linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] genirq: add chip_{suspend,resume} PM support to irq

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jun 2015 16:11:44 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
cc:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@...il.com>,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@...il.com>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] genirq: add chip_{suspend,resume} PM support to
 irq_chip

On Fri, 19 Jun 2015, Brian Norris wrote:
> This patch adds a second set of suspend/resume hooks to irq_chip, this
> time to represent *chip* suspend/resume, rather than IRQ suspend/resume.
> These callbacks will always be called for an irqchip and are based on
> the per-chip irq_chip_generic struct, rather than the per-IRQ irq_data
> struct.

There is no per-chip irq_chip_generic struct. It's only there if the
irq chip has been instantiated as a generic chip.
 
>  /**
>   * struct irq_chip - hardware interrupt chip descriptor
>   *
> @@ -317,6 +319,12 @@ static inline irq_hw_number_t irqd_to_hwirq(struct irq_data *d)
>   * @irq_suspend:	function called from core code on suspend once per chip
>   * @irq_resume:		function called from core code on resume once per chip
>   * @irq_pm_shutdown:	function called from core code on shutdown once per chip
> + * @chip_suspend:	function called from core code on suspend once per
> + *			chip; for handling chip details even when no interrupts
> + *			are in use
> + * @chip_resume:	function called from core code on resume once per chip;
> + *			for handling chip details even when no interrupts are
> + *			in use
>   * @irq_calc_mask:	Optional function to set irq_data.mask for special cases
>   * @irq_print_chip:	optional to print special chip info in show_interrupts
>   * @irq_request_resources:	optional to request resources before calling
> @@ -357,6 +365,8 @@ struct irq_chip {
>  	void		(*irq_suspend)(struct irq_data *data);
>  	void		(*irq_resume)(struct irq_data *data);
>  	void		(*irq_pm_shutdown)(struct irq_data *data);
> +	void		(*chip_suspend)(struct irq_chip_generic *gc);
> +	void		(*chip_resume)(struct irq_chip_generic *gc);

I really don't want to set a precedent for random (*foo)(*bar)
callbacks.
 
> +
> +		if (ct->chip.chip_suspend)
> +			ct->chip.chip_suspend(gc);

So wouldn't it be the more intuitive solution to make this a callback
in the struct gc itself?

Thanks,

	tglx
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