From: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org>,
Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@kernel.org>
Cc: Salman Nabi <salman.nabi@arm.com>,
Vedashree Vidwans <vvidwans@nvidia.com>,
Trilok Soni <trilokkumar.soni@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Nirmoy Das <nirmoyd@nvidia.com>,
vsethi@nvidia.com, vwadekar@nvidia.com,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Add timeout and trigger watchdog
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:33:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260317103336.1273582-5-andre.przywara@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260317103336.1273582-1-andre.przywara@arm.com>
From: Vedashree Vidwans <vvidwans@nvidia.com>
Enhance PRIME/ACTIVATION functions to touch watchdog and implement
timeout mechanism. This update ensures that any potential hangs are
detected promptly and that the LFA process is allocated sufficient
execution time before the watchdog timer expires. These changes improve
overall system reliability by reducing the risk of undetected process
stalls and unexpected watchdog resets.
Signed-off-by: Vedashree Vidwans <vvidwans@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
---
drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c b/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
index 4831abf2b60e..d1b5cd29b8a0 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
#include <linux/arm-smccc.h>
#include <linux/array_size.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/ktime.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
#include <linux/psci.h>
#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
@@ -38,6 +41,11 @@
#define LFA_PRIME_CALL_AGAIN BIT(0)
#define LFA_ACTIVATE_CALL_AGAIN BIT(0)
+#define LFA_PRIME_BUDGET_MS 30000 /* 30s cap */
+#define LFA_PRIME_DELAY_MS 10 /* 10ms between polls */
+#define LFA_ACTIVATE_BUDGET_MS 10000 /* 10s cap */
+#define LFA_ACTIVATE_DELAY_MS 10 /* 10ms between polls */
+
/* LFA return values */
#define LFA_SUCCESS 0
#define LFA_NOT_SUPPORTED 1
@@ -287,6 +295,7 @@ static int call_lfa_activate(void *data)
struct fw_image *image = data;
struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs reg = { 0 }, res;
+ touch_nmi_watchdog();
reg.a0 = LFA_1_0_FN_ACTIVATE;
reg.a1 = image->fw_seq_id;
/*
@@ -310,6 +319,7 @@ static int call_lfa_activate(void *data)
static int activate_fw_image(struct fw_image *image)
{
+ ktime_t end = ktime_add_ms(ktime_get(), LFA_ACTIVATE_BUDGET_MS);
int ret;
retry:
@@ -324,8 +334,15 @@ static int activate_fw_image(struct fw_image *image)
return 0;
}
- if (ret == -LFA_CALL_AGAIN)
- goto retry;
+ if (ret == -LFA_CALL_AGAIN) {
+ /* SMC returned with call_again flag set */
+ if (ktime_before(ktime_get(), end)) {
+ msleep_interruptible(LFA_ACTIVATE_DELAY_MS);
+ goto retry;
+ }
+
+ ret = -LFA_TIMED_OUT;
+ }
lfa_cancel(image);
@@ -338,6 +355,8 @@ static int activate_fw_image(struct fw_image *image)
static int prime_fw_image(struct fw_image *image)
{
struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs reg = { 0 }, res;
+ ktime_t end = ktime_add_ms(ktime_get(), LFA_PRIME_BUDGET_MS);
+ int ret;
if (image->may_reset_cpu) {
pr_err("CPU reset not supported by kernel driver\n");
@@ -345,6 +364,8 @@ static int prime_fw_image(struct fw_image *image)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ touch_nmi_watchdog();
+
reg.a0 = LFA_1_0_FN_PRIME;
retry:
/*
@@ -363,8 +384,22 @@ static int prime_fw_image(struct fw_image *image)
return res.a0;
}
- if (res.a1 & LFA_PRIME_CALL_AGAIN)
- goto retry;
+ if (res.a1 & LFA_PRIME_CALL_AGAIN) {
+ /* SMC returned with call_again flag set */
+ if (ktime_before(ktime_get(), end)) {
+ msleep_interruptible(LFA_PRIME_DELAY_MS);
+ goto retry;
+ }
+
+ pr_err("LFA_PRIME for image %s timed out",
+ get_image_name(image));
+
+ ret = lfa_cancel(image);
+ if (ret != 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ return -ETIMEDOUT;
+ }
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-17 10:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-17 10:33 [PATCH v2 0/8] Arm Live Firmware Activation (LFA) support Andre Przywara
2026-03-17 10:33 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] dt-bindings: arm: Add Live Firmware Activation binding Andre Przywara
2026-03-18 8:04 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-03-18 16:00 ` Andre Przywara
2026-03-17 10:33 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] firmware: smccc: Add support for Live Firmware Activation (LFA) Andre Przywara
2026-03-18 8:09 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-03-18 8:12 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-03-18 15:39 ` Andre Przywara
2026-03-17 10:33 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Move image rescanning Andre Przywara
2026-03-17 10:33 ` Andre Przywara [this message]
2026-06-24 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Add timeout and trigger watchdog Nirmoy Das
2026-03-17 10:33 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Register ACPI notification Andre Przywara
2026-03-17 10:33 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Add auto_activate sysfs file Andre Przywara
2026-03-18 8:05 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-06-24 19:45 ` Nirmoy Das
2026-07-06 14:34 ` Andre Przywara
2026-03-17 10:33 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Register DT interrupt Andre Przywara
2026-03-18 8:14 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-03-18 11:35 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-18 14:21 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-18 14:21 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-19 12:52 ` Andre Przywara
2026-03-17 10:33 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: introduce SMC access lock Andre Przywara
2026-03-18 8:00 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] Arm Live Firmware Activation (LFA) support Krzysztof Kozlowski
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