flag +------------------------ + +There are interrupts that can legitimately trigger during the entire system +suspend-resume cycle, including the "noirq" phases of suspending and resuming +devices as well as during the time when nonboot CPUs are taken offline and +brought back online. That applies to timer interrupts in the first place, +but also to IPIs and to some other special-purpose interrupts. + +The IRQF_NO_SUSPEND flag is used to indicate that to the IRQ subsystem when +requesting a special-purpose interrupt. It causes suspend_device_irqs() to +leave the corresponding IRQ enabled so as to allow the interrupt to work as +expected during the suspend-resume cycle, but does not guarantee that the +interrupt will wake the system from a suspended state -- for such cases it is +necessary to use enable_irq_wake(). + +Note that the IRQF_NO_SUSPEND flag affects the entire IRQ and not just one +user of it. Thus, if the IRQ is shared, all of the interrupt handlers installed +for it will be executed as usual after suspend_device_irqs(), even if the +IRQF_NO_SUSPEND flag was not passed to request_irq() (or equivalent) by some of +the IRQ's users. For this reason, using IRQF_NO_SUSPEND and IRQF_SHARED at the +same time should be avoided. + + +System Wakeup Interrupts, enable_irq_wake() and disable_irq_wake() +------------------------------------------------------------------ + +System wakeup interrupts generally need to be configured to wake up the system +from sleep states, especially if they are used for different purposes (e.g. as +I/O interrupts) in the working state. + +That may involve turning on a special signal handling logic within the platform +(such as an SoC) so that signals from a given line are routed in a different way +during system sleep so as to trigger a system wakeup when needed. For example, +the platform may include a dedicated interrupt controller used specifically for +handling system wakeup events. Then, if a given interrupt line is supposed to +wake up the system from sleep sates, the corresponding input of that interrupt +controller needs to be enabled to receive signals from the line in question. +After wakeup, it generally is better to disable that input to prevent the +dedicated controller from triggering interrupts unnecessarily. + +The IRQ subsystem provides two helper functions to be used by device drivers for +those purposes. Namely, enable_irq_wake() turns on the platform's logic for +handling the given IRQ as a system wakeup interrupt line and disable_irq_wake() +turns that logic off. + +Calling enable_irq_wake() causes suspend_device_irqs() to treat the given IRQ +in a special way. Namely, the IRQ remains enabled, by on the first interrupt +it will be disabled, marked as pending and "suspended" so that it will be +re-enabled by resume_device_irqs() during the subsequent system resume. Also +the PM core is notified about the event which causes the system suspend in +progress to be aborted (that doesn't have to happen immediately, but at one +of the points where the suspend thread looks for pending wakeup events). + +This way every interrupt from a wakeup interrupt source will either cause the +system suspend currently in progress to be aborted or wake up the system if +already suspended. However, after suspend_device_irqs() interrupt handlers are +not executed for system wakeup IRQs. They are only executed for IRQF_NO_SUSPEND +IRQs at that time, but those IRQs should not be configured for system wakeup +using enable_irq_wake(). + + +Interrupts and Suspend-to-Idle +------------------------------ + +Suspend-to-idle (also known as the "freeze" sleep state) is a relatively new +system sleep state that works by idling all of the processors and waiting for +interrupts right after the "noirq" phase of suspending devices. + +Of course, this means that all of the interrupts with the IRQF_NO_SUSPEND flag +set will bring CPUs out of idle while in that state, but they will not cause the +IRQ subsystem to trigger a system wakeup. + +System wakeup interrupts, in turn, will trigger wakeup from suspend-to-idle in +analogy with what they do in the full system suspend case. The only difference +is that the wakeup from suspend-to-idle is signaled using the usual working +state interrupt delivery mechanisms and doesn't require the platform to use +any special interrupt handling logic for it to work. + + +IRQF_NO_SUSPEND and enable_irq_wake() +------------------------------------- + +There are very few valid reasons to use both enable_irq_wake() and the +IRQF_NO_SUSPEND flag on the same IRQ, and it is never valid to use both for the +same device. + +First of all, if the IRQ is not shared, the rules for handling IRQF_NO_SUSPEND +interrupts (interrupt handlers are invoked after suspend_device_irqs()) are +directly at odds with the rules for handling system wakeup interrupts (interrupt +handlers are not invoked after suspend_device_irqs()). + +Second, both enable_irq_wake() and IRQF_NO_SUSPEND apply to entire IRQs and not +to individual interrupt handlers, so sharing an IRQ between a system wakeup +interrupt source and an IRQF_NO_SUSPEND interrupt source does not generally +make sense. + +In rare cases an IRQ can be shared between a wakeup device driver and an +IRQF_NO_SUSPEND user. In order for this to be safe, the wakeup device driver +must be able to discern spurious IRQs from genuine wakeup events (signalling +the latter to the core with pm_system_wakeup()), must use enable_irq_wake() to +ensure that the IRQ will function as a wakeup source, and must request the IRQ +with IRQF_COND_SUSPEND to tell the core that it meets these requirements. If +these requirements are not met, it is not valid to use IRQF_COND_SUSPEND. diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f281886de --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +Using swap files with software suspend (swsusp) + (C) 2006 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> + +The Linux kernel handles swap files almost in the same way as it handles swap +partitions and there are only two differences between these two types of swap +areas: +(1) swap files need not be contiguous, +(2) the header of a swap file is not in the first block of the partition that +holds it. From the swsusp's point of view (1) is not a problem, because it is +already taken care of by the swap-handling code, but (2) has to be taken into +consideration. + +In principle the location of a swap file's header may be determined with the +help of appropriate filesystem driver. Unfortunately, however, it requires the +filesystem holding the swap file to be mounted, and if this filesystem is +journaled, it cannot be mounted during resume from disk. For this reason to +identify a swap file swsusp uses the name of the partition that holds the file +and the offset from the beginning of the partition at which the swap file's +header is located. For convenience, this offset is expressed in <PAGE_SIZE> +units. + +In order to use a swap file with swsusp, you need to: + +1) Create the swap file and make it active, eg. + +# dd if=/dev/zero of=<swap_file_path> bs=1024 count=<swap_file_size_in_k> +# mkswap <swap_file_path> +# swapon <swap_file_path> + +2) Use an application that will bmap the swap file with the help of the +FIBMAP ioctl and determine the location of the file's swap header, as the +offset, in <PAGE_SIZE> units, from the beginning of the partition which +holds the swap file. + +3) Add the following parameters to the kernel command line: + +resume=<swap_file_partition> resume_offset=<swap_file_offset> + +where <swap_file_partition> is the partition on which the swap file is located +and <swap_file_offset> is the offset of the swap header determined by the +application in 2) (of course, this step may be carried out automatically +by the same application that determines the swap file's header offset using the +FIBMAP ioctl) + +OR + +Use a userland suspend application that will set the partition and offset +with the help of the SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA ioctl described in +Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt (this is the only method to suspend +to a swap file allowing the resume to be initiated from an initrd or initramfs +image). + +Now, swsusp will use the swap file in the same way in which it would use a swap +partition. In particular, the swap file has to be active (ie. be present in +/proc/swaps) so that it can be used for suspending. + +Note that if the swap file used for suspending is deleted and recreated, +the location of its header need not be the same as before. Thus every time +this happens the value of the "resume_offset=" kernel command line parameter +has to be updated. diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp-dmcrypt.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp-dmcrypt.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b802fbfd9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp-dmcrypt.txt @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +Author: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de> + + +How to use dm-crypt and swsusp together: +======================================== + +Some prerequisites: +You know how dm-crypt works. If not, visit the following web page: +http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ +You have read Documentation/power/swsusp.txt and understand it. +You did read Documentation/admin-guide/initrd.rst and know how an initrd works. +You know how to create or how to modify an initrd. + +Now your system is properly set up, your disk is encrypted except for +the swap device(s) and the boot partition which may contain a mini +system for crypto setup and/or rescue purposes. You may even have +an initrd that does your current crypto setup already. + +At this point you want to encrypt your swap, too. Still you want to +be able to suspend using swsusp. This, however, means that you +have to be able to either enter a passphrase or that you read +the key(s) from an external device like a pcmcia flash disk +or an usb stick prior to resume. So you need an initrd, that sets +up dm-crypt and then asks swsusp to resume from the encrypted +swap device. + +The most important thing is that you set up dm-crypt in such +a way that the swap device you suspend to/resume from has +always the same major/minor within the initrd as well as +within your running system. The easiest way to achieve this is +to always set up this swap device first with dmsetup, so that +it will always look like the following: + +brw------- 1 root root 254, 0 Jul 28 13:37 /dev/mapper/swap0 + +Now set up your kernel to use /dev/mapper/swap0 as the default +resume partition, so your kernel .config contains: + +CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION="/dev/mapper/swap0" + +Prepare your boot loader to use the initrd you will create or +modify. For lilo the simplest setup looks like the following +lines: + +image=/boot/vmlinuz +initrd=/boot/initrd.gz +label=linux +append="root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rw" + +Finally you need to create or modify your initrd. Lets assume +you create an initrd that reads the required dm-crypt setup +from a pcmcia flash disk card. The card is formatted with an ext2 +fs which resides on /dev/hde1 when the card is inserted. The +card contains at least the encrypted swap setup in a file +named "swapkey". /etc/fstab of your initrd contains something +like the following: + +/dev/hda1 /mnt ext3 ro 0 0 +none /proc proc defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 0 +none /sys sysfs defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 0 + +/dev/hda1 contains an unencrypted mini system that sets up all +of your crypto devices, again by reading the setup from the +pcmcia flash disk. What follows now is a /linuxrc for your +initrd that allows you to resume from encrypted swap and that +continues boot with your mini system on /dev/hda1 if resume +does not happen: + +#!/bin/sh +PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin +mount /proc +mount /sys +mapped=0 +noresume=`grep -c noresume /proc/cmdline` +if [ "$*" != "" ] +then + noresume=1 +fi +dmesg -n 1 +/sbin/cardmgr -q +for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +do + if [ -f /proc/ide/hde/media ] + then + usleep 500000 + mount -t ext2 -o ro /dev/hde1 /mnt + if [ -f /mnt/swapkey ] + then + dmsetup create swap0 /mnt/swapkey > /dev/null 2>&1 && mapped=1 + fi + umount /mnt + break + fi + usleep 500000 +done +killproc /sbin/cardmgr +dmesg -n 6 +if [ $mapped = 1 ] +then + if [ $noresume != 0 ] + then + mkswap /dev/mapper/swap0 > /dev/null 2>&1 + fi + echo 254:0 > /sys/power/resume + dmsetup remove swap0 +fi +umount /sys +mount /mnt +umount /proc +cd /mnt +pivot_root . mnt +mount /proc +umount -l /mnt +umount /proc +exec chroot . /sbin/init $* < dev/console > dev/console 2>&1 + +Please don't mind the weird loop above, busybox's msh doesn't know +the let statement. Now, what is happening in the script? +First we have to decide if we want to try to resume, or not. +We will not resume if booting with "noresume" or any parameters +for init like "single" or "emergency" as boot parameters. + +Then we need to set up dmcrypt with the setup data from the +pcmcia flash disk. If this succeeds we need to reset the swap +device if we don't want to resume. The line "echo 254:0 > /sys/power/resume" +then attempts to resume from the first device mapper device. +Note that it is important to set the device in /sys/power/resume, +regardless if resuming or not, otherwise later suspend will fail. +If resume starts, script execution terminates here. + +Otherwise we just remove the encrypted swap device and leave it to the +mini system on /dev/hda1 to set the whole crypto up (it is up to +you to modify this to your taste). + +What then follows is the well known process to change the root +file system and continue booting from there. I prefer to unmount +the initrd prior to continue booting but it is up to you to modify +this. diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cc87adf44 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,446 @@ +Some warnings, first. + + * BIG FAT WARNING ********************************************************* + * + * If you touch anything on disk between suspend and resume... + * ...kiss your data goodbye. + * + * If you do resume from initrd after your filesystems are mounted... + * ...bye bye root partition. + * [this is actually same case as above] + * + * If you have unsupported (*) devices using DMA, you may have some + * problems. If your disk driver does not support suspend... (IDE does), + * it may cause some problems, too. If you change kernel command line + * between suspend and resume, it may do something wrong. If you change + * your hardware while system is suspended... well, it was not good idea; + * but it will probably only crash. + * + * (*) suspend/resume support is needed to make it safe. + * + * If you have any filesystems on USB devices mounted before software suspend, + * they won't be accessible after resume and you may lose data, as though + * you have unplugged the USB devices with mounted filesystems on them; + * see the FAQ below for details. (This is not true for more traditional + * power states like "standby", which normally don't turn USB off.) + +Swap partition: +You need to append resume=/dev/your_swap_partition to kernel command +line or specify it using /sys/power/resume. + +Swap file: +If using a swapfile you can also specify a resume offset using +resume_offset=<number> on the kernel command line or specify it +in /sys/power/resume_offset. + +After preparing then you suspend by + +echo shutdown > /sys/power/disk; echo disk > /sys/power/state + +. If you feel ACPI works pretty well on your system, you might try + +echo platform > /sys/power/disk; echo disk > /sys/power/state + +. If you would like to write hibernation image to swap and then suspend +to RAM (provided your platform supports it), you can try + +echo suspend > /sys/power/disk; echo disk > /sys/power/state + +. If you have SATA disks, you'll need recent kernels with SATA suspend +support. For suspend and resume to work, make sure your disk drivers +are built into kernel -- not modules. [There's way to make +suspend/resume with modular disk drivers, see FAQ, but you probably +should not do that.] + +If you want to limit the suspend image size to N bytes, do + +echo N > /sys/power/image_size + +before suspend (it is limited to 500 MB by default). + +. The resume process checks for the presence of the resume device, +if found, it then checks the contents for the hibernation image signature. +If both are found, it resumes the hibernation image. + +. The resume process may be triggered in two ways: + 1) During lateinit: If resume=/dev/your_swap_partition is specified on + the kernel command line, lateinit runs the resume process. If the + resume device has not been probed yet, the resume process fails and + bootup continues. + 2) Manually from an initrd or initramfs: May be run from + the init script by using the /sys/power/resume file. It is vital + that this be done prior to remounting any filesystems (even as + read-only) otherwise data may be corrupted. + +Article about goals and implementation of Software Suspend for Linux +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Author: Gábor Kuti +Last revised: 2003-10-20 by Pavel Machek + +Idea and goals to achieve + +Nowadays it is common in several laptops that they have a suspend button. It +saves the state of the machine to a filesystem or to a partition and switches +to standby mode. Later resuming the machine the saved state is loaded back to +ram and the machine can continue its work. It has two real benefits. First we +save ourselves the time machine goes down and later boots up, energy costs +are real high when running from batteries. The other gain is that we don't have to +interrupt our programs so processes that are calculating something for a long +time shouldn't need to be written interruptible. + +swsusp saves the state of the machine into active swaps and then reboots or +powerdowns. You must explicitly specify the swap partition to resume from with +``resume='' kernel option. If signature is found it loads and restores saved +state. If the option ``noresume'' is specified as a boot parameter, it skips +the resuming. If the option ``hibernate=nocompress'' is specified as a boot +parameter, it saves hibernation image without compression. + +In the meantime while the system is suspended you should not add/remove any +of the hardware, write to the filesystems, etc. + +Sleep states summary +==================== + +There are three different interfaces you can use, /proc/acpi should +work like this: + +In a really perfect world: +echo 1 > /proc/acpi/sleep # for standby +echo 2 > /proc/acpi/sleep # for suspend to ram +echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep # for suspend to ram, but with more power conservative +echo 4 > /proc/acpi/sleep # for suspend to disk +echo 5 > /proc/acpi/sleep # for shutdown unfriendly the system + +and perhaps +echo 4b > /proc/acpi/sleep # for suspend to disk via s4bios + +Frequently Asked Questions +========================== + +Q: well, suspending a server is IMHO a really stupid thing, +but... (Diego Zuccato): + +A: You bought new UPS for your server. How do you install it without +bringing machine down? Suspend to disk, rearrange power cables, +resume. + +You have your server on UPS. Power died, and UPS is indicating 30 +seconds to failure. What do you do? Suspend to disk. + + +Q: Maybe I'm missing something, but why don't the regular I/O paths work? + +A: We do use the regular I/O paths. However we cannot restore the data +to its original location as we load it. That would create an +inconsistent kernel state which would certainly result in an oops. +Instead, we load the image into unused memory and then atomically copy +it back to it original location. This implies, of course, a maximum +image size of half the amount of memory. + +There are two solutions to this: + +* require half of memory to be free during suspend. That way you can +read "new" data onto free spots, then cli and copy + +* assume we had special "polling" ide driver that only uses memory +between 0-640KB. That way, I'd have to make sure that 0-640KB is free +during suspending, but otherwise it would work... + +suspend2 shares this fundamental limitation, but does not include user +data and disk caches into "used memory" by saving them in +advance. That means that the limitation goes away in practice. + +Q: Does linux support ACPI S4? + +A: Yes. That's what echo platform > /sys/power/disk does. + +Q: What is 'suspend2'? + +A: suspend2 is 'Software Suspend 2', a forked implementation of +suspend-to-disk which is available as separate patches for 2.4 and 2.6 +kernels from swsusp.sourceforge.net. It includes support for SMP, 4GB +highmem and preemption. It also has a extensible architecture that +allows for arbitrary transformations on the image (compression, +encryption) and arbitrary backends for writing the image (eg to swap +or an NFS share[Work In Progress]). Questions regarding suspend2 +should be sent to the mailing list available through the suspend2 +website, and not to the Linux Kernel Mailing List. We are working +toward merging suspend2 into the mainline kernel. + +Q: What is the freezing of tasks and why are we using it? + +A: The freezing of tasks is a mechanism by which user space processes and some +kernel threads are controlled during hibernation or system-wide suspend (on some +architectures). See freezing-of-tasks.txt for details. + +Q: What is the difference between "platform" and "shutdown"? + +A: + +shutdown: save state in linux, then tell bios to powerdown + +platform: save state in linux, then tell bios to powerdown and blink + "suspended led" + +"platform" is actually right thing to do where supported, but +"shutdown" is most reliable (except on ACPI systems). + +Q: I do not understand why you have such strong objections to idea of +selective suspend. + +A: Do selective suspend during runtime power management, that's okay. But +it's useless for suspend-to-disk. (And I do not see how you could use +it for suspend-to-ram, I hope you do not want that). + +Lets see, so you suggest to + +* SUSPEND all but swap device and parents +* Snapshot +* Write image to disk +* SUSPEND swap device and parents +* Powerdown + +Oh no, that does not work, if swap device or its parents uses DMA, +you've corrupted data. You'd have to do + +* SUSPEND all but swap device and parents +* FREEZE swap device and parents +* Snapshot +* UNFREEZE swap device and parents +* Write +* SUSPEND swap device and parents + +Which means that you still need that FREEZE state, and you get more +complicated code. (And I have not yet introduce details like system +devices). + +Q: There don't seem to be any generally useful behavioral +distinctions between SUSPEND and FREEZE. + +A: Doing SUSPEND when you are asked to do FREEZE is always correct, +but it may be unnecessarily slow. If you want your driver to stay simple, +slowness may not matter to you. It can always be fixed later. + +For devices like disk it does matter, you do not want to spindown for +FREEZE. + +Q: After resuming, system is paging heavily, leading to very bad interactivity. + +A: Try running + +cat /proc/[0-9]*/maps | grep / | sed 's:.* /:/:' | sort -u | while read file +do + test -f "$file" && cat "$file" > /dev/null +done + +after resume. swapoff -a; swapon -a may also be useful. + +Q: What happens to devices during swsusp? They seem to be resumed +during system suspend? + +A: That's correct. We need to resume them if we want to write image to +disk. Whole sequence goes like + + Suspend part + ~~~~~~~~~~~~ + running system, user asks for suspend-to-disk + + user processes are stopped + + suspend(PMSG_FREEZE): devices are frozen so that they don't interfere + with state snapshot + + state snapshot: copy of whole used memory is taken with interrupts disabled + + resume(): devices are woken up so that we can write image to swap + + write image to swap + + suspend(PMSG_SUSPEND): suspend devices so that we can power off + + turn the power off + + Resume part + ~~~~~~~~~~~ + (is actually pretty similar) + + running system, user asks for suspend-to-disk + + user processes are stopped (in common case there are none, but with resume-from-initrd, no one knows) + + read image from disk + + suspend(PMSG_FREEZE): devices are frozen so that they don't interfere + with image restoration + + image restoration: rewrite memory with image + + resume(): devices are woken up so that system can continue + + thaw all user processes + +Q: What is this 'Encrypt suspend image' for? + +A: First of all: it is not a replacement for dm-crypt encrypted swap. +It cannot protect your computer while it is suspended. Instead it does +protect from leaking sensitive data after resume from suspend. + +Think of the following: you suspend while an application is running +that keeps sensitive data in memory. The application itself prevents +the data from being swapped out. Suspend, however, must write these +data to swap to be able to resume later on. Without suspend encryption +your sensitive data are then stored in plaintext on disk. This means +that after resume your sensitive data are accessible to all +applications having direct access to the swap device which was used +for suspend. If you don't need swap after resume these data can remain +on disk virtually forever. Thus it can happen that your system gets +broken in weeks later and sensitive data which you thought were +encrypted and protected are retrieved and stolen from the swap device. +To prevent this situation you should use 'Encrypt suspend image'. + +During suspend a temporary key is created and this key is used to +encrypt the data written to disk. When, during resume, the data was +read back into memory the temporary key is destroyed which simply +means that all data written to disk during suspend are then +inaccessible so they can't be stolen later on. The only thing that +you must then take care of is that you call 'mkswap' for the swap +partition used for suspend as early as possible during regular +boot. This asserts that any temporary key from an oopsed suspend or +from a failed or aborted resume is erased from the swap device. + +As a rule of thumb use encrypted swap to protect your data while your +system is shut down or suspended. Additionally use the encrypted +suspend image to prevent sensitive data from being stolen after +resume. + +Q: Can I suspend to a swap file? + +A: Generally, yes, you can. However, it requires you to use the "resume=" and +"resume_offset=" kernel command line parameters, so the resume from a swap file +cannot be initiated from an initrd or initramfs image. See +swsusp-and-swap-files.txt for details. + +Q: Is there a maximum system RAM size that is supported by swsusp? + +A: It should work okay with highmem. + +Q: Does swsusp (to disk) use only one swap partition or can it use +multiple swap partitions (aggregate them into one logical space)? + +A: Only one swap partition, sorry. + +Q: If my application(s) causes lots of memory & swap space to be used +(over half of the total system RAM), is it correct that it is likely +to be useless to try to suspend to disk while that app is running? + +A: No, it should work okay, as long as your app does not mlock() +it. Just prepare big enough swap partition. + +Q: What information is useful for debugging suspend-to-disk problems? + +A: Well, last messages on the screen are always useful. If something +is broken, it is usually some kernel driver, therefore trying with as +little as possible modules loaded helps a lot. I also prefer people to +suspend from console, preferably without X running. Booting with +init=/bin/bash, then swapon and starting suspend sequence manually +usually does the trick. Then it is good idea to try with latest +vanilla kernel. + +Q: How can distributions ship a swsusp-supporting kernel with modular +disk drivers (especially SATA)? + +A: Well, it can be done, load the drivers, then do echo into +/sys/power/resume file from initrd. Be sure not to mount +anything, not even read-only mount, or you are going to lose your +data. + +Q: How do I make suspend more verbose? + +A: If you want to see any non-error kernel messages on the virtual +terminal the kernel switches to during suspend, you have to set the +kernel console loglevel to at least 4 (KERN_WARNING), for example by +doing + + # save the old loglevel + read LOGLEVEL DUMMY < /proc/sys/kernel/printk + # set the loglevel so we see the progress bar. + # if the level is higher than needed, we leave it alone. + if [ $LOGLEVEL -lt 5 ]; then + echo 5 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk + fi + + IMG_SZ=0 + read IMG_SZ < /sys/power/image_size + echo -n disk > /sys/power/state + RET=$? + # + # the logic here is: + # if image_size > 0 (without kernel support, IMG_SZ will be zero), + # then try again with image_size set to zero. + if [ $RET -ne 0 -a $IMG_SZ -ne 0 ]; then # try again with minimal image size + echo 0 > /sys/power/image_size + echo -n disk > /sys/power/state + RET=$? + fi + + # restore previous loglevel + echo $LOGLEVEL > /proc/sys/kernel/printk + exit $RET + +Q: Is this true that if I have a mounted filesystem on a USB device and +I suspend to disk, I can lose data unless the filesystem has been mounted +with "sync"? + +A: That's right ... if you disconnect that device, you may lose data. +In fact, even with "-o sync" you can lose data if your programs have +information in buffers they haven't written out to a disk you disconnect, +or if you disconnect before the device finished saving data you wrote. + +Software suspend normally powers down USB controllers, which is equivalent +to disconnecting all USB devices attached to your system. + +Your system might well support low-power modes for its USB controllers +while the system is asleep, maintaining the connection, using true sleep +modes like "suspend-to-RAM" or "standby". (Don't write "disk" to the +/sys/power/state file; write "standby" or "mem".) We've not seen any +hardware that can use these modes through software suspend, although in +theory some systems might support "platform" modes that won't break the +USB connections. + +Remember that it's always a bad idea to unplug a disk drive containing a +mounted filesystem. That's true even when your system is asleep! The +safest thing is to unmount all filesystems on removable media (such USB, +Firewire, CompactFlash, MMC, external SATA, or even IDE hotplug bays) +before suspending; then remount them after resuming. + +There is a work-around for this problem. For more information, see +Documentation/driver-api/usb/persist.rst. + +Q: Can I suspend-to-disk using a swap partition under LVM? + +A: Yes and No. You can suspend successfully, but the kernel will not be able +to resume on its own. You need an initramfs that can recognize the resume +situation, activate the logical volume containing the swap volume (but not +touch any filesystems!), and eventually call + +echo -n "$major:$minor" > /sys/power/resume + +where $major and $minor are the respective major and minor device numbers of +the swap volume. + +uswsusp works with LVM, too. See http://suspend.sourceforge.net/ + +Q: I upgraded the kernel from 2.6.15 to 2.6.16. Both kernels were +compiled with the similar configuration files. Anyway I found that +suspend to disk (and resume) is much slower on 2.6.16 compared to +2.6.15. Any idea for why that might happen or how can I speed it up? + +A: This is because the size of the suspend image is now greater than +for 2.6.15 (by saving more data we can get more responsive system +after resume). + +There's the /sys/power/image_size knob that controls the size of the +image. If you set it to 0 (eg. by echo 0 > /sys/power/image_size as +root), the 2.6.15 behavior should be restored. If it is still too +slow, take a look at suspend.sf.net -- userland suspend is faster and +supports LZF compression to speed it up further. diff --git a/Documentation/power/tricks.txt b/Documentation/power/tricks.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a1b8f7249 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/tricks.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ + swsusp/S3 tricks + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> + +If you want to trick swsusp/S3 into working, you might want to try: + +* go with minimal config, turn off drivers like USB, AGP you don't + really need + +* turn off APIC and preempt + +* use ext2. At least it has working fsck. [If something seems to go + wrong, force fsck when you have a chance] + +* turn off modules + +* use vga text console, shut down X. [If you really want X, you might + want to try vesafb later] + +* try running as few processes as possible, preferably go to single + user mode. + +* due to video issues, swsusp should be easier to get working than + S3. Try that first. + +When you make it work, try to find out what exactly was it that broke +suspend, and preferably fix that. diff --git a/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bbfcd1bbe --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +Documentation for userland software suspend interface + (C) 2006 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> + +First, the warnings at the beginning of swsusp.txt still apply. + +Second, you should read the FAQ in swsusp.txt _now_ if you have not +done it already. + +Now, to use the userland interface for software suspend you need special +utilities that will read/write the system memory snapshot from/to the +kernel. Such utilities are available, for example, from +<http://suspend.sourceforge.net>. You may want to have a look at them if you +are going to develop your own suspend/resume utilities. + +The interface consists of a character device providing the open(), +release(), read(), and write() operations as well as several ioctl() +commands defined in include/linux/suspend_ioctls.h . The major and minor +numbers of the device are, respectively, 10 and 231, and they can +be read from /sys/class/misc/snapshot/dev. + +The device can be open either for reading or for writing. If open for +reading, it is considered to be in the suspend mode. Otherwise it is +assumed to be in the resume mode. The device cannot be open for simultaneous +reading and writing. It is also impossible to have the device open more than +once at a time. + +Even opening the device has side effects. Data structures are +allocated, and PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE / PM_RESTORE_PREPARE chains are +called. + +The ioctl() commands recognized by the device are: + +SNAPSHOT_FREEZE - freeze user space processes (the current process is + not frozen); this is required for SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE + and SNAPSHOT_ATOMIC_RESTORE to succeed + +SNAPSHOT_UNFREEZE - thaw user space processes frozen by SNAPSHOT_FREEZE + +SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE - create a snapshot of the system memory; the + last argument of ioctl() should be a pointer to an int variable, + the value of which will indicate whether the call returned after + creating the snapshot (1) or after restoring the system memory state + from it (0) (after resume the system finds itself finishing the + SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE ioctl() again); after the snapshot + has been created the read() operation can be used to transfer + it out of the kernel + +SNAPSHOT_ATOMIC_RESTORE - restore the system memory state from the + uploaded snapshot image; before calling it you should transfer + the system memory snapshot back to the kernel using the write() + operation; this call will not succeed if the snapshot + image is not available to the kernel + +SNAPSHOT_FREE - free memory allocated for the snapshot image + +SNAPSHOT_PREF_IMAGE_SIZE - set the preferred maximum size of the image + (the kernel will do its best to ensure the image size will not exceed + this number, but if it turns out to be impossible, the kernel will + create the smallest image possible) + +SNAPSHOT_GET_IMAGE_SIZE - return the actual size of the hibernation image + +SNAPSHOT_AVAIL_SWAP_SIZE - return the amount of available swap in bytes (the + last argument should be a pointer to an unsigned int variable that will + contain the result if the call is successful). + +SNAPSHOT_ALLOC_SWAP_PAGE - allocate a swap page from the resume partition + (the last argument should be a pointer to a loff_t variable that + will contain the swap page offset if the call is successful) + +SNAPSHOT_FREE_SWAP_PAGES - free all swap pages allocated by + SNAPSHOT_ALLOC_SWAP_PAGE + +SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA - set the resume partition and the offset (in <PAGE_SIZE> + units) from the beginning of the partition at which the swap header is + located (the last ioctl() argument should point to a struct + resume_swap_area, as defined in kernel/power/suspend_ioctls.h, + containing the resume device specification and the offset); for swap + partitions the offset is always 0, but it is different from zero for + swap files (see Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt for + details). + +SNAPSHOT_PLATFORM_SUPPORT - enable/disable the hibernation platform support, + depending on the argument value (enable, if the argument is nonzero) + +SNAPSHOT_POWER_OFF - make the kernel transition the system to the hibernation + state (eg. ACPI S4) using the platform (eg. ACPI) driver + +SNAPSHOT_S2RAM - suspend to RAM; using this call causes the kernel to + immediately enter the suspend-to-RAM state, so this call must always + be preceded by the SNAPSHOT_FREEZE call and it is also necessary + to use the SNAPSHOT_UNFREEZE call after the system wakes up. This call + is needed to implement the suspend-to-both mechanism in which the + suspend image is first created, as though the system had been suspended + to disk, and then the system is suspended to RAM (this makes it possible + to resume the system from RAM if there's enough battery power or restore + its state on the basis of the saved suspend image otherwise) + +The device's read() operation can be used to transfer the snapshot image from +the kernel. It has the following limitations: +- you cannot read() more than one virtual memory page at a time +- read()s across page boundaries are impossible (ie. if you read() 1/2 of + a page in the previous call, you will only be able to read() + _at_ _most_ 1/2 of the page in the next call) + +The device's write() operation is used for uploading the system memory snapshot +into the kernel. It has the same limitations as the read() operation. + +The release() operation frees all memory allocated for the snapshot image +and all swap pages allocated with SNAPSHOT_ALLOC_SWAP_PAGE (if any). +Thus it is not necessary to use either SNAPSHOT_FREE or +SNAPSHOT_FREE_SWAP_PAGES before closing the device (in fact it will also +unfreeze user space processes frozen by SNAPSHOT_UNFREEZE if they are +still frozen when the device is being closed). + +Currently it is assumed that the userland utilities reading/writing the +snapshot image from/to the kernel will use a swap partition, called the resume +partition, or a swap file as storage space (if a swap file is used, the resume +partition is the partition that holds this file). However, this is not really +required, as they can use, for example, a special (blank) suspend partition or +a file on a partition that is unmounted before SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE and +mounted afterwards. + +These utilities MUST NOT make any assumptions regarding the ordering of +data within the snapshot image. The contents of the image are entirely owned +by the kernel and its structure may be changed in future kernel releases. + +The snapshot image MUST be written to the kernel unaltered (ie. all of the image +data, metadata and header MUST be written in _exactly_ the same amount, form +and order in which they have been read). Otherwise, the behavior of the +resumed system may be totally unpredictable. + +While executing SNAPSHOT_ATOMIC_RESTORE the kernel checks if the +structure of the snapshot image is consistent with the information stored +in the image header. If any inconsistencies are detected, +SNAPSHOT_ATOMIC_RESTORE will not succeed. Still, this is not a fool-proof +mechanism and the userland utilities using the interface SHOULD use additional +means, such as checksums, to ensure the integrity of the snapshot image. + +The suspending and resuming utilities MUST lock themselves in memory, +preferably using mlockall(), before calling SNAPSHOT_FREEZE. + +The suspending utility MUST check the value stored by SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE +in the memory location pointed to by the last argument of ioctl() and proceed +in accordance with it: +1. If the value is 1 (ie. the system memory snapshot has just been + created and the system is ready for saving it): + (a) The suspending utility MUST NOT close the snapshot device + _unless_ the whole suspend procedure is to be cancelled, in + which case, if the snapshot image has already been saved, the + suspending utility SHOULD destroy it, preferably by zapping + its header. If the suspend is not to be cancelled, the + system MUST be powered off or rebooted after the snapshot + image has been saved. + (b) The suspending utility SHOULD NOT attempt to perform any + file system operations (including reads) on the file systems + that were mounted before SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE has been + called. However, it MAY mount a file system that was not + mounted at that time and perform some operations on it (eg. + use it for saving the image). +2. If the value is 0 (ie. the system state has just been restored from + the snapshot image), the suspending utility MUST close the snapshot + device. Afterwards it will be treated as a regular userland process, + so it need not exit. + +The resuming utility SHOULD NOT attempt to mount any file systems that could +be mounted before suspend and SHOULD NOT attempt to perform any operations +involving such file systems. + +For details, please refer to the source code. diff --git a/Documentation/power/video.txt b/Documentation/power/video.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3e6272bc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/video.txt @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ + + Video issues with S3 resume + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + 2003-2006, Pavel Machek + +During S3 resume, hardware needs to be reinitialized. For most +devices, this is easy, and kernel driver knows how to do +it. Unfortunately there's one exception: video card. Those are usually +initialized by BIOS, and kernel does not have enough information to +boot video card. (Kernel usually does not even contain video card +driver -- vesafb and vgacon are widely used). + +This is not problem for swsusp, because during swsusp resume, BIOS is +run normally so video card is normally initialized. It should not be +problem for S1 standby, because hardware should retain its state over +that. + +We either have to run video BIOS during early resume, or interpret it +using vbetool later, or maybe nothing is necessary on particular +system because video state is preserved. Unfortunately different +methods work on different systems, and no known method suits all of +them. + +Userland application called s2ram has been developed; it contains long +whitelist of systems, and automatically selects working method for a +given system. It can be downloaded from CVS at +www.sf.net/projects/suspend . If you get a system that is not in the +whitelist, please try to find a working solution, and submit whitelist +entry so that work does not need to be repeated. + +Currently, VBE_SAVE method (6 below) works on most +systems. Unfortunately, vbetool only runs after userland is resumed, +so it makes debugging of early resume problems +hard/impossible. Methods that do not rely on userland are preferable. + +Details +~~~~~~~ + +There are a few types of systems where video works after S3 resume: + +(1) systems where video state is preserved over S3. + +(2) systems where it is possible to call the video BIOS during S3 + resume. Unfortunately, it is not correct to call the video BIOS at + that point, but it happens to work on some machines. Use + acpi_sleep=s3_bios. + +(3) systems that initialize video card into vga text mode and where + the BIOS works well enough to be able to set video mode. Use + acpi_sleep=s3_mode on these. + +(4) on some systems s3_bios kicks video into text mode, and + acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode is needed. + +(5) radeon systems, where X can soft-boot your video card. You'll need + a new enough X, and a plain text console (no vesafb or radeonfb). See + http://www.doesi.gmxhome.de/linux/tm800s3/s3.html for more information. + Alternatively, you should use vbetool (6) instead. + +(6) other radeon systems, where vbetool is enough to bring system back + to life. It needs text console to be working. Do vbetool vbestate + save > /tmp/delme; echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep; vbetool post; vbetool + vbestate restore < /tmp/delme; setfont <whatever>, and your video + should work. + +(7) on some systems, it is possible to boot most of kernel, and then + POSTing bios works. Ole Rohne has patch to do just that at + http://dev.gentoo.org/~marineam/patch-radeonfb-2.6.11-rc2-mm2. + +(8) on some systems, you can use the video_post utility and or + do echo 3 > /sys/power/state && /usr/sbin/video_post - which will + initialize the display in console mode. If you are in X, you can switch + to a virtual terminal and back to X using CTRL+ALT+F1 - CTRL+ALT+F7 to get + the display working in graphical mode again. + +Now, if you pass acpi_sleep=something, and it does not work with your +bios, you'll get a hard crash during resume. Be careful. Also it is +safest to do your experiments with plain old VGA console. The vesafb +and radeonfb (etc) drivers have a tendency to crash the machine during +resume. + +You may have a system where none of above works. At that point you +either invent another ugly hack that works, or write proper driver for +your video card (good luck getting docs :-(). Maybe suspending from X +(proper X, knowing your hardware, not XF68_FBcon) might have better +chance of working. + +Table of known working notebooks: + +Model hack (or "how to do it") +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Acer Aspire 1406LC ole's late BIOS init (7), turn off DRI +Acer TM 230 s3_bios (2) +Acer TM 242FX vbetool (6) +Acer TM C110 video_post (8) +Acer TM C300 vga=normal (only suspend on console, not in X), vbetool (6) or video_post (8) +Acer TM 4052LCi s3_bios (2) +Acer TM 636Lci s3_bios,s3_mode (4) +Acer TM 650 (Radeon M7) vga=normal plus boot-radeon (5) gets text console back +Acer TM 660 ??? (*) +Acer TM 800 vga=normal, X patches, see webpage (5) or vbetool (6) +Acer TM 803 vga=normal, X patches, see webpage (5) or vbetool (6) +Acer TM 803LCi vga=normal, vbetool (6) +Arima W730a vbetool needed (6) +Asus L2400D s3_mode (3)(***) (S1 also works OK) +Asus L3350M (SiS 740) (6) +Asus L3800C (Radeon M7) s3_bios (2) (S1 also works OK) +Asus M6887Ne vga=normal, s3_bios (2), use radeon driver instead of fglrx in x.org +Athlon64 desktop prototype s3_bios (2) +Compal CL-50 ??? (*) +Compaq Armada E500 - P3-700 none (1) (S1 also works OK) +Compaq Evo N620c vga=normal, s3_bios (2) +Dell 600m, ATI R250 Lf none (1), but needs xorg-x11-6.8.1.902-1 +Dell D600, ATI RV250 vga=normal and X, or try vbestate (6) +Dell D610 vga=normal and X (possibly vbestate (6) too, but not tested) +Dell Inspiron 4000 ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 500m ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 510m ??? +Dell Inspiron 5150 vbetool needed (6) +Dell Inspiron 600m ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 8200 ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 8500 ??? (*) +Dell Inspiron 8600 ??? (*) +eMachines athlon64 machines vbetool needed (6) (someone please get me model #s) +HP NC6000 s3_bios, may not use radeonfb (2); or vbetool (6) +HP NX7000 ??? (*) +HP Pavilion ZD7000 vbetool post needed, need open-source nv driver for X +HP Omnibook XE3 athlon version none (1) +HP Omnibook XE3GC none (1), video is S3 Savage/IX-MV +HP Omnibook XE3L-GF vbetool (6) +HP Omnibook 5150 none (1), (S1 also works OK) +IBM TP T20, model 2647-44G none (1), video is S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV, vesafb gets "interesting" but X work. +IBM TP A31 / Type 2652-M5G s3_mode (3) [works ok with BIOS 1.04 2002-08-23, but not at all with BIOS 1.11 2004-11-05 :-(] +IBM TP R32 / Type 2658-MMG none (1) +IBM TP R40 2722B3G ??? (*) +IBM TP R50p / Type 1832-22U s3_bios (2) +IBM TP R51 none (1) +IBM TP T30 236681A ??? (*) +IBM TP T40 / Type 2373-MU4 none (1) +IBM TP T40p none (1) +IBM TP R40p s3_bios (2) +IBM TP T41p s3_bios (2), switch to X after resume +IBM TP T42 s3_bios (2) +IBM ThinkPad T42p (2373-GTG) s3_bios (2) +IBM TP X20 ??? (*) +IBM TP X30 s3_bios, s3_mode (4) +IBM TP X31 / Type 2672-XXH none (1), use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight. +IBM TP X32 none (1), but backlight is on and video is trashed after long suspend. s3_bios,s3_mode (4) works too. Perhaps that gets better results? +IBM Thinkpad X40 Type 2371-7JG s3_bios,s3_mode (4) +IBM TP 600e none(1), but a switch to console and back to X is needed +Medion MD4220 ??? (*) +Samsung P35 vbetool needed (6) +Sharp PC-AR10 (ATI rage) none (1), backlight does not switch off +Sony Vaio PCG-C1VRX/K s3_bios (2) +Sony Vaio PCG-F403 ??? (*) +Sony Vaio PCG-GRT995MP none (1), works with 'nv' X driver +Sony Vaio PCG-GR7/K none (1), but needs radeonfb, use radeontool (http://fdd.com/software/radeon/) to turn off backlight. +Sony Vaio PCG-N505SN ??? (*) +Sony Vaio vgn-s260 X or boot-radeon can init it (5) +Sony Vaio vgn-S580BH vga=normal, but suspend from X. Console will be blank unless you return to X. +Sony Vaio vgn-FS115B s3_bios (2),s3_mode (4) +Toshiba Libretto L5 none (1) +Toshiba Libretto 100CT/110CT vbetool (6) +Toshiba Portege 3020CT s3_mode (3) +Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK) +Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT s3_mode (3) (S1 also works OK) +Toshiba Satellite 4090XCDT ??? (*) +Toshiba Satellite P10-554 s3_bios,s3_mode (4)(****) +Toshiba M30 (2) xor X with nvidia driver using internal AGP +Uniwill 244IIO ??? (*) + +Known working desktop systems +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Mainboard Graphics card hack (or "how to do it") +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Asus A7V8X nVidia RIVA TNT2 model 64 s3_bios,s3_mode (4) + + +(*) from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HoaryPMResults, not sure + which options to use. If you know, please tell me. + +(***) To be tested with a newer kernel. + +(****) Not with SMP kernel, UP only. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX b/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9dc845cf7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Index of files in Documentation/powerpc. If you think something about +Linux/PPC needs an entry here, needs correction or you've written one +please mail me. + Cort Dougan (cort@fsmlabs.com) + +00-INDEX + - this file +bootwrapper.txt + - Information on how the powerpc kernel is wrapped for boot on various + different platforms. +cpu_features.txt + - info on how we support a variety of CPUs with minimal compile-time + options. +cxl.txt + - Overview of the CXL driver. +eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt + - info on PCI Bus EEH Error Recovery +firmware-assisted-dump.txt + - Documentation on the firmware assisted dump mechanism "fadump". +hvcs.txt + - IBM "Hypervisor Virtual Console Server" Installation Guide +mpc52xx.txt + - Linux 2.6.x on MPC52xx family +pmu-ebb.txt + - Description of the API for using the PMU with Event Based Branches. +qe_firmware.txt + - describes the layout of firmware binaries for the Freescale QUICC + Engine and the code that parses and uploads the microcode therein. +ptrace.txt + - Information on the ptrace interfaces for hardware debug registers. +transactional_memory.txt + - Overview of the Power8 transactional memory support. +dscr.txt + - Overview DSCR (Data Stream Control Register) support. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/DAWR-POWER9.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/DAWR-POWER9.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2feaa6619 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/DAWR-POWER9.txt @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +DAWR issues on POWER9 +============================ + +On POWER9 the DAWR can cause a checkstop if it points to cache +inhibited (CI) memory. Currently Linux has no way to disinguish CI +memory when configuring the DAWR, so (for now) the DAWR is disabled by +this commit: + + commit 9654153158d3e0684a1bdb76dbababdb7111d5a0 + Author: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> + Date: Tue Mar 27 15:37:24 2018 +1100 + powerpc: Disable DAWR in the base POWER9 CPU features + +Technical Details: +============================ + +DAWR has 6 different ways of being set. +1) ptrace +2) h_set_mode(DAWR) +3) h_set_dabr() +4) kvmppc_set_one_reg() +5) xmon + +For ptrace, we now advertise zero breakpoints on POWER9 via the +PPC_PTRACE_GETHWDBGINFO call. This results in GDB falling back to +software emulation of the watchpoint (which is slow). + +h_set_mode(DAWR) and h_set_dabr() will now return an error to the +guest on a POWER9 host. Current Linux guests ignore this error, so +they will silently not get the DAWR. + +kvmppc_set_one_reg() will store the value in the vcpu but won't +actually set it on POWER9 hardware. This is done so we don't break +migration from POWER8 to POWER9, at the cost of silently losing the +DAWR on the migration. + +For xmon, the 'bd' command will return an error on P9. + +Consequences for users +============================ + +For GDB watchpoints (ie 'watch' command) on POWER9 bare metal , GDB +will accept the command. Unfortunately since there is no hardware +support for the watchpoint, GDB will software emulate the watchpoint +making it run very slowly. + +The same will also be true for any guests started on a POWER9 +host. The watchpoint will fail and GDB will fall back to software +emulation. + +If a guest is started on a POWER8 host, GDB will accept the watchpoint +and configure the hardware to use the DAWR. This will run at full +speed since it can use the hardware emulation. Unfortunately if this +guest is migrated to a POWER9 host, the watchpoint will be lost on the +POWER9. Loads and stores to the watchpoint locations will not be +trapped in GDB. The watchpoint is remembered, so if the guest is +migrated back to the POWER8 host, it will start working again. + diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/bootwrapper.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/bootwrapper.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d60fced5e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/bootwrapper.txt @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +The PowerPC boot wrapper +------------------------ +Copyright (C) Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. + +PowerPC image targets compresses and wraps the kernel image (vmlinux) with +a boot wrapper to make it usable by the system firmware. There is no +standard PowerPC firmware interface, so the boot wrapper is designed to +be adaptable for each kind of image that needs to be built. + +The boot wrapper can be found in the arch/powerpc/boot/ directory. The +Makefile in that directory has targets for all the available image types. +The different image types are used to support all of the various firmware +interfaces found on PowerPC platforms. OpenFirmware is the most commonly +used firmware type on general purpose PowerPC systems from Apple, IBM and +others. U-Boot is typically found on embedded PowerPC hardware, but there +are a handful of other firmware implementations which are also popular. Each +firmware interface requires a different image format. + +The boot wrapper is built from the makefile in arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile and +it uses the wrapper script (arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper) to generate target +image. The details of the build system is discussed in the next section. +Currently, the following image format targets exist: + + cuImage.%: Backwards compatible uImage for older version of + U-Boot (for versions that don't understand the device + tree). This image embeds a device tree blob inside + the image. The boot wrapper, kernel and device tree + are all embedded inside the U-Boot uImage file format + with boot wrapper code that extracts data from the old + bd_info structure and loads the data into the device + tree before jumping into the kernel. + Because of the series of #ifdefs found in the + bd_info structure used in the old U-Boot interfaces, + cuImages are platform specific. Each specific + U-Boot platform has a different platform init file + which populates the embedded device tree with data + from the platform specific bd_info file. The platform + specific cuImage platform init code can be found in + arch/powerpc/boot/cuboot.*.c. Selection of the correct + cuImage init code for a specific board can be found in + the wrapper structure. + dtbImage.%: Similar to zImage, except device tree blob is embedded + inside the image instead of provided by firmware. The + output image file can be either an elf file or a flat + binary depending on the platform. + dtbImages are used on systems which do not have an + interface for passing a device tree directly. + dtbImages are similar to simpleImages except that + dtbImages have platform specific code for extracting + data from the board firmware, but simpleImages do not + talk to the firmware at all. + PlayStation 3 support uses dtbImage. So do Embedded + Planet boards using the PlanetCore firmware. Board + specific initialization code is typically found in a + file named arch/powerpc/boot/<platform>.c; but this + can be overridden by the wrapper script. + simpleImage.%: Firmware independent compressed image that does not + depend on any particular firmware interface and embeds + a device tree blob. This image is a flat binary that + can be loaded to any location in RAM and jumped to. + Firmware cannot pass any configuration data to the + kernel with this image type and it depends entirely on + the embedded device tree for all information. + The simpleImage is useful for booting systems with + an unknown firmware interface or for booting from + a debugger when no firmware is present (such as on + the Xilinx Virtex platform). The only assumption that + simpleImage makes is that RAM is correctly initialized + and that the MMU is either off or has RAM mapped to + base address 0. + simpleImage also supports inserting special platform + specific initialization code to the start of the bootup + sequence. The virtex405 platform uses this feature to + ensure that the cache is invalidated before caching + is enabled. Platform specific initialization code is + added as part of the wrapper script and is keyed on + the image target name. For example, all + simpleImage.virtex405-* targets will add the + virtex405-head.S initialization code (This also means + that the dts file for virtex405 targets should be + named (virtex405-<board>.dts). Search the wrapper + script for 'virtex405' and see the file + arch/powerpc/boot/virtex405-head.S for details. + treeImage.%; Image format for used with OpenBIOS firmware found + on some ppc4xx hardware. This image embeds a device + tree blob inside the image. + uImage: Native image format used by U-Boot. The uImage target + does not add any boot code. It just wraps a compressed + vmlinux in the uImage data structure. This image + requires a version of U-Boot that is able to pass + a device tree to the kernel at boot. If using an older + version of U-Boot, then you need to use a cuImage + instead. + zImage.%: Image format which does not embed a device tree. + Used by OpenFirmware and other firmware interfaces + which are able to supply a device tree. This image + expects firmware to provide the device tree at boot. + Typically, if you have general purpose PowerPC + hardware then you want this image format. + +Image types which embed a device tree blob (simpleImage, dtbImage, treeImage, +and cuImage) all generate the device tree blob from a file in the +arch/powerpc/boot/dts/ directory. The Makefile selects the correct device +tree source based on the name of the target. Therefore, if the kernel is +built with 'make treeImage.walnut simpleImage.virtex405-ml403', then the +build system will use arch/powerpc/boot/dts/walnut.dts to build +treeImage.walnut and arch/powerpc/boot/dts/virtex405-ml403.dts to build +the simpleImage.virtex405-ml403. + +Two special targets called 'zImage' and 'zImage.initrd' also exist. These +targets build all the default images as selected by the kernel configuration. +Default images are selected by the boot wrapper Makefile +(arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile) by adding targets to the $image-y variable. Look +at the Makefile to see which default image targets are available. + +How it is built +--------------- +arch/powerpc is designed to support multiplatform kernels, which means +that a single vmlinux image can be booted on many different target boards. +It also means that the boot wrapper must be able to wrap for many kinds of +images on a single build. The design decision was made to not use any +conditional compilation code (#ifdef, etc) in the boot wrapper source code. +All of the boot wrapper pieces are buildable at any time regardless of the +kernel configuration. Building all the wrapper bits on every kernel build +also ensures that obscure parts of the wrapper are at the very least compile +tested in a large variety of environments. + +The wrapper is adapted for different image types at link time by linking in +just the wrapper bits that are appropriate for the image type. The 'wrapper +script' (found in arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper) is called by the Makefile and +is responsible for selecting the correct wrapper bits for the image type. +The arguments are well documented in the script's comment block, so they +are not repeated here. However, it is worth mentioning that the script +uses the -p (platform) argument as the main method of deciding which wrapper +bits to compile in. Look for the large 'case "$platform" in' block in the +middle of the script. This is also the place where platform specific fixups +can be selected by changing the link order. + +In particular, care should be taken when working with cuImages. cuImage +wrapper bits are very board specific and care should be taken to make sure +the target you are trying to build is supported by the wrapper bits. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fc08e22fe --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.txt @@ -0,0 +1,221 @@ +CPU Families +============ + +This document tries to summarise some of the different cpu families that exist +and are supported by arch/powerpc. + + +Book3S (aka sPAPR) +------------------ + + - Hash MMU + - Mix of 32 & 64 bit + + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | Old POWER | --------------> | RS64 (threads) | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ +----------------+ +------+ + | 601 | --------------> | 603 | ---> | e300 | + +--------------+ +----------------+ +------+ + | | + | | + v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | 604 | | 750 (G3) | ---> | 750CX | + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | | | + | | | + v v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | 620 (64 bit) | | 7400 | | 750CL | + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | | | + | | | + v v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | POWER3/630 | | 7410 | | 750FX | + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | | + | | + v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | POWER3+ | | 7450 | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | | + | | + v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | POWER4 | | 7455 | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | | + | | + v v + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | POWER4+ | --> | 970 | | 7447 | + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | | | + | | | + v v v + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | POWER5 | | 970FX | | 7448 | + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | | | + | | | + v v v + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | POWER5+ | | 970MP | | e600 | + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | POWER5++ | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ +-------+ + | POWER6 | <-?-> | Cell | + +--------------+ +-------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | POWER7 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | POWER7+ | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | POWER8 | + +--------------+ + + + +---------------+ + | PA6T (64 bit) | + +---------------+ + + +IBM BookE +--------- + + - Software loaded TLB. + - All 32 bit + + +--------------+ + | 401 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 403 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 405 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 440 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | 450 | --> | BG/P | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 460 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 476 | + +--------------+ + + +Motorola/Freescale 8xx +---------------------- + + - Software loaded with hardware assist. + - All 32 bit + + +-------------+ + | MPC8xx Core | + +-------------+ + + +Freescale BookE +--------------- + + - Software loaded TLB. + - e6500 adds HW loaded indirect TLB entries. + - Mix of 32 & 64 bit + + +--------------+ + | e200 | + +--------------+ + + + +--------------------------------+ + | e500 | + +--------------------------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------------------------+ + | e500v2 | + +--------------------------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------------------------+ + | e500mc (Book3e) | + +--------------------------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------------------------+ + | e5500 (64 bit) | + +--------------------------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------------------------+ + | e6500 (HW TLB) (Multithreaded) | + +--------------------------------+ + + +IBM A2 core +----------- + + - Book3E, software loaded TLB + HW loaded indirect TLB entries. + - 64 bit + + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | A2 core | --> | WSP | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | BG/Q | + +--------------+ diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_features.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_features.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ae09df872 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_features.txt @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +Hollis Blanchard <hollis@austin.ibm.com> +5 Jun 2002 + +This document describes the system (including self-modifying code) used in the +PPC Linux kernel to support a variety of PowerPC CPUs without requiring +compile-time selection. + +Early in the boot process the ppc32 kernel detects the current CPU type and +chooses a set of features accordingly. Some examples include Altivec support, +split instruction and data caches, and if the CPU supports the DOZE and NAP +sleep modes. + +Detection of the feature set is simple. A list of processors can be found in +arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c. The PVR register is masked and compared with +each value in the list. If a match is found, the cpu_features of cur_cpu_spec +is assigned to the feature bitmask for this processor and a __setup_cpu +function is called. + +C code may test 'cur_cpu_spec[smp_processor_id()]->cpu_features' for a +particular feature bit. This is done in quite a few places, for example +in ppc_setup_l2cr(). + +Implementing cpufeatures in assembly is a little more involved. There are +several paths that are performance-critical and would suffer if an array +index, structure dereference, and conditional branch were added. To avoid the +performance penalty but still allow for runtime (rather than compile-time) CPU +selection, unused code is replaced by 'nop' instructions. This nop'ing is +based on CPU 0's capabilities, so a multi-processor system with non-identical +processors will not work (but such a system would likely have other problems +anyways). + +After detecting the processor type, the kernel patches out sections of code +that shouldn't be used by writing nop's over it. Using cpufeatures requires +just 2 macros (found in arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h), as seen in head.S +transfer_to_handler: + + #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC + BEGIN_FTR_SECTION + mfspr r22,SPRN_VRSAVE /* if G4, save vrsave register value */ + stw r22,THREAD_VRSAVE(r23) + END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC) + #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */ + +If CPU 0 supports Altivec, the code is left untouched. If it doesn't, both +instructions are replaced with nop's. + +The END_FTR_SECTION macro has two simpler variations: END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET +and END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR. These simply test if a flag is set (in +cur_cpu_spec[0]->cpu_features) or is cleared, respectively. These two macros +should be used in the majority of cases. + +The END_FTR_SECTION macros are implemented by storing information about this +code in the '__ftr_fixup' ELF section. When do_cpu_ftr_fixups +(arch/powerpc/kernel/misc.S) is invoked, it will iterate over the records in +__ftr_fixup, and if the required feature is not present it will loop writing +nop's from each BEGIN_FTR_SECTION to END_FTR_SECTION. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cxl.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/cxl.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c5e8d5098 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cxl.txt @@ -0,0 +1,449 @@ +Coherent Accelerator Interface (CXL) +==================================== + +Introduction +============ + + The coherent accelerator interface is designed to allow the + coherent connection of accelerators (FPGAs and other devices) to a + POWER system. These devices need to adhere to the Coherent + Accelerator Interface Architecture (CAIA). + + IBM refers to this as the Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface + or CAPI. In the kernel it's referred to by the name CXL to avoid + confusion with the ISDN CAPI subsystem. + + Coherent in this context means that the accelerator and CPUs can + both access system memory directly and with the same effective + addresses. + + +Hardware overview +================= + + POWER8/9 FPGA + +----------+ +---------+ + | | | | + | CPU | | AFU | + | | | | + | | | | + | | | | + +----------+ +---------+ + | PHB | | | + | +------+ | PSL | + | | CAPP |<------>| | + +---+------+ PCIE +---------+ + + The POWER8/9 chip has a Coherently Attached Processor Proxy (CAPP) + unit which is part of the PCIe Host Bridge (PHB). This is managed + by Linux by calls into OPAL. Linux doesn't directly program the + CAPP. + + The FPGA (or coherently attached device) consists of two parts. + The POWER Service Layer (PSL) and the Accelerator Function Unit + (AFU). The AFU is used to implement specific functionality behind + the PSL. The PSL, among other things, provides memory address + translation services to allow each AFU direct access to userspace + memory. + + The AFU is the core part of the accelerator (eg. the compression, + crypto etc function). The kernel has no knowledge of the function + of the AFU. Only userspace interacts directly with the AFU. + + The PSL provides the translation and interrupt services that the + AFU needs. This is what the kernel interacts with. For example, if + the AFU needs to read a particular effective address, it sends + that address to the PSL, the PSL then translates it, fetches the + data from memory and returns it to the AFU. If the PSL has a + translation miss, it interrupts the kernel and the kernel services + the fault. The context to which this fault is serviced is based on + who owns that acceleration function. + + POWER8 <-----> PSL Version 8 is compliant to the CAIA Version 1.0. + POWER9 <-----> PSL Version 9 is compliant to the CAIA Version 2.0. + This PSL Version 9 provides new features such as: + * Interaction with the nest MMU on the P9 chip. + * Native DMA support. + * Supports sending ASB_Notify messages for host thread wakeup. + * Supports Atomic operations. + * .... + + Cards with a PSL9 won't work on a POWER8 system and cards with a + PSL8 won't work on a POWER9 system. + +AFU Modes +========= + + There are two programming modes supported by the AFU. Dedicated + and AFU directed. AFU may support one or both modes. + + When using dedicated mode only one MMU context is supported. In + this mode, only one userspace process can use the accelerator at + time. + + When using AFU directed mode, up to 16K simultaneous contexts can + be supported. This means up to 16K simultaneous userspace + applications may use the accelerator (although specific AFUs may + support fewer). In this mode, the AFU sends a 16 bit context ID + with each of its requests. This tells the PSL which context is + associated with each operation. If the PSL can't translate an + operation, the ID can also be accessed by the kernel so it can + determine the userspace context associated with an operation. + + +MMIO space +========== + + A portion of the accelerator MMIO space can be directly mapped + from the AFU to userspace. Either the whole space can be mapped or + just a per context portion. The hardware is self describing, hence + the kernel can determine the offset and size of the per context + portion. + + +Interrupts +========== + + AFUs may generate interrupts that are destined for userspace. These + are received by the kernel as hardware interrupts and passed onto + userspace by a read syscall documented below. + + Data storage faults and error interrupts are handled by the kernel + driver. + + +Work Element Descriptor (WED) +============================= + + The WED is a 64-bit parameter passed to the AFU when a context is + started. Its format is up to the AFU hence the kernel has no + knowledge of what it represents. Typically it will be the + effective address of a work queue or status block where the AFU + and userspace can share control and status information. + + + + +User API +======== + +1. AFU character devices + + For AFUs operating in AFU directed mode, two character device + files will be created. /dev/cxl/afu0.0m will correspond to a + master context and /dev/cxl/afu0.0s will correspond to a slave + context. Master contexts have access to the full MMIO space an + AFU provides. Slave contexts have access to only the per process + MMIO space an AFU provides. + + For AFUs operating in dedicated process mode, the driver will + only create a single character device per AFU called + /dev/cxl/afu0.0d. This will have access to the entire MMIO space + that the AFU provides (like master contexts in AFU directed). + + The types described below are defined in include/uapi/misc/cxl.h + + The following file operations are supported on both slave and + master devices. + + A userspace library libcxl is available here: + https://github.com/ibm-capi/libcxl + This provides a C interface to this kernel API. + +open +---- + + Opens the device and allocates a file descriptor to be used with + the rest of the API. + + A dedicated mode AFU only has one context and only allows the + device to be opened once. + + An AFU directed mode AFU can have many contexts, the device can be + opened once for each context that is available. + + When all available contexts are allocated the open call will fail + and return -ENOSPC. + + Note: IRQs need to be allocated for each context, which may limit + the number of contexts that can be created, and therefore + how many times the device can be opened. The POWER8 CAPP + supports 2040 IRQs and 3 are used by the kernel, so 2037 are + left. If 1 IRQ is needed per context, then only 2037 + contexts can be allocated. If 4 IRQs are needed per context, + then only 2037/4 = 509 contexts can be allocated. + + +ioctl +----- + + CXL_IOCTL_START_WORK: + Starts the AFU context and associates it with the current + process. Once this ioctl is successfully executed, all memory + mapped into this process is accessible to this AFU context + using the same effective addresses. No additional calls are + required to map/unmap memory. The AFU memory context will be + updated as userspace allocates and frees memory. This ioctl + returns once the AFU context is started. + + Takes a pointer to a struct cxl_ioctl_start_work: + + struct cxl_ioctl_start_work { + __u64 flags; + __u64 work_element_descriptor; + __u64 amr; + __s16 num_interrupts; + __s16 reserved1; + __s32 reserved2; + __u64 reserved3; + __u64 reserved4; + __u64 reserved5; + __u64 reserved6; + }; + + flags: + Indicates which optional fields in the structure are + valid. + + work_element_descriptor: + The Work Element Descriptor (WED) is a 64-bit argument + defined by the AFU. Typically this is an effective + address pointing to an AFU specific structure + describing what work to perform. + + amr: + Authority Mask Register (AMR), same as the powerpc + AMR. This field is only used by the kernel when the + corresponding CXL_START_WORK_AMR value is specified in + flags. If not specified the kernel will use a default + value of 0. + + num_interrupts: + Number of userspace interrupts to request. This field + is only used by the kernel when the corresponding + CXL_START_WORK_NUM_IRQS value is specified in flags. + If not specified the minimum number required by the + AFU will be allocated. The min and max number can be + obtained from sysfs. + + reserved fields: + For ABI padding and future extensions + + CXL_IOCTL_GET_PROCESS_ELEMENT: + Get the current context id, also known as the process element. + The value is returned from the kernel as a __u32. + + +mmap +---- + + An AFU may have an MMIO space to facilitate communication with the + AFU. If it does, the MMIO space can be accessed via mmap. The size + and contents of this area are specific to the particular AFU. The + size can be discovered via sysfs. + + In AFU directed mode, master contexts are allowed to map all of + the MMIO space and slave contexts are allowed to only map the per + process MMIO space associated with the context. In dedicated + process mode the entire MMIO space can always be mapped. + + This mmap call must be done after the START_WORK ioctl. + + Care should be taken when accessing MMIO space. Only 32 and 64-bit + accesses are supported by POWER8. Also, the AFU will be designed + with a specific endianness, so all MMIO accesses should consider + endianness (recommend endian(3) variants like: le64toh(), + be64toh() etc). These endian issues equally apply to shared memory + queues the WED may describe. + + +read +---- + + Reads events from the AFU. Blocks if no events are pending + (unless O_NONBLOCK is supplied). Returns -EIO in the case of an + unrecoverable error or if the card is removed. + + read() will always return an integral number of events. + + The buffer passed to read() must be at least 4K bytes. + + The result of the read will be a buffer of one or more events, + each event is of type struct cxl_event, of varying size. + + struct cxl_event { + struct cxl_event_header header; + union { + struct cxl_event_afu_interrupt irq; + struct cxl_event_data_storage fault; + struct cxl_event_afu_error afu_error; + }; + }; + + The struct cxl_event_header is defined as: + + struct cxl_event_header { + __u16 type; + __u16 size; + __u16 process_element; + __u16 reserved1; + }; + + type: + This defines the type of event. The type determines how + the rest of the event is structured. These types are + described below and defined by enum cxl_event_type. + + size: + This is the size of the event in bytes including the + struct cxl_event_header. The start of the next event can + be found at this offset from the start of the current + event. + + process_element: + Context ID of the event. + + reserved field: + For future extensions and padding. + + If the event type is CXL_EVENT_AFU_INTERRUPT then the event + structure is defined as: + + struct cxl_event_afu_interrupt { + __u16 flags; + __u16 irq; /* Raised AFU interrupt number */ + __u32 reserved1; + }; + + flags: + These flags indicate which optional fields are present + in this struct. Currently all fields are mandatory. + + irq: + The IRQ number sent by the AFU. + + reserved field: + For future extensions and padding. + + If the event type is CXL_EVENT_DATA_STORAGE then the event + structure is defined as: + + struct cxl_event_data_storage { + __u16 flags; + __u16 reserved1; + __u32 reserved2; + __u64 addr; + __u64 dsisr; + __u64 reserved3; + }; + + flags: + These flags indicate which optional fields are present in + this struct. Currently all fields are mandatory. + + address: + The address that the AFU unsuccessfully attempted to + access. Valid accesses will be handled transparently by the + kernel but invalid accesses will generate this event. + + dsisr: + This field gives information on the type of fault. It is a + copy of the DSISR from the PSL hardware when the address + fault occurred. The form of the DSISR is as defined in the + CAIA. + + reserved fields: + For future extensions + + If the event type is CXL_EVENT_AFU_ERROR then the event structure + is defined as: + + struct cxl_event_afu_error { + __u16 flags; + __u16 reserved1; + __u32 reserved2; + __u64 error; + }; + + flags: + These flags indicate which optional fields are present in + this struct. Currently all fields are Mandatory. + + error: + Error status from the AFU. Defined by the AFU. + + reserved fields: + For future extensions and padding + + +2. Card character device (powerVM guest only) + + In a powerVM guest, an extra character device is created for the + card. The device is only used to write (flash) a new image on the + FPGA accelerator. Once the image is written and verified, the + device tree is updated and the card is reset to reload the updated + image. + +open +---- + + Opens the device and allocates a file descriptor to be used with + the rest of the API. The device can only be opened once. + +ioctl +----- + +CXL_IOCTL_DOWNLOAD_IMAGE: +CXL_IOCTL_VALIDATE_IMAGE: + Starts and controls flashing a new FPGA image. Partial + reconfiguration is not supported (yet), so the image must contain + a copy of the PSL and AFU(s). Since an image can be quite large, + the caller may have to iterate, splitting the image in smaller + chunks. + + Takes a pointer to a struct cxl_adapter_image: + struct cxl_adapter_image { + __u64 flags; + __u64 data; + __u64 len_data; + __u64 len_image; + __u64 reserved1; + __u64 reserved2; + __u64 reserved3; + __u64 reserved4; + }; + + flags: + These flags indicate which optional fields are present in + this struct. Currently all fields are mandatory. + + data: + Pointer to a buffer with part of the image to write to the + card. + + len_data: + Size of the buffer pointed to by data. + + len_image: + Full size of the image. + + +Sysfs Class +=========== + + A cxl sysfs class is added under /sys/class/cxl to facilitate + enumeration and tuning of the accelerators. Its layout is + described in Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-cxl + + +Udev rules +========== + + The following udev rules could be used to create a symlink to the + most logical chardev to use in any programming mode (afuX.Yd for + dedicated, afuX.Ys for afu directed), since the API is virtually + identical for each: + + SUBSYSTEM=="cxl", ATTRS{mode}=="dedicated_process", SYMLINK="cxl/%b" + SUBSYSTEM=="cxl", ATTRS{mode}=="afu_directed", \ + KERNEL=="afu[0-9]*.[0-9]*s", SYMLINK="cxl/%b" diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a64bdaa0a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt @@ -0,0 +1,429 @@ +Introduction +============ + + The IBM Power architecture provides support for CAPI (Coherent + Accelerator Power Interface), which is available to certain PCIe slots + on Power 8 systems. CAPI can be thought of as a special tunneling + protocol through PCIe that allow PCIe adapters to look like special + purpose co-processors which can read or write an application's + memory and generate page faults. As a result, the host interface to + an adapter running in CAPI mode does not require the data buffers to + be mapped to the device's memory (IOMMU bypass) nor does it require + memory to be pinned. + + On Linux, Coherent Accelerator (CXL) kernel services present CAPI + devices as a PCI device by implementing a virtual PCI host bridge. + This abstraction simplifies the infrastructure and programming + model, allowing for drivers to look similar to other native PCI + device drivers. + + CXL provides a mechanism by which user space applications can + directly talk to a device (network or storage) bypassing the typical + kernel/device driver stack. The CXL Flash Adapter Driver enables a + user space application direct access to Flash storage. + + The CXL Flash Adapter Driver is a kernel module that sits in the + SCSI stack as a low level device driver (below the SCSI disk and + protocol drivers) for the IBM CXL Flash Adapter. This driver is + responsible for the initialization of the adapter, setting up the + special path for user space access, and performing error recovery. It + communicates directly the Flash Accelerator Functional Unit (AFU) + as described in Documentation/powerpc/cxl.txt. + + The cxlflash driver supports two, mutually exclusive, modes of + operation at the device (LUN) level: + + - Any flash device (LUN) can be configured to be accessed as a + regular disk device (i.e.: /dev/sdc). This is the default mode. + + - Any flash device (LUN) can be configured to be accessed from + user space with a special block library. This mode further + specifies the means of accessing the device and provides for + either raw access to the entire LUN (referred to as direct + or physical LUN access) or access to a kernel/AFU-mediated + partition of the LUN (referred to as virtual LUN access). The + segmentation of a disk device into virtual LUNs is assisted + by special translation services provided by the Flash AFU. + +Overview +======== + + The Coherent Accelerator Interface Architecture (CAIA) introduces a + concept of a master context. A master typically has special privileges + granted to it by the kernel or hypervisor allowing it to perform AFU + wide management and control. The master may or may not be involved + directly in each user I/O, but at the minimum is involved in the + initial setup before the user application is allowed to send requests + directly to the AFU. + + The CXL Flash Adapter Driver establishes a master context with the + AFU. It uses memory mapped I/O (MMIO) for this control and setup. The + Adapter Problem Space Memory Map looks like this: + + +-------------------------------+ + | 512 * 64 KB User MMIO | + | (per context) | + | User Accessible | + +-------------------------------+ + | 512 * 128 B per context | + | Provisioning and Control | + | Trusted Process accessible | + +-------------------------------+ + | 64 KB Global | + | Trusted Process accessible | + +-------------------------------+ + + This driver configures itself into the SCSI software stack as an + adapter driver. The driver is the only entity that is considered a + Trusted Process to program the Provisioning and Control and Global + areas in the MMIO Space shown above. The master context driver + discovers all LUNs attached to the CXL Flash adapter and instantiates + scsi block devices (/dev/sdb, /dev/sdc etc.) for each unique LUN + seen from each path. + + Once these scsi block devices are instantiated, an application + written to a specification provided by the block library may get + access to the Flash from user space (without requiring a system call). + + This master context driver also provides a series of ioctls for this + block library to enable this user space access. The driver supports + two modes for accessing the block device. + + The first mode is called a virtual mode. In this mode a single scsi + block device (/dev/sdb) may be carved up into any number of distinct + virtual LUNs. The virtual LUNs may be resized as long as the sum of + the sizes of all the virtual LUNs, along with the meta-data associated + with it does not exceed the physical capacity. + + The second mode is called the physical mode. In this mode a single + block device (/dev/sdb) may be opened directly by the block library + and the entire space for the LUN is available to the application. + + Only the physical mode provides persistence of the data. i.e. The + data written to the block device will survive application exit and + restart and also reboot. The virtual LUNs do not persist (i.e. do + not survive after the application terminates or the system reboots). + + +Block library API +================= + + Applications intending to get access to the CXL Flash from user + space should use the block library, as it abstracts the details of + interfacing directly with the cxlflash driver that are necessary for + performing administrative actions (i.e.: setup, tear down, resize). + The block library can be thought of as a 'user' of services, + implemented as IOCTLs, that are provided by the cxlflash driver + specifically for devices (LUNs) operating in user space access + mode. While it is not a requirement that applications understand + the interface between the block library and the cxlflash driver, + a high-level overview of each supported service (IOCTL) is provided + below. + + The block library can be found on GitHub: + http://github.com/open-power/capiflash + + +CXL Flash Driver LUN IOCTLs +=========================== + + Users, such as the block library, that wish to interface with a flash + device (LUN) via user space access need to use the services provided + by the cxlflash driver. As these services are implemented as ioctls, + a file descriptor handle must first be obtained in order to establish + the communication channel between a user and the kernel. This file + descriptor is obtained by opening the device special file associated + with the scsi disk device (/dev/sdb) that was created during LUN + discovery. As per the location of the cxlflash driver within the + SCSI protocol stack, this open is actually not seen by the cxlflash + driver. Upon successful open, the user receives a file descriptor + (herein referred to as fd1) that should be used for issuing the + subsequent ioctls listed below. + + The structure definitions for these IOCTLs are available in: + uapi/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h + +DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH +------------------ + + This ioctl obtains, initializes, and starts a context using the CXL + kernel services. These services specify a context id (u16) by which + to uniquely identify the context and its allocated resources. The + services additionally provide a second file descriptor (herein + referred to as fd2) that is used by the block library to initiate + memory mapped I/O (via mmap()) to the CXL flash device and poll for + completion events. This file descriptor is intentionally installed by + this driver and not the CXL kernel services to allow for intermediary + notification and access in the event of a non-user-initiated close(), + such as a killed process. This design point is described in further + detail in the description for the DK_CXLFLASH_DETACH ioctl. + + There are a few important aspects regarding the "tokens" (context id + and fd2) that are provided back to the user: + + - These tokens are only valid for the process under which they + were created. The child of a forked process cannot continue + to use the context id or file descriptor created by its parent + (see DK_CXLFLASH_VLUN_CLONE for further details). + + - These tokens are only valid for the lifetime of the context and + the process under which they were created. Once either is + destroyed, the tokens are to be considered stale and subsequent + usage will result in errors. + + - A valid adapter file descriptor (fd2 >= 0) is only returned on + the initial attach for a context. Subsequent attaches to an + existing context (DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH_REUSE_CONTEXT flag present) + do not provide the adapter file descriptor as it was previously + made known to the application. + + - When a context is no longer needed, the user shall detach from + the context via the DK_CXLFLASH_DETACH ioctl. When this ioctl + returns with a valid adapter file descriptor and the return flag + DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD is present, the application _must_ + close the adapter file descriptor following a successful detach. + + - When this ioctl returns with a valid fd2 and the return flag + DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD is present, the application _must_ + close fd2 in the following circumstances: + + + Following a successful detach of the last user of the context + + Following a successful recovery on the context's original fd2 + + In the child process of a fork(), following a clone ioctl, + on the fd2 associated with the source context + + - At any time, a close on fd2 will invalidate the tokens. Applications + should exercise caution to only close fd2 when appropriate (outlined + in the previous bullet) to avoid premature loss of I/O. + +DK_CXLFLASH_USER_DIRECT +----------------------- + This ioctl is responsible for transitioning the LUN to direct + (physical) mode access and configuring the AFU for direct access from + user space on a per-context basis. Additionally, the block size and + last logical block address (LBA) are returned to the user. + + As mentioned previously, when operating in user space access mode, + LUNs may be accessed in whole or in part. Only one mode is allowed + at a time and if one mode is active (outstanding references exist), + requests to use the LUN in a different mode are denied. + + The AFU is configured for direct access from user space by adding an + entry to the AFU's resource handle table. The index of the entry is + treated as a resource handle that is returned to the user. The user + is then able to use the handle to reference the LUN during I/O. + +DK_CXLFLASH_USER_VIRTUAL +------------------------ + This ioctl is responsible for transitioning the LUN to virtual mode + of access and configuring the AFU for virtual access from user space + on a per-context basis. Additionally, the block size and last logical + block address (LBA) are returned to the user. + + As mentioned previously, when operating in user space access mode, + LUNs may be accessed in whole or in part. Only one mode is allowed + at a time and if one mode is active (outstanding references exist), + requests to use the LUN in a different mode are denied. + + The AFU is configured for virtual access from user space by adding + an entry to the AFU's resource handle table. The index of the entry + is treated as a resource handle that is returned to the user. The + user is then able to use the handle to reference the LUN during I/O. + + By default, the virtual LUN is created with a size of 0. The user + would need to use the DK_CXLFLASH_VLUN_RESIZE ioctl to adjust the grow + the virtual LUN to a desired size. To avoid having to perform this + resize for the initial creation of the virtual LUN, the user has the + option of specifying a size as part of the DK_CXLFLASH_USER_VIRTUAL + ioctl, such that when success is returned to the user, the + resource handle that is provided is already referencing provisioned + storage. This is reflected by the last LBA being a non-zero value. + + When a LUN is accessible from more than one port, this ioctl will + return with the DK_CXLFLASH_ALL_PORTS_ACTIVE return flag set. This + provides the user with a hint that I/O can be retried in the event + of an I/O error as the LUN can be reached over multiple paths. + +DK_CXLFLASH_VLUN_RESIZE +----------------------- + This ioctl is responsible for resizing a previously created virtual + LUN and will fail if invoked upon a LUN that is not in virtual + mode. Upon success, an updated last LBA is returned to the user + indicating the new size of the virtual LUN associated with the + resource handle. + + The partitioning of virtual LUNs is jointly mediated by the cxlflash + driver and the AFU. An allocation table is kept for each LUN that is + operating in the virtual mode and used to program a LUN translation + table that the AFU references when provided with a resource handle. + + This ioctl can return -EAGAIN if an AFU sync operation takes too long. + In addition to returning a failure to user, cxlflash will also schedule + an asynchronous AFU reset. Should the user choose to retry the operation, + it is expected to succeed. If this ioctl fails with -EAGAIN, the user + can either retry the operation or treat it as a failure. + +DK_CXLFLASH_RELEASE +------------------- + This ioctl is responsible for releasing a previously obtained + reference to either a physical or virtual LUN. This can be + thought of as the inverse of the DK_CXLFLASH_USER_DIRECT or + DK_CXLFLASH_USER_VIRTUAL ioctls. Upon success, the resource handle + is no longer valid and the entry in the resource handle table is + made available to be used again. + + As part of the release process for virtual LUNs, the virtual LUN + is first resized to 0 to clear out and free the translation tables + associated with the virtual LUN reference. + +DK_CXLFLASH_DETACH +------------------ + This ioctl is responsible for unregistering a context with the + cxlflash driver and release outstanding resources that were + not explicitly released via the DK_CXLFLASH_RELEASE ioctl. Upon + success, all "tokens" which had been provided to the user from the + DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH onward are no longer valid. + + When the DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD flag was returned on a successful + attach, the application _must_ close the fd2 associated with the context + following the detach of the final user of the context. + +DK_CXLFLASH_VLUN_CLONE +---------------------- + This ioctl is responsible for cloning a previously created + context to a more recently created context. It exists solely to + support maintaining user space access to storage after a process + forks. Upon success, the child process (which invoked the ioctl) + will have access to the same LUNs via the same resource handle(s) + as the parent, but under a different context. + + Context sharing across processes is not supported with CXL and + therefore each fork must be met with establishing a new context + for the child process. This ioctl simplifies the state management + and playback required by a user in such a scenario. When a process + forks, child process can clone the parents context by first creating + a context (via DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH) and then using this ioctl to + perform the clone from the parent to the child. + + The clone itself is fairly simple. The resource handle and lun + translation tables are copied from the parent context to the child's + and then synced with the AFU. + + When the DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD flag was returned on a successful + attach, the application _must_ close the fd2 associated with the source + context (still resident/accessible in the parent process) following the + clone. This is to avoid a stale entry in the file descriptor table of the + child process. + + This ioctl can return -EAGAIN if an AFU sync operation takes too long. + In addition to returning a failure to user, cxlflash will also schedule + an asynchronous AFU reset. Should the user choose to retry the operation, + it is expected to succeed. If this ioctl fails with -EAGAIN, the user + can either retry the operation or treat it as a failure. + +DK_CXLFLASH_VERIFY +------------------ + This ioctl is used to detect various changes such as the capacity of + the disk changing, the number of LUNs visible changing, etc. In cases + where the changes affect the application (such as a LUN resize), the + cxlflash driver will report the changed state to the application. + + The user calls in when they want to validate that a LUN hasn't been + changed in response to a check condition. As the user is operating out + of band from the kernel, they will see these types of events without + the kernel's knowledge. When encountered, the user's architected + behavior is to call in to this ioctl, indicating what they want to + verify and passing along any appropriate information. For now, only + verifying a LUN change (ie: size different) with sense data is + supported. + +DK_CXLFLASH_RECOVER_AFU +----------------------- + This ioctl is used to drive recovery (if such an action is warranted) + of a specified user context. Any state associated with the user context + is re-established upon successful recovery. + + User contexts are put into an error condition when the device needs to + be reset or is terminating. Users are notified of this error condition + by seeing all 0xF's on an MMIO read. Upon encountering this, the + architected behavior for a user is to call into this ioctl to recover + their context. A user may also call into this ioctl at any time to + check if the device is operating normally. If a failure is returned + from this ioctl, the user is expected to gracefully clean up their + context via release/detach ioctls. Until they do, the context they + hold is not relinquished. The user may also optionally exit the process + at which time the context/resources they held will be freed as part of + the release fop. + + When the DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD flag was returned on a successful + attach, the application _must_ unmap and close the fd2 associated with the + original context following this ioctl returning success and indicating that + the context was recovered (DK_CXLFLASH_RECOVER_AFU_CONTEXT_RESET). + +DK_CXLFLASH_MANAGE_LUN +---------------------- + This ioctl is used to switch a LUN from a mode where it is available + for file-system access (legacy), to a mode where it is set aside for + exclusive user space access (superpipe). In case a LUN is visible + across multiple ports and adapters, this ioctl is used to uniquely + identify each LUN by its World Wide Node Name (WWNN). + + +CXL Flash Driver Host IOCTLs +============================ + + Each host adapter instance that is supported by the cxlflash driver + has a special character device associated with it to enable a set of + host management function. These character devices are hosted in a + class dedicated for cxlflash and can be accessed via /dev/cxlflash/*. + + Applications can be written to perform various functions using the + host ioctl APIs below. + + The structure definitions for these IOCTLs are available in: + uapi/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h + +HT_CXLFLASH_LUN_PROVISION +------------------------- + This ioctl is used to create and delete persistent LUNs on cxlflash + devices that lack an external LUN management interface. It is only + valid when used with AFUs that support the LUN provision capability. + + When sufficient space is available, LUNs can be created by specifying + the target port to host the LUN and a desired size in 4K blocks. Upon + success, the LUN ID and WWID of the created LUN will be returned and + the SCSI bus can be scanned to detect the change in LUN topology. Note + that partial allocations are not supported. Should a creation fail due + to a space issue, the target port can be queried for its current LUN + geometry. + + To remove a LUN, the device must first be disassociated from the Linux + SCSI subsystem. The LUN deletion can then be initiated by specifying a + target port and LUN ID. Upon success, the LUN geometry associated with + the port will be updated to reflect new number of provisioned LUNs and + available capacity. + + To query the LUN geometry of a port, the target port is specified and + upon success, the following information is presented: + + - Maximum number of provisioned LUNs allowed for the port + - Current number of provisioned LUNs for the port + - Maximum total capacity of provisioned LUNs for the port (4K blocks) + - Current total capacity of provisioned LUNs for the port (4K blocks) + + With this information, the number of available LUNs and capacity can be + can be calculated. + +HT_CXLFLASH_AFU_DEBUG +--------------------- + This ioctl is used to debug AFUs by supporting a command pass-through + interface. It is only valid when used with AFUs that support the AFU + debug capability. + + With exception of buffer management, AFU debug commands are opaque to + cxlflash and treated as pass-through. For debug commands that do require + data transfer, the user supplies an adequately sized data buffer and must + specify the data transfer direction with respect to the host. There is a + maximum transfer size of 256K imposed. Note that partial read completions + are not supported - when errors are experienced with a host read data + transfer, the data buffer is not copied back to the user. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dscr.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dscr.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ece300c64 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dscr.txt @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ + DSCR (Data Stream Control Register) + ================================================ + +DSCR register in powerpc allows user to have some control of prefetch of data +stream in the processor. Please refer to the ISA documents or related manual +for more detailed information regarding how to use this DSCR to attain this +control of the prefetches . This document here provides an overview of kernel +support for DSCR, related kernel objects, it's functionalities and exported +user interface. + +(A) Data Structures: + + (1) thread_struct: + dscr /* Thread DSCR value */ + dscr_inherit /* Thread has changed default DSCR */ + + (2) PACA: + dscr_default /* per-CPU DSCR default value */ + + (3) sysfs.c: + dscr_default /* System DSCR default value */ + +(B) Scheduler Changes: + + Scheduler will write the per-CPU DSCR default which is stored in the + CPU's PACA value into the register if the thread has dscr_inherit value + cleared which means that it has not changed the default DSCR till now. + If the dscr_inherit value is set which means that it has changed the + default DSCR value, scheduler will write the changed value which will + now be contained in thread struct's dscr into the register instead of + the per-CPU default PACA based DSCR value. + + NOTE: Please note here that the system wide global DSCR value never + gets used directly in the scheduler process context switch at all. + +(C) SYSFS Interface: + + Global DSCR default: /sys/devices/system/cpu/dscr_default + CPU specific DSCR default: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/dscr + + Changing the global DSCR default in the sysfs will change all the CPU + specific DSCR defaults immediately in their PACA structures. Again if + the current process has the dscr_inherit clear, it also writes the new + value into every CPU's DSCR register right away and updates the current + thread's DSCR value as well. + + Changing the CPU specific DSCR default value in the sysfs does exactly + the same thing as above but unlike the global one above, it just changes + stuff for that particular CPU instead for all the CPUs on the system. + +(D) User Space Instructions: + + The DSCR register can be accessed in the user space using any of these + two SPR numbers available for that purpose. + + (1) Problem state SPR: 0x03 (Un-privileged, POWER8 only) + (2) Privileged state SPR: 0x11 (Privileged) + + Accessing DSCR through privileged SPR number (0x11) from user space + works, as it is emulated following an illegal instruction exception + inside the kernel. Both mfspr and mtspr instructions are emulated. + + Accessing DSCR through user level SPR (0x03) from user space will first + create a facility unavailable exception. Inside this exception handler + all mfspr instruction based read attempts will get emulated and returned + where as the first mtspr instruction based write attempts will enable + the DSCR facility for the next time around (both for read and write) by + setting DSCR facility in the FSCR register. + +(E) Specifics about 'dscr_inherit': + + The thread struct element 'dscr_inherit' represents whether the thread + in question has attempted and changed the DSCR itself using any of the + following methods. This element signifies whether the thread wants to + use the CPU default DSCR value or its own changed DSCR value in the + kernel. + + (1) mtspr instruction (SPR number 0x03) + (2) mtspr instruction (SPR number 0x11) + (3) ptrace interface (Explicitly set user DSCR value) + + Any child of the process created after this event in the process inherits + this same behaviour as well. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..678189280 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt @@ -0,0 +1,334 @@ + + + PCI Bus EEH Error Recovery + -------------------------- + Linas Vepstas + <linas@austin.ibm.com> + 12 January 2005 + + +Overview: +--------- +The IBM POWER-based pSeries and iSeries computers include PCI bus +controller chips that have extended capabilities for detecting and +reporting a large variety of PCI bus error conditions. These features +go under the name of "EEH", for "Enhanced Error Handling". The EEH +hardware features allow PCI bus errors to be cleared and a PCI +card to be "rebooted", without also having to reboot the operating +system. + +This is in contrast to traditional PCI error handling, where the +PCI chip is wired directly to the CPU, and an error would cause +a CPU machine-check/check-stop condition, halting the CPU entirely. +Another "traditional" technique is to ignore such errors, which +can lead to data corruption, both of user data or of kernel data, +hung/unresponsive adapters, or system crashes/lockups. Thus, +the idea behind EEH is that the operating system can become more +reliable and robust by protecting it from PCI errors, and giving +the OS the ability to "reboot"/recover individual PCI devices. + +Future systems from other vendors, based on the PCI-E specification, +may contain similar features. + + +Causes of EEH Errors +-------------------- +EEH was originally designed to guard against hardware failure, such +as PCI cards dying from heat, humidity, dust, vibration and bad +electrical connections. The vast majority of EEH errors seen in +"real life" are due to either poorly seated PCI cards, or, +unfortunately quite commonly, due to device driver bugs, device firmware +bugs, and sometimes PCI card hardware bugs. + +The most common software bug, is one that causes the device to +attempt to DMA to a location in system memory that has not been +reserved for DMA access for that card. This is a powerful feature, +as it prevents what; otherwise, would have been silent memory +corruption caused by the bad DMA. A number of device driver +bugs have been found and fixed in this way over the past few +years. Other possible causes of EEH errors include data or +address line parity errors (for example, due to poor electrical +connectivity due to a poorly seated card), and PCI-X split-completion +errors (due to software, device firmware, or device PCI hardware bugs). +The vast majority of "true hardware failures" can be cured by +physically removing and re-seating the PCI card. + + +Detection and Recovery +---------------------- +In the following discussion, a generic overview of how to detect +and recover from EEH errors will be presented. This is followed +by an overview of how the current implementation in the Linux +kernel does it. The actual implementation is subject to change, +and some of the finer points are still being debated. These +may in turn be swayed if or when other architectures implement +similar functionality. + +When a PCI Host Bridge (PHB, the bus controller connecting the +PCI bus to the system CPU electronics complex) detects a PCI error +condition, it will "isolate" the affected PCI card. Isolation +will block all writes (either to the card from the system, or +from the card to the system), and it will cause all reads to +return all-ff's (0xff, 0xffff, 0xffffffff for 8/16/32-bit reads). +This value was chosen because it is the same value you would +get if the device was physically unplugged from the slot. +This includes access to PCI memory, I/O space, and PCI config +space. Interrupts; however, will continued to be delivered. + +Detection and recovery are performed with the aid of ppc64 +firmware. The programming interfaces in the Linux kernel +into the firmware are referred to as RTAS (Run-Time Abstraction +Services). The Linux kernel does not (should not) access +the EEH function in the PCI chipsets directly, primarily because +there are a number of different chipsets out there, each with +different interfaces and quirks. The firmware provides a +uniform abstraction layer that will work with all pSeries +and iSeries hardware (and be forwards-compatible). + +If the OS or device driver suspects that a PCI slot has been +EEH-isolated, there is a firmware call it can make to determine if +this is the case. If so, then the device driver should put itself +into a consistent state (given that it won't be able to complete any +pending work) and start recovery of the card. Recovery normally +would consist of resetting the PCI device (holding the PCI #RST +line high for two seconds), followed by setting up the device +config space (the base address registers (BAR's), latency timer, +cache line size, interrupt line, and so on). This is followed by a +reinitialization of the device driver. In a worst-case scenario, +the power to the card can be toggled, at least on hot-plug-capable +slots. In principle, layers far above the device driver probably +do not need to know that the PCI card has been "rebooted" in this +way; ideally, there should be at most a pause in Ethernet/disk/USB +I/O while the card is being reset. + +If the card cannot be recovered after three or four resets, the +kernel/device driver should assume the worst-case scenario, that the +card has died completely, and report this error to the sysadmin. +In addition, error messages are reported through RTAS and also through +syslogd (/var/log/messages) to alert the sysadmin of PCI resets. +The correct way to deal with failed adapters is to use the standard +PCI hotplug tools to remove and replace the dead card. + + +Current PPC64 Linux EEH Implementation +-------------------------------------- +At this time, a generic EEH recovery mechanism has been implemented, +so that individual device drivers do not need to be modified to support +EEH recovery. This generic mechanism piggy-backs on the PCI hotplug +infrastructure, and percolates events up through the userspace/udev +infrastructure. Following is a detailed description of how this is +accomplished. + +EEH must be enabled in the PHB's very early during the boot process, +and if a PCI slot is hot-plugged. The former is performed by +eeh_init() in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c, and the later by +drivers/pci/hotplug/pSeries_pci.c calling in to the eeh.c code. +EEH must be enabled before a PCI scan of the device can proceed. +Current Power5 hardware will not work unless EEH is enabled; +although older Power4 can run with it disabled. Effectively, +EEH can no longer be turned off. PCI devices *must* be +registered with the EEH code; the EEH code needs to know about +the I/O address ranges of the PCI device in order to detect an +error. Given an arbitrary address, the routine +pci_get_device_by_addr() will find the pci device associated +with that address (if any). + +The default arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h macros readb(), inb(), insb(), +etc. include a check to see if the i/o read returned all-0xff's. +If so, these make a call to eeh_dn_check_failure(), which in turn +asks the firmware if the all-ff's value is the sign of a true EEH +error. If it is not, processing continues as normal. The grand +total number of these false alarms or "false positives" can be +seen in /proc/ppc64/eeh (subject to change). Normally, almost +all of these occur during boot, when the PCI bus is scanned, where +a large number of 0xff reads are part of the bus scan procedure. + +If a frozen slot is detected, code in +arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c will print a stack trace to +syslog (/var/log/messages). This stack trace has proven to be very +useful to device-driver authors for finding out at what point the EEH +error was detected, as the error itself usually occurs slightly +beforehand. + +Next, it uses the Linux kernel notifier chain/work queue mechanism to +allow any interested parties to find out about the failure. Device +drivers, or other parts of the kernel, can use +eeh_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *) to find out about EEH +events. The event will include a pointer to the pci device, the +device node and some state info. Receivers of the event can "do as +they wish"; the default handler will be described further in this +section. + +To assist in the recovery of the device, eeh.c exports the +following functions: + +rtas_set_slot_reset() -- assert the PCI #RST line for 1/8th of a second +rtas_configure_bridge() -- ask firmware to configure any PCI bridges + located topologically under the pci slot. +eeh_save_bars() and eeh_restore_bars(): save and restore the PCI + config-space info for a device and any devices under it. + + +A handler for the EEH notifier_block events is implemented in +drivers/pci/hotplug/pSeries_pci.c, called handle_eeh_events(). +It saves the device BAR's and then calls rpaphp_unconfig_pci_adapter(). +This last call causes the device driver for the card to be stopped, +which causes uevents to go out to user space. This triggers +user-space scripts that might issue commands such as "ifdown eth0" +for ethernet cards, and so on. This handler then sleeps for 5 seconds, +hoping to give the user-space scripts enough time to complete. +It then resets the PCI card, reconfigures the device BAR's, and +any bridges underneath. It then calls rpaphp_enable_pci_slot(), +which restarts the device driver and triggers more user-space +events (for example, calling "ifup eth0" for ethernet cards). + + +Device Shutdown and User-Space Events +------------------------------------- +This section documents what happens when a pci slot is unconfigured, +focusing on how the device driver gets shut down, and on how the +events get delivered to user-space scripts. + +Following is an example sequence of events that cause a device driver +close function to be called during the first phase of an EEH reset. +The following sequence is an example of the pcnet32 device driver. + + rpa_php_unconfig_pci_adapter (struct slot *) // in rpaphp_pci.c + { + calls + pci_remove_bus_device (struct pci_dev *) // in /drivers/pci/remove.c + { + calls + pci_destroy_dev (struct pci_dev *) + { + calls + device_unregister (&dev->dev) // in /drivers/base/core.c + { + calls + device_del (struct device *) + { + calls + bus_remove_device() // in /drivers/base/bus.c + { + calls + device_release_driver() + { + calls + struct device_driver->remove() which is just + pci_device_remove() // in /drivers/pci/pci_driver.c + { + calls + struct pci_driver->remove() which is just + pcnet32_remove_one() // in /drivers/net/pcnet32.c + { + calls + unregister_netdev() // in /net/core/dev.c + { + calls + dev_close() // in /net/core/dev.c + { + calls dev->stop(); + which is just pcnet32_close() // in pcnet32.c + { + which does what you wanted + to stop the device + } + } + } + which + frees pcnet32 device driver memory + } + }}}}}} + + + in drivers/pci/pci_driver.c, + struct device_driver->remove() is just pci_device_remove() + which calls struct pci_driver->remove() which is pcnet32_remove_one() + which calls unregister_netdev() (in net/core/dev.c) + which calls dev_close() (in net/core/dev.c) + which calls dev->stop() which is pcnet32_close() + which then does the appropriate shutdown. + +--- +Following is the analogous stack trace for events sent to user-space +when the pci device is unconfigured. + +rpa_php_unconfig_pci_adapter() { // in rpaphp_pci.c + calls + pci_remove_bus_device (struct pci_dev *) { // in /drivers/pci/remove.c + calls + pci_destroy_dev (struct pci_dev *) { + calls + device_unregister (&dev->dev) { // in /drivers/base/core.c + calls + device_del(struct device * dev) { // in /drivers/base/core.c + calls + kobject_del() { //in /libs/kobject.c + calls + kobject_uevent() { // in /libs/kobject.c + calls + kset_uevent() { // in /lib/kobject.c + calls + kset->uevent_ops->uevent() // which is really just + a call to + dev_uevent() { // in /drivers/base/core.c + calls + dev->bus->uevent() which is really just a call to + pci_uevent () { // in drivers/pci/hotplug.c + which prints device name, etc.... + } + } + then kobject_uevent() sends a netlink uevent to userspace + --> userspace uevent + (during early boot, nobody listens to netlink events and + kobject_uevent() executes uevent_helper[], which runs the + event process /sbin/hotplug) + } + } + kobject_del() then calls sysfs_remove_dir(), which would + trigger any user-space daemon that was watching /sysfs, + and notice the delete event. + + +Pro's and Con's of the Current Design +------------------------------------- +There are several issues with the current EEH software recovery design, +which may be addressed in future revisions. But first, note that the +big plus of the current design is that no changes need to be made to +individual device drivers, so that the current design throws a wide net. +The biggest negative of the design is that it potentially disturbs +network daemons and file systems that didn't need to be disturbed. + +-- A minor complaint is that resetting the network card causes + user-space back-to-back ifdown/ifup burps that potentially disturb + network daemons, that didn't need to even know that the pci + card was being rebooted. + +-- A more serious concern is that the same reset, for SCSI devices, + causes havoc to mounted file systems. Scripts cannot post-facto + unmount a file system without flushing pending buffers, but this + is impossible, because I/O has already been stopped. Thus, + ideally, the reset should happen at or below the block layer, + so that the file systems are not disturbed. + + Reiserfs does not tolerate errors returned from the block device. + Ext3fs seems to be tolerant, retrying reads/writes until it does + succeed. Both have been only lightly tested in this scenario. + + The SCSI-generic subsystem already has built-in code for performing + SCSI device resets, SCSI bus resets, and SCSI host-bus-adapter + (HBA) resets. These are cascaded into a chain of attempted + resets if a SCSI command fails. These are completely hidden + from the block layer. It would be very natural to add an EEH + reset into this chain of events. + +-- If a SCSI error occurs for the root device, all is lost unless + the sysadmin had the foresight to run /bin, /sbin, /etc, /var + and so on, out of ramdisk/tmpfs. + + +Conclusions +----------- +There's forward progress ... + + diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bdd344aa1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt @@ -0,0 +1,277 @@ + + Firmware-Assisted Dump + ------------------------ + July 2011 + +The goal of firmware-assisted dump is to enable the dump of +a crashed system, and to do so from a fully-reset system, and +to minimize the total elapsed time until the system is back +in production use. + +- Firmware assisted dump (fadump) infrastructure is intended to replace + the existing phyp assisted dump. +- Fadump uses the same firmware interfaces and memory reservation model + as phyp assisted dump. +- Unlike phyp dump, fadump exports the memory dump through /proc/vmcore + in the ELF format in the same way as kdump. This helps us reuse the + kdump infrastructure for dump capture and filtering. +- Unlike phyp dump, userspace tool does not need to refer any sysfs + interface while reading /proc/vmcore. +- Unlike phyp dump, fadump allows user to release all the memory reserved + for dump, with a single operation of echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem. +- Once enabled through kernel boot parameter, fadump can be + started/stopped through /sys/kernel/fadump_registered interface (see + sysfs files section below) and can be easily integrated with kdump + service start/stop init scripts. + +Comparing with kdump or other strategies, firmware-assisted +dump offers several strong, practical advantages: + +-- Unlike kdump, the system has been reset, and loaded + with a fresh copy of the kernel. In particular, + PCI and I/O devices have been reinitialized and are + in a clean, consistent state. +-- Once the dump is copied out, the memory that held the dump + is immediately available to the running kernel. And therefore, + unlike kdump, fadump doesn't need a 2nd reboot to get back + the system to the production configuration. + +The above can only be accomplished by coordination with, +and assistance from the Power firmware. The procedure is +as follows: + +-- The first kernel registers the sections of memory with the + Power firmware for dump preservation during OS initialization. + These registered sections of memory are reserved by the first + kernel during early boot. + +-- When a system crashes, the Power firmware will save + the low memory (boot memory of size larger of 5% of system RAM + or 256MB) of RAM to the previous registered region. It will + also save system registers, and hardware PTE's. + + NOTE: The term 'boot memory' means size of the low memory chunk + that is required for a kernel to boot successfully when + booted with restricted memory. By default, the boot memory + size will be the larger of 5% of system RAM or 256MB. + Alternatively, user can also specify boot memory size + through boot parameter 'crashkernel=' which will override + the default calculated size. Use this option if default + boot memory size is not sufficient for second kernel to + boot successfully. For syntax of crashkernel= parameter, + refer to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt. If any offset is + provided in crashkernel= parameter, it will be ignored + as fadump uses a predefined offset to reserve memory + for boot memory dump preservation in case of a crash. + +-- After the low memory (boot memory) area has been saved, the + firmware will reset PCI and other hardware state. It will + *not* clear the RAM. It will then launch the bootloader, as + normal. + +-- The freshly booted kernel will notice that there is a new + node (ibm,dump-kernel) in the device tree, indicating that + there is crash data available from a previous boot. During + the early boot OS will reserve rest of the memory above + boot memory size effectively booting with restricted memory + size. This will make sure that the second kernel will not + touch any of the dump memory area. + +-- User-space tools will read /proc/vmcore to obtain the contents + of memory, which holds the previous crashed kernel dump in ELF + format. The userspace tools may copy this info to disk, or + network, nas, san, iscsi, etc. as desired. + +-- Once the userspace tool is done saving dump, it will echo + '1' to /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem to release the reserved + memory back to general use, except the memory required for + next firmware-assisted dump registration. + + e.g. + # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem + +Please note that the firmware-assisted dump feature +is only available on Power6 and above systems with recent +firmware versions. + +Implementation details: +---------------------- + +During boot, a check is made to see if firmware supports +this feature on that particular machine. If it does, then +we check to see if an active dump is waiting for us. If yes +then everything but boot memory size of RAM is reserved during +early boot (See Fig. 2). This area is released once we finish +collecting the dump from user land scripts (e.g. kdump scripts) +that are run. If there is dump data, then the +/sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem file is created, and the reserved +memory is held. + +If there is no waiting dump data, then only the memory required +to hold CPU state, HPTE region, boot memory dump and elfcore +header, is usually reserved at an offset greater than boot memory +size (see Fig. 1). This area is *not* released: this region will +be kept permanently reserved, so that it can act as a receptacle +for a copy of the boot memory content in addition to CPU state +and HPTE region, in the case a crash does occur. + + o Memory Reservation during first kernel + + Low memory Top of memory + 0 boot memory size | + | | |<--Reserved dump area -->| | + V V | Permanent Reservation | V + +-----------+----------/ /---+---+----+-----------+----+------+ + | | |CPU|HPTE| DUMP |ELF | | + +-----------+----------/ /---+---+----+-----------+----+------+ + | ^ + | | + \ / + ------------------------------------------- + Boot memory content gets transferred to + reserved area by firmware at the time of + crash + Fig. 1 + + o Memory Reservation during second kernel after crash + + Low memory Top of memory + 0 boot memory size | + | |<------------- Reserved dump area ----------- -->| + V V V + +-----------+----------/ /---+---+----+-----------+----+------+ + | | |CPU|HPTE| DUMP |ELF | | + +-----------+----------/ /---+---+----+-----------+----+------+ + | | + V V + Used by second /proc/vmcore + kernel to boot + Fig. 2 + +Currently the dump will be copied from /proc/vmcore to a +a new file upon user intervention. The dump data available through +/proc/vmcore will be in ELF format. Hence the existing kdump +infrastructure (kdump scripts) to save the dump works fine with +minor modifications. + +The tools to examine the dump will be same as the ones +used for kdump. + +How to enable firmware-assisted dump (fadump): +------------------------------------- + +1. Set config option CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y and build kernel. +2. Boot into linux kernel with 'fadump=on' kernel cmdline option. +3. Optionally, user can also set 'crashkernel=' kernel cmdline + to specify size of the memory to reserve for boot memory dump + preservation. + +NOTE: 1. 'fadump_reserve_mem=' parameter has been deprecated. Instead + use 'crashkernel=' to specify size of the memory to reserve + for boot memory dump preservation. + 2. If firmware-assisted dump fails to reserve memory then it + will fallback to existing kdump mechanism if 'crashkernel=' + option is set at kernel cmdline. + +Sysfs/debugfs files: +------------ + +Firmware-assisted dump feature uses sysfs file system to hold +the control files and debugfs file to display memory reserved region. + +Here is the list of files under kernel sysfs: + + /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled + + This is used to display the fadump status. + 0 = fadump is disabled + 1 = fadump is enabled + + This interface can be used by kdump init scripts to identify if + fadump is enabled in the kernel and act accordingly. + + /sys/kernel/fadump_registered + + This is used to display the fadump registration status as well + as to control (start/stop) the fadump registration. + 0 = fadump is not registered. + 1 = fadump is registered and ready to handle system crash. + + To register fadump echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_registered and + echo 0 > /sys/kernel/fadump_registered for un-register and stop the + fadump. Once the fadump is un-registered, the system crash will not + be handled and vmcore will not be captured. This interface can be + easily integrated with kdump service start/stop. + + /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem + + This file is available only when fadump is active during + second kernel. This is used to release the reserved memory + region that are held for saving crash dump. To release the + reserved memory echo 1 to it: + + echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem + + After echo 1, the content of the /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/fadump_region + file will change to reflect the new memory reservations. + + The existing userspace tools (kdump infrastructure) can be easily + enhanced to use this interface to release the memory reserved for + dump and continue without 2nd reboot. + +Here is the list of files under powerpc debugfs: +(Assuming debugfs is mounted on /sys/kernel/debug directory.) + + /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/fadump_region + + This file shows the reserved memory regions if fadump is + enabled otherwise this file is empty. The output format + is: + <region>: [<start>-<end>] <reserved-size> bytes, Dumped: <dump-size> + + e.g. + Contents when fadump is registered during first kernel + + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/fadump_region + CPU : [0x0000006ffb0000-0x0000006fff001f] 0x40020 bytes, Dumped: 0x0 + HPTE: [0x0000006fff0020-0x0000006fff101f] 0x1000 bytes, Dumped: 0x0 + DUMP: [0x0000006fff1020-0x0000007fff101f] 0x10000000 bytes, Dumped: 0x0 + + Contents when fadump is active during second kernel + + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/fadump_region + CPU : [0x0000006ffb0000-0x0000006fff001f] 0x40020 bytes, Dumped: 0x40020 + HPTE: [0x0000006fff0020-0x0000006fff101f] 0x1000 bytes, Dumped: 0x1000 + DUMP: [0x0000006fff1020-0x0000007fff101f] 0x10000000 bytes, Dumped: 0x10000000 + : [0x00000010000000-0x0000006ffaffff] 0x5ffb0000 bytes, Dumped: 0x5ffb0000 + +NOTE: Please refer to Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt on + how to mount the debugfs filesystem. + + +TODO: +----- + o Need to come up with the better approach to find out more + accurate boot memory size that is required for a kernel to + boot successfully when booted with restricted memory. + o The fadump implementation introduces a fadump crash info structure + in the scratch area before the ELF core header. The idea of introducing + this structure is to pass some important crash info data to the second + kernel which will help second kernel to populate ELF core header with + correct data before it gets exported through /proc/vmcore. The current + design implementation does not address a possibility of introducing + additional fields (in future) to this structure without affecting + compatibility. Need to come up with the better approach to address this. + The possible approaches are: + 1. Introduce version field for version tracking, bump up the version + whenever a new field is added to the structure in future. The version + field can be used to find out what fields are valid for the current + version of the structure. + 2. Reserve the area of predefined size (say PAGE_SIZE) for this + structure and have unused area as reserved (initialized to zero) + for future field additions. + The advantage of approach 1 over 2 is we don't need to reserve extra space. +--- +Author: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> +This document is based on the original documentation written for phyp +assisted dump by Linas Vepstas and Manish Ahuja. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a730ca5a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt @@ -0,0 +1,567 @@ +=========================================================================== + HVCS + IBM "Hypervisor Virtual Console Server" Installation Guide + for Linux Kernel 2.6.4+ + Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corporation + +=========================================================================== +NOTE:Eight space tabs are the optimum editor setting for reading this file. +=========================================================================== + + Author(s) : Ryan S. Arnold <rsa@us.ibm.com> + Date Created: March, 02, 2004 + Last Changed: August, 24, 2004 + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Table of contents: + + 1. Driver Introduction: + 2. System Requirements + 3. Build Options: + 3.1 Built-in: + 3.2 Module: + 4. Installation: + 5. Connection: + 6. Disconnection: + 7. Configuration: + 8. Questions & Answers: + 9. Reporting Bugs: + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +1. Driver Introduction: + +This is the device driver for the IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server, +"hvcs". The IBM hvcs provides a tty driver interface to allow Linux user +space applications access to the system consoles of logically partitioned +operating systems (Linux and AIX) running on the same partitioned Power5 +ppc64 system. Physical hardware consoles per partition are not practical +on this hardware so system consoles are accessed by this driver using +firmware interfaces to virtual terminal devices. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +2. System Requirements: + +This device driver was written using 2.6.4 Linux kernel APIs and will only +build and run on kernels of this version or later. + +This driver was written to operate solely on IBM Power5 ppc64 hardware +though some care was taken to abstract the architecture dependent firmware +calls from the driver code. + +Sysfs must be mounted on the system so that the user can determine which +major and minor numbers are associated with each vty-server. Directions +for sysfs mounting are outside the scope of this document. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +3. Build Options: + +The hvcs driver registers itself as a tty driver. The tty layer +dynamically allocates a block of major and minor numbers in a quantity +requested by the registering driver. The hvcs driver asks the tty layer +for 64 of these major/minor numbers by default to use for hvcs device node +entries. + +If the default number of device entries is adequate then this driver can be +built into the kernel. If not, the default can be over-ridden by inserting +the driver as a module with insmod parameters. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +3.1 Built-in: + +The following menuconfig example demonstrates selecting to build this +driver into the kernel. + + Device Drivers ---> + Character devices ---> + <*> IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server Support + +Begin the kernel make process. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +3.2 Module: + +The following menuconfig example demonstrates selecting to build this +driver as a kernel module. + + Device Drivers ---> + Character devices ---> + <M> IBM Hypervisor Virtual Console Server Support + +The make process will build the following kernel modules: + + hvcs.ko + hvcserver.ko + +To insert the module with the default allocation execute the following +commands in the order they appear: + + insmod hvcserver.ko + insmod hvcs.ko + +The hvcserver module contains architecture specific firmware calls and must +be inserted first, otherwise the hvcs module will not find some of the +symbols it expects. + +To override the default use an insmod parameter as follows (requesting 4 +tty devices as an example): + + insmod hvcs.ko hvcs_parm_num_devs=4 + +There is a maximum number of dev entries that can be specified on insmod. +We think that 1024 is currently a decent maximum number of server adapters +to allow. This can always be changed by modifying the constant in the +source file before building. + +NOTE: The length of time it takes to insmod the driver seems to be related +to the number of tty interfaces the registering driver requests. + +In order to remove the driver module execute the following command: + + rmmod hvcs.ko + +The recommended method for installing hvcs as a module is to use depmod to +build a current modules.dep file in /lib/modules/`uname -r` and then +execute: + +modprobe hvcs hvcs_parm_num_devs=4 + +The modules.dep file indicates that hvcserver.ko needs to be inserted +before hvcs.ko and modprobe uses this file to smartly insert the modules in +the proper order. + +The following modprobe command is used to remove hvcs and hvcserver in the +proper order: + +modprobe -r hvcs + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +4. Installation: + +The tty layer creates sysfs entries which contain the major and minor +numbers allocated for the hvcs driver. The following snippet of "tree" +output of the sysfs directory shows where these numbers are presented: + + sys/ + |-- *other sysfs base dirs* + | + |-- class + | |-- *other classes of devices* + | | + | `-- tty + | |-- *other tty devices* + | | + | |-- hvcs0 + | | `-- dev + | |-- hvcs1 + | | `-- dev + | |-- hvcs2 + | | `-- dev + | |-- hvcs3 + | | `-- dev + | | + | |-- *other tty devices* + | + |-- *other sysfs base dirs* + +For the above examples the following output is a result of cat'ing the +"dev" entry in the hvcs directory: + + Pow5:/sys/class/tty/hvcs0/ # cat dev + 254:0 + + Pow5:/sys/class/tty/hvcs1/ # cat dev + 254:1 + + Pow5:/sys/class/tty/hvcs2/ # cat dev + 254:2 + + Pow5:/sys/class/tty/hvcs3/ # cat dev + 254:3 + +The output from reading the "dev" attribute is the char device major and +minor numbers that the tty layer has allocated for this driver's use. Most +systems running hvcs will already have the device entries created or udev +will do it automatically. + +Given the example output above, to manually create a /dev/hvcs* node entry +mknod can be used as follows: + + mknod /dev/hvcs0 c 254 0 + mknod /dev/hvcs1 c 254 1 + mknod /dev/hvcs2 c 254 2 + mknod /dev/hvcs3 c 254 3 + +Using mknod to manually create the device entries makes these device nodes +persistent. Once created they will exist prior to the driver insmod. + +Attempting to connect an application to /dev/hvcs* prior to insertion of +the hvcs module will result in an error message similar to the following: + + "/dev/hvcs*: No such device". + +NOTE: Just because there is a device node present doesn't mean that there +is a vty-server device configured for that node. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +5. Connection + +Since this driver controls devices that provide a tty interface a user can +interact with the device node entries using any standard tty-interactive +method (e.g. "cat", "dd", "echo"). The intent of this driver however, is +to provide real time console interaction with a Linux partition's console, +which requires the use of applications that provide bi-directional, +interactive I/O with a tty device. + +Applications (e.g. "minicom" and "screen") that act as terminal emulators +or perform terminal type control sequence conversion on the data being +passed through them are NOT acceptable for providing interactive console +I/O. These programs often emulate antiquated terminal types (vt100 and +ANSI) and expect inbound data to take the form of one of these supported +terminal types but they either do not convert, or do not _adequately_ +convert, outbound data into the terminal type of the terminal which invoked +them (though screen makes an attempt and can apparently be configured with +much termcap wrestling.) + +For this reason kermit and cu are two of the recommended applications for +interacting with a Linux console via an hvcs device. These programs simply +act as a conduit for data transfer to and from the tty device. They do not +require inbound data to take the form of a particular terminal type, nor do +they cook outbound data to a particular terminal type. + +In order to ensure proper functioning of console applications one must make +sure that once connected to a /dev/hvcs console that the console's $TERM +env variable is set to the exact terminal type of the terminal emulator +used to launch the interactive I/O application. If one is using xterm and +kermit to connect to /dev/hvcs0 when the console prompt becomes available +one should "export TERM=xterm" on the console. This tells ncurses +applications that are invoked from the console that they should output +control sequences that xterm can understand. + +As a precautionary measure an hvcs user should always "exit" from their +session before disconnecting an application such as kermit from the device +node. If this is not done, the next user to connect to the console will +continue using the previous user's logged in session which includes +using the $TERM variable that the previous user supplied. + +Hotplug add and remove of vty-server adapters affects which /dev/hvcs* node +is used to connect to each vty-server adapter. In order to determine which +vty-server adapter is associated with which /dev/hvcs* node a special sysfs +attribute has been added to each vty-server sysfs entry. This entry is +called "index" and showing it reveals an integer that refers to the +/dev/hvcs* entry to use to connect to that device. For instance cating the +index attribute of vty-server adapter 30000004 shows the following. + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # cat index + 2 + +This index of '2' means that in order to connect to vty-server adapter +30000004 the user should interact with /dev/hvcs2. + +It should be noted that due to the system hotplug I/O capabilities of a +system the /dev/hvcs* entry that interacts with a particular vty-server +adapter is not guaranteed to remain the same across system reboots. Look +in the Q & A section for more on this issue. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +6. Disconnection + +As a security feature to prevent the delivery of stale data to an +unintended target the Power5 system firmware disables the fetching of data +and discards that data when a connection between a vty-server and a vty has +been severed. As an example, when a vty-server is immediately disconnected +from a vty following output of data to the vty the vty adapter may not have +enough time between when it received the data interrupt and when the +connection was severed to fetch the data from firmware before the fetch is +disabled by firmware. + +When hvcs is being used to serve consoles this behavior is not a huge issue +because the adapter stays connected for large amounts of time following +almost all data writes. When hvcs is being used as a tty conduit to tunnel +data between two partitions [see Q & A below] this is a huge problem +because the standard Linux behavior when cat'ing or dd'ing data to a device +is to open the tty, send the data, and then close the tty. If this driver +manually terminated vty-server connections on tty close this would close +the vty-server and vty connection before the target vty has had a chance to +fetch the data. + +Additionally, disconnecting a vty-server and vty only on module removal or +adapter removal is impractical because other vty-servers in other +partitions may require the usage of the target vty at any time. + +Due to this behavioral restriction disconnection of vty-servers from the +connected vty is a manual procedure using a write to a sysfs attribute +outlined below, on the other hand the initial vty-server connection to a +vty is established automatically by this driver. Manual vty-server +connection is never required. + +In order to terminate the connection between a vty-server and vty the +"vterm_state" sysfs attribute within each vty-server's sysfs entry is used. +Reading this attribute reveals the current connection state of the +vty-server adapter. A zero means that the vty-server is not connected to a +vty. A one indicates that a connection is active. + +Writing a '0' (zero) to the vterm_state attribute will disconnect the VTERM +connection between the vty-server and target vty ONLY if the vterm_state +previously read '1'. The write directive is ignored if the vterm_state +read '0' or if any value other than '0' was written to the vterm_state +attribute. The following example will show the method used for verifying +the vty-server connection status and disconnecting a vty-server connection. + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # cat vterm_state + 1 + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # echo 0 > vterm_state + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # cat vterm_state + 0 + +All vty-server connections are automatically terminated when the device is +hotplug removed and when the module is removed. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +7. Configuration + +Each vty-server has a sysfs entry in the /sys/devices/vio directory, which +is symlinked in several other sysfs tree directories, notably under the +hvcs driver entry, which looks like the following example: + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs # ls + . .. 30000003 30000004 rescan + +By design, firmware notifies the hvcs driver of vty-server lifetimes and +partner vty removals but not the addition of partner vtys. Since an HMC +Super Admin can add partner info dynamically we have provided the hvcs +driver sysfs directory with the "rescan" update attribute which will query +firmware and update the partner info for all the vty-servers that this +driver manages. Writing a '1' to the attribute triggers the update. An +explicit example follows: + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs # echo 1 > rescan + +Reading the attribute will indicate a state of '1' or '0'. A one indicates +that an update is in process. A zero indicates that an update has +completed or was never executed. + +Vty-server entries in this directory are a 32 bit partition unique unit +address that is created by firmware. An example vty-server sysfs entry +looks like the following: + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # ls + . current_vty devspec name partner_vtys + .. index partner_clcs vterm_state + +Each entry is provided, by default with a "name" attribute. Reading the +"name" attribute will reveal the device type as shown in the following +example: + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000003 # cat name + vty-server + +Each entry is also provided, by default, with a "devspec" attribute which +reveals the full device specification when read, as shown in the following +example: + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # cat devspec + /vdevice/vty-server@30000004 + +Each vty-server sysfs dir is provided with two read-only attributes that +provide lists of easily parsed partner vty data: "partner_vtys" and +"partner_clcs". + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # cat partner_vtys + 30000000 + 30000001 + 30000002 + 30000000 + 30000000 + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # cat partner_clcs + U5112.428.103048A-V3-C0 + U5112.428.103048A-V3-C2 + U5112.428.103048A-V3-C3 + U5112.428.103048A-V4-C0 + U5112.428.103048A-V5-C0 + +Reading partner_vtys returns a list of partner vtys. Vty unit address +numbering is only per-partition-unique so entries will frequently repeat. + +Reading partner_clcs returns a list of "converged location codes" which are +composed of a system serial number followed by "-V*", where the '*' is the +target partition number, and "-C*", where the '*' is the slot of the +adapter. The first vty partner corresponds to the first clc item, the +second vty partner to the second clc item, etc. + +A vty-server can only be connected to a single vty at a time. The entry, +"current_vty" prints the clc of the currently selected partner vty when +read. + +The current_vty can be changed by writing a valid partner clc to the entry +as in the following example: + + Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # echo U5112.428.10304 + 8A-V4-C0 > current_vty + +Changing the current_vty when a vty-server is already connected to a vty +does not affect the current connection. The change takes effect when the +currently open connection is freed. + +Information on the "vterm_state" attribute was covered earlier on the +chapter entitled "disconnection". + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +8. Questions & Answers: +=========================================================================== +Q: What are the security concerns involving hvcs? + +A: There are three main security concerns: + + 1. The creator of the /dev/hvcs* nodes has the ability to restrict + the access of the device entries to certain users or groups. It + may be best to create a special hvcs group privilege for providing + access to system consoles. + + 2. To provide network security when grabbing the console it is + suggested that the user connect to the console hosting partition + using a secure method, such as SSH or sit at a hardware console. + + 3. Make sure to exit the user session when done with a console or + the next vty-server connection (which may be from another + partition) will experience the previously logged in session. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Q: How do I multiplex a console that I grab through hvcs so that other +people can see it: + +A: You can use "screen" to directly connect to the /dev/hvcs* device and +setup a session on your machine with the console group privileges. As +pointed out earlier by default screen doesn't provide the termcap settings +for most terminal emulators to provide adequate character conversion from +term type "screen" to others. This means that curses based programs may +not display properly in screen sessions. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Q: Why are the colors all messed up? +Q: Why are the control characters acting strange or not working? +Q: Why is the console output all strange and unintelligible? + +A: Please see the preceding section on "Connection" for a discussion of how +applications can affect the display of character control sequences. +Additionally, just because you logged into the console using and xterm +doesn't mean someone else didn't log into the console with the HMC console +(vt320) before you and leave the session logged in. The best thing to do +is to export TERM to the terminal type of your terminal emulator when you +get the console. Additionally make sure to "exit" the console before you +disconnect from the console. This will ensure that the next user gets +their own TERM type set when they login. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Q: When I try to CONNECT kermit to an hvcs device I get: +"Sorry, can't open connection: /dev/hvcs*"What is happening? + +A: Some other Power5 console mechanism has a connection to the vty and +isn't giving it up. You can try to force disconnect the consoles from the +HMC by right clicking on the partition and then selecting "close terminal". +Otherwise you have to hunt down the people who have console authority. It +is possible that you already have the console open using another kermit +session and just forgot about it. Please review the console options for +Power5 systems to determine the many ways a system console can be held. + +OR + +A: Another user may not have a connectivity method currently attached to a +/dev/hvcs device but the vterm_state may reveal that they still have the +vty-server connection established. They need to free this using the method +outlined in the section on "Disconnection" in order for others to connect +to the target vty. + +OR + +A: The user profile you are using to execute kermit probably doesn't have +permissions to use the /dev/hvcs* device. + +OR + +A: You probably haven't inserted the hvcs.ko module yet but the /dev/hvcs* +entry still exists (on systems without udev). + +OR + +A: There is not a corresponding vty-server device that maps to an existing +/dev/hvcs* entry. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Q: When I try to CONNECT kermit to an hvcs device I get: +"Sorry, write access to UUCP lockfile directory denied." + +A: The /dev/hvcs* entry you have specified doesn't exist where you said it +does? Maybe you haven't inserted the module (on systems with udev). + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Q: If I already have one Linux partition installed can I use hvcs on said +partition to provide the console for the install of a second Linux +partition? + +A: Yes granted that your are connected to the /dev/hvcs* device using +kermit or cu or some other program that doesn't provide terminal emulation. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Q: Can I connect to more than one partition's console at a time using this +driver? + +A: Yes. Of course this means that there must be more than one vty-server +configured for this partition and each must point to a disconnected vty. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Q: Does the hvcs driver support dynamic (hotplug) addition of devices? + +A: Yes, if you have dlpar and hotplug enabled for your system and it has +been built into the kernel the hvcs drivers is configured to dynamically +handle additions of new devices and removals of unused devices. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Q: For some reason /dev/hvcs* doesn't map to the same vty-server adapter +after a reboot. What happened? + +A: Assignment of vty-server adapters to /dev/hvcs* entries is always done +in the order that the adapters are exposed. Due to hotplug capabilities of +this driver assignment of hotplug added vty-servers may be in a different +order than how they would be exposed on module load. Rebooting or +reloading the module after dynamic addition may result in the /dev/hvcs* +and vty-server coupling changing if a vty-server adapter was added in a +slot between two other vty-server adapters. Refer to the section above +on how to determine which vty-server goes with which /dev/hvcs* node. +Hint; look at the sysfs "index" attribute for the vty-server. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Q: Can I use /dev/hvcs* as a conduit to another partition and use a tty +device on that partition as the other end of the pipe? + +A: Yes, on Power5 platforms the hvc_console driver provides a tty interface +for extra /dev/hvc* devices (where /dev/hvc0 is most likely the console). +In order to get a tty conduit working between the two partitions the HMC +Super Admin must create an additional "serial server" for the target +partition with the HMC gui which will show up as /dev/hvc* when the target +partition is rebooted. + +The HMC Super Admin then creates an additional "serial client" for the +current partition and points this at the target partition's newly created +"serial server" adapter (remember the slot). This shows up as an +additional /dev/hvcs* device. + +Now a program on the target system can be configured to read or write to +/dev/hvc* and another program on the current partition can be configured to +read or write to /dev/hvcs*. Now you have a tty conduit between two +partitions. + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +9. Reporting Bugs: + +The proper channel for reporting bugs is either through the Linux OS +distribution company that provided your OS or by posting issues to the +PowerPC development mailing list at: + +linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org + +This request is to provide a documented and searchable public exchange +of the problems and solutions surrounding this driver for the benefit of +all users. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0d540a31e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.txt @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Linux 2.6.x on MPC52xx family +----------------------------- + +For the latest info, go to http://www.246tNt.com/mpc52xx/ + +To compile/use : + + - U-Boot: + # <edit Makefile to set ARCH=ppc & CROSS_COMPILE=... ( also EXTRAVERSION + if you wish to ). + # make lite5200_defconfig + # make uImage + + then, on U-boot: + => tftpboot 200000 uImage + => tftpboot 400000 pRamdisk + => bootm 200000 400000 + + - DBug: + # <edit Makefile to set ARCH=ppc & CROSS_COMPILE=... ( also EXTRAVERSION + if you wish to ). + # make lite5200_defconfig + # cp your_initrd.gz arch/ppc/boot/images/ramdisk.image.gz + # make zImage.initrd + # make + + then in DBug: + DBug> dn -i zImage.initrd.lite5200 + + +Some remarks : + - The port is named mpc52xxx, and config options are PPC_MPC52xx. The MGT5100 + is not supported, and I'm not sure anyone is interesting in working on it + so. I didn't took 5xxx because there's apparently a lot of 5xxx that have + nothing to do with the MPC5200. I also included the 'MPC' for the same + reason. + - Of course, I inspired myself from the 2.4 port. If you think I forgot to + mention you/your company in the copyright of some code, I'll correct it + ASAP. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/pci_iov_resource_on_powernv.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/pci_iov_resource_on_powernv.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b55c5cd83 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/pci_iov_resource_on_powernv.txt @@ -0,0 +1,301 @@ +Wei Yang <weiyang@linux.vnet.ibm.com> +Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@au1.ibm.com> +Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> +26 Aug 2014 + +This document describes the requirement from hardware for PCI MMIO resource +sizing and assignment on PowerKVM and how generic PCI code handles this +requirement. The first two sections describe the concepts of Partitionable +Endpoints and the implementation on P8 (IODA2). The next two sections talks +about considerations on enabling SRIOV on IODA2. + +1. Introduction to Partitionable Endpoints + +A Partitionable Endpoint (PE) is a way to group the various resources +associated with a device or a set of devices to provide isolation between +partitions (i.e., filtering of DMA, MSIs etc.) and to provide a mechanism +to freeze a device that is causing errors in order to limit the possibility +of propagation of bad data. + +There is thus, in HW, a table of PE states that contains a pair of "frozen" +state bits (one for MMIO and one for DMA, they get set together but can be +cleared independently) for each PE. + +When a PE is frozen, all stores in any direction are dropped and all loads +return all 1's value. MSIs are also blocked. There's a bit more state that +captures things like the details of the error that caused the freeze etc., but +that's not critical. + +The interesting part is how the various PCIe transactions (MMIO, DMA, ...) +are matched to their corresponding PEs. + +The following section provides a rough description of what we have on P8 +(IODA2). Keep in mind that this is all per PHB (PCI host bridge). Each PHB +is a completely separate HW entity that replicates the entire logic, so has +its own set of PEs, etc. + +2. Implementation of Partitionable Endpoints on P8 (IODA2) + +P8 supports up to 256 Partitionable Endpoints per PHB. + + * Inbound + + For DMA, MSIs and inbound PCIe error messages, we have a table (in + memory but accessed in HW by the chip) that provides a direct + correspondence between a PCIe RID (bus/dev/fn) with a PE number. + We call this the RTT. + + - For DMA we then provide an entire address space for each PE that can + contain two "windows", depending on the value of PCI address bit 59. + Each window can be configured to be remapped via a "TCE table" (IOMMU + translation table), which has various configurable characteristics + not described here. + + - For MSIs, we have two windows in the address space (one at the top of + the 32-bit space and one much higher) which, via a combination of the + address and MSI value, will result in one of the 2048 interrupts per + bridge being triggered. There's a PE# in the interrupt controller + descriptor table as well which is compared with the PE# obtained from + the RTT to "authorize" the device to emit that specific interrupt. + + - Error messages just use the RTT. + + * Outbound. That's where the tricky part is. + + Like other PCI host bridges, the Power8 IODA2 PHB supports "windows" + from the CPU address space to the PCI address space. There is one M32 + window and sixteen M64 windows. They have different characteristics. + First what they have in common: they forward a configurable portion of + the CPU address space to the PCIe bus and must be naturally aligned + power of two in size. The rest is different: + + - The M32 window: + + * Is limited to 4GB in size. + + * Drops the top bits of the address (above the size) and replaces + them with a configurable value. This is typically used to generate + 32-bit PCIe accesses. We configure that window at boot from FW and + don't touch it from Linux; it's usually set to forward a 2GB + portion of address space from the CPU to PCIe + 0x8000_0000..0xffff_ffff. (Note: The top 64KB are actually + reserved for MSIs but this is not a problem at this point; we just + need to ensure Linux doesn't assign anything there, the M32 logic + ignores that however and will forward in that space if we try). + + * It is divided into 256 segments of equal size. A table in the chip + maps each segment to a PE#. That allows portions of the MMIO space + to be assigned to PEs on a segment granularity. For a 2GB window, + the segment granularity is 2GB/256 = 8MB. + + Now, this is the "main" window we use in Linux today (excluding + SR-IOV). We basically use the trick of forcing the bridge MMIO windows + onto a segment alignment/granularity so that the space behind a bridge + can be assigned to a PE. + + Ideally we would like to be able to have individual functions in PEs + but that would mean using a completely different address allocation + scheme where individual function BARs can be "grouped" to fit in one or + more segments. + + - The M64 windows: + + * Must be at least 256MB in size. + + * Do not translate addresses (the address on PCIe is the same as the + address on the PowerBus). There is a way to also set the top 14 + bits which are not conveyed by PowerBus but we don't use this. + + * Can be configured to be segmented. When not segmented, we can + specify the PE# for the entire window. When segmented, a window + has 256 segments; however, there is no table for mapping a segment + to a PE#. The segment number *is* the PE#. + + * Support overlaps. If an address is covered by multiple windows, + there's a defined ordering for which window applies. + + We have code (fairly new compared to the M32 stuff) that exploits that + for large BARs in 64-bit space: + + We configure an M64 window to cover the entire region of address space + that has been assigned by FW for the PHB (about 64GB, ignore the space + for the M32, it comes out of a different "reserve"). We configure it + as segmented. + + Then we do the same thing as with M32, using the bridge alignment + trick, to match to those giant segments. + + Since we cannot remap, we have two additional constraints: + + - We do the PE# allocation *after* the 64-bit space has been assigned + because the addresses we use directly determine the PE#. We then + update the M32 PE# for the devices that use both 32-bit and 64-bit + spaces or assign the remaining PE# to 32-bit only devices. + + - We cannot "group" segments in HW, so if a device ends up using more + than one segment, we end up with more than one PE#. There is a HW + mechanism to make the freeze state cascade to "companion" PEs but + that only works for PCIe error messages (typically used so that if + you freeze a switch, it freezes all its children). So we do it in + SW. We lose a bit of effectiveness of EEH in that case, but that's + the best we found. So when any of the PEs freezes, we freeze the + other ones for that "domain". We thus introduce the concept of + "master PE" which is the one used for DMA, MSIs, etc., and "secondary + PEs" that are used for the remaining M64 segments. + + We would like to investigate using additional M64 windows in "single + PE" mode to overlay over specific BARs to work around some of that, for + example for devices with very large BARs, e.g., GPUs. It would make + sense, but we haven't done it yet. + +3. Considerations for SR-IOV on PowerKVM + + * SR-IOV Background + + The PCIe SR-IOV feature allows a single Physical Function (PF) to + support several Virtual Functions (VFs). Registers in the PF's SR-IOV + Capability control the number of VFs and whether they are enabled. + + When VFs are enabled, they appear in Configuration Space like normal + PCI devices, but the BARs in VF config space headers are unusual. For + a non-VF device, software uses BARs in the config space header to + discover the BAR sizes and assign addresses for them. For VF devices, + software uses VF BAR registers in the *PF* SR-IOV Capability to + discover sizes and assign addresses. The BARs in the VF's config space + header are read-only zeros. + + When a VF BAR in the PF SR-IOV Capability is programmed, it sets the + base address for all the corresponding VF(n) BARs. For example, if the + PF SR-IOV Capability is programmed to enable eight VFs, and it has a + 1MB VF BAR0, the address in that VF BAR sets the base of an 8MB region. + This region is divided into eight contiguous 1MB regions, each of which + is a BAR0 for one of the VFs. Note that even though the VF BAR + describes an 8MB region, the alignment requirement is for a single VF, + i.e., 1MB in this example. + + There are several strategies for isolating VFs in PEs: + + - M32 window: There's one M32 window, and it is split into 256 + equally-sized segments. The finest granularity possible is a 256MB + window with 1MB segments. VF BARs that are 1MB or larger could be + mapped to separate PEs in this window. Each segment can be + individually mapped to a PE via the lookup table, so this is quite + flexible, but it works best when all the VF BARs are the same size. If + they are different sizes, the entire window has to be small enough that + the segment size matches the smallest VF BAR, which means larger VF + BARs span several segments. + + - Non-segmented M64 window: A non-segmented M64 window is mapped entirely + to a single PE, so it could only isolate one VF. + + - Single segmented M64 windows: A segmented M64 window could be used just + like the M32 window, but the segments can't be individually mapped to + PEs (the segment number is the PE#), so there isn't as much + flexibility. A VF with multiple BARs would have to be in a "domain" of + multiple PEs, which is not as well isolated as a single PE. + + - Multiple segmented M64 windows: As usual, each window is split into 256 + equally-sized segments, and the segment number is the PE#. But if we + use several M64 windows, they can be set to different base addresses + and different segment sizes. If we have VFs that each have a 1MB BAR + and a 32MB BAR, we could use one M64 window to assign 1MB segments and + another M64 window to assign 32MB segments. + + Finally, the plan to use M64 windows for SR-IOV, which will be described + more in the next two sections. For a given VF BAR, we need to + effectively reserve the entire 256 segments (256 * VF BAR size) and + position the VF BAR to start at the beginning of a free range of + segments/PEs inside that M64 window. + + The goal is of course to be able to give a separate PE for each VF. + + The IODA2 platform has 16 M64 windows, which are used to map MMIO + range to PE#. Each M64 window defines one MMIO range and this range is + divided into 256 segments, with each segment corresponding to one PE. + + We decide to leverage this M64 window to map VFs to individual PEs, since + SR-IOV VF BARs are all the same size. + + But doing so introduces another problem: total_VFs is usually smaller + than the number of M64 window segments, so if we map one VF BAR directly + to one M64 window, some part of the M64 window will map to another + device's MMIO range. + + IODA supports 256 PEs, so segmented windows contain 256 segments, so if + total_VFs is less than 256, we have the situation in Figure 1.0, where + segments [total_VFs, 255] of the M64 window may map to some MMIO range on + other devices: + + 0 1 total_VFs - 1 + +------+------+- -+------+------+ + | | | ... | | | + +------+------+- -+------+------+ + + VF(n) BAR space + + 0 1 total_VFs - 1 255 + +------+------+- -+------+------+- -+------+------+ + | | | ... | | | ... | | | + +------+------+- -+------+------+- -+------+------+ + + M64 window + + Figure 1.0 Direct map VF(n) BAR space + + Our current solution is to allocate 256 segments even if the VF(n) BAR + space doesn't need that much, as shown in Figure 1.1: + + 0 1 total_VFs - 1 255 + +------+------+- -+------+------+- -+------+------+ + | | | ... | | | ... | | | + +------+------+- -+------+------+- -+------+------+ + + VF(n) BAR space + extra + + 0 1 total_VFs - 1 255 + +------+------+- -+------+------+- -+------+------+ + | | | ... | | | ... | | | + +------+------+- -+------+------+- -+------+------+ + + M64 window + + Figure 1.1 Map VF(n) BAR space + extra + + Allocating the extra space ensures that the entire M64 window will be + assigned to this one SR-IOV device and none of the space will be + available for other devices. Note that this only expands the space + reserved in software; there are still only total_VFs VFs, and they only + respond to segments [0, total_VFs - 1]. There's nothing in hardware that + responds to segments [total_VFs, 255]. + +4. Implications for the Generic PCI Code + +The PCIe SR-IOV spec requires that the base of the VF(n) BAR space be +aligned to the size of an individual VF BAR. + +In IODA2, the MMIO address determines the PE#. If the address is in an M32 +window, we can set the PE# by updating the table that translates segments +to PE#s. Similarly, if the address is in an unsegmented M64 window, we can +set the PE# for the window. But if it's in a segmented M64 window, the +segment number is the PE#. + +Therefore, the only way to control the PE# for a VF is to change the base +of the VF(n) BAR space in the VF BAR. If the PCI core allocates the exact +amount of space required for the VF(n) BAR space, the VF BAR value is fixed +and cannot be changed. + +On the other hand, if the PCI core allocates additional space, the VF BAR +value can be changed as long as the entire VF(n) BAR space remains inside +the space allocated by the core. + +Ideally the segment size will be the same as an individual VF BAR size. +Then each VF will be in its own PE. The VF BARs (and therefore the PE#s) +are contiguous. If VF0 is in PE(x), then VF(n) is in PE(x+n). If we +allocate 256 segments, there are (256 - numVFs) choices for the PE# of VF0. + +If the segment size is smaller than the VF BAR size, it will take several +segments to cover a VF BAR, and a VF will be in several PEs. This is +possible, but the isolation isn't as good, and it reduces the number of PE# +choices because instead of consuming only numVFs segments, the VF(n) BAR +space will consume (numVFs * n) segments. That means there aren't as many +available segments for adjusting base of the VF(n) BAR space. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/pmu-ebb.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/pmu-ebb.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..73cd163db --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/pmu-ebb.txt @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +PMU Event Based Branches +======================== + +Event Based Branches (EBBs) are a feature which allows the hardware to +branch directly to a specified user space address when certain events occur. + +The full specification is available in Power ISA v2.07: + + https://www.power.org/documentation/power-isa-version-2-07/ + +One type of event for which EBBs can be configured is PMU exceptions. This +document describes the API for configuring the Power PMU to generate EBBs, +using the Linux perf_events API. + + +Terminology +----------- + +Throughout this document we will refer to an "EBB event" or "EBB events". This +just refers to a struct perf_event which has set the "EBB" flag in its +attr.config. All events which can be configured on the hardware PMU are +possible "EBB events". + + +Background +---------- + +When a PMU EBB occurs it is delivered to the currently running process. As such +EBBs can only sensibly be used by programs for self-monitoring. + +It is a feature of the perf_events API that events can be created on other +processes, subject to standard permission checks. This is also true of EBB +events, however unless the target process enables EBBs (via mtspr(BESCR)) no +EBBs will ever be delivered. + +This makes it possible for a process to enable EBBs for itself, but not +actually configure any events. At a later time another process can come along +and attach an EBB event to the process, which will then cause EBBs to be +delivered to the first process. It's not clear if this is actually useful. + + +When the PMU is configured for EBBs, all PMU interrupts are delivered to the +user process. This means once an EBB event is scheduled on the PMU, no non-EBB +events can be configured. This means that EBB events can not be run +concurrently with regular 'perf' commands, or any other perf events. + +It is however safe to run 'perf' commands on a process which is using EBBs. The +kernel will in general schedule the EBB event, and perf will be notified that +its events could not run. + +The exclusion between EBB events and regular events is implemented using the +existing "pinned" and "exclusive" attributes of perf_events. This means EBB +events will be given priority over other events, unless they are also pinned. +If an EBB event and a regular event are both pinned, then whichever is enabled +first will be scheduled and the other will be put in error state. See the +section below titled "Enabling an EBB event" for more information. + + +Creating an EBB event +--------------------- + +To request that an event is counted using EBB, the event code should have bit +63 set. + +EBB events must be created with a particular, and restrictive, set of +attributes - this is so that they interoperate correctly with the rest of the +perf_events subsystem. + +An EBB event must be created with the "pinned" and "exclusive" attributes set. +Note that if you are creating a group of EBB events, only the leader can have +these attributes set. + +An EBB event must NOT set any of the "inherit", "sample_period", "freq" or +"enable_on_exec" attributes. + +An EBB event must be attached to a task. This is specified to perf_event_open() +by passing a pid value, typically 0 indicating the current task. + +All events in a group must agree on whether they want EBB. That is all events +must request EBB, or none may request EBB. + +EBB events must specify the PMC they are to be counted on. This ensures +userspace is able to reliably determine which PMC the event is scheduled on. + + +Enabling an EBB event +--------------------- + +Once an EBB event has been successfully opened, it must be enabled with the +perf_events API. This can be achieved either via the ioctl() interface, or the +prctl() interface. + +However, due to the design of the perf_events API, enabling an event does not +guarantee that it has been scheduled on the PMU. To ensure that the EBB event +has been scheduled on the PMU, you must perform a read() on the event. If the +read() returns EOF, then the event has not been scheduled and EBBs are not +enabled. + +This behaviour occurs because the EBB event is pinned and exclusive. When the +EBB event is enabled it will force all other non-pinned events off the PMU. In +this case the enable will be successful. However if there is already an event +pinned on the PMU then the enable will not be successful. + + +Reading an EBB event +-------------------- + +It is possible to read() from an EBB event. However the results are +meaningless. Because interrupts are being delivered to the user process the +kernel is not able to count the event, and so will return a junk value. + + +Closing an EBB event +-------------------- + +When an EBB event is finished with, you can close it using close() as for any +regular event. If this is the last EBB event the PMU will be deconfigured and +no further PMU EBBs will be delivered. + + +EBB Handler +----------- + +The EBB handler is just regular userspace code, however it must be written in +the style of an interrupt handler. When the handler is entered all registers +are live (possibly) and so must be saved somehow before the handler can invoke +other code. + +It's up to the program how to handle this. For C programs a relatively simple +option is to create an interrupt frame on the stack and save registers there. + +Fork +---- + +EBB events are not inherited across fork. If the child process wishes to use +EBBs it should open a new event for itself. Similarly the EBB state in +BESCR/EBBHR/EBBRR is cleared across fork(). diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/ptrace.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/ptrace.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..99c5ce88d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/ptrace.txt @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +GDB intends to support the following hardware debug features of BookE +processors: + +4 hardware breakpoints (IAC) +2 hardware watchpoints (read, write and read-write) (DAC) +2 value conditions for the hardware watchpoints (DVC) + +For that, we need to extend ptrace so that GDB can query and set these +resources. Since we're extending, we're trying to create an interface +that's extendable and that covers both BookE and server processors, so +that GDB doesn't need to special-case each of them. We added the +following 3 new ptrace requests. + +1. PTRACE_PPC_GETHWDEBUGINFO + +Query for GDB to discover the hardware debug features. The main info to +be returned here is the minimum alignment for the hardware watchpoints. +BookE processors don't have restrictions here, but server processors have +an 8-byte alignment restriction for hardware watchpoints. We'd like to avoid +adding special cases to GDB based on what it sees in AUXV. + +Since we're at it, we added other useful info that the kernel can return to +GDB: this query will return the number of hardware breakpoints, hardware +watchpoints and whether it supports a range of addresses and a condition. +The query will fill the following structure provided by the requesting process: + +struct ppc_debug_info { + unit32_t version; + unit32_t num_instruction_bps; + unit32_t num_data_bps; + unit32_t num_condition_regs; + unit32_t data_bp_alignment; + unit32_t sizeof_condition; /* size of the DVC register */ + uint64_t features; /* bitmask of the individual flags */ +}; + +features will have bits indicating whether there is support for: + +#define PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_INSN_BP_RANGE 0x1 +#define PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_INSN_BP_MASK 0x2 +#define PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_RANGE 0x4 +#define PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_MASK 0x8 +#define PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_DAWR 0x10 + +2. PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG + +Sets a hardware breakpoint or watchpoint, according to the provided structure: + +struct ppc_hw_breakpoint { + uint32_t version; +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_EXECUTE 0x1 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_READ 0x2 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_WRITE 0x4 + uint32_t trigger_type; /* only some combinations allowed */ +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_EXACT 0x0 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_RANGE_INCLUSIVE 0x1 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_RANGE_EXCLUSIVE 0x2 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_MASK 0x3 + uint32_t addr_mode; /* address match mode */ + +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_MODE 0x3 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_NONE 0x0 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_AND 0x1 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_EXACT 0x1 /* different name for the same thing as above */ +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_OR 0x2 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_AND_OR 0x3 +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_BE_ALL 0x00ff0000 /* byte enable bits */ +#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_BE(n) (1<<((n)+16)) + uint32_t condition_mode; /* break/watchpoint condition flags */ + + uint64_t addr; + uint64_t addr2; + uint64_t condition_value; +}; + +A request specifies one event, not necessarily just one register to be set. +For instance, if the request is for a watchpoint with a condition, both the +DAC and DVC registers will be set in the same request. + +With this GDB can ask for all kinds of hardware breakpoints and watchpoints +that the BookE supports. COMEFROM breakpoints available in server processors +are not contemplated, but that is out of the scope of this work. + +ptrace will return an integer (handle) uniquely identifying the breakpoint or +watchpoint just created. This integer will be used in the PTRACE_DELHWDEBUG +request to ask for its removal. Return -ENOSPC if the requested breakpoint +can't be allocated on the registers. + +Some examples of using the structure to: + +- set a breakpoint in the first breakpoint register + + p.version = PPC_DEBUG_CURRENT_VERSION; + p.trigger_type = PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_EXECUTE; + p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_EXACT; + p.condition_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_NONE; + p.addr = (uint64_t) address; + p.addr2 = 0; + p.condition_value = 0; + +- set a watchpoint which triggers on reads in the second watchpoint register + + p.version = PPC_DEBUG_CURRENT_VERSION; + p.trigger_type = PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_READ; + p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_EXACT; + p.condition_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_NONE; + p.addr = (uint64_t) address; + p.addr2 = 0; + p.condition_value = 0; + +- set a watchpoint which triggers only with a specific value + + p.version = PPC_DEBUG_CURRENT_VERSION; + p.trigger_type = PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_READ; + p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_EXACT; + p.condition_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_AND | PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_BE_ALL; + p.addr = (uint64_t) address; + p.addr2 = 0; + p.condition_value = (uint64_t) condition; + +- set a ranged hardware breakpoint + + p.version = PPC_DEBUG_CURRENT_VERSION; + p.trigger_type = PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_EXECUTE; + p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_RANGE_INCLUSIVE; + p.condition_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_NONE; + p.addr = (uint64_t) begin_range; + p.addr2 = (uint64_t) end_range; + p.condition_value = 0; + +- set a watchpoint in server processors (BookS) + + p.version = 1; + p.trigger_type = PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_RW; + p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_RANGE_INCLUSIVE; + or + p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_EXACT; + + p.condition_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_NONE; + p.addr = (uint64_t) begin_range; + /* For PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_RANGE_INCLUSIVE addr2 needs to be specified, where + * addr2 - addr <= 8 Bytes. + */ + p.addr2 = (uint64_t) end_range; + p.condition_value = 0; + +3. PTRACE_DELHWDEBUG + +Takes an integer which identifies an existing breakpoint or watchpoint +(i.e., the value returned from PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG), and deletes the +corresponding breakpoint or watchpoint.. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e7ac24aec --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt @@ -0,0 +1,295 @@ + Freescale QUICC Engine Firmware Uploading + ----------------------------------------- + +(c) 2007 Timur Tabi <timur at freescale.com>, + Freescale Semiconductor + +Table of Contents +================= + + I - Software License for Firmware + + II - Microcode Availability + + III - Description and Terminology + + IV - Microcode Programming Details + + V - Firmware Structure Layout + + VI - Sample Code for Creating Firmware Files + +Revision Information +==================== + +November 30, 2007: Rev 1.0 - Initial version + +I - Software License for Firmware +================================= + +Each firmware file comes with its own software license. For information on +the particular license, please see the license text that is distributed with +the firmware. + +II - Microcode Availability +=========================== + +Firmware files are distributed through various channels. Some are available on +http://opensource.freescale.com. For other firmware files, please contact +your Freescale representative or your operating system vendor. + +III - Description and Terminology +================================ + +In this document, the term 'microcode' refers to the sequence of 32-bit +integers that compose the actual QE microcode. + +The term 'firmware' refers to a binary blob that contains the microcode as +well as other data that + + 1) describes the microcode's purpose + 2) describes how and where to upload the microcode + 3) specifies the values of various registers + 4) includes additional data for use by specific device drivers + +Firmware files are binary files that contain only a firmware. + +IV - Microcode Programming Details +=================================== + +The QE architecture allows for only one microcode present in I-RAM for each +RISC processor. To replace any current microcode, a full QE reset (which +disables the microcode) must be performed first. + +QE microcode is uploaded using the following procedure: + +1) The microcode is placed into I-RAM at a specific location, using the + IRAM.IADD and IRAM.IDATA registers. + +2) The CERCR.CIR bit is set to 0 or 1, depending on whether the firmware + needs split I-RAM. Split I-RAM is only meaningful for SOCs that have + QEs with multiple RISC processors, such as the 8360. Splitting the I-RAM + allows each processor to run a different microcode, effectively creating an + asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP) system. + +3) The TIBCR trap registers are loaded with the addresses of the trap handlers + in the microcode. + +4) The RSP.ECCR register is programmed with the value provided. + +5) If necessary, device drivers that need the virtual traps and extended mode + data will use them. + +Virtual Microcode Traps + +These virtual traps are conditional branches in the microcode. These are +"soft" provisional introduced in the ROMcode in order to enable higher +flexibility and save h/w traps If new features are activated or an issue is +being fixed in the RAM package utilizing they should be activated. This data +structure signals the microcode which of these virtual traps is active. + +This structure contains 6 words that the application should copy to some +specific been defined. This table describes the structure. + + --------------------------------------------------------------- + | Offset in | | Destination Offset | Size of | + | array | Protocol | within PRAM | Operand | + --------------------------------------------------------------| + | 0 | Ethernet | 0xF8 | 4 bytes | + | | interworking | | | + --------------------------------------------------------------- + | 4 | ATM | 0xF8 | 4 bytes | + | | interworking | | | + --------------------------------------------------------------- + | 8 | PPP | 0xF8 | 4 bytes | + | | interworking | | | + --------------------------------------------------------------- + | 12 | Ethernet RX | 0x22 | 1 byte | + | | Distributor Page | | | + --------------------------------------------------------------- + | 16 | ATM Globtal | 0x28 | 1 byte | + | | Params Table | | | + --------------------------------------------------------------- + | 20 | Insert Frame | 0xF8 | 4 bytes | + --------------------------------------------------------------- + + +Extended Modes + +This is a double word bit array (64 bits) that defines special functionality +which has an impact on the software drivers. Each bit has its own impact +and has special instructions for the s/w associated with it. This structure is +described in this table: + + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + | Bit # | Name | Description | + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 0 | General | Indicates that prior to each host command | + | | push command | given by the application, the software must | + | | | assert a special host command (push command)| + | | | CECDR = 0x00800000. | + | | | CECR = 0x01c1000f. | + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 1 | UCC ATM | Indicates that after issuing ATM RX INIT | + | | RX INIT | command, the host must issue another special| + | | push command | command (push command) and immediately | + | | | following that re-issue the ATM RX INIT | + | | | command. (This makes the sequence of | + | | | initializing the ATM receiver a sequence of | + | | | three host commands) | + | | | CECDR = 0x00800000. | + | | | CECR = 0x01c1000f. | + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 2 | Add/remove | Indicates that following the specific host | + | | command | command: "Add/Remove entry in Hash Lookup | + | | validation | Table" used in Interworking setup, the user | + | | | must issue another command. | + | | | CECDR = 0xce000003. | + | | | CECR = 0x01c10f58. | + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 3 | General push | Indicates that the s/w has to initialize | + | | command | some pointers in the Ethernet thread pages | + | | | which are used when Header Compression is | + | | | activated. The full details of these | + | | | pointers is located in the software drivers.| + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 4 | General push | Indicates that after issuing Ethernet TX | + | | command | INIT command, user must issue this command | + | | | for each SNUM of Ethernet TX thread. | + | | | CECDR = 0x00800003. | + | | | CECR = 0x7'b{0}, 8'b{Enet TX thread SNUM}, | + | | | 1'b{1}, 12'b{0}, 4'b{1} | + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + | 5 - 31 | N/A | Reserved, set to zero. | + ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + +V - Firmware Structure Layout +============================== + +QE microcode from Freescale is typically provided as a header file. This +header file contains macros that define the microcode binary itself as well as +some other data used in uploading that microcode. The format of these files +do not lend themselves to simple inclusion into other code. Hence, +the need for a more portable format. This section defines that format. + +Instead of distributing a header file, the microcode and related data are +embedded into a binary blob. This blob is passed to the qe_upload_firmware() +function, which parses the blob and performs everything necessary to upload +the microcode. + +All integers are big-endian. See the comments for function +qe_upload_firmware() for up-to-date implementation information. + +This structure supports versioning, where the version of the structure is +embedded into the structure itself. To ensure forward and backwards +compatibility, all versions of the structure must use the same 'qe_header' +structure at the beginning. + +'header' (type: struct qe_header): + The 'length' field is the size, in bytes, of the entire structure, + including all the microcode embedded in it, as well as the CRC (if + present). + + The 'magic' field is an array of three bytes that contains the letters + 'Q', 'E', and 'F'. This is an identifier that indicates that this + structure is a QE Firmware structure. + + The 'version' field is a single byte that indicates the version of this + structure. If the layout of the structure should ever need to be + changed to add support for additional types of microcode, then the + version number should also be changed. + +The 'id' field is a null-terminated string(suitable for printing) that +identifies the firmware. + +The 'count' field indicates the number of 'microcode' structures. There +must be one and only one 'microcode' structure for each RISC processor. +Therefore, this field also represents the number of RISC processors for this +SOC. + +The 'soc' structure contains the SOC numbers and revisions used to match +the microcode to the SOC itself. Normally, the microcode loader should +check the data in this structure with the SOC number and revisions, and +only upload the microcode if there's a match. However, this check is not +made on all platforms. + +Although it is not recommended, you can specify '0' in the soc.model +field to skip matching SOCs altogether. + +The 'model' field is a 16-bit number that matches the actual SOC. The +'major' and 'minor' fields are the major and minor revision numbers, +respectively, of the SOC. + +For example, to match the 8323, revision 1.0: + soc.model = 8323 + soc.major = 1 + soc.minor = 0 + +'padding' is necessary for structure alignment. This field ensures that the +'extended_modes' field is aligned on a 64-bit boundary. + +'extended_modes' is a bitfield that defines special functionality which has an +impact on the device drivers. Each bit has its own impact and has special +instructions for the driver associated with it. This field is stored in +the QE library and available to any driver that calles qe_get_firmware_info(). + +'vtraps' is an array of 8 words that contain virtual trap values for each +virtual traps. As with 'extended_modes', this field is stored in the QE +library and available to any driver that calles qe_get_firmware_info(). + +'microcode' (type: struct qe_microcode): + For each RISC processor there is one 'microcode' structure. The first + 'microcode' structure is for the first RISC, and so on. + + The 'id' field is a null-terminated string suitable for printing that + identifies this particular microcode. + + 'traps' is an array of 16 words that contain hardware trap values + for each of the 16 traps. If trap[i] is 0, then this particular + trap is to be ignored (i.e. not written to TIBCR[i]). The entire value + is written as-is to the TIBCR[i] register, so be sure to set the EN + and T_IBP bits if necessary. + + 'eccr' is the value to program into the ECCR register. + + 'iram_offset' is the offset into IRAM to start writing the + microcode. + + 'count' is the number of 32-bit words in the microcode. + + 'code_offset' is the offset, in bytes, from the beginning of this + structure where the microcode itself can be found. The first + microcode binary should be located immediately after the 'microcode' + array. + + 'major', 'minor', and 'revision' are the major, minor, and revision + version numbers, respectively, of the microcode. If all values are 0, + then these fields are ignored. + + 'reserved' is necessary for structure alignment. Since 'microcode' + is an array, the 64-bit 'extended_modes' field needs to be aligned + on a 64-bit boundary, and this can only happen if the size of + 'microcode' is a multiple of 8 bytes. To ensure that, we add + 'reserved'. + +After the last microcode is a 32-bit CRC. It can be calculated using +this algorithm: + +u32 crc32(const u8 *p, unsigned int len) +{ + unsigned int i; + u32 crc = 0; + + while (len--) { + crc ^= *p++; + for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) + crc = (crc >> 1) ^ ((crc & 1) ? 0xedb88320 : 0); + } + return crc; +} + +VI - Sample Code for Creating Firmware Files +============================================ + +A Python program that creates firmware binaries from the header files normally +distributed by Freescale can be found on http://opensource.freescale.com. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fa716a0d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.txt @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +=============================================== +Power Architecture 64-bit Linux system call ABI +=============================================== + +syscall +======= + +syscall calling sequence[*] matches the Power Architecture 64-bit ELF ABI +specification C function calling sequence, including register preservation +rules, with the following differences. + +[*] Some syscalls (typically low-level management functions) may have + different calling sequences (e.g., rt_sigreturn). + +Parameters and return value +--------------------------- +The system call number is specified in r0. + +There is a maximum of 6 integer parameters to a syscall, passed in r3-r8. + +Both a return value and a return error code are returned. cr0.SO is the return +error code, and r3 is the return value or error code. When cr0.SO is clear, +the syscall succeeded and r3 is the return value. When cr0.SO is set, the +syscall failed and r3 is the error code that generally corresponds to errno. + +Stack +----- +System calls do not modify the caller's stack frame. For example, the caller's +stack frame LR and CR save fields are not used. + +Register preservation rules +--------------------------- +Register preservation rules match the ELF ABI calling sequence with the +following differences: + +r0: Volatile. (System call number.) +r3: Volatile. (Parameter 1, and return value.) +r4-r8: Volatile. (Parameters 2-6.) +cr0: Volatile (cr0.SO is the return error condition) +cr1, cr5-7: Nonvolatile. +lr: Nonvolatile. + +All floating point and vector data registers as well as control and status +registers are nonvolatile. + +Invocation +---------- +The syscall is performed with the sc instruction, and returns with execution +continuing at the instruction following the sc instruction. + +Transactional Memory +-------------------- +Syscall behavior can change if the processor is in transactional or suspended +transaction state, and the syscall can affect the behavior of the transaction. + +If the processor is in suspended state when a syscall is made, the syscall +will be performed as normal, and will return as normal. The syscall will be +performed in suspended state, so its side effects will be persistent according +to the usual transactional memory semantics. A syscall may or may not result +in the transaction being doomed by hardware. + +If the processor is in transactional state when a syscall is made, then the +behavior depends on the presence of PPC_FEATURE2_HTM_NOSC in the AT_HWCAP2 ELF +auxiliary vector. + +- If present, which is the case for newer kernels, then the syscall will not + be performed and the transaction will be doomed by the kernel with the + failure code TM_CAUSE_SYSCALL | TM_CAUSE_PERSISTENT in the TEXASR SPR. + +- If not present (older kernels), then the kernel will suspend the + transactional state and the syscall will proceed as in the case of a + suspended state syscall, and will resume the transactional state before + returning to the caller. This case is not well defined or supported, so this + behavior should not be relied upon. + + +vsyscall +======== + +vsyscall calling sequence matches the syscall calling sequence, with the +following differences. Some vsyscalls may have different calling sequences. + +Parameters and return value +--------------------------- +r0 is not used as an input. The vsyscall is selected by its address. + +Stack +----- +The vsyscall may or may not use the caller's stack frame save areas. + +Register preservation rules +--------------------------- +r0: Volatile. +cr1, cr5-7: Volatile. +lr: Volatile. + +Invocation +---------- +The vsyscall is performed with a branch-with-link instruction to the vsyscall +function address. + +Transactional Memory +-------------------- +vsyscalls will run in the same transactional state as the caller. A vsyscall +may or may not result in the transaction being doomed by hardware. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..52c023e14 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt @@ -0,0 +1,244 @@ +Transactional Memory support +============================ + +POWER kernel support for this feature is currently limited to supporting +its use by user programs. It is not currently used by the kernel itself. + +This file aims to sum up how it is supported by Linux and what behaviour you +can expect from your user programs. + + +Basic overview +============== + +Hardware Transactional Memory is supported on POWER8 processors, and is a +feature that enables a different form of atomic memory access. Several new +instructions are presented to delimit transactions; transactions are +guaranteed to either complete atomically or roll back and undo any partial +changes. + +A simple transaction looks like this: + +begin_move_money: + tbegin + beq abort_handler + + ld r4, SAVINGS_ACCT(r3) + ld r5, CURRENT_ACCT(r3) + subi r5, r5, 1 + addi r4, r4, 1 + std r4, SAVINGS_ACCT(r3) + std r5, CURRENT_ACCT(r3) + + tend + + b continue + +abort_handler: + ... test for odd failures ... + + /* Retry the transaction if it failed because it conflicted with + * someone else: */ + b begin_move_money + + +The 'tbegin' instruction denotes the start point, and 'tend' the end point. +Between these points the processor is in 'Transactional' state; any memory +references will complete in one go if there are no conflicts with other +transactional or non-transactional accesses within the system. In this +example, the transaction completes as though it were normal straight-line code +IF no other processor has touched SAVINGS_ACCT(r3) or CURRENT_ACCT(r3); an +atomic move of money from the current account to the savings account has been +performed. Even though the normal ld/std instructions are used (note no +lwarx/stwcx), either *both* SAVINGS_ACCT(r3) and CURRENT_ACCT(r3) will be +updated, or neither will be updated. + +If, in the meantime, there is a conflict with the locations accessed by the +transaction, the transaction will be aborted by the CPU. Register and memory +state will roll back to that at the 'tbegin', and control will continue from +'tbegin+4'. The branch to abort_handler will be taken this second time; the +abort handler can check the cause of the failure, and retry. + +Checkpointed registers include all GPRs, FPRs, VRs/VSRs, LR, CCR/CR, CTR, FPCSR +and a few other status/flag regs; see the ISA for details. + +Causes of transaction aborts +============================ + +- Conflicts with cache lines used by other processors +- Signals +- Context switches +- See the ISA for full documentation of everything that will abort transactions. + + +Syscalls +======== + +Syscalls made from within an active transaction will not be performed and the +transaction will be doomed by the kernel with the failure code TM_CAUSE_SYSCALL +| TM_CAUSE_PERSISTENT. + +Syscalls made from within a suspended transaction are performed as normal and +the transaction is not explicitly doomed by the kernel. However, what the +kernel does to perform the syscall may result in the transaction being doomed +by the hardware. The syscall is performed in suspended mode so any side +effects will be persistent, independent of transaction success or failure. No +guarantees are provided by the kernel about which syscalls will affect +transaction success. + +Care must be taken when relying on syscalls to abort during active transactions +if the calls are made via a library. Libraries may cache values (which may +give the appearance of success) or perform operations that cause transaction +failure before entering the kernel (which may produce different failure codes). +Examples are glibc's getpid() and lazy symbol resolution. + + +Signals +======= + +Delivery of signals (both sync and async) during transactions provides a second +thread state (ucontext/mcontext) to represent the second transactional register +state. Signal delivery 'treclaim's to capture both register states, so signals +abort transactions. The usual ucontext_t passed to the signal handler +represents the checkpointed/original register state; the signal appears to have +arisen at 'tbegin+4'. + +If the sighandler ucontext has uc_link set, a second ucontext has been +delivered. For future compatibility the MSR.TS field should be checked to +determine the transactional state -- if so, the second ucontext in uc->uc_link +represents the active transactional registers at the point of the signal. + +For 64-bit processes, uc->uc_mcontext.regs->msr is a full 64-bit MSR and its TS +field shows the transactional mode. + +For 32-bit processes, the mcontext's MSR register is only 32 bits; the top 32 +bits are stored in the MSR of the second ucontext, i.e. in +uc->uc_link->uc_mcontext.regs->msr. The top word contains the transactional +state TS. + +However, basic signal handlers don't need to be aware of transactions +and simply returning from the handler will deal with things correctly: + +Transaction-aware signal handlers can read the transactional register state +from the second ucontext. This will be necessary for crash handlers to +determine, for example, the address of the instruction causing the SIGSEGV. + +Example signal handler: + + void crash_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *uc) + { + ucontext_t *ucp = uc; + ucontext_t *transactional_ucp = ucp->uc_link; + + if (ucp_link) { + u64 msr = ucp->uc_mcontext.regs->msr; + /* May have transactional ucontext! */ +#ifndef __powerpc64__ + msr |= ((u64)transactional_ucp->uc_mcontext.regs->msr) << 32; +#endif + if (MSR_TM_ACTIVE(msr)) { + /* Yes, we crashed during a transaction. Oops. */ + fprintf(stderr, "Transaction to be restarted at 0x%llx, but " + "crashy instruction was at 0x%llx\n", + ucp->uc_mcontext.regs->nip, + transactional_ucp->uc_mcontext.regs->nip); + } + } + + fix_the_problem(ucp->dar); + } + +When in an active transaction that takes a signal, we need to be careful with +the stack. It's possible that the stack has moved back up after the tbegin. +The obvious case here is when the tbegin is called inside a function that +returns before a tend. In this case, the stack is part of the checkpointed +transactional memory state. If we write over this non transactionally or in +suspend, we are in trouble because if we get a tm abort, the program counter and +stack pointer will be back at the tbegin but our in memory stack won't be valid +anymore. + +To avoid this, when taking a signal in an active transaction, we need to use +the stack pointer from the checkpointed state, rather than the speculated +state. This ensures that the signal context (written tm suspended) will be +written below the stack required for the rollback. The transaction is aborted +because of the treclaim, so any memory written between the tbegin and the +signal will be rolled back anyway. + +For signals taken in non-TM or suspended mode, we use the +normal/non-checkpointed stack pointer. + +Any transaction initiated inside a sighandler and suspended on return +from the sighandler to the kernel will get reclaimed and discarded. + +Failure cause codes used by kernel +================================== + +These are defined in <asm/reg.h>, and distinguish different reasons why the +kernel aborted a transaction: + + TM_CAUSE_RESCHED Thread was rescheduled. + TM_CAUSE_TLBI Software TLB invalid. + TM_CAUSE_FAC_UNAV FP/VEC/VSX unavailable trap. + TM_CAUSE_SYSCALL Syscall from active transaction. + TM_CAUSE_SIGNAL Signal delivered. + TM_CAUSE_MISC Currently unused. + TM_CAUSE_ALIGNMENT Alignment fault. + TM_CAUSE_EMULATE Emulation that touched memory. + +These can be checked by the user program's abort handler as TEXASR[0:7]. If +bit 7 is set, it indicates that the error is consider persistent. For example +a TM_CAUSE_ALIGNMENT will be persistent while a TM_CAUSE_RESCHED will not. + +GDB +=== + +GDB and ptrace are not currently TM-aware. If one stops during a transaction, +it looks like the transaction has just started (the checkpointed state is +presented). The transaction cannot then be continued and will take the failure +handler route. Furthermore, the transactional 2nd register state will be +inaccessible. GDB can currently be used on programs using TM, but not sensibly +in parts within transactions. + +POWER9 +====== + +TM on POWER9 has issues with storing the complete register state. This +is described in this commit: + + commit 4bb3c7a0208fc13ca70598efd109901a7cd45ae7 + Author: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org> + Date: Wed Mar 21 21:32:01 2018 +1100 + KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Work around transactional memory bugs in POWER9 + +To account for this different POWER9 chips have TM enabled in +different ways. + +On POWER9N DD2.01 and below, TM is disabled. ie +HWCAP2[PPC_FEATURE2_HTM] is not set. + +On POWER9N DD2.1 TM is configured by firmware to always abort a +transaction when tm suspend occurs. So tsuspend will cause a +transaction to be aborted and rolled back. Kernel exceptions will also +cause the transaction to be aborted and rolled back and the exception +will not occur. If userspace constructs a sigcontext that enables TM +suspend, the sigcontext will be rejected by the kernel. This mode is +advertised to users with HWCAP2[PPC_FEATURE2_HTM_NO_SUSPEND] set. +HWCAP2[PPC_FEATURE2_HTM] is not set in this mode. + +On POWER9N DD2.2 and above, KVM and POWERVM emulate TM for guests (as +described in commit 4bb3c7a0208f), hence TM is enabled for guests +ie. HWCAP2[PPC_FEATURE2_HTM] is set for guest userspace. Guests that +makes heavy use of TM suspend (tsuspend or kernel suspend) will result +in traps into the hypervisor and hence will suffer a performance +degradation. Host userspace has TM disabled +ie. HWCAP2[PPC_FEATURE2_HTM] is not set. (although we make enable it +at some point in the future if we bring the emulation into host +userspace context switching). + +POWER9C DD1.2 and above are only available with POWERVM and hence +Linux only runs as a guest. On these systems TM is emulated like on +POWER9N DD2.2. + +Guest migration from POWER8 to POWER9 will work with POWER9N DD2.2 and +POWER9C DD1.2. Since earlier POWER9 processors don't support TM +emulation, migration from POWER8 to POWER9 is not supported there. |