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62052ab1 1Runtime Power Management Framework for I/O Devices
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9659cc06 3(C) 2009-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc.
7490e442 4(C) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
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61. Introduction
7
62052ab1 8Support for runtime power management (runtime PM) of I/O devices is provided
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9at the power management core (PM core) level by means of:
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11* The power management workqueue pm_wq in which bus types and device drivers can
12 put their PM-related work items. It is strongly recommended that pm_wq be
62052ab1 13 used for queuing all work items related to runtime PM, because this allows
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14 them to be synchronized with system-wide power transitions (suspend to RAM,
15 hibernation and resume from system sleep states). pm_wq is declared in
16 include/linux/pm_runtime.h and defined in kernel/power/main.c.
17
62052ab1 18* A number of runtime PM fields in the 'power' member of 'struct device' (which
5e928f77 19 is of the type 'struct dev_pm_info', defined in include/linux/pm.h) that can
62052ab1 20 be used for synchronizing runtime PM operations with one another.
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62052ab1 22* Three device runtime PM callbacks in 'struct dev_pm_ops' (defined in
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23 include/linux/pm.h).
24
25* A set of helper functions defined in drivers/base/power/runtime.c that can be
62052ab1 26 used for carrying out runtime PM operations in such a way that the
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27 synchronization between them is taken care of by the PM core. Bus types and
28 device drivers are encouraged to use these functions.
29
62052ab1 30The runtime PM callbacks present in 'struct dev_pm_ops', the device runtime PM
5e928f77 31fields of 'struct dev_pm_info' and the core helper functions provided for
62052ab1 32runtime PM are described below.
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62052ab1 342. Device Runtime PM Callbacks
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62052ab1 36There are three device runtime PM callbacks defined in 'struct dev_pm_ops':
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38struct dev_pm_ops {
39 ...
40 int (*runtime_suspend)(struct device *dev);
41 int (*runtime_resume)(struct device *dev);
e1b1903e 42 int (*runtime_idle)(struct device *dev);
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43 ...
44};
45
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46The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks
47are executed by the PM core for either the power domain, or the device type
48(if the device power domain's struct dev_pm_ops does not exist), or the class
49(if the device power domain's and type's struct dev_pm_ops object does not
50exist), or the bus type (if the device power domain's, type's and class'
51struct dev_pm_ops objects do not exist) of the given device, so the priority
52order of callbacks from high to low is that power domain callbacks, device
53type callbacks, class callbacks and bus type callbacks, and the high priority
54one will take precedence over low priority one. The bus type, device type and
55class callbacks are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what follows,
56and generally speaking, the power domain callbacks are used for representing
57power domains within a SoC.
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59By default, the callbacks are always invoked in process context with interrupts
60enabled. However, subsystems can use the pm_runtime_irq_safe() helper function
61to tell the PM core that a device's ->runtime_suspend() and ->runtime_resume()
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62callbacks should be invoked in atomic context with interrupts disabled.
63This implies that these callback routines must not block or sleep, but it also
64means that the synchronous helper functions listed at the end of Section 4 can
65be used within an interrupt handler or in an atomic context.
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67The subsystem-level suspend callback is _entirely_ _responsible_ for handling
68the suspend of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not include
69executing the device driver's own ->runtime_suspend() callback (from the
5e928f77 70PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_suspend()
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71callback in a device driver as long as the subsystem-level suspend callback
72knows what to do to handle the device).
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a6ab7aa9 74 * Once the subsystem-level suspend callback has completed successfully
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75 for given device, the PM core regards the device as suspended, which need
76 not mean that the device has been put into a low power state. It is
77 supposed to mean, however, that the device will not process data and will
a6ab7aa9 78 not communicate with the CPU(s) and RAM until the subsystem-level resume
62052ab1 79 callback is executed for it. The runtime PM status of a device after
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80 successful execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback is 'suspended'.
81
82 * If the subsystem-level suspend callback returns -EBUSY or -EAGAIN,
62052ab1 83 the device's runtime PM status is 'active', which means that the device
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84 _must_ be fully operational afterwards.
85
86 * If the subsystem-level suspend callback returns an error code different
87 from -EBUSY or -EAGAIN, the PM core regards this as a fatal error and will
88 refuse to run the helper functions described in Section 4 for the device,
89 until the status of it is directly set either to 'active', or to 'suspended'
90 (the PM core provides special helper functions for this purpose).
91
92In particular, if the driver requires remote wake-up capability (i.e. hardware
93mechanism allowing the device to request a change of its power state, such as
94PCI PME) for proper functioning and device_run_wake() returns 'false' for the
95device, then ->runtime_suspend() should return -EBUSY. On the other hand, if
96device_run_wake() returns 'true' for the device and the device is put into a low
97power state during the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback, it is
98expected that remote wake-up will be enabled for the device. Generally, remote
99wake-up should be enabled for all input devices put into a low power state at
100run time.
101
102The subsystem-level resume callback is _entirely_ _responsible_ for handling the
103resume of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not include executing
104the device driver's own ->runtime_resume() callback (from the PM core's point of
105view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_resume() callback in a device
106driver as long as the subsystem-level resume callback knows what to do to handle
107the device).
108
109 * Once the subsystem-level resume callback has completed successfully, the PM
110 core regards the device as fully operational, which means that the device
62052ab1 111 _must_ be able to complete I/O operations as needed. The runtime PM status
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112 of the device is then 'active'.
113
114 * If the subsystem-level resume callback returns an error code, the PM core
115 regards this as a fatal error and will refuse to run the helper functions
116 described in Section 4 for the device, until its status is directly set
117 either to 'active' or to 'suspended' (the PM core provides special helper
118 functions for this purpose).
119
120The subsystem-level idle callback is executed by the PM core whenever the device
121appears to be idle, which is indicated to the PM core by two counters, the
122device's usage counter and the counter of 'active' children of the device.
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123
124 * If any of these counters is decreased using a helper function provided by
125 the PM core and it turns out to be equal to zero, the other counter is
126 checked. If that counter also is equal to zero, the PM core executes the
a6ab7aa9 127 subsystem-level idle callback with the device as an argument.
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129The action performed by a subsystem-level idle callback is totally dependent on
130the subsystem in question, but the expected and recommended action is to check
131if the device can be suspended (i.e. if all of the conditions necessary for
132suspending the device are satisfied) and to queue up a suspend request for the
133device in that case. The value returned by this callback is ignored by the PM
134core.
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135
136The helper functions provided by the PM core, described in Section 4, guarantee
62052ab1 137that the following constraints are met with respect to the bus type's runtime
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138PM callbacks:
139
140(1) The callbacks are mutually exclusive (e.g. it is forbidden to execute
141 ->runtime_suspend() in parallel with ->runtime_resume() or with another
142 instance of ->runtime_suspend() for the same device) with the exception that
143 ->runtime_suspend() or ->runtime_resume() can be executed in parallel with
144 ->runtime_idle() (although ->runtime_idle() will not be started while any
145 of the other callbacks is being executed for the same device).
146
147(2) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for 'active'
148 devices (i.e. the PM core will only execute ->runtime_idle() or
62052ab1 149 ->runtime_suspend() for the devices the runtime PM status of which is
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150 'active').
151
152(3) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for a device
153 the usage counter of which is equal to zero _and_ either the counter of
154 'active' children of which is equal to zero, or the 'power.ignore_children'
155 flag of which is set.
156
157(4) ->runtime_resume() can only be executed for 'suspended' devices (i.e. the
62052ab1 158 PM core will only execute ->runtime_resume() for the devices the runtime
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159 PM status of which is 'suspended').
160
161Additionally, the helper functions provided by the PM core obey the following
162rules:
163
164 * If ->runtime_suspend() is about to be executed or there's a pending request
165 to execute it, ->runtime_idle() will not be executed for the same device.
166
167 * A request to execute or to schedule the execution of ->runtime_suspend()
168 will cancel any pending requests to execute ->runtime_idle() for the same
169 device.
170
171 * If ->runtime_resume() is about to be executed or there's a pending request
172 to execute it, the other callbacks will not be executed for the same device.
173
174 * A request to execute ->runtime_resume() will cancel any pending or
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175 scheduled requests to execute the other callbacks for the same device,
176 except for scheduled autosuspends.
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62052ab1 1783. Runtime PM Device Fields
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62052ab1 180The following device runtime PM fields are present in 'struct dev_pm_info', as
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181defined in include/linux/pm.h:
182
183 struct timer_list suspend_timer;
15bcb91d 184 - timer used for scheduling (delayed) suspend and autosuspend requests
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186 unsigned long timer_expires;
187 - timer expiration time, in jiffies (if this is different from zero, the
188 timer is running and will expire at that time, otherwise the timer is not
189 running)
190
191 struct work_struct work;
192 - work structure used for queuing up requests (i.e. work items in pm_wq)
193
194 wait_queue_head_t wait_queue;
195 - wait queue used if any of the helper functions needs to wait for another
196 one to complete
197
198 spinlock_t lock;
199 - lock used for synchronisation
200
201 atomic_t usage_count;
202 - the usage counter of the device
203
204 atomic_t child_count;
205 - the count of 'active' children of the device
206
207 unsigned int ignore_children;
208 - if set, the value of child_count is ignored (but still updated)
209
210 unsigned int disable_depth;
211 - used for disabling the helper funcions (they work normally if this is
62052ab1 212 equal to zero); the initial value of it is 1 (i.e. runtime PM is
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213 initially disabled for all devices)
214
215 unsigned int runtime_error;
216 - if set, there was a fatal error (one of the callbacks returned error code
217 as described in Section 2), so the helper funtions will not work until
218 this flag is cleared; this is the error code returned by the failing
219 callback
220
221 unsigned int idle_notification;
222 - if set, ->runtime_idle() is being executed
223
224 unsigned int request_pending;
225 - if set, there's a pending request (i.e. a work item queued up into pm_wq)
226
227 enum rpm_request request;
228 - type of request that's pending (valid if request_pending is set)
229
230 unsigned int deferred_resume;
231 - set if ->runtime_resume() is about to be run while ->runtime_suspend() is
232 being executed for that device and it is not practical to wait for the
233 suspend to complete; means "start a resume as soon as you've suspended"
234
7a1a8eb5 235 unsigned int run_wake;
62052ab1 236 - set if the device is capable of generating runtime wake-up events
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5e928f77 238 enum rpm_status runtime_status;
62052ab1 239 - the runtime PM status of the device; this field's initial value is
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240 RPM_SUSPENDED, which means that each device is initially regarded by the
241 PM core as 'suspended', regardless of its real hardware status
242
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243 unsigned int runtime_auto;
244 - if set, indicates that the user space has allowed the device driver to
245 power manage the device at run time via the /sys/devices/.../power/control
246 interface; it may only be modified with the help of the pm_runtime_allow()
247 and pm_runtime_forbid() helper functions
248
7490e442 249 unsigned int no_callbacks;
62052ab1 250 - indicates that the device does not use the runtime PM callbacks (see
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251 Section 8); it may be modified only by the pm_runtime_no_callbacks()
252 helper function
253
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254 unsigned int irq_safe;
255 - indicates that the ->runtime_suspend() and ->runtime_resume() callbacks
256 will be invoked with the spinlock held and interrupts disabled
257
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258 unsigned int use_autosuspend;
259 - indicates that the device's driver supports delayed autosuspend (see
260 Section 9); it may be modified only by the
261 pm_runtime{_dont}_use_autosuspend() helper functions
262
263 unsigned int timer_autosuspends;
264 - indicates that the PM core should attempt to carry out an autosuspend
265 when the timer expires rather than a normal suspend
266
267 int autosuspend_delay;
268 - the delay time (in milliseconds) to be used for autosuspend
269
270 unsigned long last_busy;
271 - the time (in jiffies) when the pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() helper
272 function was last called for this device; used in calculating inactivity
273 periods for autosuspend
274
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275All of the above fields are members of the 'power' member of 'struct device'.
276
62052ab1 2774. Runtime PM Device Helper Functions
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62052ab1 279The following runtime PM helper functions are defined in
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280drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
281
282 void pm_runtime_init(struct device *dev);
62052ab1 283 - initialize the device runtime PM fields in 'struct dev_pm_info'
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284
285 void pm_runtime_remove(struct device *dev);
62052ab1 286 - make sure that the runtime PM of the device will be disabled after
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287 removing the device from device hierarchy
288
289 int pm_runtime_idle(struct device *dev);
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290 - execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the device; returns 0 on
291 success or error code on failure, where -EINPROGRESS means that
292 ->runtime_idle() is already being executed
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293
294 int pm_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev);
a6ab7aa9 295 - execute the subsystem-level suspend callback for the device; returns 0 on
62052ab1 296 success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'suspended', or
5e928f77 297 error code on failure, where -EAGAIN or -EBUSY means it is safe to attempt
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298 to suspend the device again in future and -EACCES means that
299 'power.disable_depth' is different from 0
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301 int pm_runtime_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
302 - same as pm_runtime_suspend() except that the autosuspend delay is taken
303 into account; if pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() says the delay has
304 not yet expired then an autosuspend is scheduled for the appropriate time
305 and 0 is returned
306
5e928f77 307 int pm_runtime_resume(struct device *dev);
de8164fb 308 - execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device; returns 0 on
62052ab1 309 success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active' or
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310 error code on failure, where -EAGAIN means it may be safe to attempt to
311 resume the device again in future, but 'power.runtime_error' should be
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312 checked additionally, and -EACCES means that 'power.disable_depth' is
313 different from 0
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314
315 int pm_request_idle(struct device *dev);
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316 - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the
317 device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on
318 success or error code if the request has not been queued up
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320 int pm_request_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
321 - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
322 device when the autosuspend delay has expired; if the delay has already
323 expired then the work item is queued up immediately
324
5e928f77 325 int pm_schedule_suspend(struct device *dev, unsigned int delay);
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326 - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
327 device in future, where 'delay' is the time to wait before queuing up a
328 suspend work item in pm_wq, in milliseconds (if 'delay' is zero, the work
329 item is queued up immediately); returns 0 on success, 1 if the device's PM
62052ab1 330 runtime status was already 'suspended', or error code if the request
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331 hasn't been scheduled (or queued up if 'delay' is 0); if the execution of
332 ->runtime_suspend() is already scheduled and not yet expired, the new
333 value of 'delay' will be used as the time to wait
334
335 int pm_request_resume(struct device *dev);
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336 - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the
337 device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on
62052ab1 338 success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active', or
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339 error code if the request hasn't been queued up
340
341 void pm_runtime_get_noresume(struct device *dev);
342 - increment the device's usage counter
343
344 int pm_runtime_get(struct device *dev);
345 - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_request_resume(dev) and
346 return its result
347
348 int pm_runtime_get_sync(struct device *dev);
349 - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_runtime_resume(dev) and
350 return its result
351
352 void pm_runtime_put_noidle(struct device *dev);
353 - decrement the device's usage counter
354
355 int pm_runtime_put(struct device *dev);
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356 - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
357 pm_request_idle(dev) and return its result
358
359 int pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
360 - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
361 pm_request_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
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362
363 int pm_runtime_put_sync(struct device *dev);
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364 - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
365 pm_runtime_idle(dev) and return its result
366
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367 int pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend(struct device *dev);
368 - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
369 pm_runtime_suspend(dev) and return its result
370
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371 int pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
372 - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
373 pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
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374
375 void pm_runtime_enable(struct device *dev);
e358bad7 376 - decrement the device's 'power.disable_depth' field; if that field is equal
62052ab1 377 to zero, the runtime PM helper functions can execute subsystem-level
e358bad7 378 callbacks described in Section 2 for the device
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379
380 int pm_runtime_disable(struct device *dev);
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381 - increment the device's 'power.disable_depth' field (if the value of that
382 field was previously zero, this prevents subsystem-level runtime PM
383 callbacks from being run for the device), make sure that all of the pending
62052ab1 384 runtime PM operations on the device are either completed or canceled;
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385 returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was necessary to
386 execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device to satisfy that
387 request, otherwise 0 is returned
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389 int pm_runtime_barrier(struct device *dev);
390 - check if there's a resume request pending for the device and resume it
391 (synchronously) in that case, cancel any other pending runtime PM requests
392 regarding it and wait for all runtime PM operations on it in progress to
393 complete; returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was
394 necessary to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device to
395 satisfy that request, otherwise 0 is returned
396
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397 void pm_suspend_ignore_children(struct device *dev, bool enable);
398 - set/unset the power.ignore_children flag of the device
399
400 int pm_runtime_set_active(struct device *dev);
62052ab1 401 - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime
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402 PM status to 'active' and update its parent's counter of 'active'
403 children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if
404 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than
405 zero); it will fail and return error code if the device has a parent
406 which is not active and the 'power.ignore_children' flag of which is unset
407
408 void pm_runtime_set_suspended(struct device *dev);
62052ab1 409 - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime
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410 PM status to 'suspended' and update its parent's counter of 'active'
411 children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if
412 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than
413 zero)
414
d690b2cd 415 bool pm_runtime_suspended(struct device *dev);
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416 - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' and its
417 'power.disable_depth' field is equal to zero, or false otherwise
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419 bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev);
420 - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended'
421
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422 void pm_runtime_allow(struct device *dev);
423 - set the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and decrease its usage
424 counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
425 effectively allow the device to be power managed at run time)
426
427 void pm_runtime_forbid(struct device *dev);
428 - unset the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and increase its usage
429 counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
430 effectively prevent the device from being power managed at run time)
431
7490e442 432 void pm_runtime_no_callbacks(struct device *dev);
62052ab1 433 - set the power.no_callbacks flag for the device and remove the runtime
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434 PM attributes from /sys/devices/.../power (or prevent them from being
435 added when the device is registered)
436
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437 void pm_runtime_irq_safe(struct device *dev);
438 - set the power.irq_safe flag for the device, causing the runtime-PM
64584eb9 439 callbacks to be invoked with interrupts off
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441 void pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(struct device *dev);
442 - set the power.last_busy field to the current time
443
444 void pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
445 - set the power.use_autosuspend flag, enabling autosuspend delays
446
447 void pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
448 - clear the power.use_autosuspend flag, disabling autosuspend delays
449
450 void pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(struct device *dev, int delay);
451 - set the power.autosuspend_delay value to 'delay' (expressed in
62052ab1 452 milliseconds); if 'delay' is negative then runtime suspends are
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453 prevented
454
455 unsigned long pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration(struct device *dev);
456 - calculate the time when the current autosuspend delay period will expire,
457 based on power.last_busy and power.autosuspend_delay; if the delay time
458 is 1000 ms or larger then the expiration time is rounded up to the
459 nearest second; returns 0 if the delay period has already expired or
460 power.use_autosuspend isn't set, otherwise returns the expiration time
461 in jiffies
462
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463It is safe to execute the following helper functions from interrupt context:
464
465pm_request_idle()
15bcb91d 466pm_request_autosuspend()
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467pm_schedule_suspend()
468pm_request_resume()
469pm_runtime_get_noresume()
470pm_runtime_get()
471pm_runtime_put_noidle()
472pm_runtime_put()
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473pm_runtime_put_autosuspend()
474pm_runtime_enable()
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475pm_suspend_ignore_children()
476pm_runtime_set_active()
477pm_runtime_set_suspended()
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478pm_runtime_suspended()
479pm_runtime_mark_last_busy()
480pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration()
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482If pm_runtime_irq_safe() has been called for a device then the following helper
483functions may also be used in interrupt context:
484
2e6ba515 485pm_runtime_idle()
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486pm_runtime_suspend()
487pm_runtime_autosuspend()
488pm_runtime_resume()
489pm_runtime_get_sync()
02b26774 490pm_runtime_put_sync()
c7b61de5 491pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend()
311aab73 492pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend()
c7b61de5 493
62052ab1 4945. Runtime PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal
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496Initially, the runtime PM is disabled for all devices, which means that the
497majority of the runtime PM helper funtions described in Section 4 will return
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498-EAGAIN until pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device.
499
62052ab1 500In addition to that, the initial runtime PM status of all devices is
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501'suspended', but it need not reflect the actual physical state of the device.
502Thus, if the device is initially active (i.e. it is able to process I/O), its
62052ab1 503runtime PM status must be changed to 'active', with the help of
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504pm_runtime_set_active(), before pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device.
505
62052ab1 506However, if the device has a parent and the parent's runtime PM is enabled,
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507calling pm_runtime_set_active() for the device will affect the parent, unless
508the parent's 'power.ignore_children' flag is set. Namely, in that case the
509parent won't be able to suspend at run time, using the PM core's helper
510functions, as long as the child's status is 'active', even if the child's
62052ab1 511runtime PM is still disabled (i.e. pm_runtime_enable() hasn't been called for
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512the child yet or pm_runtime_disable() has been called for it). For this reason,
513once pm_runtime_set_active() has been called for the device, pm_runtime_enable()
62052ab1 514should be called for it too as soon as reasonably possible or its runtime PM
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515status should be changed back to 'suspended' with the help of
516pm_runtime_set_suspended().
517
62052ab1 518If the default initial runtime PM status of the device (i.e. 'suspended')
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519reflects the actual state of the device, its bus type's or its driver's
520->probe() callback will likely need to wake it up using one of the PM core's
521helper functions described in Section 4. In that case, pm_runtime_resume()
62052ab1 522should be used. Of course, for this purpose the device's runtime PM has to be
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523enabled earlier by calling pm_runtime_enable().
524
f5da24db 525If the device bus type's or driver's ->probe() callback runs
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526pm_runtime_suspend() or pm_runtime_idle() or their asynchronous counterparts,
527they will fail returning -EAGAIN, because the device's usage counter is
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528incremented by the driver core before executing ->probe(). Still, it may be
529desirable to suspend the device as soon as ->probe() has finished, so the driver
530core uses pm_runtime_put_sync() to invoke the subsystem-level idle callback for
531the device at that time.
532
533Moreover, the driver core prevents runtime PM callbacks from racing with the bus
534notifier callback in __device_release_driver(), which is necessary, because the
535notifier is used by some subsystems to carry out operations affecting the
536runtime PM functionality. It does so by calling pm_runtime_get_sync() before
537driver_sysfs_remove() and the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER notifications. This
538resumes the device if it's in the suspended state and prevents it from
539being suspended again while those routines are being executed.
540
541To allow bus types and drivers to put devices into the suspended state by
542calling pm_runtime_suspend() from their ->remove() routines, the driver core
543executes pm_runtime_put_sync() after running the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER
544notifications in __device_release_driver(). This requires bus types and
545drivers to make their ->remove() callbacks avoid races with runtime PM directly,
546but also it allows of more flexibility in the handling of devices during the
547removal of their drivers.
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549The user space can effectively disallow the driver of the device to power manage
550it at run time by changing the value of its /sys/devices/.../power/control
551attribute to "on", which causes pm_runtime_forbid() to be called. In principle,
552this mechanism may also be used by the driver to effectively turn off the
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553runtime power management of the device until the user space turns it on.
554Namely, during the initialization the driver can make sure that the runtime PM
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555status of the device is 'active' and call pm_runtime_forbid(). It should be
556noted, however, that if the user space has already intentionally changed the
557value of /sys/devices/.../power/control to "auto" to allow the driver to power
558manage the device at run time, the driver may confuse it by using
559pm_runtime_forbid() this way.
560
62052ab1 5616. Runtime PM and System Sleep
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62052ab1 563Runtime PM and system sleep (i.e., system suspend and hibernation, also known
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564as suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk) interact with each other in a couple of
565ways. If a device is active when a system sleep starts, everything is
566straightforward. But what should happen if the device is already suspended?
567
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568The device may have different wake-up settings for runtime PM and system sleep.
569For example, remote wake-up may be enabled for runtime suspend but disallowed
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570for system sleep (device_may_wakeup(dev) returns 'false'). When this happens,
571the subsystem-level system suspend callback is responsible for changing the
572device's wake-up setting (it may leave that to the device driver's system
573suspend routine). It may be necessary to resume the device and suspend it again
574in order to do so. The same is true if the driver uses different power levels
62052ab1 575or other settings for runtime suspend and system sleep.
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577During system resume, the simplest approach is to bring all devices back to full
578power, even if they had been suspended before the system suspend began. There
579are several reasons for this, including:
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581 * The device might need to switch power levels, wake-up settings, etc.
582
583 * Remote wake-up events might have been lost by the firmware.
584
585 * The device's children may need the device to be at full power in order
586 to resume themselves.
587
588 * The driver's idea of the device state may not agree with the device's
589 physical state. This can happen during resume from hibernation.
590
591 * The device might need to be reset.
592
593 * Even though the device was suspended, if its usage counter was > 0 then most
62052ab1 594 likely it would need a runtime resume in the near future anyway.
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455716e9 596If the device had been suspended before the system suspend began and it's
62052ab1 597brought back to full power during resume, then its runtime PM status will have
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598to be updated to reflect the actual post-system sleep status. The way to do
599this is:
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601 pm_runtime_disable(dev);
602 pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
603 pm_runtime_enable(dev);
604
62052ab1 605The PM core always increments the runtime usage counter before calling the
1e2ef05b 606->suspend() callback and decrements it after calling the ->resume() callback.
62052ab1 607Hence disabling runtime PM temporarily like this will not cause any runtime
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608suspend attempts to be permanently lost. If the usage count goes to zero
609following the return of the ->resume() callback, the ->runtime_idle() callback
610will be invoked as usual.
611
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612On some systems, however, system sleep is not entered through a global firmware
613or hardware operation. Instead, all hardware components are put into low-power
614states directly by the kernel in a coordinated way. Then, the system sleep
615state effectively follows from the states the hardware components end up in
616and the system is woken up from that state by a hardware interrupt or a similar
617mechanism entirely under the kernel's control. As a result, the kernel never
618gives control away and the states of all devices during resume are precisely
619known to it. If that is the case and none of the situations listed above takes
620place (in particular, if the system is not waking up from hibernation), it may
621be more efficient to leave the devices that had been suspended before the system
622suspend began in the suspended state.
623
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624The PM core does its best to reduce the probability of race conditions between
625the runtime PM and system suspend/resume (and hibernation) callbacks by carrying
626out the following operations:
627
628 * During system suspend it calls pm_runtime_get_noresume() and
629 pm_runtime_barrier() for every device right before executing the
630 subsystem-level .suspend() callback for it. In addition to that it calls
631 pm_runtime_disable() for every device right after executing the
632 subsystem-level .suspend() callback for it.
633
634 * During system resume it calls pm_runtime_enable() and pm_runtime_put_sync()
635 for every device right before and right after executing the subsystem-level
636 .resume() callback for it, respectively.
637
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6387. Generic subsystem callbacks
639
640Subsystems may wish to conserve code space by using the set of generic power
641management callbacks provided by the PM core, defined in
642driver/base/power/generic_ops.c:
643
644 int pm_generic_runtime_idle(struct device *dev);
645 - invoke the ->runtime_idle() callback provided by the driver of this
646 device, if defined, and call pm_runtime_suspend() for this device if the
647 return value is 0 or the callback is not defined
648
649 int pm_generic_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev);
650 - invoke the ->runtime_suspend() callback provided by the driver of this
651 device and return its result, or return -EINVAL if not defined
652
653 int pm_generic_runtime_resume(struct device *dev);
654 - invoke the ->runtime_resume() callback provided by the driver of this
655 device and return its result, or return -EINVAL if not defined
656
657 int pm_generic_suspend(struct device *dev);
658 - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->suspend()
659 callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
660 defined
661
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662 int pm_generic_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev);
663 - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->suspend_noirq()
664 callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
665 0 if not defined
666
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667 int pm_generic_resume(struct device *dev);
668 - invoke the ->resume() callback provided by the driver of this device and,
669 if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active'
670
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671 int pm_generic_resume_noirq(struct device *dev);
672 - invoke the ->resume_noirq() callback provided by the driver of this device
673
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674 int pm_generic_freeze(struct device *dev);
675 - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->freeze()
676 callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
677 defined
678
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679 int pm_generic_freeze_noirq(struct device *dev);
680 - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->freeze_noirq()
681 callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
682 0 if not defined
683
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684 int pm_generic_thaw(struct device *dev);
685 - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->thaw()
686 callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
687 defined
688
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689 int pm_generic_thaw_noirq(struct device *dev);
690 - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->thaw_noirq()
691 callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
692 0 if not defined
693
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694 int pm_generic_poweroff(struct device *dev);
695 - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->poweroff()
696 callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
697 defined
698
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699 int pm_generic_poweroff_noirq(struct device *dev);
700 - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", run the ->poweroff_noirq()
701 callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
702 0 if not defined
703
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704 int pm_generic_restore(struct device *dev);
705 - invoke the ->restore() callback provided by the driver of this device and,
706 if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active'
707
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708 int pm_generic_restore_noirq(struct device *dev);
709 - invoke the ->restore_noirq() callback provided by the device's driver
710
d690b2cd 711These functions can be assigned to the ->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(),
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712->runtime_resume(), ->suspend(), ->suspend_noirq(), ->resume(),
713->resume_noirq(), ->freeze(), ->freeze_noirq(), ->thaw(), ->thaw_noirq(),
714->poweroff(), ->poweroff_noirq(), ->restore(), ->restore_noirq() callback
715pointers in the subsystem-level dev_pm_ops structures.
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717If a subsystem wishes to use all of them at the same time, it can simply assign
718the GENERIC_SUBSYS_PM_OPS macro, defined in include/linux/pm.h, to its
719dev_pm_ops structure pointer.
720
721Device drivers that wish to use the same function as a system suspend, freeze,
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722poweroff and runtime suspend callback, and similarly for system resume, thaw,
723restore, and runtime resume, can achieve this with the help of the
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724UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS macro defined in include/linux/pm.h (possibly setting its
725last argument to NULL).
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7278. "No-Callback" Devices
728
729Some "devices" are only logical sub-devices of their parent and cannot be
730power-managed on their own. (The prototype example is a USB interface. Entire
731USB devices can go into low-power mode or send wake-up requests, but neither is
732possible for individual interfaces.) The drivers for these devices have no
62052ab1 733need of runtime PM callbacks; if the callbacks did exist, ->runtime_suspend()
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734and ->runtime_resume() would always return 0 without doing anything else and
735->runtime_idle() would always call pm_runtime_suspend().
736
737Subsystems can tell the PM core about these devices by calling
738pm_runtime_no_callbacks(). This should be done after the device structure is
739initialized and before it is registered (although after device registration is
740also okay). The routine will set the device's power.no_callbacks flag and
62052ab1 741prevent the non-debugging runtime PM sysfs attributes from being created.
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743When power.no_callbacks is set, the PM core will not invoke the
744->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(), or ->runtime_resume() callbacks.
745Instead it will assume that suspends and resumes always succeed and that idle
746devices should be suspended.
747
748As a consequence, the PM core will never directly inform the device's subsystem
62052ab1 749or driver about runtime power changes. Instead, the driver for the device's
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750parent must take responsibility for telling the device's driver when the
751parent's power state changes.
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7539. Autosuspend, or automatically-delayed suspends
754
755Changing a device's power state isn't free; it requires both time and energy.
756A device should be put in a low-power state only when there's some reason to
757think it will remain in that state for a substantial time. A common heuristic
758says that a device which hasn't been used for a while is liable to remain
759unused; following this advice, drivers should not allow devices to be suspended
62052ab1 760at runtime until they have been inactive for some minimum period. Even when
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761the heuristic ends up being non-optimal, it will still prevent devices from
762"bouncing" too rapidly between low-power and full-power states.
763
764The term "autosuspend" is an historical remnant. It doesn't mean that the
765device is automatically suspended (the subsystem or driver still has to call
62052ab1 766the appropriate PM routines); rather it means that runtime suspends will
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767automatically be delayed until the desired period of inactivity has elapsed.
768
769Inactivity is determined based on the power.last_busy field. Drivers should
770call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() to update this field after carrying out I/O,
771typically just before calling pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(). The desired length
772of the inactivity period is a matter of policy. Subsystems can set this length
773initially by calling pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(), but after device
774registration the length should be controlled by user space, using the
775/sys/devices/.../power/autosuspend_delay_ms attribute.
776
777In order to use autosuspend, subsystems or drivers must call
778pm_runtime_use_autosuspend() (preferably before registering the device), and
779thereafter they should use the various *_autosuspend() helper functions instead
780of the non-autosuspend counterparts:
781
782 Instead of: pm_runtime_suspend use: pm_runtime_autosuspend;
783 Instead of: pm_schedule_suspend use: pm_request_autosuspend;
784 Instead of: pm_runtime_put use: pm_runtime_put_autosuspend;
785 Instead of: pm_runtime_put_sync use: pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend.
786
787Drivers may also continue to use the non-autosuspend helper functions; they
788will behave normally, not taking the autosuspend delay into account.
789Similarly, if the power.use_autosuspend field isn't set then the autosuspend
790helper functions will behave just like the non-autosuspend counterparts.
791
792The implementation is well suited for asynchronous use in interrupt contexts.
793However such use inevitably involves races, because the PM core can't
794synchronize ->runtime_suspend() callbacks with the arrival of I/O requests.
795This synchronization must be handled by the driver, using its private lock.
796Here is a schematic pseudo-code example:
797
798 foo_read_or_write(struct foo_priv *foo, void *data)
799 {
800 lock(&foo->private_lock);
801 add_request_to_io_queue(foo, data);
802 if (foo->num_pending_requests++ == 0)
803 pm_runtime_get(&foo->dev);
804 if (!foo->is_suspended)
805 foo_process_next_request(foo);
806 unlock(&foo->private_lock);
807 }
808
809 foo_io_completion(struct foo_priv *foo, void *req)
810 {
811 lock(&foo->private_lock);
812 if (--foo->num_pending_requests == 0) {
813 pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
814 pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&foo->dev);
815 } else {
816 foo_process_next_request(foo);
817 }
818 unlock(&foo->private_lock);
819 /* Send req result back to the user ... */
820 }
821
822 int foo_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
823 {
824 struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...);
825 int ret = 0;
826
827 lock(&foo->private_lock);
828 if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0) {
829 ret = -EBUSY;
830 } else {
831 /* ... suspend the device ... */
832 foo->is_suspended = 1;
833 }
834 unlock(&foo->private_lock);
835 return ret;
836 }
837
838 int foo_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
839 {
840 struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...);
841
842 lock(&foo->private_lock);
843 /* ... resume the device ... */
844 foo->is_suspended = 0;
845 pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
846 if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0)
847 foo_process_requests(foo);
848 unlock(&foo->private_lock);
849 return 0;
850 }
851
852The important point is that after foo_io_completion() asks for an autosuspend,
853the foo_runtime_suspend() callback may race with foo_read_or_write().
854Therefore foo_runtime_suspend() has to check whether there are any pending I/O
855requests (while holding the private lock) before allowing the suspend to
856proceed.
857
858In addition, the power.autosuspend_delay field can be changed by user space at
859any time. If a driver cares about this, it can call
860pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() from within the ->runtime_suspend()
861callback while holding its private lock. If the function returns a nonzero
862value then the delay has not yet expired and the callback should return
863-EAGAIN.