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Date:	Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:39:44 +0800
From:	"Yan, Zheng" <zheng.z.yan@...el.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com, Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	ilw@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] iwlwifi: add basic runtime PM support

On 01/11/2012 02:57 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 14:38 +0800, Yan, Zheng wrote:
>> This simple patch adds open/close based runtime PM support to the iwlwifi driver.
>> Namely, make the driver suspend the device after shutting down the interface and
>> resume the device when activating the interface. In my test, suspending the device
>> can save about 0.4 watt power. The shortcoming is that the device no longer generate
>> rfkill changes interrupt.
> 
> That could be a problem; how are rfkill changes noticed then when the
> device is suspended or are they just dropped?  In userspace we want to
> know that the device cannot be used until it is unkilled so that we can
> show the right stuff to the user.
> 
Yes, it's a problem for system that uses HW rfkill. But it may have some value for system
that uses software rfkill. The feature is disabled by default, so I assume it's not a big
issue.

Thanks
Yan, Zheng
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Zheng Yan <zheng.z.yan@...el.com>
>> ---
>> Changes since v1:
>> Add module parameter to enable/disable runtime PM
>>
>>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c |    1 +
>>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c     |   21 +++++++++++++++++++--
>>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-pci.c     |   22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-shared.h  |    1 +
>>  4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
>> index 1a52ed2..b9ac097 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
>> @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ struct iwl_mod_params iwlagn_mod_params = {
>>  	.bt_ch_announce = true,
>>  	.wanted_ucode_alternative = 1,
>>  	.auto_agg = true,
>> +	.runtime_pm = false,
>>  	/* the rest are 0 by default */
>>  };
>>  
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
>> index e0e9a3d..2d1f890a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
>> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/firmware.h>
>>  #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
>>  #include <linux/if_arp.h>
>> +#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>>  
>>  #include <net/mac80211.h>
>>  
>> @@ -1755,6 +1756,8 @@ static int iwlagn_mac_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>>  	struct iwl_priv *priv = hw->priv;
>>  	int ret;
>>  
>> +	pm_runtime_get_sync(bus(priv)->dev);
>> +
>>  	IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211(priv, "enter\n");
>>  
>>  	/* we should be verifying the device is ready to be opened */
>> @@ -1762,7 +1765,7 @@ static int iwlagn_mac_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>>  	ret = __iwl_up(priv);
>>  	mutex_unlock(&priv->shrd->mutex);
>>  	if (ret)
>> -		return ret;
>> +		goto out;
>>  
>>  	IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "Start UP work done.\n");
>>  
>> @@ -1774,7 +1777,10 @@ static int iwlagn_mac_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>>  
>>  	priv->is_open = 1;
>>  	IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211(priv, "leave\n");
>> -	return 0;
>> +	ret = 0;
>> +out:
>> +	pm_runtime_put(bus(priv)->dev);
>> +	return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>>  static void iwlagn_mac_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>> @@ -1786,6 +1792,8 @@ static void iwlagn_mac_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>>  	if (!priv->is_open)
>>  		return;
>>  
>> +	pm_runtime_get_sync(bus(priv)->dev);
>> +
>>  	priv->is_open = 0;
>>  
>>  	iwl_down(priv);
>> @@ -1798,6 +1806,8 @@ static void iwlagn_mac_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>>  	iwl_enable_rfkill_int(priv);
>>  
>>  	IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211(priv, "leave\n");
>> +
>> +	pm_runtime_put(bus(priv)->dev);
>>  }
>>  
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
>> @@ -3557,3 +3567,10 @@ module_param_named(no_sleep_autoadjust, iwlagn_mod_params.no_sleep_autoadjust,
>>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_sleep_autoadjust,
>>  		 "don't automatically adjust sleep level "
>>  		 "according to maximum network latency (default: true)");
>> +
>> +module_param_named(runtime_pm, iwlagn_mod_params.runtime_pm, bool, S_IRUGO);
>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(runtime_pm,
>> +		 "enable open/close based runtime power management, this "
>> +		 "feature can make HW rfkill unusable (default: disabled)");
>> +
>> +
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-pci.c
>> index 1800029..541f3e6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-pci.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-pci.c
>> @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/module.h>
>>  #include <linux/pci.h>
>>  #include <linux/pci-aspm.h>
>> +#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>>  
>>  #include "iwl-bus.h"
>>  #include "iwl-io.h"
>> @@ -465,6 +466,8 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>>  	err = iwl_probe(bus, &trans_ops_pcie, cfg);
>>  	if (err)
>>  		goto out_disable_msi;
>> +
>> +	pm_runtime_put_noidle(&pdev->dev);
>>  	return 0;
>>  
>>  out_disable_msi:
>> @@ -487,6 +490,8 @@ static void __devexit iwl_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>>  	struct pci_dev *pci_dev = IWL_BUS_GET_PCI_DEV(bus);
>>  	struct iwl_shared *shrd = bus->shrd;
>>  
>> +	pm_runtime_get_noresume(&pdev->dev);
>> +
>>  	iwl_remove(shrd->priv);
>>  
>>  	pci_disable_msi(pci_dev);
>> @@ -534,7 +539,22 @@ static int iwl_pci_resume(struct device *device)
>>  	return iwl_trans_resume(shrd->trans);
>>  }
>>  
>> -static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(iwl_dev_pm_ops, iwl_pci_suspend, iwl_pci_resume);
>> +
>> +static int iwl_pci_runtime_idle(struct device *dev)
>> +{
>> +	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
>> +	struct iwl_bus *bus = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
>> +	struct iwl_shared *shrd = bus->shrd;
>> +
>> +	if (iwlagn_mod_params.runtime_pm &&
>> +	    !test_bit(STATUS_ALIVE, &shrd->status))
>> +		return 0;
>> +
>> +	return -EBUSY;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS(iwl_dev_pm_ops, iwl_pci_suspend,
>> +			iwl_pci_resume, iwl_pci_runtime_idle);
>>  
>>  #define IWL_PM_OPS	(&iwl_dev_pm_ops)
>>  
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-shared.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-shared.h
>> index 14eaf37..a570e0d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-shared.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-shared.h
>> @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ struct iwl_mod_params {
>>  	bool bt_ch_announce;
>>  	int wanted_ucode_alternative;
>>  	bool auto_agg;
>> +	bool runtime_pm;
>>  };
>>  
>>  /**
> 
> 

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