[PATCH v12 6/6] Documentation: Add sysfs documentation for PSCRR
Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:59:59 +0200
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Document the Power State Change Reasons Recording (PSCRR) sysfs interface under /sys/kernel/pscrr/: the per-provider directories and their name, device, reason, caps, supported_reasons and record_policy attributes, including the stable reason token values. Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> --- changes v12: - rewrite for the per-provider interface (providerN/ directories with caps, supported_reasons and record_policy) - rename the file to sysfs-kernel-pscrr to match the sysfs path - refresh KernelVersion/Date - drop Reviewed-by: Matti Vaittinen; the documentation was rewritten changes v8: - simplify and clarify example sysfs value comments - add note that not all values are meaningful on every system changes v7: - document expected values --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-pscrr | 108 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 108 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-pscrr diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-pscrr b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-pscrr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..63aa411b7362 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-pscrr @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +What: /sys/kernel/pscrr/ +Date: July 2026 +KernelVersion: 7.2 +Contact: Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> +Description: + Root directory of the Power State Change Reason Recording + (PSCRR) framework. It contains one subdirectory per registered + reason provider, named providerN (N is an arbitrary, stable + index assigned at registration). + + A provider is either a hardware reason source (a PMIC, SoC + reset controller or watchdog exposing a reset cause) or a + recorder that persists the current reason across a power cycle + (e.g. an NVMEM or RTC scratch cell). The set of reasons is + deliberately not collapsed to a single "winning" cause, since + resets are often multi-causal. + +What: /sys/kernel/pscrr/providerN/name +Date: July 2026 +KernelVersion: 7.2 +Contact: Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> +Description: + (RO) Human-readable label identifying the provider, e.g. + "pca9450" or "nvmem". + +What: /sys/kernel/pscrr/providerN/device +Date: July 2026 +KernelVersion: 7.2 +Contact: Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> +Description: + Symbolic link to the backing struct device of the provider. + Present only for providers that are bound to a device. + +What: /sys/kernel/pscrr/providerN/reason +Date: July 2026 +KernelVersion: 7.2 +Contact: Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> +Description: + The set of power state change reasons observed by this + provider, as a space-separated list of reason tokens (an + empty line means no reason is recorded). + + The attribute is writable only for providers that can record + a reason; for a pure hardware source it is read-only. A write + records one reason and accepts either a reason token or its + decimal index. The tokens and their stable numeric values are: + + == ================= ============================================ + 0 unknown Unknown or unspecified reason + 1 under-voltage Supply voltage dropped below a safe level + 2 over-current Excessive current draw / possible short + 3 regulator-failure Voltage regulator failure + 4 over-temperature Unsafe temperature detected + 5 ec-panic Embedded controller (EC) panic + 6 power-on Regular cold power-on + 7 watchdog Watchdog timeout + 8 software Software-initiated reset or reboot + 9 external External reset input asserted + 10 rtc RTC-triggered wake-up or power-on + 11 reset-button User reset button + 12 cpu-clock-failure CPU clock failure + 13 crystal-failure Crystal oscillator failure + == ================= ============================================ + + The numeric order is stable ABI: new reasons are only ever + appended. A provider may support only a subset of these; see + "supported_reasons". + +What: /sys/kernel/pscrr/providerN/caps +Date: July 2026 +KernelVersion: 7.2 +Contact: Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> +Description: + (RO) Space-separated list of the provider's non-default + capabilities. Being readable and storing a single reason are + the defaults and are not listed. Currently defined: + + ======== ============================================== + writable the provider can record a reason (see "reason" + and "record_policy") + ======== ============================================== + + An empty line therefore denotes a read-only, single-slot + provider. + +What: /sys/kernel/pscrr/providerN/supported_reasons +Date: July 2026 +KernelVersion: 7.2 +Contact: Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> +Description: + (RO) Space-separated list of the reason tokens (see "reason") + this provider is able to report or record. A provider that + supports every reason lists them all. + +What: /sys/kernel/pscrr/providerN/record_policy +Date: July 2026 +KernelVersion: 7.2 +Contact: Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> +Description: + (RW) Policy used when more than one reason is recorded during a + single power cycle. Present only for providers that can record + (see "caps"). Valid values are: + + ===== ================================================= + first keep the first reason recorded this cycle (the + root cause); this is the default + last overwrite with the most recently recorded reason + ===== ================================================= -- 2.47.3