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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst index 4a18ef9997c0..8add5b302a89 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst @@ -354,6 +354,20 @@ the phases are: ``prepare``, ``suspend``, ``suspend_late``, ``suspend_noirq``. is because all such devices are initially set to runtime-suspended with runtime PM disabled. + This feature also can be controlled by device drivers by using the + ``DPM_FLAG_NEVER_SKIP`` and ``DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE`` driver power + management flags. [Typically, they are set at the time the driver is + probed against the device in question by passing them to the + :c:func:`dev_pm_set_driver_flags` helper function.] If the first of + these flags is set, the PM core will not apply the direct-complete + procedure described above to the given device and, consequenty, to any + of its ancestors. The second flag, when set, informs the middle layer + code (bus types, device types, PM domains, classes) that it should take + the return value of the ``->prepare`` callback provided by the driver + into account and it may only return a positive value from its own + ``->prepare`` callback if the driver's one also has returned a positive + value. + 2. The ``->suspend`` methods should quiesce the device to stop it from performing I/O. They also may save the device registers and put it into the appropriate low-power state, depending on the bus type the device is diff --git a/Documentation/power/pci.txt b/Documentation/power/pci.txt index a1b7f7158930..ab4e7d0540c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/pci.txt @@ -961,6 +961,25 @@ dev_pm_ops to indicate that one suspend routine is to be pointed to by the .suspend(), .freeze(), and .poweroff() members and one resume routine is to be pointed to by the .resume(), .thaw(), and .restore() members. +3.1.19. Driver Flags for Power Management + +The PM core allows device drivers to set flags that influence the handling of +power management for the devices by the core itself and by middle layer code +including the PCI bus type. The flags should be set once at the driver probe +time with the help of the dev_pm_set_driver_flags() function and they should not +be updated directly afterwards. + +The DPM_FLAG_NEVER_SKIP flag prevents the PM core from using the direct-complete +mechanism allowing device suspend/resume callbacks to be skipped if the device +is in runtime suspend when the system suspend starts. That also affects all of +the ancestors of the device, so this flag should only be used if absolutely +necessary. + +The DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE flag instructs the PCI bus type to only return a +positive value from pci_pm_prepare() if the ->prepare callback provided by the +driver of the device returns a positive value. That allows the driver to opt +out from using the direct-complete mechanism dynamically. + 3.2. Device Runtime Power Management ------------------------------------ In addition to providing device power management callbacks PCI device drivers |