linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] PM: sleep: core: Rearrange the handling of driver power management flags

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Date:   Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:11:19 +0200
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:     Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PCI <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] PM: sleep: core: Rearrange the handling of driver
 power management flags

Hi,

On 4/10/20 5:46 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> 
> Following our recent discussion regarding the DPM_FLAG_* family of flags [1],
> I have decided to follow some of your recommendations and make changes to the
> core code handling those flags.
> 
> The purpose of this is basically to make the code more consistent internally,
> easier to follow and better documented.
> 
> First of all, patch [1/7] changes the PM core to skip driver-level "late"
> and "noirq" suspend callbacks for devices with SMART_SUSPEND set if they are
> still runtime-suspended during the "late" system-wide suspend phase (without
> the patch it does that only if subsystem-level late/noirq/early suspend/resume
> callbacks are not present for the device, which is demonstrably inconsistent)
> and updates the resume part of the code accordingly (it doesn't need to check
> whether or not the subsystem-level callbacks are present any more).
> 
> The next patch, [2/7], is purely cosmetic and its only purpose is to reduce
> the LOC number and move related pieces of code closer to each other.
> 
> Patch [3/7] changes the PM core so that it doesn't skip any subsystem-level
> callbacks during system-wide resume (without the patch they may be skipped in
> the "early resume" and "resume" phases due to LEAVE_SUSPENDED being set which
> may be problematic) and to always run the driver's ->resume callback if the
> corresponding subsystem-level callback is not present (without the patch it
> may be skipped if LEAVE_SUSPENDED is set) to let it reverse the changes made
> by the driver's ->suspend callback (which always runs too) if need be.
> 
> Patches [4-6/7] rename one function in the PM core and two driver PM flags to
> make their names better reflect their purpose.
> 
> Finally, patch [7/7] updates the documentation of the driver PM flags to
> reflect the new code flows.
> 
> This patch series have been available in the git branch at
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git \
>   pm-sleep-core
> 
> for easier web and git access.

The series looks sane to me at a first look. I've added it to my local
tree for testing on all the pesky Bay and Cherry Trail devices I have
and which always cause trouble in this area.

Regards,

Hans