[PATCH v2 1/2] mfd: dt: tps6586x: Add power off control

Bill Huang bilhuang at nvidia.com
Sat Aug 25 10:36:23 EST 2012


nvpublic
> > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 06:07:55PM -0700, Bill Huang wrote:
> > > Add DT property "ti,system-power-controller" telling whether or not
> > > this pmic is in charge of controlling the system power, so the power
> > > off routine can be hooked up to system call "pm_power_off".
> > >
> > > Based on the work by:
> > > Dan Willemsen <dwillemsen at nvidia.com>
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Bill Huang <bilhuang at nvidia.com>
> > > Tested-by: Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org>
> > > ---
> > >  .../devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps6586x.txt     |    6 ++++++
> > >  drivers/mfd/tps6586x.c                             |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
> > >  include/linux/mfd/tps6586x.h                       |    1 +
> > >  3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've seen the following while trying this patch applied on top of next-20120817:
> >
> > [   40.581151] Power down.
> > [   41.583160] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [   41.587784] WARNING: at /home/thierry.reding/src/kernel/linux-ipmp.git/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-
> > tegra.c:525 tegra_i2c_xfer+0x21c/0x29c()
> > [   41.599850] Modules linked in:
> > [   41.602927] [<c0014074>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xf8) from [<c00265a8>]
> > (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64)
> > [   41.612304] [<c00265a8>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) from [<c00265dc>]
> > (warn_slowpath_null+0x1c/0x24)
> > [   41.621947] [<c00265dc>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x1c/0x24) from [<c02a2944>]
> > (tegra_i2c_xfer+0x21c/0x29c)
> > [   41.631244] [<c02a2944>] (tegra_i2c_xfer+0x21c/0x29c) from [<c029f5e8>] (__i2c_transfer+0x44/0x80)
> > [   41.640192] [<c029f5e8>] (__i2c_transfer+0x44/0x80) from [<c02a0698>] (i2c_transfer+0x7c/0xb8)
> > [   41.648796] [<c02a0698>] (i2c_transfer+0x7c/0xb8) from [<c0232a60>] (regmap_i2c_read+0x48/0x64)
> > [   41.657485] [<c0232a60>] (regmap_i2c_read+0x48/0x64) from [<c0230304>]
> (_regmap_raw_read+0x90/0x98)
> > [   41.666518] [<c0230304>] (_regmap_raw_read+0x90/0x98) from [<c023035c>] (_regmap_read+0x50/0xa8)
> > [   41.675290] [<c023035c>] (_regmap_read+0x50/0xa8) from [<c02300c4>]
> (_regmap_update_bits+0x24/0x64)
> > [   41.684322] [<c02300c4>] (_regmap_update_bits+0x24/0x64) from [<c0230b88>]
> > (regmap_update_bits+0x3c/0x58)
> > [   41.693885] [<c0230b88>] (regmap_update_bits+0x3c/0x58) from [<c0237c30>]
> > (tps6586x_power_off+0x18/0x38)
> > [   41.703362] [<c0237c30>] (tps6586x_power_off+0x18/0x38) from [<c000edf4>]
> > (machine_power_off+0x1c/0x24)
> > [   41.712749] [<c000edf4>] (machine_power_off+0x1c/0x24) from [<c0037ca4>] (sys_reboot+0x138/0x1b0)
> > [   41.721612] [<c0037ca4>] (sys_reboot+0x138/0x1b0) from [<c000e000>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x30)
> > [   41.730293] ---[ end trace 9af366974fefa459 ]---
> > [   41.734906] tegra-i2c tegra-i2c.3: i2c transfer timed out
> > [   41.740689] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000000
> > [   41.740689]
> > [   41.749823] [<c0014074>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xf8) from [<c03e7090>] (panic+0x8c/0x1d8)
> > [   41.757993] [<c03e7090>] (panic+0x8c/0x1d8) from [<c002b7b8>] (do_exit+0x694/0x750)
> > [   41.765636] [<c002b7b8>] (do_exit+0x694/0x750) from [<c002bad0>] (do_group_exit+0x3c/0xb0)
> > [   41.773884] [<c002bad0>] (do_group_exit+0x3c/0xb0) from [<c002bb54>] (__wake_up_parent+0x0/0x18)
> 
> Thanks Thierry, I can repro this on Tegra20 inconsistently and found, if current cpu is not cpu0 when
> doing "machine_shutdown" (it will call "smp_send_stop"), i2c controller will failed to do any
> transaction (looks like gic interrupt will be disabled), I'll debug further to find out the root cause.
> 
> By the way, Tegra30 is good since it will always be cpu0 when doing "machine_shutdown", I still don't
> know why it makes the difference against Tegra20 since I'm not familiar with those cpu stuffs and what
> make it behave differently, I'll study a bit, thanks.
> 
I've sent the shutdown issue for discussion in ARM list: Shutdown problem in SMP system happened on Tegra20.
The cause of the i2c timeout is pretty clear now and it is not directly related to this patch, so is this
patch series acceptable? Any thoughts or comment? Thanks.

> >
> > Thierry
> >
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