linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme-pci: Shutdown the device if D3Cold is allowed by the user

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Message-ID: <20241216162303.GA26434@lst.de>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:23:03 +0100
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, kbusch@...nel.org,
	axboe@...nel.dk, sagi@...mberg.me, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	andersson@...nel.org, konradybcio@...nel.org,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme-pci: Shutdown the device if D3Cold is allowed by
 the user

On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 12:00:23PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> We need a PM core API that tells the device drivers when it is safe to powerdown
> the devices. The usecase here is with PCIe based NVMe devices but the problem is
> applicable to other devices as well.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding things, but I think the important part is
to indicate when a suspend actually MUST put the device into D3.  Because
doing that should always be safe, but not always optimal.