Re: [PATCH v13 10/14] pmdomain: rockchip: cycle optional power-domain resets on power-on

From: Ulf Hansson

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 08:43:47 EST


On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM Jiaxing Hu <gahing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Some Rockchip domains come out of power-on with their bus interface in an
> undefined state. On the RK3576 NPU this shows up as a hang on the first
> register access after the domain is switched on, and pulsing the domain's
> resets at this point clears it.
>
> Take the domain node's resets if it has any, and pulse them between
> releasing idle and restoring QoS. The resets are optional, so domains that
> do not list any are unaffected.

Please drop the below from the commit message, the above is clear
enough I think!

>
> The cycle goes before the settle delay 9/14 adds, not after it. A domain
> that asks for both is asking to settle before the QoS registers answer, and
> a reset deasserted after the delay would leave nothing between the deassert
> and rockchip_pmu_restore_qos(). On RK3576 PD_NPU0 and PD_NPU1 ask for both,
> and the reset they cycle is SRST_A_RKNN0/1_BIU, the bus interface those QoS
> writes go through.
>
> It only runs when the domain actually changes state: rockchip_pd_power()
> returns early when the hardware already reads the state being asked for. A
> bootloader that leaves the NPU powered would therefore skip both this and
> the delay, which is why 9/14 gives RK3576_PD_NPU need_regulator and forces
> the domain off at probe.
>
> No in-tree DTS puts resets in a power-domain node today, so every other
> Rockchip SoC takes the optional get's NULL and is unchanged.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiaxing Hu <gahing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Kind regards
Uffe

> ---
> drivers/pmdomain/rockchip/pm-domains.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/rockchip/pm-domains.c b/drivers/pmdomain/rockchip/pm-domains.c
> index 39988efd8..6cc8d6efd 100644
> --- a/drivers/pmdomain/rockchip/pm-domains.c
> +++ b/drivers/pmdomain/rockchip/pm-domains.c
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
> #include <linux/of_clk.h>
> #include <linux/clk.h>
> #include <linux/delay.h>
> +#include <linux/reset.h>
> #include <linux/regmap.h>
> #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
> #include <linux/mfd/syscon.h>
> @@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ struct rockchip_pm_domain {
> struct clk_bulk_data *clks;
> struct device_node *node;
> struct regulator *supply;
> + struct reset_control *resets;
> };
>
> struct rockchip_pmu {
> @@ -688,6 +690,21 @@ static int rockchip_pd_power(struct rockchip_pm_domain *pd, bool power_on)
> if (ret < 0)
> goto out;
>
> + /*
> + * Optional: some domains need their resets cycled once power
> + * is on. This goes BEFORE the settle delay, not after: a
> + * domain that asks for both is asking to settle before the
> + * QoS registers answer, and a reset deasserted after the
> + * delay would leave nothing between it and the QoS writes.
> + * On RK3576 the reset being cycled is the NPU core's bus
> + * interface, which is what those writes go through.
> + */
> + if (pd->resets) {
> + reset_control_assert(pd->resets);
> + usleep_range(10, 20);
> + reset_control_deassert(pd->resets);
> + }
> +
> /* Some domains need to settle before the QoS registers answer. */
> if (pd->info->delay_us)
> udelay(pd->info->delay_us);
> @@ -861,6 +878,14 @@ static int rockchip_pm_add_one_domain(struct rockchip_pmu *pmu,
> if (error)
> goto err_put_clocks;
>
> + pd->resets = of_reset_control_array_get_optional_exclusive(node);
> + if (IS_ERR(pd->resets)) {
> + error = dev_err_probe(pmu->dev, PTR_ERR(pd->resets),
> + "%pOFn: failed to get resets\n", node);
> + pd->resets = NULL;
> + goto err_unprepare_clocks;
> + }
> +
> pd->num_qos = of_count_phandle_with_args(node, "pm_qos",
> NULL);
>
> @@ -931,6 +956,7 @@ static int rockchip_pm_add_one_domain(struct rockchip_pmu *pmu,
> clk_bulk_unprepare(pd->num_clks, pd->clks);
> err_put_clocks:
> clk_bulk_put(pd->num_clks, pd->clks);
> + reset_control_put(pd->resets);
> return error;
> }
>
> @@ -949,6 +975,7 @@ static void rockchip_pm_remove_one_domain(struct rockchip_pm_domain *pd)
>
> clk_bulk_unprepare(pd->num_clks, pd->clks);
> clk_bulk_put(pd->num_clks, pd->clks);
> + reset_control_put(pd->resets);
>
> /* protect the zeroing of pm->num_clks */
> mutex_lock(&pd->pmu->mutex);
> --
> 2.43.0
>