Re: [PATCH 9/9] PM / Domains: Add dev_pm_domain_attach_by_id() to manage multi PM domains

[Ulf Hansson]

On 25 May 2018 at 13:07, Jon Hunter <jonathanh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 25/05/18 11:45, Ulf Hansson wrote:
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>>> Right, but this case still seems like an error. My understanding is that
>>> only drivers will use this API directly and it will not be used by the
>>> device driver core (unlike dev_pm_domain_attach), so if anyone calls this
>>> attempting to attach another PM domain when one is already attached, they
>>> are doing something wrong.
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>> You may be right!
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>> What I was thinking of is whether multiple PM domains may be optional
>> in some cases, but instead a PM domain have already been attached by
>> dev_pm_domain_attach(), prior the driver starts to probe.
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>> Then, assuming we return an error for this case, that means the caller
>> then need to check the dev->pm_domain pointer, prior calling
>> dev_pm_domain_attach_by_id(). Wouldn't it? Perhaps that is more clear
>> though?
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> IMO the driver should know whether is needs multiple power-domains or not
> and if it needs multiple then it should just call
> dev_pm_domain_attach_by_id() N times without needing to checking
> dev->pm_domain first. If it fails then either the PM domain core did
> something wrong or power-domains are missing from DT, but either way there
> is an error, so let it fail.

Right, sounds reasonable!

Kind regards
Uffe