linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 03/11] PM / Domains: Document flags for genpd

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Date:   Thu, 4 Oct 2018 06:48:39 -0700
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
        Lina Iyer <ilina@...eaurora.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 03/11] PM / Domains: Document flags for genpd

Hi,

* Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org> [181003 14:43]:
> + * GENPD_FLAG_IRQ_SAFE:		This informs genpd that its backend callbacks,
> + *				->power_on|off(), doesn't sleep. Hence, these
> + *				can be invoked from within atomic context, which
> + *				enables genpd to power on/off the PM domain,
> + *				even when pm_runtime_is_irq_safe() returns true,
> + *				for any of its attached devices. Note that, a
> + *				genpd having this flag set, requires its
> + *				masterdomains to also have it set.
> + *

Let's try to avoid adding more irq_safe stuff because of having that
propagate to the masterdomains..

I think you can just flag the power_on/off in genpd, then have cpu_pm
callbacks do it.

Regards,

Tony