Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:22:41 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 1/5] PM / Runtime: Add getter for querying the IRQ safe option |
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On Fri 2014-10-31 10:14:55, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On pon, 2014-10-20 at 11:04 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > > Add a simple getter pm_runtime_is_irq_safe() for querying whether runtime > > PM IRQ safe was set or not. > > > > Various bus drivers implementing runtime PM may use choose to suspend > > differently based on IRQ safeness status of child driver (e.g. do not > > unprepare the clock if IRQ safe is not set). > > > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com> > > Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> > > Rafael, Len, Pavel, > > Is proposed API ok? Do you have any comments? > > I'll upload whole patchset to Russell's patch tracking system. However > an ack from PM maintainer is probably needed.
I don't like the API. Having callbacks work in different context (irq / noirq) based on what another function reports is ugly.
What is the penalty if we always decide callbacks are not IRQ safe? Pavel
> > --- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt > > @@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: > > - set the power.irq_safe flag for the device, causing the runtime-PM > > callbacks to be invoked with interrupts off > > > > + bool pm_runtime_is_irq_safe(struct device *dev); > > + - return true if power.irq_safe flag was set for the device, causing > > + the runtime-PM callbacks to be invoked with interrupts off > > + > > void pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(struct device *dev); > > - set the power.last_busy field to the current time > > -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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