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Merge tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-tracegrafted
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt: - Fix error output of boot instance creation failure Currently if a boot instance creation fails, instead of printing out the name of the instance that failed, it prints "(null)". That is because it prints "cur_str" that had already been processed by strsep(). Print the saved name instead. While at it, print the error code of the failure. - Fix use-after-free for same named historgrams Histograms can be named so that they can be used in multiple events. But if the named histogram has a variable attached, the second event that uses the named histogram which duplicates it and needs to free the original after duplication leaves the old variable in place and still visible. If another histogram uses than variable, it will use the stale one which will try to reference the freed duplicate histogram and crash the kernel. Free the duplicate variables along with the duplicated histogram data. - Check return value of kthread_run() in event self test The events self tests uses a kthread for testing but does not check if it succeeded in creating a kthread. If the kthread creation were to fail, the code will still try to call kthread_stop() on the error returned. - Fix race between reading trace_pipe and updating subbuffer size If a user is reading the trace_pipe file at the same time they update the ring buffer sub-buffer size, can cause the trace_pipe read to read stale data. Add trace_access_lock() around updating the ring buffer sub-buffer size. - Fix eventfs_inode on failure path in creation of the events directory In the creation of the "events" directory, if after allocating the eventfs_inode a failure is detected, it calls cleanup_ei() which calls free_ei(). The free_ei() will test if eventfs_inode being freed has no children. It is a bug if it does. But on the failure case of the creation of the "events" directory, the children lists have not yet been initialized and the free will trigger a warning because list_empty() on an uninitialized list returns false. Move the initialization into init_ei() where it makes more sense and makes sure that a created eventfs_inode has its lists initialized upon creation. - Check return value of kthread_run() in ftrace direct sample code The sample code that shows how to use the ftrace direct calls does not test the return of kthread_run() to see if it succeeds. Return a failure if the kthread_run() doesn't succeed. - Clear user events state on fork in case of alloc failure On fork, the child gets a pointer to the parent's user events state. It makes a copy of it then updates the child's pointer to it. But if the allocation fails, the duplication function leaves the child with a pointer to its parent's descriptor. When the child cleans up its data, it will free the parent's descriptor while the parent is still using it. In the duplication function, set the child's user_event_mm to NULL before testing if the allocation succeeded, and when it exits it will not free the parent's descriptor. - Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap simple_ring_buffer_swap_reader_page() starts with retry set to 8 and post-decrements it only after a failed link replacement. On the final attempt, a successful replacement leaves retry at zero, while a failed replacement leaves it at -1. But the check for success expects the retry value to be non-zero and exits with an error on zero. This is the opposite result. Fix it. - Fail nicely when the remote swap_reader_page() returns an error Currently, if the swap_reader_page() of a remote buffer fails, it triggers a WARN_ON_ONCE() and continues normally. Instead, have it exit with an error and a pr_warn() print instead of a full WARNING. * tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: ring-buffer: Stop remote reader update when page swap fails tracing: Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-multi-modify samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-modify eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei() tracing: Fix use-after-free in trace_pipe read on sub-buffer order change tracing: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop() tracing: Fix use-after-free with same-name named triggers tracing: Fix logged instance name on creation failure
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+==========================================
+CPU capacity bindings
+==========================================
+
+==========================================
+1 - Introduction
+==========================================
+
+Some systems may be configured to have cpus with different power/performance
+characteristics within the same chip. In this case, additional information has
+to be made available to the kernel for it to be aware of such differences and
+take decisions accordingly.
+
+==========================================
+2 - CPU capacity definition
+==========================================
+
+CPU capacity is a number that provides the scheduler information about CPUs
+heterogeneity. Such heterogeneity can come from micro-architectural differences
+(e.g., ARM big.LITTLE systems) or maximum frequency at which CPUs can run
+(e.g., SMP systems with multiple frequency domains). Heterogeneity in this
+context is about differing performance characteristics; this binding tries to
+capture a first-order approximation of the relative performance of CPUs.
+
+CPU capacities are obtained by running a suitable benchmark. This binding makes
+no guarantees on the validity or suitability of any particular benchmark, the
+final capacity should, however, be:
+
+* A "single-threaded" or CPU affine benchmark
+* Divided by the running frequency of the CPU executing the benchmark
+* Not subject to dynamic frequency scaling of the CPU
+
+For the time being we however advise usage of the Dhrystone benchmark. What
+above thus becomes:
+
+CPU capacities are obtained by running the Dhrystone benchmark on each CPU at
+max frequency (with caches enabled). The obtained DMIPS score is then divided
+by the frequency (in MHz) at which the benchmark has been run, so that
+DMIPS/MHz are obtained. Such values are then normalized w.r.t. the highest
+score obtained in the system.
+
+==========================================
+3 - capacity-dmips-mhz
+==========================================
+
+capacity-dmips-mhz is an optional cpu node [1] property: u32 value
+representing CPU capacity expressed in normalized DMIPS/MHz. At boot time, the
+maximum frequency available to the cpu is then used to calculate the capacity
+value internally used by the kernel.
+
+capacity-dmips-mhz property is all-or-nothing: if it is specified for a cpu
+node, it has to be specified for every other cpu nodes, or the system will
+fall back to the default capacity value for every CPU. If cpufreq is not
+available, final capacities are calculated by directly using capacity-dmips-
+mhz values (normalized w.r.t. the highest value found while parsing the DT).
+
+===========================================
+4 - Examples
+===========================================
+
+Example 1 (ARM 64-bit, 6-cpu system, two clusters):
+The capacities-dmips-mhz or DMIPS/MHz values (scaled to 1024)
+are 1024 and 578 for cluster0 and cluster1. Further normalization
+is done by the operating system based on cluster0@max-freq=1100 and
+cluster1@max-freq=850, final capacities are 1024 for cluster0 and
+446 for cluster1 (578*850/1100).
+
+cpus {
+ #address-cells = <2>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ cpu-map {
+ cluster0 {
+ core0 {
+ cpu = <&A57_0>;
+ };
+ core1 {
+ cpu = <&A57_1>;
+ };
+ };
+
+ cluster1 {
+ core0 {
+ cpu = <&A53_0>;
+ };
+ core1 {
+ cpu = <&A53_1>;
+ };
+ core2 {
+ cpu = <&A53_2>;
+ };
+ core3 {
+ cpu = <&A53_3>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+ idle-states {
+ entry-method = "psci";
+
+ CPU_SLEEP_0: cpu-sleep-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x0010000>;
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <100>;
+ exit-latency-us = <250>;
+ min-residency-us = <150>;
+ };
+
+ CLUSTER_SLEEP_0: cluster-sleep-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x1010000>;
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <800>;
+ exit-latency-us = <700>;
+ min-residency-us = <2500>;
+ };
+ };
+
+ A57_0: cpu@0 {
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x0>;
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ next-level-cache = <&A57_L2>;
+ clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 0>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>;
+ };
+
+ A57_1: cpu@1 {
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x1>;
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ next-level-cache = <&A57_L2>;
+ clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 0>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>;
+ };
+
+ A53_0: cpu@100 {
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x0 0x100>;
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
+ clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 1>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <578>;
+ };
+
+ A53_1: cpu@101 {
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x0 0x101>;
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
+ clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 1>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <578>;
+ };
+
+ A53_2: cpu@102 {
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x0 0x102>;
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
+ clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 1>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <578>;
+ };
+
+ A53_3: cpu@103 {
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x0 0x103>;
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
+ clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 1>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <578>;
+ };
+
+ A57_L2: l2-cache0 {
+ compatible = "cache";
+ };
+
+ A53_L2: l2-cache1 {
+ compatible = "cache";
+ };
+};
+
+Example 2 (ARM 32-bit, 4-cpu system, two clusters,
+ cpus 0,1@1GHz, cpus 2,3@500MHz):
+capacities-dmips-mhz are scaled w.r.t. 2 (cpu@0 and cpu@1), this means that first
+cpu@0 and cpu@1 are twice fast than cpu@2 and cpu@3 (at the same frequency)
+
+cpus {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ cpu0: cpu@0 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
+ reg = <0>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <2>;
+ };
+
+ cpu1: cpu@1 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
+ reg = <1>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <2>;
+ };
+
+ cpu2: cpu@2 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
+ reg = <0x100>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu3: cpu@3 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
+ reg = <0x101>;
+ capacity-dmips-mhz = <1>;
+ };
+};
+
+===========================================
+5 - References
+===========================================
+
+[1] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - CPUs bindings
+ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpu/idle-states.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpu/idle-states.yaml
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/cpu/idle-states.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Idle states
+
+maintainers:
+ - Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
+ - Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
+
+description: |+
+ ==========================================
+ 1 - Introduction
+ ==========================================
+
+ ARM and RISC-V systems contain HW capable of managing power consumption
+ dynamically, where cores can be put in different low-power states (ranging
+ from simple wfi to power gating) according to OS PM policies. The CPU states
+ representing the range of dynamic idle states that a processor can enter at
+ run-time, can be specified through device tree bindings representing the
+ parameters required to enter/exit specific idle states on a given processor.
+
+ ==========================================
+ 2 - ARM idle states
+ ==========================================
+
+ According to the Server Base System Architecture document (SBSA, [3]), the
+ power states an ARM CPU can be put into are identified by the following list:
+
+ - Running
+ - Idle_standby
+ - Idle_retention
+ - Sleep
+ - Off
+
+ The power states described in the SBSA document define the basic CPU states on
+ top of which ARM platforms implement power management schemes that allow an OS
+ PM implementation to put the processor in different idle states (which include
+ states listed above; "off" state is not an idle state since it does not have
+ wake-up capabilities, hence it is not considered in this document).
+
+ Idle state parameters (e.g. entry latency) are platform specific and need to
+ be characterized with bindings that provide the required information to OS PM
+ code so that it can build the required tables and use them at runtime.
+
+ The device tree binding definition for ARM idle states is the subject of this
+ document.
+
+ ==========================================
+ 3 - RISC-V idle states
+ ==========================================
+
+ On RISC-V systems, the HARTs (or CPUs) [6] can be put in platform specific
+ suspend (or idle) states (ranging from simple WFI, power gating, etc). The
+ RISC-V SBI v0.3 (or higher) [7] hart state management extension provides a
+ standard mechanism for OS to request HART state transitions.
+
+ The platform specific suspend (or idle) states of a hart can be either
+ retentive or non-rententive in nature. A retentive suspend state will
+ preserve HART registers and CSR values for all privilege modes whereas
+ a non-retentive suspend state will not preserve HART registers and CSR
+ values.
+
+ ===========================================
+ 4 - idle-states definitions
+ ===========================================
+
+ Idle states are characterized for a specific system through a set of
+ timing and energy related properties, that underline the HW behaviour
+ triggered upon idle states entry and exit.
+
+ The following diagram depicts the CPU execution phases and related timing
+ properties required to enter and exit an idle state:
+
+ ..__[EXEC]__|__[PREP]__|__[ENTRY]__|__[IDLE]__|__[EXIT]__|__[EXEC]__..
+ | | | | |
+
+ |<------ entry ------->|
+ | latency |
+ |<- exit ->|
+ | latency |
+ |<-------- min-residency -------->|
+ |<------- wakeup-latency ------->|
+
+ Diagram 1: CPU idle state execution phases
+
+ EXEC: Normal CPU execution.
+
+ PREP: Preparation phase before committing the hardware to idle mode
+ like cache flushing. This is abortable on pending wake-up
+ event conditions. The abort latency is assumed to be negligible
+ (i.e. less than the ENTRY + EXIT duration). If aborted, CPU
+ goes back to EXEC. This phase is optional. If not abortable,
+ this should be included in the ENTRY phase instead.
+
+ ENTRY: The hardware is committed to idle mode. This period must run
+ to completion up to IDLE before anything else can happen.
+
+ IDLE: This is the actual energy-saving idle period. This may last
+ between 0 and infinite time, until a wake-up event occurs.
+
+ EXIT: Period during which the CPU is brought back to operational
+ mode (EXEC).
+
+ entry-latency: Worst case latency required to enter the idle state. The
+ exit-latency may be guaranteed only after entry-latency has passed.
+
+ min-residency: Minimum period, including preparation and entry, for a given
+ idle state to be worthwhile energywise.
+
+ wakeup-latency: Maximum delay between the signaling of a wake-up event and the
+ CPU being able to execute normal code again. If not specified, this is assumed
+ to be entry-latency + exit-latency.
+
+ These timing parameters can be used by an OS in different circumstances.
+
+ An idle CPU requires the expected min-residency time to select the most
+ appropriate idle state based on the expected expiry time of the next IRQ
+ (i.e. wake-up) that causes the CPU to return to the EXEC phase.
+
+ An operating system scheduler may need to compute the shortest wake-up delay
+ for CPUs in the system by detecting how long will it take to get a CPU out
+ of an idle state, e.g.:
+
+ wakeup-delay = exit-latency + max(entry-latency - (now - entry-timestamp), 0)
+
+ In other words, the scheduler can make its scheduling decision by selecting
+ (e.g. waking-up) the CPU with the shortest wake-up delay.
+ The wake-up delay must take into account the entry latency if that period
+ has not expired. The abortable nature of the PREP period can be ignored
+ if it cannot be relied upon (e.g. the PREP deadline may occur much sooner than
+ the worst case since it depends on the CPU operating conditions, i.e. caches
+ state).
+
+ An OS has to reliably probe the wakeup-latency since some devices can enforce
+ latency constraint guarantees to work properly, so the OS has to detect the
+ worst case wake-up latency it can incur if a CPU is allowed to enter an
+ idle state, and possibly to prevent that to guarantee reliable device
+ functioning.
+
+ The min-residency time parameter deserves further explanation since it is
+ expressed in time units but must factor in energy consumption coefficients.
+
+ The energy consumption of a cpu when it enters a power state can be roughly
+ characterised by the following graph:
+
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ e |
+ n | /---
+ e | /------
+ r | /------
+ g | /-----
+ y | /------
+ | ----
+ | /|
+ | / |
+ | / |
+ | / |
+ | / |
+ | / |
+ |/ |
+ -----|-------+----------------------------------
+ 0| 1 time(ms)
+
+ Graph 1: Energy vs time example
+
+ The graph is split in two parts delimited by time 1ms on the X-axis.
+ The graph curve with X-axis values = { x | 0 < x < 1ms } has a steep slope
+ and denotes the energy costs incurred while entering and leaving the idle
+ state.
+ The graph curve in the area delimited by X-axis values = {x | x > 1ms } has
+ shallower slope and essentially represents the energy consumption of the idle
+ state.
+
+ min-residency is defined for a given idle state as the minimum expected
+ residency time for a state (inclusive of preparation and entry) after
+ which choosing that state become the most energy efficient option. A good
+ way to visualise this, is by taking the same graph above and comparing some
+ states energy consumptions plots.
+
+ For sake of simplicity, let's consider a system with two idle states IDLE1,
+ and IDLE2:
+
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ | /-- IDLE1
+ e | /---
+ n | /----
+ e | /---
+ r | /-----/--------- IDLE2
+ g | /-------/---------
+ y | ------------ /---|
+ | / /---- |
+ | / /--- |
+ | / /---- |
+ | / /--- |
+ | --- |
+ | / |
+ | / |
+ |/ | time
+ ---/----------------------------+------------------------
+ |IDLE1-energy < IDLE2-energy | IDLE2-energy < IDLE1-energy
+ |
+ IDLE2-min-residency
+
+ Graph 2: idle states min-residency example
+
+ In graph 2 above, that takes into account idle states entry/exit energy
+ costs, it is clear that if the idle state residency time (i.e. time till next
+ wake-up IRQ) is less than IDLE2-min-residency, IDLE1 is the better idle state
+ choice energywise.
+
+ This is mainly down to the fact that IDLE1 entry/exit energy costs are lower
+ than IDLE2.
+
+ However, the lower power consumption (i.e. shallower energy curve slope) of
+ idle state IDLE2 implies that after a suitable time, IDLE2 becomes more energy
+ efficient.
+
+ The time at which IDLE2 becomes more energy efficient than IDLE1 (and other
+ shallower states in a system with multiple idle states) is defined
+ IDLE2-min-residency and corresponds to the time when energy consumption of
+ IDLE1 and IDLE2 states breaks even.
+
+ The definitions provided in this section underpin the idle states
+ properties specification that is the subject of the following sections.
+
+ ===========================================
+ 5 - idle-states node
+ ===========================================
+
+ The processor idle states are defined within the idle-states node, which is
+ a direct child of the cpus node [1] and provides a container where the
+ processor idle states, defined as device tree nodes, are listed.
+
+ On ARM systems, it is a container of processor idle states nodes. If the
+ system does not provide CPU power management capabilities, or the processor
+ just supports idle_standby, an idle-states node is not required.
+
+ ===========================================
+ 6 - Qualcomm specific STATES
+ ===========================================
+
+ Idle states have different enter/exit latency and residency values.
+ The idle states supported by the QCOM SoC are defined as -
+
+ * Standby
+ * Retention
+ * Standalone Power Collapse (Standalone PC or SPC)
+ * Power Collapse (PC)
+
+ Standby: Standby does a little more in addition to architectural clock gating.
+ When the WFI instruction is executed the ARM core would gate its internal
+ clocks. In addition to gating the clocks, QCOM cpus use this instruction as a
+ trigger to execute the SPM state machine. The SPM state machine waits for the
+ interrupt to trigger the core back in to active. This triggers the cache
+ hierarchy to enter standby states, when all cpus are idle. An interrupt brings
+ the SPM state machine out of its wait, the next step is to ensure that the
+ cache hierarchy is also out of standby, and then the cpu is allowed to resume
+ execution. This state is defined as a generic ARM WFI state by the ARM cpuidle
+ driver and is not defined in the DT. The SPM state machine should be
+ configured to execute this state by default and after executing every other
+ state below.
+
+ Retention: Retention is a low power state where the core is clock gated and
+ the memory and the registers associated with the core are retained. The
+ voltage may be reduced to the minimum value needed to keep the processor
+ registers active. The SPM should be configured to execute the retention
+ sequence and would wait for interrupt, before restoring the cpu to execution
+ state. Retention may have a slightly higher latency than Standby.
+
+ Standalone PC: A cpu can power down and warmboot if there is a sufficient time
+ between the time it enters idle and the next known wake up. SPC mode is used
+ to indicate a core entering a power down state without consulting any other
+ cpu or the system resources. This helps save power only on that core. The SPM
+ sequence for this idle state is programmed to power down the supply to the
+ core, wait for the interrupt, restore power to the core, and ensure the
+ system state including cache hierarchy is ready before allowing core to
+ resume. Applying power and resetting the core causes the core to warmboot
+ back into Elevation Level (EL) which trampolines the control back to the
+ kernel. Entering a power down state for the cpu, needs to be done by trapping
+ into a EL. Failing to do so, would result in a crash enforced by the warm boot
+ code in the EL for the SoC. On SoCs with write-back L1 cache, the cache has to
+ be flushed in s/w, before powering down the core.
+
+ Power Collapse: This state is similar to the SPC mode, but distinguishes
+ itself in that the cpu acknowledges and permits the SoC to enter deeper sleep
+ modes. In a hierarchical power domain SoC, this means L2 and other caches can
+ be flushed, system bus, clocks - lowered, and SoC main XO clock gated and
+ voltages reduced, provided all cpus enter this state. Since the span of low
+ power modes possible at this state is vast, the exit latency and the residency
+ of this low power mode would be considered high even though at a cpu level,
+ this essentially is cpu power down. The SPM in this state also may handshake
+ with the Resource power manager (RPM) processor in the SoC to indicate a
+ complete application processor subsystem shut down.
+
+ ===========================================
+ 7 - References
+ ===========================================
+
+ [1] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - CPUs bindings
+ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml
+
+ [2] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - PSCI bindings
+ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml
+
+ [3] ARM Server Base System Architecture (SBSA)
+ http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp
+
+ [4] ARM Architecture Reference Manuals
+ http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp
+
+ [5] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - Booting AArch64 Linux
+ Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst
+
+ [6] RISC-V Linux Kernel documentation - CPUs bindings
+ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
+
+ [7] RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface (SBI)
+ http://github.com/riscv/riscv-sbi-doc/riscv-sbi.adoc
+
+properties:
+ $nodename:
+ const: idle-states
+
+ entry-method:
+ description: |
+ Usage and definition depend on ARM architecture version.
+
+ On ARM v8 64-bit this property is required.
+ On ARM 32-bit systems this property is optional
+
+ This assumes that the "enable-method" property is set to "psci" in the cpu
+ node[5] that is responsible for setting up CPU idle management in the OS
+ implementation.
+ const: psci
+
+patternProperties:
+ "^(cpu|cluster)-":
+ type: object
+ description: |
+ Each state node represents an idle state description and must be defined
+ as follows.
+
+ The idle state entered by executing the wfi instruction (idle_standby
+ SBSA,[3][4]) is considered standard on all ARM and RISC-V platforms and
+ therefore must not be listed.
+
+ In addition to the properties listed above, a state node may require
+ additional properties specific to the entry-method defined in the
+ idle-states node. Please refer to the entry-method bindings
+ documentation for properties definitions.
+
+ properties:
+ compatible:
+ oneOf:
+ - items:
+ - enum:
+ - qcom,idle-state-ret
+ - qcom,idle-state-spc
+ - qcom,idle-state-pc
+ - const: arm,idle-state
+ - enum:
+ - arm,idle-state
+ - riscv,idle-state
+
+ arm,psci-suspend-param:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+ description: |
+ power_state parameter to pass to the ARM PSCI suspend call.
+
+ Device tree nodes that require usage of PSCI CPU_SUSPEND function
+ (i.e. idle states node with entry-method property is set to "psci")
+ must specify this property.
+
+ riscv,sbi-suspend-param:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+ description: |
+ suspend_type parameter to pass to the RISC-V SBI HSM suspend call.
+
+ This property is required in idle state nodes of device tree meant
+ for RISC-V systems. For more details on the suspend_type parameter
+ refer the SBI specification v0.3 (or higher) [7].
+
+ local-timer-stop:
+ description:
+ If present the CPU local timer control logic is
+ lost on state entry, otherwise it is retained.
+ type: boolean
+
+ entry-latency-us:
+ description:
+ Worst case latency in microseconds required to enter the idle state.
+
+ exit-latency-us:
+ description:
+ Worst case latency in microseconds required to exit the idle state.
+ The exit-latency-us duration may be guaranteed only after
+ entry-latency-us has passed.
+
+ min-residency-us:
+ description:
+ Minimum residency duration in microseconds, inclusive of preparation
+ and entry, for this idle state to be considered worthwhile energy wise
+ (refer to section 2 of this document for a complete description).
+
+ wakeup-latency-us:
+ description: |
+ Maximum delay between the signaling of a wake-up event and the CPU
+ being able to execute normal code again. If omitted, this is assumed
+ to be equal to:
+
+ entry-latency-us + exit-latency-us
+
+ It is important to supply this value on systems where the duration of
+ PREP phase (see diagram 1, section 2) is non-neglibigle. In such
+ systems entry-latency-us + exit-latency-us will exceed
+ wakeup-latency-us by this duration.
+
+ idle-state-name:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
+ description:
+ A string used as a descriptive name for the idle state.
+
+ additionalProperties: false
+
+ required:
+ - compatible
+ - entry-latency-us
+ - exit-latency-us
+ - min-residency-us
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+ - |
+
+ cpus {
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+ #address-cells = <2>;
+
+ cpu@0 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x0>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_0_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_0>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@1 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x1>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_0_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_0>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x100>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_0_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_0>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@101 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x101>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_0_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_0>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@10000 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x10000>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_0_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_0>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@10001 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x10001>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_0_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_0>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@10100 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x10100>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_0_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_0>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@10101 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
+ reg = <0x0 0x10101>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_0_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_0>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100000000 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x1 0x0>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_1_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_1>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100000001 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x1 0x1>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_1_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_1>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100000100 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x1 0x100>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_1_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_1>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100000101 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x1 0x101>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_1_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_1>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100010000 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x1 0x10000>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_1_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_1>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100010001 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x1 0x10001>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_1_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_1>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100010100 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x1 0x10100>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_1_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_1>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100010101 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
+ reg = <0x1 0x10101>;
+ enable-method = "psci";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RETENTION_1_0>, <&CPU_SLEEP_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RETENTION_1>, <&CLUSTER_SLEEP_1>;
+ };
+
+ idle-states {
+ entry-method = "psci";
+
+ CPU_RETENTION_0_0: cpu-retention-0-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x0010000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <20>;
+ exit-latency-us = <40>;
+ min-residency-us = <80>;
+ };
+
+ CLUSTER_RETENTION_0: cluster-retention-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x1010000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <50>;
+ exit-latency-us = <100>;
+ min-residency-us = <250>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <130>;
+ };
+
+ CPU_SLEEP_0_0: cpu-sleep-0-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x0010000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <250>;
+ exit-latency-us = <500>;
+ min-residency-us = <950>;
+ };
+
+ CLUSTER_SLEEP_0: cluster-sleep-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x1010000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <600>;
+ exit-latency-us = <1100>;
+ min-residency-us = <2700>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <1500>;
+ };
+
+ CPU_RETENTION_1_0: cpu-retention-1-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x0010000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <20>;
+ exit-latency-us = <40>;
+ min-residency-us = <90>;
+ };
+
+ CLUSTER_RETENTION_1: cluster-retention-1 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x1010000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <50>;
+ exit-latency-us = <100>;
+ min-residency-us = <270>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <100>;
+ };
+
+ CPU_SLEEP_1_0: cpu-sleep-1-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x0010000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <70>;
+ exit-latency-us = <100>;
+ min-residency-us = <300>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <150>;
+ };
+
+ CLUSTER_SLEEP_1: cluster-sleep-1 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x1010000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <500>;
+ exit-latency-us = <1200>;
+ min-residency-us = <3500>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <1300>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+ - |
+ // Example 2 (ARM 32-bit, 8-cpu system, two clusters):
+
+ cpus {
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+
+ cpu@0 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
+ reg = <0x0>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&cpu_sleep_0_0>, <&cluster_sleep_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@1 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
+ reg = <0x1>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&cpu_sleep_0_0>, <&cluster_sleep_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@2 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
+ reg = <0x2>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&cpu_sleep_0_0>, <&cluster_sleep_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@3 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
+ reg = <0x3>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&cpu_sleep_0_0>, <&cluster_sleep_0>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@100 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
+ reg = <0x100>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&cpu_sleep_1_0>, <&cluster_sleep_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@101 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
+ reg = <0x101>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&cpu_sleep_1_0>, <&cluster_sleep_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@102 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
+ reg = <0x102>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&cpu_sleep_1_0>, <&cluster_sleep_1>;
+ };
+
+ cpu@103 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
+ reg = <0x103>;
+ cpu-idle-states = <&cpu_sleep_1_0>, <&cluster_sleep_1>;
+ };
+
+ idle-states {
+ cpu_sleep_0_0: cpu-sleep-0-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <200>;
+ exit-latency-us = <100>;
+ min-residency-us = <400>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <250>;
+ };
+
+ cluster_sleep_0: cluster-sleep-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <500>;
+ exit-latency-us = <1500>;
+ min-residency-us = <2500>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <1700>;
+ };
+
+ cpu_sleep_1_0: cpu-sleep-1-0 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <300>;
+ exit-latency-us = <500>;
+ min-residency-us = <900>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <600>;
+ };
+
+ cluster_sleep_1: cluster-sleep-1 {
+ compatible = "arm,idle-state";
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <800>;
+ exit-latency-us = <2000>;
+ min-residency-us = <6500>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <2300>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+ - |
+ // Example 3 (RISC-V 64-bit, 4-cpu systems, two clusters):
+
+ cpus {
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+
+ cpu@0 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "riscv";
+ reg = <0x0>;
+ riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
+ mmu-type = "riscv,sv48";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RET_0_0>, <&CPU_NONRET_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RET_0>, <&CLUSTER_NONRET_0>;
+
+ cpu_intc0: interrupt-controller {
+ #interrupt-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
+ interrupt-controller;
+ };
+ };
+
+ cpu@1 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "riscv";
+ reg = <0x1>;
+ riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
+ mmu-type = "riscv,sv48";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RET_0_0>, <&CPU_NONRET_0_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RET_0>, <&CLUSTER_NONRET_0>;
+
+ cpu_intc1: interrupt-controller {
+ #interrupt-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
+ interrupt-controller;
+ };
+ };
+
+ cpu@10 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "riscv";
+ reg = <0x10>;
+ riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
+ mmu-type = "riscv,sv48";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RET_1_0>, <&CPU_NONRET_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RET_1>, <&CLUSTER_NONRET_1>;
+
+ cpu_intc10: interrupt-controller {
+ #interrupt-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
+ interrupt-controller;
+ };
+ };
+
+ cpu@11 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ compatible = "riscv";
+ reg = <0x11>;
+ riscv,isa = "rv64imafdc";
+ mmu-type = "riscv,sv48";
+ cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_RET_1_0>, <&CPU_NONRET_1_0>,
+ <&CLUSTER_RET_1>, <&CLUSTER_NONRET_1>;
+
+ cpu_intc11: interrupt-controller {
+ #interrupt-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc";
+ interrupt-controller;
+ };
+ };
+
+ idle-states {
+ CPU_RET_0_0: cpu-retentive-0-0 {
+ compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
+ riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x10000000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <20>;
+ exit-latency-us = <40>;
+ min-residency-us = <80>;
+ };
+
+ CPU_NONRET_0_0: cpu-nonretentive-0-0 {
+ compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
+ riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x90000000>;
+ entry-latency-us = <250>;
+ exit-latency-us = <500>;
+ min-residency-us = <950>;
+ };
+
+ CLUSTER_RET_0: cluster-retentive-0 {
+ compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
+ riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x11000000>;
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <50>;
+ exit-latency-us = <100>;
+ min-residency-us = <250>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <130>;
+ };
+
+ CLUSTER_NONRET_0: cluster-nonretentive-0 {
+ compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
+ riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x91000000>;
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <600>;
+ exit-latency-us = <1100>;
+ min-residency-us = <2700>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <1500>;
+ };
+
+ CPU_RET_1_0: cpu-retentive-1-0 {
+ compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
+ riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x10000010>;
+ entry-latency-us = <20>;
+ exit-latency-us = <40>;
+ min-residency-us = <80>;
+ };
+
+ CPU_NONRET_1_0: cpu-nonretentive-1-0 {
+ compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
+ riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x90000010>;
+ entry-latency-us = <250>;
+ exit-latency-us = <500>;
+ min-residency-us = <950>;
+ };
+
+ CLUSTER_RET_1: cluster-retentive-1 {
+ compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
+ riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x11000010>;
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <50>;
+ exit-latency-us = <100>;
+ min-residency-us = <250>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <130>;
+ };
+
+ CLUSTER_NONRET_1: cluster-nonretentive-1 {
+ compatible = "riscv,idle-state";
+ riscv,sbi-suspend-param = <0x91000010>;
+ local-timer-stop;
+ entry-latency-us = <600>;
+ exit-latency-us = <1100>;
+ min-residency-us = <2700>;
+ wakeup-latency-us = <1500>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+ // Example 4 - Qualcomm SPC
+ idle-states {
+ cpu_spc: cpu-spc {
+ compatible = "qcom,idle-state-spc", "arm,idle-state";
+ entry-latency-us = <150>;
+ exit-latency-us = <200>;
+ min-residency-us = <2000>;
+ };
+ };
+...