Re: [PATCH] PM / Runtime: honor device autosuspend inpm_generic_runtime_idle()

[Alan Stern]

On Tue, 28 May 2013, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> On Monday, May 13, 2013 01:50:18 PM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Monday, May 13, 2013 02:05:27 PM Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > > If the device is using autosuspend we should honor that and call
> > > pm_runtime_autosuspend() instead of pm_runtime_suspend(). Failing to do so
> > > causes the device to be suspended immediately even though it expects to be
> > > suspended only when the autosuspend delay is expired.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/base/power/generic_ops.c |    5 ++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/base/power/generic_ops.c b/drivers/base/power/generic_ops.c
> > > index bfd898b..19786ca 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/base/power/generic_ops.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/base/power/generic_ops.c
> > > @@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ int pm_generic_runtime_idle(struct device *dev)
> > >  			return ret;
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > -	pm_runtime_suspend(dev);
> > > +	if (dev->power.use_autosuspend)
> > > +		pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev);
> > > +	else
> > > +		pm_runtime_suspend(dev);
> > >  	return 0;
> > 
> > First of all, this is racy (power.use_autosuspend shoud be accessed under
> > power.lock).
> > 
> > Second, this is not the only place we'd need to make this change (the analogous
> > function for PCI is one example, but there may be others).
> > 
> > Finally, I'm not sure how to address this problem in general.  It may be better
> > to simply modify rpm_idle() and remove pm_generic_runtime_idle() etc. entirely.
> > 
> > I'll have a look at that, thanks for pointing out the problem.
> 
> I'm not sure if the core is the right place to address this, because it's
> not entirely clear if all drivers using autosuspend will have the same policy
> with respect to pm_runtime_idle() (i.e. to avoid suspending immediately if
> the suspend delay timer is active).
> 
> In my opinion it'd be better to address that in the driver by adding a
> .runtime_idle() callback executing pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and returning
> -EBUSY.

Remember that the return value from the runtime_idle callback is 
ignored.  Are you suggesting that the PM core should start paying 
attention to it?

Alan Stern

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