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-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst50
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.rst b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.rst
index 69b0fe3e2542..5019c79c7710 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.rst
+++ b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.rst
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ int cpu_latency_qos_request_active(handle):
Returns if the request is still active, i.e. it has not been removed from the
CPU latency QoS list.
-int cpu_latency_qos_add_notifier(notifier):
- Adds a notification callback function to the CPU latency QoS. The callback is
- called when the aggregated value for the CPU latency QoS is changed.
-
-int cpu_latency_qos_remove_notifier(notifier):
- Removes the notification callback function from the CPU latency QoS.
-
From user space:
diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst
index 63344bea8393..c8dbdb8595e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst
@@ -154,11 +154,9 @@ suspending the device are satisfied) and to queue up a suspend request for the
device in that case. If there is no idle callback, or if the callback returns
0, then the PM core will attempt to carry out a runtime suspend of the device,
also respecting devices configured for autosuspend. In essence this means a
-call to pm_runtime_autosuspend() (do note that drivers needs to update the
-device last busy mark, pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(), to control the delay under
-this circumstance). To prevent this (for example, if the callback routine has
-started a delayed suspend), the routine must return a non-zero value. Negative
-error return codes are ignored by the PM core.
+call to pm_runtime_autosuspend(). To prevent this (for example, if the callback
+routine has started a delayed suspend), the routine must return a non-zero
+value. Negative error return codes are ignored by the PM core.
The helper functions provided by the PM core, described in Section 4, guarantee
that the following constraints are met with respect to runtime PM callbacks for
@@ -330,10 +328,9 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
'power.disable_depth' is different from 0
`int pm_runtime_autosuspend(struct device *dev);`
- - same as pm_runtime_suspend() except that the autosuspend delay is taken
- `into account;` if pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() says the delay has
- not yet expired then an autosuspend is scheduled for the appropriate time
- and 0 is returned
+ - same as pm_runtime_suspend() except that a call to
+ pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() is made and an autosuspend is scheduled for
+ the appropriate time and 0 is returned
`int pm_runtime_resume(struct device *dev);`
- execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device; returns 0 on
@@ -357,9 +354,9 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
success or error code if the request has not been queued up
`int pm_request_autosuspend(struct device *dev);`
- - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
- device when the autosuspend delay has expired; if the delay has already
- expired then the work item is queued up immediately
+ - Call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() and schedule the execution of the
+ subsystem-level suspend callback for the device when the autosuspend delay
+ expires
`int pm_schedule_suspend(struct device *dev, unsigned int delay);`
- schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
@@ -411,8 +408,9 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
pm_request_idle(dev) and return its result
`int pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(struct device *dev);`
- - does the same as __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() for now, but in the
- future, will also call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() as well, DO NOT USE!
+ - set the power.last_busy field to the current time and decrement the
+ device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
+ pm_request_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
`int __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(struct device *dev);`
- decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
@@ -427,7 +425,8 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
pm_runtime_suspend(dev) and return its result
`int pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend(struct device *dev);`
- - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
+ - set the power.last_busy field to the current time and decrement the
+ device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
`void pm_runtime_enable(struct device *dev);`
@@ -870,11 +869,9 @@ device is automatically suspended (the subsystem or driver still has to call
the appropriate PM routines); rather it means that runtime suspends will
automatically be delayed until the desired period of inactivity has elapsed.
-Inactivity is determined based on the power.last_busy field. Drivers should
-call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() to update this field after carrying out I/O,
-typically just before calling __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(). The desired
-length of the inactivity period is a matter of policy. Subsystems can set this
-length initially by calling pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(), but after device
+Inactivity is determined based on the power.last_busy field. The desired length
+of the inactivity period is a matter of policy. Subsystems can set this length
+initially by calling pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(), but after device
registration the length should be controlled by user space, using the
/sys/devices/.../power/autosuspend_delay_ms attribute.
@@ -885,12 +882,13 @@ instead of the non-autosuspend counterparts::
Instead of: pm_runtime_suspend use: pm_runtime_autosuspend;
Instead of: pm_schedule_suspend use: pm_request_autosuspend;
- Instead of: pm_runtime_put use: __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend;
+ Instead of: pm_runtime_put use: pm_runtime_put_autosuspend;
Instead of: pm_runtime_put_sync use: pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend.
Drivers may also continue to use the non-autosuspend helper functions; they
will behave normally, which means sometimes taking the autosuspend delay into
-account (see pm_runtime_idle).
+account (see pm_runtime_idle). The autosuspend variants of the functions also
+call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy().
Under some circumstances a driver or subsystem may want to prevent a device
from autosuspending immediately, even though the usage counter is zero and the
@@ -922,12 +920,10 @@ Here is a schematic pseudo-code example::
foo_io_completion(struct foo_priv *foo, void *req)
{
lock(&foo->private_lock);
- if (--foo->num_pending_requests == 0) {
- pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
- __pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&foo->dev);
- } else {
+ if (--foo->num_pending_requests == 0)
+ pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&foo->dev);
+ else
foo_process_next_request(foo);
- }
unlock(&foo->private_lock);
/* Send req result back to the user ... */
}