linux-kernel - Re: [Update][PATCH] PCI / PM: Disable runtime PM of PCIe ports

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Date:	Wed, 3 Apr 2013 16:34:27 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Zheng Yan <zheng.z.yan@...el.com>
Cc:	Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@...d.natur.cuni.cz>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Update][PATCH] PCI / PM: Disable runtime PM of PCIe ports

On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>
> The runtime PM of PCIe ports turns out to be quite fragile, as in
> some cases things work while in some other cases they don't and we
> don't seem to have a good way to determine whether or not they are
> going to work in advance.
>
> For this reason, avoid enabling runtime PM for PCIe ports by
> keeping their runtime PM reference counters always above 0 for the
> time being.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> ---
>
> This version also removes the no longer necessary (and empty anyway)
> port_runtime_pm_black_list[] table.

I applied this to for-linus for v3.9, and added a stable tag for v3.6+.  Thanks!

> ---
>  drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c |   13 -------------
>  1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c
> @@ -185,14 +185,6 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops pcie_port
>  #endif /* !PM */
>
>  /*
> - * PCIe port runtime suspend is broken for some chipsets, so use a
> - * black list to disable runtime PM for these chipsets.
> - */
> -static const struct pci_device_id port_runtime_pm_black_list[] = {
> -       { /* end: all zeroes */ }
> -};
> -
> -/*
>   * pcie_portdrv_probe - Probe PCI-Express port devices
>   * @dev: PCI-Express port device being probed
>   *
> @@ -225,16 +217,11 @@ static int pcie_portdrv_probe(struct pci
>          * it by default.
>          */
>         dev->d3cold_allowed = false;
> -       if (!pci_match_id(port_runtime_pm_black_list, dev))
> -               pm_runtime_put_noidle(&dev->dev);
> -
>         return 0;
>  }
>
>  static void pcie_portdrv_remove(struct pci_dev *dev)
>  {
> -       if (!pci_match_id(port_runtime_pm_black_list, dev))
> -               pm_runtime_get_noresume(&dev->dev);
>         pcie_port_device_remove(dev);
>         pci_disable_device(dev);
>  }
>
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