1Runtime Power Management Framework for I/O Devices
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3(C) 2009-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc.
4(C) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
5(C) 2014 Intel Corp., Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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71. Introduction
8
9Support for runtime power management (runtime PM) of I/O devices is provided
10at the power management core (PM core) level by means of:
11
12* The power management workqueue pm_wq in which bus types and device drivers can
13  put their PM-related work items.  It is strongly recommended that pm_wq be
14  used for queuing all work items related to runtime PM, because this allows
15  them to be synchronized with system-wide power transitions (suspend to RAM,
16  hibernation and resume from system sleep states).  pm_wq is declared in
17  include/linux/pm_runtime.h and defined in kernel/power/main.c.
18
19* A number of runtime PM fields in the 'power' member of 'struct device' (which
20  is of the type 'struct dev_pm_info', defined in include/linux/pm.h) that can
21  be used for synchronizing runtime PM operations with one another.
22
23* Three device runtime PM callbacks in 'struct dev_pm_ops' (defined in
24  include/linux/pm.h).
25
26* A set of helper functions defined in drivers/base/power/runtime.c that can be
27  used for carrying out runtime PM operations in such a way that the
28  synchronization between them is taken care of by the PM core.  Bus types and
29  device drivers are encouraged to use these functions.
30
31The runtime PM callbacks present in 'struct dev_pm_ops', the device runtime PM
32fields of 'struct dev_pm_info' and the core helper functions provided for
33runtime PM are described below.
34
352. Device Runtime PM Callbacks
36
37There are three device runtime PM callbacks defined in 'struct dev_pm_ops':
38
39struct dev_pm_ops {
40	...
41	int (*runtime_suspend)(struct device *dev);
42	int (*runtime_resume)(struct device *dev);
43	int (*runtime_idle)(struct device *dev);
44	...
45};
46
47The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks
48are executed by the PM core for the device's subsystem that may be either of
49the following:
50
51  1. PM domain of the device, if the device's PM domain object, dev->pm_domain,
52     is present.
53
54  2. Device type of the device, if both dev->type and dev->type->pm are present.
55
56  3. Device class of the device, if both dev->class and dev->class->pm are
57     present.
58
59  4. Bus type of the device, if both dev->bus and dev->bus->pm are present.
60
61If the subsystem chosen by applying the above rules doesn't provide the relevant
62callback, the PM core will invoke the corresponding driver callback stored in
63dev->driver->pm directly (if present).
64
65The PM core always checks which callback to use in the order given above, so the
66priority order of callbacks from high to low is: PM domain, device type, class
67and bus type.  Moreover, the high-priority one will always take precedence over
68a low-priority one.  The PM domain, bus type, device type and class callbacks
69are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what follows.
70
71By default, the callbacks are always invoked in process context with interrupts
72enabled.  However, the pm_runtime_irq_safe() helper function can be used to tell
73the PM core that it is safe to run the ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume()
74and ->runtime_idle() callbacks for the given device in atomic context with
75interrupts disabled.  This implies that the callback routines in question must
76not block or sleep, but it also means that the synchronous helper functions
77listed at the end of Section 4 may be used for that device within an interrupt
78handler or generally in an atomic context.
79
80The subsystem-level suspend callback, if present, is _entirely_ _responsible_
81for handling the suspend of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not
82include executing the device driver's own ->runtime_suspend() callback (from the
83PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_suspend()
84callback in a device driver as long as the subsystem-level suspend callback
85knows what to do to handle the device).
86
87  * Once the subsystem-level suspend callback (or the driver suspend callback,
88    if invoked directly) has completed successfully for the given device, the PM
89    core regards the device as suspended, which need not mean that it has been
90    put into a low power state.  It is supposed to mean, however, that the
91    device will not process data and will not communicate with the CPU(s) and
92    RAM until the appropriate resume callback is executed for it.  The runtime
93    PM status of a device after successful execution of the suspend callback is
94    'suspended'.
95
96  * If the suspend callback returns -EBUSY or -EAGAIN, the device's runtime PM
97    status remains 'active', which means that the device _must_ be fully
98    operational afterwards.
99
100  * If the suspend callback returns an error code different from -EBUSY and
101    -EAGAIN, the PM core regards this as a fatal error and will refuse to run
102    the helper functions described in Section 4 for the device until its status
103    is directly set to  either'active', or 'suspended' (the PM core provides
104    special helper functions for this purpose).
105
106In particular, if the driver requires remote wakeup capability (i.e. hardware
107mechanism allowing the device to request a change of its power state, such as
108PCI PME) for proper functioning and device_run_wake() returns 'false' for the
109device, then ->runtime_suspend() should return -EBUSY.  On the other hand, if
110device_run_wake() returns 'true' for the device and the device is put into a
111low-power state during the execution of the suspend callback, it is expected
112that remote wakeup will be enabled for the device.  Generally, remote wakeup
113should be enabled for all input devices put into low-power states at run time.
114
115The subsystem-level resume callback, if present, is _entirely_ _responsible_ for
116handling the resume of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not
117include executing the device driver's own ->runtime_resume() callback (from the
118PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_resume()
119callback in a device driver as long as the subsystem-level resume callback knows
120what to do to handle the device).
121
122  * Once the subsystem-level resume callback (or the driver resume callback, if
123    invoked directly) has completed successfully, the PM core regards the device
124    as fully operational, which means that the device _must_ be able to complete
125    I/O operations as needed.  The runtime PM status of the device is then
126    'active'.
127
128  * If the resume callback returns an error code, the PM core regards this as a
129    fatal error and will refuse to run the helper functions described in Section
130    4 for the device, until its status is directly set to either 'active', or
131    'suspended' (by means of special helper functions provided by the PM core
132    for this purpose).
133
134The idle callback (a subsystem-level one, if present, or the driver one) is
135executed by the PM core whenever the device appears to be idle, which is
136indicated to the PM core by two counters, the device's usage counter and the
137counter of 'active' children of the device.
138
139  * If any of these counters is decreased using a helper function provided by
140    the PM core and it turns out to be equal to zero, the other counter is
141    checked.  If that counter also is equal to zero, the PM core executes the
142    idle callback with the device as its argument.
143
144The action performed by the idle callback is totally dependent on the subsystem
145(or driver) in question, but the expected and recommended action is to check
146if the device can be suspended (i.e. if all of the conditions necessary for
147suspending the device are satisfied) and to queue up a suspend request for the
148device in that case.  If there is no idle callback, or if the callback returns
1490, then the PM core will attempt to carry out a runtime suspend of the device,
150also respecting devices configured for autosuspend.  In essence this means a
151call to pm_runtime_autosuspend() (do note that drivers needs to update the
152device last busy mark, pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(), to control the delay under
153this circumstance).  To prevent this (for example, if the callback routine has
154started a delayed suspend), the routine must return a non-zero value.  Negative
155error return codes are ignored by the PM core.
156
157The helper functions provided by the PM core, described in Section 4, guarantee
158that the following constraints are met with respect to runtime PM callbacks for
159one device:
160
161(1) The callbacks are mutually exclusive (e.g. it is forbidden to execute
162    ->runtime_suspend() in parallel with ->runtime_resume() or with another
163    instance of ->runtime_suspend() for the same device) with the exception that
164    ->runtime_suspend() or ->runtime_resume() can be executed in parallel with
165    ->runtime_idle() (although ->runtime_idle() will not be started while any
166    of the other callbacks is being executed for the same device).
167
168(2) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for 'active'
169    devices (i.e. the PM core will only execute ->runtime_idle() or
170    ->runtime_suspend() for the devices the runtime PM status of which is
171    'active').
172
173(3) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for a device
174    the usage counter of which is equal to zero _and_ either the counter of
175    'active' children of which is equal to zero, or the 'power.ignore_children'
176    flag of which is set.
177
178(4) ->runtime_resume() can only be executed for 'suspended' devices  (i.e. the
179    PM core will only execute ->runtime_resume() for the devices the runtime
180    PM status of which is 'suspended').
181
182Additionally, the helper functions provided by the PM core obey the following
183rules:
184
185  * If ->runtime_suspend() is about to be executed or there's a pending request
186    to execute it, ->runtime_idle() will not be executed for the same device.
187
188  * A request to execute or to schedule the execution of ->runtime_suspend()
189    will cancel any pending requests to execute ->runtime_idle() for the same
190    device.
191
192  * If ->runtime_resume() is about to be executed or there's a pending request
193    to execute it, the other callbacks will not be executed for the same device.
194
195  * A request to execute ->runtime_resume() will cancel any pending or
196    scheduled requests to execute the other callbacks for the same device,
197    except for scheduled autosuspends.
198
1993. Runtime PM Device Fields
200
201The following device runtime PM fields are present in 'struct dev_pm_info', as
202defined in include/linux/pm.h:
203
204  struct timer_list suspend_timer;
205    - timer used for scheduling (delayed) suspend and autosuspend requests
206
207  unsigned long timer_expires;
208    - timer expiration time, in jiffies (if this is different from zero, the
209      timer is running and will expire at that time, otherwise the timer is not
210      running)
211
212  struct work_struct work;
213    - work structure used for queuing up requests (i.e. work items in pm_wq)
214
215  wait_queue_head_t wait_queue;
216    - wait queue used if any of the helper functions needs to wait for another
217      one to complete
218
219  spinlock_t lock;
220    - lock used for synchronisation
221
222  atomic_t usage_count;
223    - the usage counter of the device
224
225  atomic_t child_count;
226    - the count of 'active' children of the device
227
228  unsigned int ignore_children;
229    - if set, the value of child_count is ignored (but still updated)
230
231  unsigned int disable_depth;
232    - used for disabling the helper functions (they work normally if this is
233      equal to zero); the initial value of it is 1 (i.e. runtime PM is
234      initially disabled for all devices)
235
236  int runtime_error;
237    - if set, there was a fatal error (one of the callbacks returned error code
238      as described in Section 2), so the helper functions will not work until
239      this flag is cleared; this is the error code returned by the failing
240      callback
241
242  unsigned int idle_notification;
243    - if set, ->runtime_idle() is being executed
244
245  unsigned int request_pending;
246    - if set, there's a pending request (i.e. a work item queued up into pm_wq)
247
248  enum rpm_request request;
249    - type of request that's pending (valid if request_pending is set)
250
251  unsigned int deferred_resume;
252    - set if ->runtime_resume() is about to be run while ->runtime_suspend() is
253      being executed for that device and it is not practical to wait for the
254      suspend to complete; means "start a resume as soon as you've suspended"
255
256  unsigned int run_wake;
257    - set if the device is capable of generating runtime wake-up events
258
259  enum rpm_status runtime_status;
260    - the runtime PM status of the device; this field's initial value is
261      RPM_SUSPENDED, which means that each device is initially regarded by the
262      PM core as 'suspended', regardless of its real hardware status
263
264  unsigned int runtime_auto;
265    - if set, indicates that the user space has allowed the device driver to
266      power manage the device at run time via the /sys/devices/.../power/control
267      interface; it may only be modified with the help of the pm_runtime_allow()
268      and pm_runtime_forbid() helper functions
269
270  unsigned int no_callbacks;
271    - indicates that the device does not use the runtime PM callbacks (see
272      Section 8); it may be modified only by the pm_runtime_no_callbacks()
273      helper function
274
275  unsigned int irq_safe;
276    - indicates that the ->runtime_suspend() and ->runtime_resume() callbacks
277      will be invoked with the spinlock held and interrupts disabled
278
279  unsigned int use_autosuspend;
280    - indicates that the device's driver supports delayed autosuspend (see
281      Section 9); it may be modified only by the
282      pm_runtime{_dont}_use_autosuspend() helper functions
283
284  unsigned int timer_autosuspends;
285    - indicates that the PM core should attempt to carry out an autosuspend
286      when the timer expires rather than a normal suspend
287
288  int autosuspend_delay;
289    - the delay time (in milliseconds) to be used for autosuspend
290
291  unsigned long last_busy;
292    - the time (in jiffies) when the pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() helper
293      function was last called for this device; used in calculating inactivity
294      periods for autosuspend
295
296All of the above fields are members of the 'power' member of 'struct device'.
297
2984. Runtime PM Device Helper Functions
299
300The following runtime PM helper functions are defined in
301drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
302
303  void pm_runtime_init(struct device *dev);
304    - initialize the device runtime PM fields in 'struct dev_pm_info'
305
306  void pm_runtime_remove(struct device *dev);
307    - make sure that the runtime PM of the device will be disabled after
308      removing the device from device hierarchy
309
310  int pm_runtime_idle(struct device *dev);
311    - execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the device; returns an
312      error code on failure, where -EINPROGRESS means that ->runtime_idle() is
313      already being executed; if there is no callback or the callback returns 0
314      then run pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
315
316  int pm_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev);
317    - execute the subsystem-level suspend callback for the device; returns 0 on
318      success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'suspended', or
319      error code on failure, where -EAGAIN or -EBUSY means it is safe to attempt
320      to suspend the device again in future and -EACCES means that
321      'power.disable_depth' is different from 0
322
323  int pm_runtime_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
324    - same as pm_runtime_suspend() except that the autosuspend delay is taken
325      into account; if pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() says the delay has
326      not yet expired then an autosuspend is scheduled for the appropriate time
327      and 0 is returned
328
329  int pm_runtime_resume(struct device *dev);
330    - execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device; returns 0 on
331      success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active' or
332      error code on failure, where -EAGAIN means it may be safe to attempt to
333      resume the device again in future, but 'power.runtime_error' should be
334      checked additionally, and -EACCES means that 'power.disable_depth' is
335      different from 0
336
337  int pm_request_idle(struct device *dev);
338    - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the
339      device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on
340      success or error code if the request has not been queued up
341
342  int pm_request_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
343    - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
344      device when the autosuspend delay has expired; if the delay has already
345      expired then the work item is queued up immediately
346
347  int pm_schedule_suspend(struct device *dev, unsigned int delay);
348    - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
349      device in future, where 'delay' is the time to wait before queuing up a
350      suspend work item in pm_wq, in milliseconds (if 'delay' is zero, the work
351      item is queued up immediately); returns 0 on success, 1 if the device's PM
352      runtime status was already 'suspended', or error code if the request
353      hasn't been scheduled (or queued up if 'delay' is 0); if the execution of
354      ->runtime_suspend() is already scheduled and not yet expired, the new
355      value of 'delay' will be used as the time to wait
356
357  int pm_request_resume(struct device *dev);
358    - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the
359      device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on
360      success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active', or
361      error code if the request hasn't been queued up
362
363  void pm_runtime_get_noresume(struct device *dev);
364    - increment the device's usage counter
365
366  int pm_runtime_get(struct device *dev);
367    - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_request_resume(dev) and
368      return its result
369
370  int pm_runtime_get_sync(struct device *dev);
371    - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_runtime_resume(dev) and
372      return its result
373
374  void pm_runtime_put_noidle(struct device *dev);
375    - decrement the device's usage counter
376
377  int pm_runtime_put(struct device *dev);
378    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
379      pm_request_idle(dev) and return its result
380
381  int pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
382    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
383      pm_request_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
384
385  int pm_runtime_put_sync(struct device *dev);
386    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
387      pm_runtime_idle(dev) and return its result
388
389  int pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend(struct device *dev);
390    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
391      pm_runtime_suspend(dev) and return its result
392
393  int pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
394    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
395      pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
396
397  void pm_runtime_enable(struct device *dev);
398    - decrement the device's 'power.disable_depth' field; if that field is equal
399      to zero, the runtime PM helper functions can execute subsystem-level
400      callbacks described in Section 2 for the device
401
402  int pm_runtime_disable(struct device *dev);
403    - increment the device's 'power.disable_depth' field (if the value of that
404      field was previously zero, this prevents subsystem-level runtime PM
405      callbacks from being run for the device), make sure that all of the
406      pending runtime PM operations on the device are either completed or
407      canceled; returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was
408      necessary to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device
409      to satisfy that request, otherwise 0 is returned
410
411  int pm_runtime_barrier(struct device *dev);
412    - check if there's a resume request pending for the device and resume it
413      (synchronously) in that case, cancel any other pending runtime PM requests
414      regarding it and wait for all runtime PM operations on it in progress to
415      complete; returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was
416      necessary to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device to
417      satisfy that request, otherwise 0 is returned
418
419  void pm_suspend_ignore_children(struct device *dev, bool enable);
420    - set/unset the power.ignore_children flag of the device
421
422  int pm_runtime_set_active(struct device *dev);
423    - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime
424      PM status to 'active' and update its parent's counter of 'active'
425      children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if
426      'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than
427      zero); it will fail and return error code if the device has a parent
428      which is not active and the 'power.ignore_children' flag of which is unset
429
430  void pm_runtime_set_suspended(struct device *dev);
431    - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime
432      PM status to 'suspended' and update its parent's counter of 'active'
433      children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if
434      'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than
435      zero)
436
437  bool pm_runtime_active(struct device *dev);
438    - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'active' or its
439      'power.disable_depth' field is not equal to zero, or false otherwise
440
441  bool pm_runtime_suspended(struct device *dev);
442    - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' and its
443      'power.disable_depth' field is equal to zero, or false otherwise
444
445  bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev);
446    - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended'
447
448  void pm_runtime_allow(struct device *dev);
449    - set the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and decrease its usage
450      counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
451      effectively allow the device to be power managed at run time)
452
453  void pm_runtime_forbid(struct device *dev);
454    - unset the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and increase its usage
455      counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
456      effectively prevent the device from being power managed at run time)
457
458  void pm_runtime_no_callbacks(struct device *dev);
459    - set the power.no_callbacks flag for the device and remove the runtime
460      PM attributes from /sys/devices/.../power (or prevent them from being
461      added when the device is registered)
462
463  void pm_runtime_irq_safe(struct device *dev);
464    - set the power.irq_safe flag for the device, causing the runtime-PM
465      callbacks to be invoked with interrupts off
466
467  bool pm_runtime_is_irq_safe(struct device *dev);
468    - return true if power.irq_safe flag was set for the device, causing
469      the runtime-PM callbacks to be invoked with interrupts off
470
471  void pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(struct device *dev);
472    - set the power.last_busy field to the current time
473
474  void pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
475    - set the power.use_autosuspend flag, enabling autosuspend delays
476
477  void pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
478    - clear the power.use_autosuspend flag, disabling autosuspend delays
479
480  void pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(struct device *dev, int delay);
481    - set the power.autosuspend_delay value to 'delay' (expressed in
482      milliseconds); if 'delay' is negative then runtime suspends are
483      prevented
484
485  unsigned long pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration(struct device *dev);
486    - calculate the time when the current autosuspend delay period will expire,
487      based on power.last_busy and power.autosuspend_delay; if the delay time
488      is 1000 ms or larger then the expiration time is rounded up to the
489      nearest second; returns 0 if the delay period has already expired or
490      power.use_autosuspend isn't set, otherwise returns the expiration time
491      in jiffies
492
493It is safe to execute the following helper functions from interrupt context:
494
495pm_request_idle()
496pm_request_autosuspend()
497pm_schedule_suspend()
498pm_request_resume()
499pm_runtime_get_noresume()
500pm_runtime_get()
501pm_runtime_put_noidle()
502pm_runtime_put()
503pm_runtime_put_autosuspend()
504pm_runtime_enable()
505pm_suspend_ignore_children()
506pm_runtime_set_active()
507pm_runtime_set_suspended()
508pm_runtime_suspended()
509pm_runtime_mark_last_busy()
510pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration()
511
512If pm_runtime_irq_safe() has been called for a device then the following helper
513functions may also be used in interrupt context:
514
515pm_runtime_idle()
516pm_runtime_suspend()
517pm_runtime_autosuspend()
518pm_runtime_resume()
519pm_runtime_get_sync()
520pm_runtime_put_sync()
521pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend()
522pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend()
523
5245. Runtime PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal
525
526Initially, the runtime PM is disabled for all devices, which means that the
527majority of the runtime PM helper functions described in Section 4 will return
528-EAGAIN until pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device.
529
530In addition to that, the initial runtime PM status of all devices is
531'suspended', but it need not reflect the actual physical state of the device.
532Thus, if the device is initially active (i.e. it is able to process I/O), its
533runtime PM status must be changed to 'active', with the help of
534pm_runtime_set_active(), before pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device.
535
536However, if the device has a parent and the parent's runtime PM is enabled,
537calling pm_runtime_set_active() for the device will affect the parent, unless
538the parent's 'power.ignore_children' flag is set.  Namely, in that case the
539parent won't be able to suspend at run time, using the PM core's helper
540functions, as long as the child's status is 'active', even if the child's
541runtime PM is still disabled (i.e. pm_runtime_enable() hasn't been called for
542the child yet or pm_runtime_disable() has been called for it).  For this reason,
543once pm_runtime_set_active() has been called for the device, pm_runtime_enable()
544should be called for it too as soon as reasonably possible or its runtime PM
545status should be changed back to 'suspended' with the help of
546pm_runtime_set_suspended().
547
548If the default initial runtime PM status of the device (i.e. 'suspended')
549reflects the actual state of the device, its bus type's or its driver's
550->probe() callback will likely need to wake it up using one of the PM core's
551helper functions described in Section 4.  In that case, pm_runtime_resume()
552should be used.  Of course, for this purpose the device's runtime PM has to be
553enabled earlier by calling pm_runtime_enable().
554
555Note, if the device may execute pm_runtime calls during the probe (such as
556if it is registers with a subsystem that may call back in) then the
557pm_runtime_get_sync() call paired with a pm_runtime_put() call will be
558appropriate to ensure that the device is not put back to sleep during the
559probe. This can happen with systems such as the network device layer.
560
561It may be desirable to suspend the device once ->probe() has finished.
562Therefore the driver core uses the asyncronous pm_request_idle() to submit a
563request to execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the device at that
564time.  A driver that makes use of the runtime autosuspend feature, may want to
565update the last busy mark before returning from ->probe().
566
567Moreover, the driver core prevents runtime PM callbacks from racing with the bus
568notifier callback in __device_release_driver(), which is necessary, because the
569notifier is used by some subsystems to carry out operations affecting the
570runtime PM functionality.  It does so by calling pm_runtime_get_sync() before
571driver_sysfs_remove() and the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER notifications.  This
572resumes the device if it's in the suspended state and prevents it from
573being suspended again while those routines are being executed.
574
575To allow bus types and drivers to put devices into the suspended state by
576calling pm_runtime_suspend() from their ->remove() routines, the driver core
577executes pm_runtime_put_sync() after running the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER
578notifications in __device_release_driver().  This requires bus types and
579drivers to make their ->remove() callbacks avoid races with runtime PM directly,
580but also it allows of more flexibility in the handling of devices during the
581removal of their drivers.
582
583The user space can effectively disallow the driver of the device to power manage
584it at run time by changing the value of its /sys/devices/.../power/control
585attribute to "on", which causes pm_runtime_forbid() to be called.  In principle,
586this mechanism may also be used by the driver to effectively turn off the
587runtime power management of the device until the user space turns it on.
588Namely, during the initialization the driver can make sure that the runtime PM
589status of the device is 'active' and call pm_runtime_forbid().  It should be
590noted, however, that if the user space has already intentionally changed the
591value of /sys/devices/.../power/control to "auto" to allow the driver to power
592manage the device at run time, the driver may confuse it by using
593pm_runtime_forbid() this way.
594
5956. Runtime PM and System Sleep
596
597Runtime PM and system sleep (i.e., system suspend and hibernation, also known
598as suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk) interact with each other in a couple of
599ways.  If a device is active when a system sleep starts, everything is
600straightforward.  But what should happen if the device is already suspended?
601
602The device may have different wake-up settings for runtime PM and system sleep.
603For example, remote wake-up may be enabled for runtime suspend but disallowed
604for system sleep (device_may_wakeup(dev) returns 'false').  When this happens,
605the subsystem-level system suspend callback is responsible for changing the
606device's wake-up setting (it may leave that to the device driver's system
607suspend routine).  It may be necessary to resume the device and suspend it again
608in order to do so.  The same is true if the driver uses different power levels
609or other settings for runtime suspend and system sleep.
610
611During system resume, the simplest approach is to bring all devices back to full
612power, even if they had been suspended before the system suspend began.  There
613are several reasons for this, including:
614
615  * The device might need to switch power levels, wake-up settings, etc.
616
617  * Remote wake-up events might have been lost by the firmware.
618
619  * The device's children may need the device to be at full power in order
620    to resume themselves.
621
622  * The driver's idea of the device state may not agree with the device's
623    physical state.  This can happen during resume from hibernation.
624
625  * The device might need to be reset.
626
627  * Even though the device was suspended, if its usage counter was > 0 then most
628    likely it would need a runtime resume in the near future anyway.
629
630If the device had been suspended before the system suspend began and it's
631brought back to full power during resume, then its runtime PM status will have
632to be updated to reflect the actual post-system sleep status.  The way to do
633this is:
634
635	pm_runtime_disable(dev);
636	pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
637	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
638
639The PM core always increments the runtime usage counter before calling the
640->suspend() callback and decrements it after calling the ->resume() callback.
641Hence disabling runtime PM temporarily like this will not cause any runtime
642suspend attempts to be permanently lost.  If the usage count goes to zero
643following the return of the ->resume() callback, the ->runtime_idle() callback
644will be invoked as usual.
645
646On some systems, however, system sleep is not entered through a global firmware
647or hardware operation.  Instead, all hardware components are put into low-power
648states directly by the kernel in a coordinated way.  Then, the system sleep
649state effectively follows from the states the hardware components end up in
650and the system is woken up from that state by a hardware interrupt or a similar
651mechanism entirely under the kernel's control.  As a result, the kernel never
652gives control away and the states of all devices during resume are precisely
653known to it.  If that is the case and none of the situations listed above takes
654place (in particular, if the system is not waking up from hibernation), it may
655be more efficient to leave the devices that had been suspended before the system
656suspend began in the suspended state.
657
658To this end, the PM core provides a mechanism allowing some coordination between
659different levels of device hierarchy.  Namely, if a system suspend .prepare()
660callback returns a positive number for a device, that indicates to the PM core
661that the device appears to be runtime-suspended and its state is fine, so it
662may be left in runtime suspend provided that all of its descendants are also
663left in runtime suspend.  If that happens, the PM core will not execute any
664system suspend and resume callbacks for all of those devices, except for the
665complete callback, which is then entirely responsible for handling the device
666as appropriate.  This only applies to system suspend transitions that are not
667related to hibernation (see Documentation/power/devices.txt for more
668information).
669
670The PM core does its best to reduce the probability of race conditions between
671the runtime PM and system suspend/resume (and hibernation) callbacks by carrying
672out the following operations:
673
674  * During system suspend pm_runtime_get_noresume() is called for every device
675    right before executing the subsystem-level .prepare() callback for it and
676    pm_runtime_barrier() is called for every device right before executing the
677    subsystem-level .suspend() callback for it.  In addition to that the PM core
678    calls  __pm_runtime_disable() with 'false' as the second argument for every
679    device right before executing the subsystem-level .suspend_late() callback
680    for it.
681
682  * During system resume pm_runtime_enable() and pm_runtime_put() are called for
683    every device right after executing the subsystem-level .resume_early()
684    callback and right after executing the subsystem-level .complete() callback
685    for it, respectively.
686
6877. Generic subsystem callbacks
688
689Subsystems may wish to conserve code space by using the set of generic power
690management callbacks provided by the PM core, defined in
691driver/base/power/generic_ops.c:
692
693  int pm_generic_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev);
694    - invoke the ->runtime_suspend() callback provided by the driver of this
695      device and return its result, or return 0 if not defined
696
697  int pm_generic_runtime_resume(struct device *dev);
698    - invoke the ->runtime_resume() callback provided by the driver of this
699      device and return its result, or return 0 if not defined
700
701  int pm_generic_suspend(struct device *dev);
702    - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->suspend()
703      callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
704      defined
705
706  int pm_generic_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev);
707    - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->suspend_noirq()
708      callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
709      0 if not defined
710
711  int pm_generic_resume(struct device *dev);
712    - invoke the ->resume() callback provided by the driver of this device and,
713      if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active'
714
715  int pm_generic_resume_noirq(struct device *dev);
716    - invoke the ->resume_noirq() callback provided by the driver of this device
717
718  int pm_generic_freeze(struct device *dev);
719    - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->freeze()
720      callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
721      defined
722
723  int pm_generic_freeze_noirq(struct device *dev);
724    - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->freeze_noirq()
725      callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
726      0 if not defined
727
728  int pm_generic_thaw(struct device *dev);
729    - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->thaw()
730      callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
731      defined
732
733  int pm_generic_thaw_noirq(struct device *dev);
734    - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->thaw_noirq()
735      callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
736      0 if not defined
737
738  int pm_generic_poweroff(struct device *dev);
739    - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->poweroff()
740      callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
741      defined
742
743  int pm_generic_poweroff_noirq(struct device *dev);
744    - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", run the ->poweroff_noirq()
745      callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
746      0 if not defined
747
748  int pm_generic_restore(struct device *dev);
749    - invoke the ->restore() callback provided by the driver of this device and,
750      if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active'
751
752  int pm_generic_restore_noirq(struct device *dev);
753    - invoke the ->restore_noirq() callback provided by the device's driver
754
755These functions are the defaults used by the PM core, if a subsystem doesn't
756provide its own callbacks for ->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(),
757->runtime_resume(), ->suspend(), ->suspend_noirq(), ->resume(),
758->resume_noirq(), ->freeze(), ->freeze_noirq(), ->thaw(), ->thaw_noirq(),
759->poweroff(), ->poweroff_noirq(), ->restore(), ->restore_noirq() in the
760subsystem-level dev_pm_ops structure.
761
762Device drivers that wish to use the same function as a system suspend, freeze,
763poweroff and runtime suspend callback, and similarly for system resume, thaw,
764restore, and runtime resume, can achieve this with the help of the
765UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS macro defined in include/linux/pm.h (possibly setting its
766last argument to NULL).
767
7688. "No-Callback" Devices
769
770Some "devices" are only logical sub-devices of their parent and cannot be
771power-managed on their own.  (The prototype example is a USB interface.  Entire
772USB devices can go into low-power mode or send wake-up requests, but neither is
773possible for individual interfaces.)  The drivers for these devices have no
774need of runtime PM callbacks; if the callbacks did exist, ->runtime_suspend()
775and ->runtime_resume() would always return 0 without doing anything else and
776->runtime_idle() would always call pm_runtime_suspend().
777
778Subsystems can tell the PM core about these devices by calling
779pm_runtime_no_callbacks().  This should be done after the device structure is
780initialized and before it is registered (although after device registration is
781also okay).  The routine will set the device's power.no_callbacks flag and
782prevent the non-debugging runtime PM sysfs attributes from being created.
783
784When power.no_callbacks is set, the PM core will not invoke the
785->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(), or ->runtime_resume() callbacks.
786Instead it will assume that suspends and resumes always succeed and that idle
787devices should be suspended.
788
789As a consequence, the PM core will never directly inform the device's subsystem
790or driver about runtime power changes.  Instead, the driver for the device's
791parent must take responsibility for telling the device's driver when the
792parent's power state changes.
793
7949. Autosuspend, or automatically-delayed suspends
795
796Changing a device's power state isn't free; it requires both time and energy.
797A device should be put in a low-power state only when there's some reason to
798think it will remain in that state for a substantial time.  A common heuristic
799says that a device which hasn't been used for a while is liable to remain
800unused; following this advice, drivers should not allow devices to be suspended
801at runtime until they have been inactive for some minimum period.  Even when
802the heuristic ends up being non-optimal, it will still prevent devices from
803"bouncing" too rapidly between low-power and full-power states.
804
805The term "autosuspend" is an historical remnant.  It doesn't mean that the
806device is automatically suspended (the subsystem or driver still has to call
807the appropriate PM routines); rather it means that runtime suspends will
808automatically be delayed until the desired period of inactivity has elapsed.
809
810Inactivity is determined based on the power.last_busy field.  Drivers should
811call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() to update this field after carrying out I/O,
812typically just before calling pm_runtime_put_autosuspend().  The desired length
813of the inactivity period is a matter of policy.  Subsystems can set this length
814initially by calling pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(), but after device
815registration the length should be controlled by user space, using the
816/sys/devices/.../power/autosuspend_delay_ms attribute.
817
818In order to use autosuspend, subsystems or drivers must call
819pm_runtime_use_autosuspend() (preferably before registering the device), and
820thereafter they should use the various *_autosuspend() helper functions instead
821of the non-autosuspend counterparts:
822
823	Instead of: pm_runtime_suspend    use: pm_runtime_autosuspend;
824	Instead of: pm_schedule_suspend   use: pm_request_autosuspend;
825	Instead of: pm_runtime_put        use: pm_runtime_put_autosuspend;
826	Instead of: pm_runtime_put_sync   use: pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend.
827
828Drivers may also continue to use the non-autosuspend helper functions; they
829will behave normally, not taking the autosuspend delay into account.
830Similarly, if the power.use_autosuspend field isn't set then the autosuspend
831helper functions will behave just like the non-autosuspend counterparts.
832
833Under some circumstances a driver or subsystem may want to prevent a device
834from autosuspending immediately, even though the usage counter is zero and the
835autosuspend delay time has expired.  If the ->runtime_suspend() callback
836returns -EAGAIN or -EBUSY, and if the next autosuspend delay expiration time is
837in the future (as it normally would be if the callback invoked
838pm_runtime_mark_last_busy()), the PM core will automatically reschedule the
839autosuspend.  The ->runtime_suspend() callback can't do this rescheduling
840itself because no suspend requests of any kind are accepted while the device is
841suspending (i.e., while the callback is running).
842
843The implementation is well suited for asynchronous use in interrupt contexts.
844However such use inevitably involves races, because the PM core can't
845synchronize ->runtime_suspend() callbacks with the arrival of I/O requests.
846This synchronization must be handled by the driver, using its private lock.
847Here is a schematic pseudo-code example:
848
849	foo_read_or_write(struct foo_priv *foo, void *data)
850	{
851		lock(&foo->private_lock);
852		add_request_to_io_queue(foo, data);
853		if (foo->num_pending_requests++ == 0)
854			pm_runtime_get(&foo->dev);
855		if (!foo->is_suspended)
856			foo_process_next_request(foo);
857		unlock(&foo->private_lock);
858	}
859
860	foo_io_completion(struct foo_priv *foo, void *req)
861	{
862		lock(&foo->private_lock);
863		if (--foo->num_pending_requests == 0) {
864			pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
865			pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&foo->dev);
866		} else {
867			foo_process_next_request(foo);
868		}
869		unlock(&foo->private_lock);
870		/* Send req result back to the user ... */
871	}
872
873	int foo_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
874	{
875		struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...);
876		int ret = 0;
877
878		lock(&foo->private_lock);
879		if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0) {
880			ret = -EBUSY;
881		} else {
882			/* ... suspend the device ... */
883			foo->is_suspended = 1;
884		}
885		unlock(&foo->private_lock);
886		return ret;
887	}
888
889	int foo_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
890	{
891		struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...);
892
893		lock(&foo->private_lock);
894		/* ... resume the device ... */
895		foo->is_suspended = 0;
896		pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
897		if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0)
898			foo_process_next_request(foo);
899		unlock(&foo->private_lock);
900		return 0;
901	}
902
903The important point is that after foo_io_completion() asks for an autosuspend,
904the foo_runtime_suspend() callback may race with foo_read_or_write().
905Therefore foo_runtime_suspend() has to check whether there are any pending I/O
906requests (while holding the private lock) before allowing the suspend to
907proceed.
908
909In addition, the power.autosuspend_delay field can be changed by user space at
910any time.  If a driver cares about this, it can call
911pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() from within the ->runtime_suspend()
912callback while holding its private lock.  If the function returns a nonzero
913value then the delay has not yet expired and the callback should return
914-EAGAIN.
915