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Date:	Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:29:16 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	ACPI Devel Mailing List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/6] ACPI: Introduce ACPI D3_COLD state support

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, Zhang Rui wrote:
> Hi, Rafael,
> 
> On 一, 2012-02-13 at 21:25 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Monday, February 13, 2012, Lin Ming wrote:
> > > From: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
> > > 
> > > If a device has _PR3._ON, it means the device supports D3_HOT.
> > > If a device has _PR3._OFF, it means the device supports D3_COLD.
> > > Add the ability to validate and enter D3_COLD state in ACPI.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
> > 
> > This is supposed to be ACPI 5.0 support, right?
> > 
> No, D3_HOT is introduced in ACPI spec 4.0.
> According to the spec, _PR3 is used for devices that support both
> D3(D3_COLD) and D3HOT.

Yes, it does.

> The confusion here is that Linux D3 equals ACPICA D3HOT and Linux
> D3_COLD equals ACPICA D3.
> For example, when enter Linux ACPI D3, the reference count of ACPI Power
> Resources in _PR3 is increased by one.

That's correct.

> > So can anyone please tell me what part of the ACPI 5.0 spec is the
> > basis of this patch, because I can't see that immediately?
> > 
> > The only places where D3Cold is _mentioned_ are Section 7.2.12 (_PRE, which
> > appears to be new in 5.0), Section 7.2.20 (_S0W), Section 7.2.21 (_S1W),
> > Section 7.2.22 (_S2W), Section 7.2.23 (_S3W) and Section 7.2.24 (_S4W).
> > None of them mentions those _PR3._ON and _PR3._OFF things above.
> > 
> > Moreover, my understanding of the spec is that D3Cold means all of the
> > power resources returned by _PR3 are "off" (whereas some of them will be
> > "on" in D3hot).
> > 
> Agreed.
> 
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/acpi/power.c |    4 ++--
> > >  drivers/acpi/scan.c  |   10 +++++++++-
> > >  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/power.c b/drivers/acpi/power.c
> > > index 9ac2a9f..0d681fb 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/acpi/power.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/power.c
> > > @@ -500,14 +500,14 @@ int acpi_power_transition(struct acpi_device *device, int state)
> > >  {
> > >  	int result;
> > >  
> > > -	if (!device || (state < ACPI_STATE_D0) || (state > ACPI_STATE_D3))
> > > +	if (!device || (state < ACPI_STATE_D0) || (state > ACPI_STATE_D3_COLD))
> > >  		return -EINVAL;
> > >  
> > >  	if (device->power.state == state)
> > >  		return 0;
> > >  
> > >  	if ((device->power.state < ACPI_STATE_D0)
> > > -	    || (device->power.state > ACPI_STATE_D3))
> > > +	    || (device->power.state > ACPI_STATE_D3_COLD))
> > >  		return -ENODEV;
> > >  
> > >  	/* TBD: Resources must be ordered. */
> > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > > index 8ab80ba..a9d4391 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > > @@ -881,8 +881,16 @@ static int acpi_bus_get_power_flags(struct acpi_device *device)
> > >  
> > >  			device->power.flags.power_resources = 1;
> > >  			ps->flags.valid = 1;
> > > -			for (j = 0; j < ps->resources.count; j++)
> > > +			for (j = 0; j < ps->resources.count; j++) {
> > >  				acpi_bus_add_power_resource(ps->resources.handles[j]);
> > > +				/* Check for D3_COLD support. _PR3._OFF equals D3_COLD ? */
> > > +				if (i == ACPI_STATE_D3) {
> > > +					if (j == 0)
> > > +						device->power.states[ACPI_STATE_D3_COLD].flags.valid = 1;
> > > +					status = acpi_get_handle(ps->resources.handles[j], "_OFF",  &handle);
> > > +					device->power.states[ACPI_STATE_D3_COLD].flags.valid &= ACPI_SUCCESS(status);
> > > +				}
> > > +			}
> > 
> > Sorry, but this doesn't make sense to me.  Power resources always have
> > the _OFF method, right?
> > 
> I'm not sure.

That would be explicitly against the spec that says that power resources
are *required* to have _ON, _OFF and _STA.

> I thought I had seen ACPI Power Resources without _OFF
> control method somewhere in bugzilla, but I can not find it out now.

That, clearly, is a firmware bug.

> Hmm, how about set D3_COLD support if _PR3 exists, but leave a warning
> message if _OFF doesn't exist, for now?

I don't think we need to set D3_COLD support at all.  In fact, it is always
supported (as I said, if all power resources used by a device are off, the
device is in D3_COLD pretty much by definition).

Thanks,
Rafael
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