[PATCH] pmdomain: renesas: rcar-sysc: publish the external request mask

From: Jaidev Shastri via B4 Relay

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 21:18:05 EST


From: Jaidev Shastri <jaidevshastri@xxxxxx>

rcar_sysc_pd_init() maps the SYSC registers and stores rcar_sysc_base,
rcar_sysc_extmask_offs and rcar_sysc_extmask_val with plain stores,
before it registers the power domains. rcar_sysc_power() tests
rcar_sysc_extmask_val and then writes through rcar_sysc_base at that
offset, from genpd on any CPU.

Publish the mask value last with smp_store_release() and read it once
with smp_load_acquire() in rcar_sysc_power().

Found with MBCheck, a static herd7-based memory consistency checker.

Signed-off-by: Jaidev Shastri <jaidevshastri@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/pmdomain/renesas/rcar-sysc.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/renesas/rcar-sysc.c b/drivers/pmdomain/renesas/rcar-sysc.c
index bd7bb9cbd..d0eaaeeb9 100644
--- a/drivers/pmdomain/renesas/rcar-sysc.c
+++ b/drivers/pmdomain/renesas/rcar-sysc.c
@@ -106,15 +106,19 @@ static int rcar_sysc_power(const struct rcar_sysc_pd *pd, bool on)
unsigned int chan_mask = BIT(pd->chan_bit);
unsigned int status, k;
unsigned long flags;
+ u32 extmask_val;
int ret;

spin_lock_irqsave(&rcar_sysc_lock, flags);

+ /* Pairs with the smp_store_release() in rcar_sysc_pd_init(). */
+ extmask_val = smp_load_acquire(&rcar_sysc_extmask_val);
+
/*
* Mask external power requests for CPU or 3DG domains
*/
- if (rcar_sysc_extmask_val) {
- iowrite32(rcar_sysc_extmask_val,
+ if (extmask_val) {
+ iowrite32(extmask_val,
rcar_sysc_base + rcar_sysc_extmask_offs);
}

@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ static int rcar_sysc_power(const struct rcar_sysc_pd *pd, bool on)
iowrite32(isr_mask, rcar_sysc_base + SYSCISCR);

out:
- if (rcar_sysc_extmask_val)
+ if (extmask_val)
iowrite32(0, rcar_sysc_base + rcar_sysc_extmask_offs);

spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcar_sysc_lock, flags);
@@ -381,7 +385,12 @@ static int __init rcar_sysc_pd_init(void)

/* Optional External Request Mask Register */
rcar_sysc_extmask_offs = info->extmask_offs;
- rcar_sysc_extmask_val = info->extmask_val;
+ /*
+ * rcar_sysc_power() tests rcar_sysc_extmask_val and then uses
+ * rcar_sysc_base and the offset, so publish the value last, with
+ * release semantics.
+ */
+ smp_store_release(&rcar_sysc_extmask_val, info->extmask_val);

domains = kzalloc_obj(*domains);
if (!domains) {

---
base-commit: 93f51579e7df248780214094418f205253383cc5
change-id: 20260921-mb-rcar-sysc-6e76b8d94835

Best regards,
--
Jaidev Shastri <jaidevshastri@xxxxxx>