Re: [PATCH v6 6/6] arm64: Use SYSTEM_OFF2 PSCI call to power off for hibernate

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On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 06:15:47PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The PSCI v1.3 specification adds support for a SYSTEM_OFF2 function
> which is analogous to ACPI S4 state. This will allow hosting
> environments to determine that a guest is hibernated rather than just
> powered off, and handle that state appropriately on subsequent launches.
> 
> Since commit 60c0d45a7f7a ("efi/arm64: use UEFI for system reset and
> poweroff") the EFI shutdown method is deliberately preferred over PSCI
> or other methods. So register a SYS_OFF_MODE_POWER_OFF handler which
> *only* handles the hibernation, leaving the original PSCI SYSTEM_OFF as
> a last resort via the legacy pm_power_off function pointer.
> 
> The hibernation code already exports a system_entering_hibernation()
> function which is be used by the higher-priority handler to check for
> hibernation. That existing function just returns the value of a static
> boolean variable from hibernate.c, which was previously only set in the
> hibernation_platform_enter() code path. Set the same flag in the simpler
> code path around the call to kernel_power_off() too.
> 
> An alternative way to hook SYSTEM_OFF2 into the hibernation code would
> be to register a platform_hibernation_ops structure with an ->enter()
> method which makes the new SYSTEM_OFF2 call. But that would have the
> unwanted side-effect of making hibernation take a completely different
> code path in hibernation_platform_enter(), invoking a lot of special dpm
> callbacks.
> 
> Another option might be to add a new SYS_OFF_MODE_HIBERNATE mode, with
> fallback to SYS_OFF_MODE_POWER_OFF. Or to use the sys_off_data to
> indicate whether the power off is for hibernation.
> 
> But this version works and is relatively simple.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>




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