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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/devices.txt | 125 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/notifiers.txt | 53 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/opp.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt | 281 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/states.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/swsusp.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt | 6 |
8 files changed, 288 insertions, 201 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt index 57080cd7457..3384d5996be 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Device Power Management -Copyright (c) 2010 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. +Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. Copyright (c) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> @@ -159,18 +159,18 @@ matter, and the kernel is responsible for keeping track of it. By contrast, whether or not a wakeup-capable device should issue wakeup events is a policy decision, and it is managed by user space through a sysfs attribute: the power/wakeup file. User space can write the strings "enabled" or "disabled" to -set or clear the should_wakeup flag, respectively. Reads from the file will -return the corresponding string if can_wakeup is true, but if can_wakeup is -false then reads will return an empty string, to indicate that the device -doesn't support wakeup events. (But even though the file appears empty, writes -will still affect the should_wakeup flag.) +set or clear the "should_wakeup" flag, respectively. This file is only present +for wakeup-capable devices (i.e. devices whose "can_wakeup" flags are set) +and is created (or removed) by device_set_wakeup_capable(). Reads from the +file will return the corresponding string. The device_may_wakeup() routine returns true only if both flags are set. -Drivers should check this routine when putting devices in a low-power state -during a system sleep transition, to see whether or not to enable the devices' -wakeup mechanisms. However for runtime power management, wakeup events should -be enabled whenever the device and driver both support them, regardless of the -should_wakeup flag. +This information is used by subsystems, like the PCI bus type code, to see +whether or not to enable the devices' wakeup mechanisms. If device wakeup +mechanisms are enabled or disabled directly by drivers, they also should use +device_may_wakeup() to decide what to do during a system sleep transition. +However for runtime power management, wakeup events should be enabled whenever +the device and driver both support them, regardless of the should_wakeup flag. /sys/devices/.../power/control files @@ -249,23 +249,18 @@ various phases always run after tasks have been frozen and before they are unfrozen. Furthermore, the *_noirq phases run at a time when IRQ handlers have been disabled (except for those marked with the IRQ_WAKEUP flag). -Most phases use bus, type, and class callbacks (that is, methods defined in -dev->bus->pm, dev->type->pm, and dev->class->pm). The prepare and complete -phases are exceptions; they use only bus callbacks. When multiple callbacks -are used in a phase, they are invoked in the order: <class, type, bus> during -power-down transitions and in the opposite order during power-up transitions. -For example, during the suspend phase the PM core invokes - - dev->class->pm.suspend(dev); - dev->type->pm.suspend(dev); - dev->bus->pm.suspend(dev); - -before moving on to the next device, whereas during the resume phase the core -invokes - - dev->bus->pm.resume(dev); - dev->type->pm.resume(dev); - dev->class->pm.resume(dev); +All phases use bus, type, or class callbacks (that is, methods defined in +dev->bus->pm, dev->type->pm, or dev->class->pm). These callbacks are mutually +exclusive, so if the device type provides a struct dev_pm_ops object pointed to +by its pm field (i.e. both dev->type and dev->type->pm are defined), the +callbacks included in that object (i.e. dev->type->pm) will be used. Otherwise, +if the class provides a struct dev_pm_ops object pointed to by its pm field +(i.e. both dev->class and dev->class->pm are defined), the PM core will use the +callbacks from that object (i.e. dev->class->pm). Finally, if the pm fields of +both the device type and class objects are NULL (or those objects do not exist), +the callbacks provided by the bus (that is, the callbacks from dev->bus->pm) +will be used (this allows device types to override callbacks provided by bus +types or classes if necessary). These callbacks may in turn invoke device- or driver-specific methods stored in dev->driver->pm, but they don't have to. @@ -284,11 +279,15 @@ When the system goes into the standby or memory sleep state, the phases are: time.) Unlike the other suspend-related phases, during the prepare phase the device tree is traversed top-down. - The prepare phase uses only a bus callback. After the callback method - returns, no new children may be registered below the device. The method - may also prepare the device or driver in some way for the upcoming - system power transition, but it should not put the device into a - low-power state. + In addition to that, if device drivers need to allocate additional + memory to be able to hadle device suspend correctly, that should be + done in the prepare phase. + + After the prepare callback method returns, no new children may be + registered below the device. The method may also prepare the device or + driver in some way for the upcoming system power transition (for + example, by allocating additional memory required for this purpose), but + it should not put the device into a low-power state. 2. The suspend methods should quiesce the device to stop it from performing I/O. They also may save the device registers and put it into the @@ -372,7 +371,7 @@ Drivers need to be able to handle hardware which has been reset since the suspend methods were called, for example by complete reinitialization. This may be the hardest part, and the one most protected by NDA'd documents and chip errata. It's simplest if the hardware state hasn't changed since -the suspend was carried out, but that can't be guaranteed (in fact, it ususally +the suspend was carried out, but that can't be guaranteed (in fact, it usually is not the case). Drivers must also be prepared to notice that the device has been removed @@ -507,30 +506,34 @@ routines. Nevertheless, different callback pointers are used in case there is a situation where it actually matters. -System Devices --------------- -System devices (sysdevs) follow a slightly different API, which can be found in - - include/linux/sysdev.h - drivers/base/sys.c - -System devices will be suspended with interrupts disabled, and after all other -devices have been suspended. On resume, they will be resumed before any other -devices, and also with interrupts disabled. These things occur in special -"sysdev_driver" phases, which affect only system devices. - -Thus, after the suspend_noirq (or freeze_noirq or poweroff_noirq) phase, when -the non-boot CPUs are all offline and IRQs are disabled on the remaining online -CPU, then a sysdev_driver.suspend phase is carried out, and the system enters a -sleep state (or a system image is created). During resume (or after the image -has been created or loaded) a sysdev_driver.resume phase is carried out, IRQs -are enabled on the only online CPU, the non-boot CPUs are enabled, and the -resume_noirq (or thaw_noirq or restore_noirq) phase begins. - -Code to actually enter and exit the system-wide low power state sometimes -involves hardware details that are only known to the boot firmware, and -may leave a CPU running software (from SRAM or flash memory) that monitors -the system and manages its wakeup sequence. +Device Power Management Domains +------------------------------- +Sometimes devices share reference clocks or other power resources. In those +cases it generally is not possible to put devices into low-power states +individually. Instead, a set of devices sharing a power resource can be put +into a low-power state together at the same time by turning off the shared +power resource. Of course, they also need to be put into the full-power state +together, by turning the shared power resource on. A set of devices with this +property is often referred to as a power domain. + +Support for power domains is provided through the pm_domain field of struct +device. This field is a pointer to an object of type struct dev_pm_domain, +defined in include/linux/pm.h, providing a set of power management callbacks +analogous to the subsystem-level and device driver callbacks that are executed +for the given device during all power transitions, instead of the respective +subsystem-level callbacks. Specifically, if a device's pm_domain pointer is +not NULL, the ->suspend() callback from the object pointed to by it will be +executed instead of its subsystem's (e.g. bus type's) ->suspend() callback and +anlogously for all of the remaining callbacks. In other words, power management +domain callbacks, if defined for the given device, always take precedence over +the callbacks provided by the device's subsystem (e.g. bus type). + +The support for device power management domains is only relevant to platforms +needing to use the same device driver power management callbacks in many +different power domain configurations and wanting to avoid incorporating the +support for power domains into subsystem-level callbacks, for example by +modifying the platform bus type. Other platforms need not implement it or take +it into account in any way. Device Low Power (suspend) States @@ -601,7 +604,7 @@ state temporarily, for example so that its system wakeup capability can be disabled. This all depends on the hardware and the design of the subsystem and device driver in question. -During system-wide resume from a sleep state it's best to put devices into the -full-power state, as explained in Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt. Refer to -that document for more information regarding this particular issue as well as +During system-wide resume from a sleep state it's easiest to put devices into +the full-power state, as explained in Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt. Refer +to that document for more information regarding this particular issue as well as for information on the device runtime power management framework in general. diff --git a/Documentation/power/notifiers.txt b/Documentation/power/notifiers.txt index ae1b7ec0768..c2a4a346c0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/notifiers.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/notifiers.txt @@ -1,46 +1,41 @@ Suspend notifiers - (C) 2007 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, GPL - -There are some operations that device drivers may want to carry out in their -.suspend() routines, but shouldn't, because they can cause the hibernation or -suspend to fail. For example, a driver may want to allocate a substantial amount -of memory (like 50 MB) in .suspend(), but that shouldn't be done after the -swsusp's memory shrinker has run. - -Also, there may be some operations, that subsystems want to carry out before a -hibernation/suspend or after a restore/resume, requiring the system to be fully -functional, so the drivers' .suspend() and .resume() routines are not suitable -for this purpose. For example, device drivers may want to upload firmware to -their devices after a restore from a hibernation image, but they cannot do it by -calling request_firmware() from their .resume() routines (user land processes -are frozen at this point). The solution may be to load the firmware into -memory before processes are frozen and upload it from there in the .resume() -routine. Of course, a hibernation notifier may be used for this purpose. - -The subsystems that have such needs can register suspend notifiers that will be -called upon the following events by the suspend core: + (C) 2007-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, GPL + +There are some operations that subsystems or drivers may want to carry out +before hibernation/suspend or after restore/resume, but they require the system +to be fully functional, so the drivers' and subsystems' .suspend() and .resume() +or even .prepare() and .complete() callbacks are not suitable for this purpose. +For example, device drivers may want to upload firmware to their devices after +resume/restore, but they cannot do it by calling request_firmware() from their +.resume() or .complete() routines (user land processes are frozen at these +points). The solution may be to load the firmware into memory before processes +are frozen and upload it from there in the .resume() routine. +A suspend/hibernation notifier may be used for this purpose. + +The subsystems or drivers having such needs can register suspend notifiers that +will be called upon the following events by the PM core: PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE The system is going to hibernate or suspend, tasks will be frozen immediately. PM_POST_HIBERNATION The system memory state has been restored from a - hibernation image or an error occured during the - hibernation. Device drivers' .resume() callbacks have + hibernation image or an error occurred during + hibernation. Device drivers' restore callbacks have been executed and tasks have been thawed. PM_RESTORE_PREPARE The system is going to restore a hibernation image. - If all goes well the restored kernel will issue a + If all goes well, the restored kernel will issue a PM_POST_HIBERNATION notification. -PM_POST_RESTORE An error occurred during the hibernation restore. - Device drivers' .resume() callbacks have been executed +PM_POST_RESTORE An error occurred during restore from hibernation. + Device drivers' restore callbacks have been executed and tasks have been thawed. -PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE The system is preparing for a suspend. +PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE The system is preparing for suspend. -PM_POST_SUSPEND The system has just resumed or an error occured during - the suspend. Device drivers' .resume() callbacks have - been executed and tasks have been thawed. +PM_POST_SUSPEND The system has just resumed or an error occurred during + suspend. Device drivers' resume callbacks have been + executed and tasks have been thawed. It is generally assumed that whatever the notifiers do for PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE, should be undone for PM_POST_HIBERNATION. Analogously, diff --git a/Documentation/power/opp.txt b/Documentation/power/opp.txt index cd445582d1f..3035d00757a 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/opp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/opp.txt @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ opp_find_freq_ceil - Search for an available OPP which is *at least* the if (!IS_ERR(opp)) soc_switch_to_freq_voltage(freq); else - /* do something when we cant satisfy the req */ + /* do something when we can't satisfy the req */ /* do other stuff */ } @@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ opp_init_cpufreq_table - cpufreq framework typically is initialized with addition to CONFIG_PM as power management feature is required to dynamically scale voltage and frequency in a system. +opp_free_cpufreq_table - Free up the table allocated by opp_init_cpufreq_table + 7. Data Structures ================== Typically an SoC contains multiple voltage domains which are variable. Each diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt index bdec39b9bd7..b42419b52e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt @@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ static struct regulator_init_data regulator1_data = { Regulator-1 supplies power to Regulator-2. This relationship must be registered with the core so that Regulator-1 is also enabled when Consumer A enables its -supply (Regulator-2). The supply regulator is set by the supply_regulator_dev +supply (Regulator-2). The supply regulator is set by the supply_regulator field below:- static struct regulator_init_data regulator2_data = { - .supply_regulator_dev = &platform_regulator1_device.dev, + .supply_regulator = "regulator_name", .constraints = { .min_uV = 1800000, .max_uV = 2000000, diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt index ffe55ffa540..4ce5450ab6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt @@ -1,39 +1,39 @@ -Run-time Power Management Framework for I/O Devices +Runtime Power Management Framework for I/O Devices -(C) 2009 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. +(C) 2009-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. (C) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> 1. Introduction -Support for run-time power management (run-time PM) of I/O devices is provided +Support for runtime power management (runtime PM) of I/O devices is provided at the power management core (PM core) level by means of: * The power management workqueue pm_wq in which bus types and device drivers can put their PM-related work items. It is strongly recommended that pm_wq be - used for queuing all work items related to run-time PM, because this allows + used for queuing all work items related to runtime PM, because this allows them to be synchronized with system-wide power transitions (suspend to RAM, hibernation and resume from system sleep states). pm_wq is declared in include/linux/pm_runtime.h and defined in kernel/power/main.c. -* A number of run-time PM fields in the 'power' member of 'struct device' (which +* A number of runtime PM fields in the 'power' member of 'struct device' (which is of the type 'struct dev_pm_info', defined in include/linux/pm.h) that can - be used for synchronizing run-time PM operations with one another. + be used for synchronizing runtime PM operations with one another. -* Three device run-time PM callbacks in 'struct dev_pm_ops' (defined in +* Three device runtime PM callbacks in 'struct dev_pm_ops' (defined in include/linux/pm.h). * A set of helper functions defined in drivers/base/power/runtime.c that can be - used for carrying out run-time PM operations in such a way that the + used for carrying out runtime PM operations in such a way that the synchronization between them is taken care of by the PM core. Bus types and device drivers are encouraged to use these functions. -The run-time PM callbacks present in 'struct dev_pm_ops', the device run-time PM +The runtime PM callbacks present in 'struct dev_pm_ops', the device runtime PM fields of 'struct dev_pm_info' and the core helper functions provided for -run-time PM are described below. +runtime PM are described below. -2. Device Run-time PM Callbacks +2. Device Runtime PM Callbacks -There are three device run-time PM callbacks defined in 'struct dev_pm_ops': +There are three device runtime PM callbacks defined in 'struct dev_pm_ops': struct dev_pm_ops { ... @@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ struct dev_pm_ops { }; The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks are -executed by the PM core for either the bus type, or device type (if the bus -type's callback is not defined), or device class (if the bus type's and device -type's callbacks are not defined) of given device. The bus type, device type -and device class callbacks are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what -follows. +executed by the PM core for either the device type, or the class (if the device +type's struct dev_pm_ops object does not exist), or the bus type (if the +device type's and class' struct dev_pm_ops objects do not exist) of the given +device (this allows device types to override callbacks provided by bus types or +classes if necessary). The bus type, device type and class callbacks are +referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what follows. By default, the callbacks are always invoked in process context with interrupts enabled. However, subsystems can use the pm_runtime_irq_safe() helper function to tell the PM core that a device's ->runtime_suspend() and ->runtime_resume() -callbacks should be invoked in atomic context with interrupts disabled -(->runtime_idle() is still invoked the default way). This implies that these -callback routines must not block or sleep, but it also means that the -synchronous helper functions listed at the end of Section 4 can be used within -an interrupt handler or in an atomic context. +callbacks should be invoked in atomic context with interrupts disabled. +This implies that these callback routines must not block or sleep, but it also +means that the synchronous helper functions listed at the end of Section 4 can +be used within an interrupt handler or in an atomic context. The subsystem-level suspend callback is _entirely_ _responsible_ for handling the suspend of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not include @@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ knows what to do to handle the device). not mean that the device has been put into a low power state. It is supposed to mean, however, that the device will not process data and will not communicate with the CPU(s) and RAM until the subsystem-level resume - callback is executed for it. The run-time PM status of a device after + callback is executed for it. The runtime PM status of a device after successful execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback is 'suspended'. * If the subsystem-level suspend callback returns -EBUSY or -EAGAIN, - the device's run-time PM status is 'active', which means that the device + the device's runtime PM status is 'active', which means that the device _must_ be fully operational afterwards. * If the subsystem-level suspend callback returns an error code different @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ the device). * Once the subsystem-level resume callback has completed successfully, the PM core regards the device as fully operational, which means that the device - _must_ be able to complete I/O operations as needed. The run-time PM status + _must_ be able to complete I/O operations as needed. The runtime PM status of the device is then 'active'. * If the subsystem-level resume callback returns an error code, the PM core @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ device in that case. The value returned by this callback is ignored by the PM core. The helper functions provided by the PM core, described in Section 4, guarantee -that the following constraints are met with respect to the bus type's run-time +that the following constraints are met with respect to the bus type's runtime PM callbacks: (1) The callbacks are mutually exclusive (e.g. it is forbidden to execute @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ PM callbacks: (2) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for 'active' devices (i.e. the PM core will only execute ->runtime_idle() or - ->runtime_suspend() for the devices the run-time PM status of which is + ->runtime_suspend() for the devices the runtime PM status of which is 'active'). (3) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for a device @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ PM callbacks: flag of which is set. (4) ->runtime_resume() can only be executed for 'suspended' devices (i.e. the - PM core will only execute ->runtime_resume() for the devices the run-time + PM core will only execute ->runtime_resume() for the devices the runtime PM status of which is 'suspended'). Additionally, the helper functions provided by the PM core obey the following @@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ rules: scheduled requests to execute the other callbacks for the same device, except for scheduled autosuspends. -3. Run-time PM Device Fields +3. Runtime PM Device Fields -The following device run-time PM fields are present in 'struct dev_pm_info', as +The following device runtime PM fields are present in 'struct dev_pm_info', as defined in include/linux/pm.h: struct timer_list suspend_timer; @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ defined in include/linux/pm.h: unsigned int disable_depth; - used for disabling the helper funcions (they work normally if this is - equal to zero); the initial value of it is 1 (i.e. run-time PM is + equal to zero); the initial value of it is 1 (i.e. runtime PM is initially disabled for all devices) unsigned int runtime_error; @@ -228,10 +228,10 @@ defined in include/linux/pm.h: suspend to complete; means "start a resume as soon as you've suspended" unsigned int run_wake; - - set if the device is capable of generating run-time wake-up events + - set if the device is capable of generating runtime wake-up events enum rpm_status runtime_status; - - the run-time PM status of the device; this field's initial value is + - the runtime PM status of the device; this field's initial value is RPM_SUSPENDED, which means that each device is initially regarded by the PM core as 'suspended', regardless of its real hardware status @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ defined in include/linux/pm.h: and pm_runtime_forbid() helper functions unsigned int no_callbacks; - - indicates that the device does not use the run-time PM callbacks (see + - indicates that the device does not use the runtime PM callbacks (see Section 8); it may be modified only by the pm_runtime_no_callbacks() helper function @@ -269,16 +269,16 @@ defined in include/linux/pm.h: All of the above fields are members of the 'power' member of 'struct device'. -4. Run-time PM Device Helper Functions +4. Runtime PM Device Helper Functions -The following run-time PM helper functions are defined in +The following runtime PM helper functions are defined in drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: void pm_runtime_init(struct device *dev); - - initialize the device run-time PM fields in 'struct dev_pm_info' + - initialize the device runtime PM fields in 'struct dev_pm_info' void pm_runtime_remove(struct device *dev); - - make sure that the run-time PM of the device will be disabled after + - make sure that the runtime PM of the device will be disabled after removing the device from device hierarchy int pm_runtime_idle(struct device *dev); @@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: int pm_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev); - execute the subsystem-level suspend callback for the device; returns 0 on - success, 1 if the device's run-time PM status was already 'suspended', or + success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'suspended', or error code on failure, where -EAGAIN or -EBUSY means it is safe to attempt - to suspend the device again in future + to suspend the device again in future and -EACCES means that + 'power.disable_depth' is different from 0 int pm_runtime_autosuspend(struct device *dev); - same as pm_runtime_suspend() except that the autosuspend delay is taken @@ -300,10 +301,11 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: int pm_runtime_resume(struct device *dev); - execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device; returns 0 on - success, 1 if the device's run-time PM status was already 'active' or + success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active' or error code on failure, where -EAGAIN means it may be safe to attempt to resume the device again in future, but 'power.runtime_error' should be - checked additionally + checked additionally, and -EACCES means that 'power.disable_depth' is + different from 0 int pm_request_idle(struct device *dev); - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the @@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: device in future, where 'delay' is the time to wait before queuing up a suspend work item in pm_wq, in milliseconds (if 'delay' is zero, the work item is queued up immediately); returns 0 on success, 1 if the device's PM - run-time status was already 'suspended', or error code if the request + runtime status was already 'suspended', or error code if the request hasn't been scheduled (or queued up if 'delay' is 0); if the execution of ->runtime_suspend() is already scheduled and not yet expired, the new value of 'delay' will be used as the time to wait @@ -328,7 +330,7 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: int pm_request_resume(struct device *dev); - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on - success, 1 if the device's run-time PM status was already 'active', or + success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active', or error code if the request hasn't been queued up void pm_runtime_get_noresume(struct device *dev); @@ -366,22 +368,32 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and return its result void pm_runtime_enable(struct device *dev); - - enable the run-time PM helper functions to run the device bus type's - run-time PM callbacks described in Section 2 + - decrement the device's 'power.disable_depth' field; if that field is equal + to zero, the runtime PM helper functions can execute subsystem-level + callbacks described in Section 2 for the device int pm_runtime_disable(struct device *dev); - - prevent the run-time PM helper functions from running subsystem-level - run-time PM callbacks for the device, make sure that all of the pending - run-time PM operations on the device are either completed or canceled; + - increment the device's 'power.disable_depth' field (if the value of that + field was previously zero, this prevents subsystem-level runtime PM + callbacks from being run for the device), make sure that all of the pending + runtime PM operations on the device are either completed or canceled; returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was necessary to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device to satisfy that request, otherwise 0 is returned + int pm_runtime_barrier(struct device *dev); + - check if there's a resume request pending for the device and resume it + (synchronously) in that case, cancel any other pending runtime PM requests + regarding it and wait for all runtime PM operations on it in progress to + complete; returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was + necessary to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device to + satisfy that request, otherwise 0 is returned + void pm_suspend_ignore_children(struct device *dev, bool enable); - set/unset the power.ignore_children flag of the device int pm_runtime_set_active(struct device *dev); - - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's run-time + - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime PM status to 'active' and update its parent's counter of 'active' children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than @@ -389,7 +401,7 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: which is not active and the 'power.ignore_children' flag of which is unset void pm_runtime_set_suspended(struct device *dev); - - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's run-time + - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime PM status to 'suspended' and update its parent's counter of 'active' children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than @@ -399,6 +411,9 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' and its 'power.disable_depth' field is equal to zero, or false otherwise + bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev); + - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' + void pm_runtime_allow(struct device *dev); - set the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and decrease its usage counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to @@ -410,7 +425,7 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: effectively prevent the device from being power managed at run time) void pm_runtime_no_callbacks(struct device *dev); - - set the power.no_callbacks flag for the device and remove the run-time + - set the power.no_callbacks flag for the device and remove the runtime PM attributes from /sys/devices/.../power (or prevent them from being added when the device is registered) @@ -430,7 +445,7 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: void pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(struct device *dev, int delay); - set the power.autosuspend_delay value to 'delay' (expressed in - milliseconds); if 'delay' is negative then run-time suspends are + milliseconds); if 'delay' is negative then runtime suspends are prevented unsigned long pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration(struct device *dev); @@ -467,78 +482,95 @@ pm_runtime_suspend() pm_runtime_autosuspend() pm_runtime_resume() pm_runtime_get_sync() +pm_runtime_put_sync() pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend() -5. Run-time PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal +5. Runtime PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal -Initially, the run-time PM is disabled for all devices, which means that the -majority of the run-time PM helper funtions described in Section 4 will return +Initially, the runtime PM is disabled for all devices, which means that the +majority of the runtime PM helper funtions described in Section 4 will return -EAGAIN until pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device. -In addition to that, the initial run-time PM status of all devices is +In addition to that, the initial runtime PM status of all devices is 'suspended', but it need not reflect the actual physical state of the device. Thus, if the device is initially active (i.e. it is able to process I/O), its -run-time PM status must be changed to 'active', with the help of +runtime PM status must be changed to 'active', with the help of pm_runtime_set_active(), before pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device. -However, if the device has a parent and the parent's run-time PM is enabled, +However, if the device has a parent and the parent's runtime PM is enabled, calling pm_runtime_set_active() for the device will affect the parent, unless the parent's 'power.ignore_children' flag is set. Namely, in that case the parent won't be able to suspend at run time, using the PM core's helper functions, as long as the child's status is 'active', even if the child's -run-time PM is still disabled (i.e. pm_runtime_enable() hasn't been called for +runtime PM is still disabled (i.e. pm_runtime_enable() hasn't been called for the child yet or pm_runtime_disable() has been called for it). For this reason, once pm_runtime_set_active() has been called for the device, pm_runtime_enable() -should be called for it too as soon as reasonably possible or its run-time PM +should be called for it too as soon as reasonably possible or its runtime PM status should be changed back to 'suspended' with the help of pm_runtime_set_suspended(). -If the default initial run-time PM status of the device (i.e. 'suspended') +If the default initial runtime PM status of the device (i.e. 'suspended') reflects the actual state of the device, its bus type's or its driver's ->probe() callback will likely need to wake it up using one of the PM core's helper functions described in Section 4. In that case, pm_runtime_resume() -should be used. Of course, for this purpose the device's run-time PM has to be +should be used. Of course, for this purpose the device's runtime PM has to be enabled earlier by calling pm_runtime_enable(). -If the device bus type's or driver's ->probe() or ->remove() callback runs +If the device bus type's or driver's ->probe() callback runs pm_runtime_suspend() or pm_runtime_idle() or their asynchronous counterparts, they will fail returning -EAGAIN, because the device's usage counter is -incremented by the core before executing ->probe() and ->remove(). Still, it -may be desirable to suspend the device as soon as ->probe() or ->remove() has -finished, so the PM core uses pm_runtime_idle_sync() to invoke the -subsystem-level idle callback for the device at that time. +incremented by the driver core before executing ->probe(). Still, it may be +desirable to suspend the device as soon as ->probe() has finished, so the driver +core uses pm_runtime_put_sync() to invoke the subsystem-level idle callback for +the device at that time. + +Moreover, the driver core prevents runtime PM callbacks from racing with the bus +notifier callback in __device_release_driver(), which is necessary, because the +notifier is used by some subsystems to carry out operations affecting the +runtime PM functionality. It does so by calling pm_runtime_get_sync() before +driver_sysfs_remove() and the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER notifications. This +resumes the device if it's in the suspended state and prevents it from +being suspended again while those routines are being executed. + +To allow bus types and drivers to put devices into the suspended state by +calling pm_runtime_suspend() from their ->remove() routines, the driver core +executes pm_runtime_put_sync() after running the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER +notifications in __device_release_driver(). This requires bus types and +drivers to make their ->remove() callbacks avoid races with runtime PM directly, +but also it allows of more flexibility in the handling of devices during the +removal of their drivers. The user space can effectively disallow the driver of the device to power manage it at run time by changing the value of its /sys/devices/.../power/control attribute to "on", which causes pm_runtime_forbid() to be called. In principle, this mechanism may also be used by the driver to effectively turn off the -run-time power management of the device until the user space turns it on. -Namely, during the initialization the driver can make sure that the run-time PM +runtime power management of the device until the user space turns it on. +Namely, during the initialization the driver can make sure that the runtime PM status of the device is 'active' and call pm_runtime_forbid(). It should be noted, however, that if the user space has already intentionally changed the value of /sys/devices/.../power/control to "auto" to allow the driver to power manage the device at run time, the driver may confuse it by using pm_runtime_forbid() this way. -6. Run-time PM and System Sleep +6. Runtime PM and System Sleep -Run-time PM and system sleep (i.e., system suspend and hibernation, also known +Runtime PM and system sleep (i.e., system suspend and hibernation, also known as suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk) interact with each other in a couple of ways. If a device is active when a system sleep starts, everything is straightforward. But what should happen if the device is already suspended? -The device may have different wake-up settings for run-time PM and system sleep. -For example, remote wake-up may be enabled for run-time suspend but disallowed +The device may have different wake-up settings for runtime PM and system sleep. +For example, remote wake-up may be enabled for runtime suspend but disallowed for system sleep (device_may_wakeup(dev) returns 'false'). When this happens, the subsystem-level system suspend callback is responsible for changing the device's wake-up setting (it may leave that to the device driver's system suspend routine). It may be necessary to resume the device and suspend it again in order to do so. The same is true if the driver uses different power levels -or other settings for run-time suspend and system sleep. +or other settings for runtime suspend and system sleep. -During system resume, devices generally should be brought back to full power, -even if they were suspended before the system sleep began. There are several -reasons for this, including: +During system resume, the simplest approach is to bring all devices back to full +power, even if they had been suspended before the system suspend began. There +are several reasons for this, including: * The device might need to switch power levels, wake-up settings, etc. @@ -553,22 +585,49 @@ reasons for this, including: * The device might need to be reset. * Even though the device was suspended, if its usage counter was > 0 then most - likely it would need a run-time resume in the near future anyway. - - * Always going back to full power is simplest. + likely it would need a runtime resume in the near future anyway. -If the device was suspended before the sleep began, then its run-time PM status -will have to be updated to reflect the actual post-system sleep status. The way -to do this is: +If the device had been suspended before the system suspend began and it's +brought back to full power during resume, then its runtime PM status will have +to be updated to reflect the actual post-system sleep status. The way to do +this is: pm_runtime_disable(dev); pm_runtime_set_active(dev); pm_runtime_enable(dev); -The PM core always increments the run-time usage counter before calling the -->prepare() callback and decrements it after calling the ->complete() callback. -Hence disabling run-time PM temporarily like this will not cause any run-time -suspend callbacks to be lost. +The PM core always increments the runtime usage counter before calling the +->suspend() callback and decrements it after calling the ->resume() callback. +Hence disabling runtime PM temporarily like this will not cause any runtime +suspend attempts to be permanently lost. If the usage count goes to zero +following the return of the ->resume() callback, the ->runtime_idle() callback +will be invoked as usual. + +On some systems, however, system sleep is not entered through a global firmware +or hardware operation. Instead, all hardware components are put into low-power +states directly by the kernel in a coordinated way. Then, the system sleep +state effectively follows from the states the hardware components end up in +and the system is woken up from that state by a hardware interrupt or a similar +mechanism entirely under the kernel's control. As a result, the kernel never +gives control away and the states of all devices during resume are precisely +known to it. If that is the case and none of the situations listed above takes +place (in particular, if the system is not waking up from hibernation), it may +be more efficient to leave the devices that had been suspended before the system +suspend began in the suspended state. + +The PM core does its best to reduce the probability of race conditions between +the runtime PM and system suspend/resume (and hibernation) callbacks by carrying +out the following operations: + + * During system suspend it calls pm_runtime_get_noresume() and + pm_runtime_barrier() for every device right before executing the + subsystem-level .suspend() callback for it. In addition to that it calls + pm_runtime_disable() for every device right after executing the + subsystem-level .suspend() callback for it. + + * During system resume it calls pm_runtime_enable() and pm_runtime_put_sync() + for every device right before and right after executing the subsystem-level + .resume() callback for it, respectively. 7. Generic subsystem callbacks @@ -594,40 +653,68 @@ driver/base/power/generic_ops.c: callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not defined + int pm_generic_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev); + - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->suspend_noirq() + callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return + 0 if not defined + int pm_generic_resume(struct device *dev); - invoke the ->resume() callback provided by the driver of this device and, if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active' + int pm_generic_resume_noirq(struct device *dev); + - invoke the ->resume_noirq() callback provided by the driver of this device + int pm_generic_freeze(struct device *dev); - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->freeze() callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not defined + int pm_generic_freeze_noirq(struct device *dev); + - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->freeze_noirq() + callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return + 0 if not defined + int pm_generic_thaw(struct device *dev); - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->thaw() callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not defined + int pm_generic_thaw_noirq(struct device *dev); + - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->thaw_noirq() + callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return + 0 if not defined + int pm_generic_poweroff(struct device *dev); - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->poweroff() callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not defined + int pm_generic_poweroff_noirq(struct device *dev); + - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", run the ->poweroff_noirq() + callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return + 0 if not defined + int pm_generic_restore(struct device *dev); - invoke the ->restore() callback provided by the driver of this device and, if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active' + int pm_generic_restore_noirq(struct device *dev); + - invoke the ->restore_noirq() callback provided by the device's driver + These functions can be assigned to the ->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(), -->runtime_resume(), ->suspend(), ->resume(), ->freeze(), ->thaw(), ->poweroff(), -or ->restore() callback pointers in the subsystem-level dev_pm_ops structures. +->runtime_resume(), ->suspend(), ->suspend_noirq(), ->resume(), +->resume_noirq(), ->freeze(), ->freeze_noirq(), ->thaw(), ->thaw_noirq(), +->poweroff(), ->poweroff_noirq(), ->restore(), ->restore_noirq() callback +pointers in the subsystem-level dev_pm_ops structures. If a subsystem wishes to use all of them at the same time, it can simply assign the GENERIC_SUBSYS_PM_OPS macro, defined in include/linux/pm.h, to its dev_pm_ops structure pointer. Device drivers that wish to use the same function as a system suspend, freeze, -poweroff and run-time suspend callback, and similarly for system resume, thaw, -restore, and run-time resume, can achieve this with the help of the +poweroff and runtime suspend callback, and similarly for system resume, thaw, +restore, and runtime resume, can achieve this with the help of the UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS macro defined in include/linux/pm.h (possibly setting its last argument to NULL). @@ -637,7 +724,7 @@ Some "devices" are only logical sub-devices of their parent and cannot be power-managed on their own. (The prototype example is a USB interface. Entire USB devices can go into low-power mode or send wake-up requests, but neither is possible for individual interfaces.) The drivers for these devices have no -need of run-time PM callbacks; if the callbacks did exist, ->runtime_suspend() +need of runtime PM callbacks; if the callbacks did exist, ->runtime_suspend() and ->runtime_resume() would always return 0 without doing anything else and ->runtime_idle() would always call pm_runtime_suspend(). @@ -645,7 +732,7 @@ Subsystems can tell the PM core about these devices by calling pm_runtime_no_callbacks(). This should be done after the device structure is initialized and before it is registered (although after device registration is also okay). The routine will set the device's power.no_callbacks flag and -prevent the non-debugging run-time PM sysfs attributes from being created. +prevent the non-debugging runtime PM sysfs attributes from being created. When power.no_callbacks is set, the PM core will not invoke the ->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(), or ->runtime_resume() callbacks. @@ -653,7 +740,7 @@ Instead it will assume that suspends and resumes always succeed and that idle devices should be suspended. As a consequence, the PM core will never directly inform the device's subsystem -or driver about run-time power changes. Instead, the driver for the device's +or driver about runtime power changes. Instead, the driver for the device's parent must take responsibility for telling the device's driver when the parent's power state changes. @@ -664,13 +751,13 @@ A device should be put in a low-power state only when there's some reason to think it will remain in that state for a substantial time. A common heuristic says that a device which hasn't been used for a while is liable to remain unused; following this advice, drivers should not allow devices to be suspended -at run-time until they have been inactive for some minimum period. Even when +at runtime until they have been inactive for some minimum period. Even when the heuristic ends up being non-optimal, it will still prevent devices from "bouncing" too rapidly between low-power and full-power states. The term "autosuspend" is an historical remnant. It doesn't mean that the device is automatically suspended (the subsystem or driver still has to call -the appropriate PM routines); rather it means that run-time suspends will +the appropriate PM routines); rather it means that runtime suspends will automatically be delayed until the desired period of inactivity has elapsed. Inactivity is determined based on the power.last_busy field. Drivers should diff --git a/Documentation/power/states.txt b/Documentation/power/states.txt index 34800cc521b..4416b28630d 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/states.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/states.txt @@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ setup via another operating system for it to use. Despite the inconvenience, this method requires minimal work by the kernel, since the firmware will also handle restoring memory contents on resume. -For suspend-to-disk, a mechanism called swsusp called 'swsusp' (Swap -Suspend) is used to write memory contents to free swap space. -swsusp has some restrictive requirements, but should work in most -cases. Some, albeit outdated, documentation can be found in -Documentation/power/swsusp.txt. Alternatively, userspace can do most -of the actual suspend to disk work, see userland-swsusp.txt. +For suspend-to-disk, a mechanism called 'swsusp' (Swap Suspend) is used +to write memory contents to free swap space. swsusp has some restrictive +requirements, but should work in most cases. Some, albeit outdated, +documentation can be found in Documentation/power/swsusp.txt. +Alternatively, userspace can do most of the actual suspend to disk work, +see userland-swsusp.txt. Once memory state is written to disk, the system may either enter a low-power state (like ACPI S4), or it may simply power down. Powering diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt index ea718891a66..ac190cf1963 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Q: There don't seem to be any generally useful behavioral distinctions between SUSPEND and FREEZE. A: Doing SUSPEND when you are asked to do FREEZE is always correct, -but it may be unneccessarily slow. If you want your driver to stay simple, +but it may be unnecessarily slow. If you want your driver to stay simple, slowness may not matter to you. It can always be fixed later. For devices like disk it does matter, you do not want to spindown for @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ disk. Whole sequence goes like running system, user asks for suspend-to-disk - user processes are stopped (in common case there are none, but with resume-from-initrd, noone knows) + user processes are stopped (in common case there are none, but with resume-from-initrd, no one knows) read image from disk diff --git a/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt index 81680f9f590..1101bee4e82 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ SNAPSHOT_S2RAM - suspend to RAM; using this call causes the kernel to The device's read() operation can be used to transfer the snapshot image from the kernel. It has the following limitations: - you cannot read() more than one virtual memory page at a time -- read()s accross page boundaries are impossible (ie. if ypu read() 1/2 of +- read()s across page boundaries are impossible (ie. if ypu read() 1/2 of a page in the previous call, you will only be able to read() _at_ _most_ 1/2 of the page in the next call) @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ mechanism and the userland utilities using the interface SHOULD use additional means, such as checksums, to ensure the integrity of the snapshot image. The suspending and resuming utilities MUST lock themselves in memory, -preferrably using mlockall(), before calling SNAPSHOT_FREEZE. +preferably using mlockall(), before calling SNAPSHOT_FREEZE. The suspending utility MUST check the value stored by SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE in the memory location pointed to by the last argument of ioctl() and proceed @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ in accordance with it: (a) The suspending utility MUST NOT close the snapshot device _unless_ the whole suspend procedure is to be cancelled, in which case, if the snapshot image has already been saved, the - suspending utility SHOULD destroy it, preferrably by zapping + suspending utility SHOULD destroy it, preferably by zapping its header. If the suspend is not to be cancelled, the system MUST be powered off or rebooted after the snapshot image has been saved. |