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Date:	Sun, 31 May 2015 05:07:42 +0000 (GMT)
From:	EunTaik Lee <eun.taik.lee@...sung.com>
To:	"rjw@...ysocki.net" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"pavel@....cz" <pavel@....cz>,
	"len.brown@...el.com" <len.brown@...el.com>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2] suspend/resume performance improvement

When a task that calls state_store() to suspend
the device has used up most of its time slice,
suspend sometimes take too long. (User noticeable)

Suspend/resume is a system wide operation.
So, instead of depending on a userspace task's time
slice, let kworker do the work to avoid a long wait
on the runqueue.

Signed-off-by: Eun Taik Lee <eun.taik.lee@...sung.com>
---
 kernel/power/main.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 90 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
index 86e8157..848bf2d 100644
--- a/kernel/power/main.c
+++ b/kernel/power/main.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
-
+#include <linux/completion.h>
 #include "power.h"
 
 DEFINE_MUTEX(pm_mutex);
@@ -335,15 +335,46 @@ static suspend_state_t decode_state(const char *buf, size_t n)
 	return PM_SUSPEND_ON;
 }
 
+static struct workqueue_struct *suspend_helper_wq;
+struct state_store_params {
+	const char *buf;
+	size_t n;
+};
+
+struct suspend_helper_data {
+	struct work_struct work;
+	struct completion done;
+	struct state_store_params params;
+	int result;
+};
+struct suspend_helper_data suspend_helper_data;
+
+static ssize_t state_store_helper(struct kobject *kobj,
+		struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+		const char *buf, size_t n);
+
 static ssize_t state_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 			   const char *buf, size_t n)
 {
+	return state_store_helper(kobj, attr, buf, n);
+}
+
+power_attr(state);
+
+static void suspend_helper(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct suspend_helper_data *data = (struct suspend_helper_data *)
+		container_of(work, struct suspend_helper_data, work);
+	const char *buf = data->params.buf;
+	size_t n = data->params.n;
 	suspend_state_t state;
-	int error;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: start!\n", __func__);
 
 	error = pm_autosleep_lock();
 	if (error)
-		return error;
+		goto out_nolock;
 
 	if (pm_autosleep_state() > PM_SUSPEND_ON) {
 		error = -EBUSY;
@@ -358,12 +389,64 @@ static ssize_t state_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 	else
 		error = -EINVAL;
 
- out:
+out:
 	pm_autosleep_unlock();
+
+out_nolock:
+	/* set result and notify completion */
+	data->result = error;
+	complete(&data->done);
+
+	pr_debug("%s: result = %d\n", __func__, error);
+}
+
+static ssize_t state_store_helper(struct kobject *kobj,
+		struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+		const char *buf, size_t n)
+{
+	int error;
+	int freezable = 0;
+
+	/* we don't need to freeze. so tell the freezer */
+	if (!freezer_should_skip(current)) {
+		freezable = 1;
+		freezer_do_not_count();
+		pr_debug("%s: freezer should skip me (%s:%d)\n",
+			__func__, current->comm, current->pid);
+	}
+
+	suspend_helper_data.params.buf = buf;
+	suspend_helper_data.params.n = n;
+	init_completion(&suspend_helper_data.done);
+
+	/* use kworker for suspend resume */
+	queue_work(suspend_helper_wq, &suspend_helper_data.work);
+
+	/* wait for suspend/resume work to be complete */
+	wait_for_completion(&suspend_helper_data.done);
+
+	if (freezable) {
+		/* set ourself as freezable */
+		freezer_count();
+	}
+
+	error = suspend_helper_data.result;
+	pr_debug("%s: suspend_helper returned %d\n", __func__, error);
+
 	return error ? error : n;
 }
 
-power_attr(state);
+static int suspend_helper_init(void)
+{
+	suspend_helper_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("suspend_helper", 0);
+	if (!suspend_helper_wq)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	INIT_WORK(&suspend_helper_data.work, suspend_helper);
+	init_completion(&suspend_helper_data.done);
+
+	return 0;
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 /*
@@ -640,6 +723,8 @@ static int __init pm_init(void)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	pm_print_times_init();
+	suspend_helper_init();
+
 	return pm_autosleep_init();
 }
 
-- 
1.9.1

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