diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
index 51803d98b175..6242852b3880 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
@@ -609,11 +609,11 @@ int kgsl_context_init(struct kgsl_device_private *dev_priv,
 	if (id == -ENOSPC) {
 		/*
 		 * Before declaring that there are no contexts left try
-		 * flushing the event workqueue just in case there are
+		 * flushing the event worker just in case there are
 		 * detached contexts waiting to finish
 		 */
 
-		flush_workqueue(device->events_wq);
+		kthread_flush_worker(device->events_worker);
 		id = _kgsl_get_context_id(device);
 	}
 
@@ -5334,6 +5334,16 @@ int kgsl_device_platform_probe(struct kgsl_device *device)
 	if (status)
 		goto error;
 
+	device->events_worker = kthread_create_worker(0, "kgsl-events");
+
+	if (IS_ERR(device->events_worker)) {
+		status = PTR_ERR(device->events_worker);
+		dev_err(device->dev, "Failed to create events worker ret=%d\n", status);
+		goto error_pwrctrl_close;
+	}
+
+	sched_set_fifo(device->events_worker->task);
+
 	if (!devm_request_mem_region(device->dev, device->reg_phys,
 				device->reg_len, device->name)) {
 		dev_err(device->dev, "request_mem_region failed\n");
@@ -5422,9 +5432,6 @@ int kgsl_device_platform_probe(struct kgsl_device *device)
 				PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE);
 	}
 
-	device->events_wq = alloc_workqueue("kgsl-events",
-		WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_SYSFS | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
-
 	/* Initialize the snapshot engine */
 	kgsl_device_snapshot_init(device);
 
@@ -5436,6 +5443,9 @@ int kgsl_device_platform_probe(struct kgsl_device *device)
 error_close_mmu:
 	kgsl_mmu_close(device);
 error_pwrctrl_close:
+	if (!IS_ERR(device->events_worker))
+		kthread_destroy_worker(device->events_worker);
+
 	kgsl_pwrctrl_close(device);
 error:
 	kgsl_device_debugfs_close(device);
@@ -5446,7 +5456,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kgsl_device_platform_probe);
 
 void kgsl_device_platform_remove(struct kgsl_device *device)
 {
-	destroy_workqueue(device->events_wq);
+	kthread_destroy_worker(device->events_worker);
 
 	kfree(device->dev->dma_parms);
 	device->dev->dma_parms = NULL;
@@ -5481,6 +5491,16 @@ _flush_mem_workqueue(struct work_struct *work)
 
 static void kgsl_core_exit(void)
 {
+	if (kgsl_driver.workqueue) {
+		destroy_workqueue(kgsl_driver.workqueue);
+		kgsl_driver.workqueue = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (kgsl_driver.mem_workqueue) {
+		destroy_workqueue(kgsl_driver.mem_workqueue);
+		kgsl_driver.mem_workqueue = NULL;
+	}
+
 	kgsl_events_exit();
 	kgsl_core_debugfs_close();
 
@@ -5579,9 +5599,21 @@ static int __init kgsl_core_init(void)
 	kgsl_driver.workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kgsl-workqueue",
 		WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_SYSFS, 0);
 
+	if (!kgsl_driver.workqueue) {
+		pr_err("kgsl: Failed to allocate kgsl workqueue\n");
+		result = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	kgsl_driver.mem_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kgsl-mementry",
 		WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 
+	if (!kgsl_driver.mem_workqueue) {
+		pr_err("kgsl: Failed to allocate mem workqueue\n");
+		result = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	INIT_WORK(&kgsl_driver.mem_work, _flush_mem_workqueue);
 
 	kthread_init_worker(&kgsl_driver.worker);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.h b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.h
index 0dc906aa3d9e..95703d31a659 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.h
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ typedef void (*kgsl_event_func)(struct kgsl_device *, struct kgsl_event_group *,
  * @priv: Private data passed to the callback function
  * @node: List node for the kgsl_event_group list
  * @created: Jiffies when the event was created
- * @work: Work struct for dispatching the callback
+ * @work: kthread_work struct for dispatching the callback
  * @result: KGSL event result type to pass to the callback
  * group: The event group this event belongs to
  */
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ struct kgsl_event {
 	void *priv;
 	struct list_head node;
 	unsigned int created;
-	struct work_struct work;
+	struct kthread_work work;
 	int result;
 	struct kgsl_event_group *group;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_device.h b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_device.h
index 55008e288e72..9137fc6138ed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_device.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_device.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2002,2007-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 #ifndef __KGSL_DEVICE_H
 #define __KGSL_DEVICE_H
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ struct kgsl_device {
 	struct kgsl_pwrscale pwrscale;
 
 	int reset_counter; /* Track how many GPU core resets have occurred */
-	struct workqueue_struct *events_wq;
+	struct kthread_worker *events_worker;
 
 	struct device *busmondev; /* pseudo dev for GPU BW voting governor */
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_events.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_events.c
index b2c07c38e0d5..a6705d752299 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_events.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_events.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
@@ -21,17 +22,17 @@ static inline void signal_event(struct kgsl_device *device,
 {
 	list_del(&event->node);
 	event->result = result;
-	queue_work(device->events_wq, &event->work);
+	kthread_queue_work(device->events_worker, &event->work);
 }
 
 /**
  * _kgsl_event_worker() - Work handler for processing GPU event callbacks
- * @work: Pointer to the work_struct for the event
+ * @work: Pointer to the kthread_work for the event
  *
- * Each event callback has its own work struct and is run on a event specific
- * workqeuue.  This is the worker that queues up the event callback function.
+ * Each event callback has its own kthread_work struct and is run on a event specific
+ * worker thread.  This is the worker that queues up the event callback function.
  */
-static void _kgsl_event_worker(struct work_struct *work)
+static void _kgsl_event_worker(struct kthread_work *work)
 {
 	struct kgsl_event *event = container_of(work, struct kgsl_event, work);
 	int id = KGSL_CONTEXT_ID(event->context);
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ int kgsl_add_event(struct kgsl_device *device, struct kgsl_event_group *group,
 	event->created = jiffies;
 	event->group = group;
 
-	INIT_WORK(&event->work, _kgsl_event_worker);
+	kthread_init_work(&event->work, _kgsl_event_worker);
 
 	trace_kgsl_register_event(KGSL_CONTEXT_ID(context), timestamp, func);
 
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ int kgsl_add_event(struct kgsl_device *device, struct kgsl_event_group *group,
 
 	if (timestamp_cmp(retired, timestamp) >= 0) {
 		event->result = KGSL_EVENT_RETIRED;
-		queue_work(device->events_wq, &event->work);
+		kthread_queue_work(device->events_worker, &event->work);
 		spin_unlock(&group->lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_pwrscale.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_pwrscale.c
index 892e9e69f1d0..3ea7d28f39c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_pwrscale.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_pwrscale.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,13 @@ int kgsl_pwrscale_init(struct device *dev, const char *governor)
 	} else
 		data->bus.num = 0;
 
+	pwrscale->devfreq_wq = create_freezable_workqueue("kgsl_devfreq_wq");
+	if (!pwrscale->devfreq_wq) {
+		dev_err(device->dev, "Failed to allocate kgsl devfreq workqueue\n");
+		device->pwrscale.enabled = false;
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	devfreq = devfreq_add_device(dev, &pwrscale->gpu_profile.profile,
 			governor, pwrscale->gpu_profile.private_data);
 	if (IS_ERR(devfreq)) {
@@ -1074,7 +1081,6 @@ int kgsl_pwrscale_init(struct device *dev, const char *governor)
 	ret = sysfs_create_link(&device->dev->kobj,
 			&devfreq->dev.kobj, "devfreq");
 
-	pwrscale->devfreq_wq = create_freezable_workqueue("kgsl_devfreq_wq");
 	INIT_WORK(&pwrscale->devfreq_suspend_ws, do_devfreq_suspend);
 	INIT_WORK(&pwrscale->devfreq_resume_ws, do_devfreq_resume);
 	INIT_WORK(&pwrscale->devfreq_notify_ws, do_devfreq_notify);
@@ -1125,8 +1131,13 @@ void kgsl_pwrscale_close(struct kgsl_device *device)
 		devfreq_cooling_unregister(pwrscale->cooling_dev);
 
 	kgsl_pwrscale_midframe_timer_cancel(device);
-	flush_workqueue(pwrscale->devfreq_wq);
-	destroy_workqueue(pwrscale->devfreq_wq);
+
+	if (pwrscale->devfreq_wq) {
+		flush_workqueue(pwrscale->devfreq_wq);
+		destroy_workqueue(pwrscale->devfreq_wq);
+		pwrscale->devfreq_wq = NULL;
+	}
+
 	devfreq_remove_device(device->pwrscale.devfreqptr);
 	kfree(kgsl_midframe);
 	kgsl_midframe = NULL;
diff --git a/scripts/as-version.sh b/scripts/as-version.sh
index 1a21495e9ff0..532270bd4b7e 100755
--- a/scripts/as-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/as-version.sh
@@ -51,12 +51,9 @@ set -- $(LC_ALL=C "$@" -Wa,--version -c -x assembler /dev/null -o /dev/null 2>/d
 IFS=' '
 set -- $1
 
-min_tool_version=$(dirname $0)/min-tool-version.sh
-
 if [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = assembler ]; then
 	shift $(($# - 1))
 	version=$1
-	min_version=$($min_tool_version binutils)
 	name=GNU
 else
 	echo "$orig_args: unknown assembler invoked" >&2
@@ -68,15 +65,5 @@ fi
 version=${version%-*}
 
 cversion=$(get_canonical_version $version)
-min_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $min_version)
-
-if [ "$cversion" -lt "$min_cversion" ]; then
-	echo >&2 "***"
-	echo >&2 "*** Assembler is too old."
-	echo >&2 "***   Your $name assembler version:    $version"
-	echo >&2 "***   Minimum $name assembler version: $min_version"
-	echo >&2 "***"
-	exit 1
-fi
 
 echo $name $cversion
diff --git a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
index c44e1644cf55..e887d17f9e54 100644
--- a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
+++ b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
@@ -216,6 +216,47 @@ static int _sde_debugfs_fps_status(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 }
 #endif
 
+static ssize_t early_wakeup_store(struct device *device,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
+	struct sde_crtc *sde_crtc;
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv;
+	u32 crtc_id;
+	bool trigger;
+
+	if (!device || !buf || !count) {
+		SDE_ERROR("invalid input param(s)\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (kstrtobool(buf, &trigger) < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!trigger)
+		return count;
+
+	crtc = dev_get_drvdata(device);
+	if (!crtc || !crtc->dev || !crtc->dev->dev_private) {
+		SDE_ERROR("invalid crtc\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	sde_crtc = to_sde_crtc(crtc);
+	priv = crtc->dev->dev_private;
+
+	crtc_id = drm_crtc_index(crtc);
+	if (crtc_id >= ARRAY_SIZE(priv->disp_thread)) {
+		SDE_ERROR("invalid crtc index[%d]\n", crtc_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	kthread_queue_work(&priv->disp_thread[crtc_id].worker,
+			&sde_crtc->early_wakeup_work);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
 static ssize_t fps_periodicity_ms_store(struct device *device,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
@@ -403,12 +444,14 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(vsync_event);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(measured_fps);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(fps_periodicity_ms);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(retire_frame_event);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(early_wakeup);
 
 static struct attribute *sde_crtc_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_vsync_event.attr,
 	&dev_attr_measured_fps.attr,
 	&dev_attr_fps_periodicity_ms.attr,
 	&dev_attr_retire_frame_event.attr,
+	&dev_attr_early_wakeup.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -6266,6 +6309,40 @@ static void __sde_crtc_idle_notify_work(struct kthread_work *work)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * __sde_crtc_early_wakeup_work - trigger early wakeup from user space
+ */
+static void __sde_crtc_early_wakeup_work(struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	struct sde_crtc *sde_crtc = container_of(work, struct sde_crtc,
+				early_wakeup_work);
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
+	struct drm_device *dev;
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv;
+	struct sde_kms *sde_kms;
+
+	if (!sde_crtc) {
+		SDE_ERROR("invalid sde crtc\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!sde_crtc->enabled) {
+		SDE_INFO("sde crtc is not enabled\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	crtc = &sde_crtc->base;
+	dev = crtc->dev;
+	if (!dev) {
+		SDE_ERROR("invalid drm device\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	priv = dev->dev_private;
+	sde_kms = to_sde_kms(priv->kms);
+	sde_kms_trigger_early_wakeup(sde_kms, crtc);
+}
+
 /* initialize crtc */
 struct drm_crtc *sde_crtc_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_plane *plane)
 {
@@ -6357,6 +6434,8 @@ struct drm_crtc *sde_crtc_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_plane *plane)
 
 	kthread_init_delayed_work(&sde_crtc->idle_notify_work,
 					__sde_crtc_idle_notify_work);
+	kthread_init_work(&sde_crtc->early_wakeup_work,
+					__sde_crtc_early_wakeup_work);
 
 	SDE_DEBUG("crtc=%d new_llcc=%d, old_llcc=%d\n",
 		crtc->base.id,
diff --git a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_crtc.h b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_crtc.h
index bd16cd3da6fe..9d0526888922 100644
--- a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_crtc.h
+++ b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_crtc.h
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ struct sde_crtc_misr_info {
  * @misr_frame_count  : misr frame count provided by client
  * @misr_data     : store misr data before turning off the clocks.
  * @idle_notify_work: delayed worker to notify idle timeout to user space
+ * @early_wakeup_work: work to trigger early wakeup
  * @power_event   : registered power event handle
  * @cur_perf      : current performance committed to clock/bandwidth driver
  * @plane_mask_old: keeps track of the planes used in the previous commit
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ struct sde_crtc {
 	bool misr_enable_debugfs;
 	u32 misr_frame_count;
 	struct kthread_delayed_work idle_notify_work;
+	struct kthread_work early_wakeup_work;
 
 	struct sde_power_event *power_event;
 
diff --git a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
index cbb8b5b87bbc..c7b5cb0f6777 100644
--- a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
+++ b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
@@ -6320,3 +6320,27 @@ void sde_encoder_recovery_events_handler(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
 	sde_enc = to_sde_encoder_virt(encoder);
 	sde_enc->recovery_events_enabled = enabled;
 }
+
+void sde_encoder_trigger_early_wakeup(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc)
+{
+	struct sde_encoder_virt *sde_enc = NULL;
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv = NULL;
+
+	priv = drm_enc->dev->dev_private;
+	sde_enc = to_sde_encoder_virt(drm_enc);
+	if (!sde_enc->crtc || (sde_enc->crtc->index
+			>= ARRAY_SIZE(priv->disp_thread))) {
+		SDE_DEBUG_ENC(sde_enc,
+			"invalid cached CRTC: %d or crtc index: %d\n",
+			sde_enc->crtc == NULL,
+			sde_enc->crtc ? sde_enc->crtc->index : -EINVAL);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (sde_enc->rc_state == SDE_ENC_RC_STATE_IDLE) {
+		SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("sde_encoder_resource_control");
+		sde_encoder_resource_control(drm_enc,
+					SDE_ENC_RC_EVENT_EARLY_WAKEUP);
+		SDE_ATRACE_END("sde_encoder_resource_control");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_encoder.h b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_encoder.h
index ebee140da628..b70cfd590956 100644
--- a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_encoder.h
+++ b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_encoder.h
@@ -399,4 +399,10 @@ static inline struct sde_kms *sde_encoder_get_kms(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc)
 	return to_sde_kms(priv->kms);
 }
 
+/**
+ * sde_encoder_trigger_early_wakeup - trigger early wake up
+ * @drm_enc:    Pointer to drm encoder structure
+ */
+void sde_encoder_trigger_early_wakeup(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc);
+
 #endif /* __SDE_ENCODER_H__ */
diff --git a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_kms.c b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_kms.c
index dfaa9a750de6..7a7b9e2a2b46 100644
--- a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_kms.c
+++ b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_kms.c
@@ -3945,3 +3945,26 @@ int sde_kms_handle_recovery(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	SDE_EVT32(DRMID(encoder), MSM_ENC_ACTIVE_REGION);
 	return sde_encoder_wait_for_event(encoder, MSM_ENC_ACTIVE_REGION);
 }
+
+void sde_kms_trigger_early_wakeup(struct sde_kms *sde_kms,
+		struct drm_crtc *crtc)
+{
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv;
+	struct drm_encoder *drm_enc;
+
+	if (!sde_kms || !crtc) {
+		SDE_ERROR("invalid argument sde_kms %pK crtc %pK\n",
+			sde_kms, crtc);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	priv = sde_kms->dev->dev_private;
+
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("sde_kms_trigger_early_wakeup");
+	drm_for_each_encoder_mask(drm_enc, crtc->dev, crtc->state->encoder_mask)
+		sde_encoder_trigger_early_wakeup(drm_enc);
+
+	if (sde_kms->first_kickoff)
+		sde_power_scale_reg_bus(&priv->phandle, VOTE_INDEX_HIGH, false);
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("sde_kms_trigger_early_wakeup");
+}
diff --git a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_kms.h b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_kms.h
index b9d9333f6a13..75d0a0eaa0ae 100644
--- a/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_kms.h
+++ b/techpack/display/msm/sde/sde_kms.h
@@ -671,4 +671,13 @@ int sde_kms_handle_recovery(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
  */
 void sde_kms_update_pm_qos_irq_request(struct sde_kms *sde_kms,
 	 bool enable, bool skip_lock);
+
+/**
+ * sde_kms_trigger_early_wakeup - trigger early wake up
+ * @sde_kms: pointer to sde_kms structure
+ * @crtc: pointer to drm_crtc structure
+ */
+void sde_kms_trigger_early_wakeup(struct sde_kms *sde_kms,
+		struct drm_crtc *crtc);
+
 #endif /* __sde_kms_H__ */