Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:11:45 -0500 (EST) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 3/4] block: implement runtime pm strategy |
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2013, Aaron Lu wrote:
> > Okay. I think you can add (in parentheses) that in most cases drivers > > should call the routine before any I/O has taken place. > > The reason I put it that way is, in patch 4, the blk_pm_runtime_init is > called after a request is executed(scsi_probe_lun). I do not want people > get confused by the comments for blk_pm_runtime_init and the example > code in patch 4 where we didn't follow it :-)
Right.
> Considering ODD's use case, I was thinking of moving the > blk_pm_runtime_init call to sd.c, as sr will not use request based auto > suspend. Probably right before we decrease usage count for the device in > sd_probe_async. What do you think?
That makes sense. But then you should review the changes in scsi_pm.c to make sure they will work okay for devices that aren't using block-layer runtime PM.
Alan Stern
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