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1 | Run-time Power Management Framework for I/O Devices | ||
2 | |||
3 | (C) 2009 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc. | ||
4 | |||
5 | 1. Introduction | ||
6 | |||
7 | Support for run-time power management (run-time PM) of I/O devices is provided | ||
8 | at the power management core (PM core) level by means of: | ||
9 | |||
10 | * The power management workqueue pm_wq in which bus types and device drivers can | ||
11 | put their PM-related work items. It is strongly recommended that pm_wq be | ||
12 | used for queuing all work items related to run-time PM, because this allows | ||
13 | them to be synchronized with system-wide power transitions (suspend to RAM, | ||
14 | hibernation and resume from system sleep states). pm_wq is declared in | ||
15 | include/linux/pm_runtime.h and defined in kernel/power/main.c. | ||
16 | |||
17 | * A number of run-time PM fields in the 'power' member of 'struct device' (which | ||
18 | is of the type 'struct dev_pm_info', defined in include/linux/pm.h) that can | ||
19 | be used for synchronizing run-time PM operations with one another. | ||
20 | |||
21 | * Three device run-time PM callbacks in 'struct dev_pm_ops' (defined in | ||
22 | include/linux/pm.h). | ||
23 | |||
24 | * A set of helper functions defined in drivers/base/power/runtime.c that can be | ||
25 | used for carrying out run-time PM operations in such a way that the | ||
26 | synchronization between them is taken care of by the PM core. Bus types and | ||
27 | device drivers are encouraged to use these functions. | ||
28 | |||
29 | The run-time PM callbacks present in 'struct dev_pm_ops', the device run-time PM | ||
30 | fields of 'struct dev_pm_info' and the core helper functions provided for | ||
31 | run-time PM are described below. | ||
32 | |||
33 | 2. Device Run-time PM Callbacks | ||
34 | |||
35 | There are three device run-time PM callbacks defined in 'struct dev_pm_ops': | ||
36 | |||
37 | struct dev_pm_ops { | ||
38 | ... | ||
39 | int (*runtime_suspend)(struct device *dev); | ||
40 | int (*runtime_resume)(struct device *dev); | ||
41 | void (*runtime_idle)(struct device *dev); | ||
42 | ... | ||
43 | }; | ||
44 | |||
45 | The ->runtime_suspend() callback is executed by the PM core for the bus type of | ||
46 | the device being suspended. The bus type's callback is then _entirely_ | ||
47 | _responsible_ for handling the device as appropriate, which may, but need not | ||
48 | include executing the device driver's own ->runtime_suspend() callback (from the | ||
49 | PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_suspend() | ||
50 | callback in a device driver as long as the bus type's ->runtime_suspend() knows | ||
51 | what to do to handle the device). | ||
52 | |||
53 | * Once the bus type's ->runtime_suspend() callback has completed successfully | ||
54 | for given device, the PM core regards the device as suspended, which need | ||
55 | not mean that the device has been put into a low power state. It is | ||
56 | supposed to mean, however, that the device will not process data and will | ||
57 | not communicate with the CPU(s) and RAM until its bus type's | ||
58 | ->runtime_resume() callback is executed for it. The run-time PM status of | ||
59 | a device after successful execution of its bus type's ->runtime_suspend() | ||
60 | callback is 'suspended'. | ||
61 | |||
62 | * If the bus type's ->runtime_suspend() callback returns -EBUSY or -EAGAIN, | ||
63 | the device's run-time PM status is supposed to be 'active', which means that | ||
64 | the device _must_ be fully operational afterwards. | ||
65 | |||
66 | * If the bus type's ->runtime_suspend() callback returns an error code | ||
67 | different from -EBUSY or -EAGAIN, the PM core regards this as a fatal | ||
68 | error and will refuse to run the helper functions described in Section 4 | ||
69 | for the device, until the status of it is directly set either to 'active' | ||
70 | or to 'suspended' (the PM core provides special helper functions for this | ||
71 | purpose). | ||
72 | |||
73 | In particular, if the driver requires remote wakeup capability for proper | ||
74 | functioning and device_may_wakeup() returns 'false' for the device, then | ||
75 | ->runtime_suspend() should return -EBUSY. On the other hand, if | ||
76 | device_may_wakeup() returns 'true' for the device and the device is put | ||
77 | into a low power state during the execution of its bus type's | ||
78 | ->runtime_suspend(), it is expected that remote wake-up (i.e. hardware mechanism | ||
79 | allowing the device to request a change of its power state, such as PCI PME) | ||
80 | will be enabled for the device. Generally, remote wake-up should be enabled | ||
81 | for all input devices put into a low power state at run time. | ||
82 | |||
83 | The ->runtime_resume() callback is executed by the PM core for the bus type of | ||
84 | the device being woken up. The bus type's callback is then _entirely_ | ||
85 | _responsible_ for handling the device as appropriate, which may, but need not | ||
86 | include executing the device driver's own ->runtime_resume() callback (from the | ||
87 | PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_resume() | ||
88 | callback in a device driver as long as the bus type's ->runtime_resume() knows | ||
89 | what to do to handle the device). | ||
90 | |||
91 | * Once the bus type's ->runtime_resume() callback has completed successfully, | ||
92 | the PM core regards the device as fully operational, which means that the | ||
93 | device _must_ be able to complete I/O operations as needed. The run-time | ||
94 | PM status of the device is then 'active'. | ||
95 | |||
96 | * If the bus type's ->runtime_resume() callback returns an error code, the PM | ||
97 | core regards this as a fatal error and will refuse to run the helper | ||
98 | functions described in Section 4 for the device, until its status is | ||
99 | directly set either to 'active' or to 'suspended' (the PM core provides | ||
100 | special helper functions for this purpose). | ||
101 | |||
102 | The ->runtime_idle() callback is executed by the PM core for the bus type of | ||
103 | given device whenever the device appears to be idle, which is indicated to the | ||
104 | PM core by two counters, the device's usage counter and the counter of 'active' | ||
105 | children of the device. | ||
106 | |||
107 | * If any of these counters is decreased using a helper function provided by | ||
108 | the PM core and it turns out to be equal to zero, the other counter is | ||
109 | checked. If that counter also is equal to zero, the PM core executes the | ||
110 | device bus type's ->runtime_idle() callback (with the device as an | ||
111 | argument). | ||
112 | |||
113 | The action performed by a bus type's ->runtime_idle() callback is totally | ||
114 | dependent on the bus type in question, but the expected and recommended action | ||
115 | is to check if the device can be suspended (i.e. if all of the conditions | ||
116 | necessary for suspending the device are satisfied) and to queue up a suspend | ||
117 | request for the device in that case. | ||
118 | |||
119 | The helper functions provided by the PM core, described in Section 4, guarantee | ||
120 | that the following constraints are met with respect to the bus type's run-time | ||
121 | PM callbacks: | ||
122 | |||
123 | (1) The callbacks are mutually exclusive (e.g. it is forbidden to execute | ||
124 | ->runtime_suspend() in parallel with ->runtime_resume() or with another | ||
125 | instance of ->runtime_suspend() for the same device) with the exception that | ||
126 | ->runtime_suspend() or ->runtime_resume() can be executed in parallel with | ||
127 | ->runtime_idle() (although ->runtime_idle() will not be started while any | ||
128 | of the other callbacks is being executed for the same device). | ||
129 | |||
130 | (2) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for 'active' | ||
131 | devices (i.e. the PM core will only execute ->runtime_idle() or | ||
132 | ->runtime_suspend() for the devices the run-time PM status of which is | ||
133 | 'active'). | ||
134 | |||
135 | (3) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for a device | ||
136 | the usage counter of which is equal to zero _and_ either the counter of | ||
137 | 'active' children of which is equal to zero, or the 'power.ignore_children' | ||
138 | flag of which is set. | ||
139 | |||
140 | (4) ->runtime_resume() can only be executed for 'suspended' devices (i.e. the | ||
141 | PM core will only execute ->runtime_resume() for the devices the run-time | ||
142 | PM status of which is 'suspended'). | ||
143 | |||
144 | Additionally, the helper functions provided by the PM core obey the following | ||
145 | rules: | ||
146 | |||
147 | * If ->runtime_suspend() is about to be executed or there's a pending request | ||
148 | to execute it, ->runtime_idle() will not be executed for the same device. | ||
149 | |||
150 | * A request to execute or to schedule the execution of ->runtime_suspend() | ||
151 | will cancel any pending requests to execute ->runtime_idle() for the same | ||
152 | device. | ||
153 | |||
154 | * If ->runtime_resume() is about to be executed or there's a pending request | ||
155 | to execute it, the other callbacks will not be executed for the same device. | ||
156 | |||
157 | * A request to execute ->runtime_resume() will cancel any pending or | ||
158 | scheduled requests to execute the other callbacks for the same device. | ||
159 | |||
160 | 3. Run-time PM Device Fields | ||
161 | |||
162 | The following device run-time PM fields are present in 'struct dev_pm_info', as | ||
163 | defined in include/linux/pm.h: | ||
164 | |||
165 | struct timer_list suspend_timer; | ||
166 | - timer used for scheduling (delayed) suspend request | ||
167 | |||
168 | unsigned long timer_expires; | ||
169 | - timer expiration time, in jiffies (if this is different from zero, the | ||
170 | timer is running and will expire at that time, otherwise the timer is not | ||
171 | running) | ||
172 | |||
173 | struct work_struct work; | ||
174 | - work structure used for queuing up requests (i.e. work items in pm_wq) | ||
175 | |||
176 | wait_queue_head_t wait_queue; | ||
177 | - wait queue used if any of the helper functions needs to wait for another | ||
178 | one to complete | ||
179 | |||
180 | spinlock_t lock; | ||
181 | - lock used for synchronisation | ||
182 | |||
183 | atomic_t usage_count; | ||
184 | - the usage counter of the device | ||
185 | |||
186 | atomic_t child_count; | ||
187 | - the count of 'active' children of the device | ||
188 | |||
189 | unsigned int ignore_children; | ||
190 | - if set, the value of child_count is ignored (but still updated) | ||
191 | |||
192 | unsigned int disable_depth; | ||
193 | - used for disabling the helper funcions (they work normally if this is | ||
194 | equal to zero); the initial value of it is 1 (i.e. run-time PM is | ||
195 | initially disabled for all devices) | ||
196 | |||
197 | unsigned int runtime_error; | ||
198 | - if set, there was a fatal error (one of the callbacks returned error code | ||
199 | as described in Section 2), so the helper funtions will not work until | ||
200 | this flag is cleared; this is the error code returned by the failing | ||
201 | callback | ||
202 | |||
203 | unsigned int idle_notification; | ||
204 | - if set, ->runtime_idle() is being executed | ||
205 | |||
206 | unsigned int request_pending; | ||
207 | - if set, there's a pending request (i.e. a work item queued up into pm_wq) | ||
208 | |||
209 | enum rpm_request request; | ||
210 | - type of request that's pending (valid if request_pending is set) | ||
211 | |||
212 | unsigned int deferred_resume; | ||
213 | - set if ->runtime_resume() is about to be run while ->runtime_suspend() is | ||
214 | being executed for that device and it is not practical to wait for the | ||
215 | suspend to complete; means "start a resume as soon as you've suspended" | ||
216 | |||
217 | enum rpm_status runtime_status; | ||
218 | - the run-time PM status of the device; this field's initial value is | ||
219 | RPM_SUSPENDED, which means that each device is initially regarded by the | ||
220 | PM core as 'suspended', regardless of its real hardware status | ||
221 | |||
222 | All of the above fields are members of the 'power' member of 'struct device'. | ||
223 | |||
224 | 4. Run-time PM Device Helper Functions | ||
225 | |||
226 | The following run-time PM helper functions are defined in | ||
227 | drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h: | ||
228 | |||
229 | void pm_runtime_init(struct device *dev); | ||
230 | - initialize the device run-time PM fields in 'struct dev_pm_info' | ||
231 | |||
232 | void pm_runtime_remove(struct device *dev); | ||
233 | - make sure that the run-time PM of the device will be disabled after | ||
234 | removing the device from device hierarchy | ||
235 | |||
236 | int pm_runtime_idle(struct device *dev); | ||
237 | - execute ->runtime_idle() for the device's bus type; returns 0 on success | ||
238 | or error code on failure, where -EINPROGRESS means that ->runtime_idle() | ||
239 | is already being executed | ||
240 | |||
241 | int pm_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev); | ||
242 | - execute ->runtime_suspend() for the device's bus type; returns 0 on | ||
243 | success, 1 if the device's run-time PM status was already 'suspended', or | ||
244 | error code on failure, where -EAGAIN or -EBUSY means it is safe to attempt | ||
245 | to suspend the device again in future | ||
246 | |||
247 | int pm_runtime_resume(struct device *dev); | ||
248 | - execute ->runtime_resume() for the device's bus type; returns 0 on | ||
249 | success, 1 if the device's run-time PM status was already 'active' or | ||
250 | error code on failure, where -EAGAIN means it may be safe to attempt to | ||
251 | resume the device again in future, but 'power.runtime_error' should be | ||
252 | checked additionally | ||
253 | |||
254 | int pm_request_idle(struct device *dev); | ||
255 | - submit a request to execute ->runtime_idle() for the device's bus type | ||
256 | (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on success | ||
257 | or error code if the request has not been queued up | ||
258 | |||
259 | int pm_schedule_suspend(struct device *dev, unsigned int delay); | ||
260 | - schedule the execution of ->runtime_suspend() for the device's bus type | ||
261 | in future, where 'delay' is the time to wait before queuing up a suspend | ||
262 | work item in pm_wq, in milliseconds (if 'delay' is zero, the work item is | ||
263 | queued up immediately); returns 0 on success, 1 if the device's PM | ||
264 | run-time status was already 'suspended', or error code if the request | ||
265 | hasn't been scheduled (or queued up if 'delay' is 0); if the execution of | ||
266 | ->runtime_suspend() is already scheduled and not yet expired, the new | ||
267 | value of 'delay' will be used as the time to wait | ||
268 | |||
269 | int pm_request_resume(struct device *dev); | ||
270 | - submit a request to execute ->runtime_resume() for the device's bus type | ||
271 | (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on | ||
272 | success, 1 if the device's run-time PM status was already 'active', or | ||
273 | error code if the request hasn't been queued up | ||
274 | |||
275 | void pm_runtime_get_noresume(struct device *dev); | ||
276 | - increment the device's usage counter | ||
277 | |||
278 | int pm_runtime_get(struct device *dev); | ||
279 | - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_request_resume(dev) and | ||
280 | return its result | ||
281 | |||
282 | int pm_runtime_get_sync(struct device *dev); | ||
283 | - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_runtime_resume(dev) and | ||
284 | return its result | ||
285 | |||
286 | void pm_runtime_put_noidle(struct device *dev); | ||
287 | - decrement the device's usage counter | ||
288 | |||
289 | int pm_runtime_put(struct device *dev); | ||
290 | - decrement the device's usage counter, run pm_request_idle(dev) and return | ||
291 | its result | ||
292 | |||
293 | int pm_runtime_put_sync(struct device *dev); | ||
294 | - decrement the device's usage counter, run pm_runtime_idle(dev) and return | ||
295 | its result | ||
296 | |||
297 | void pm_runtime_enable(struct device *dev); | ||
298 | - enable the run-time PM helper functions to run the device bus type's | ||
299 | run-time PM callbacks described in Section 2 | ||
300 | |||
301 | int pm_runtime_disable(struct device *dev); | ||
302 | - prevent the run-time PM helper functions from running the device bus | ||
303 | type's run-time PM callbacks, make sure that all of the pending run-time | ||
304 | PM operations on the device are either completed or canceled; returns | ||
305 | 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was necessary to execute | ||
306 | ->runtime_resume() for the device's bus type to satisfy that request, | ||
307 | otherwise 0 is returned | ||
308 | |||
309 | void pm_suspend_ignore_children(struct device *dev, bool enable); | ||
310 | - set/unset the power.ignore_children flag of the device | ||
311 | |||
312 | int pm_runtime_set_active(struct device *dev); | ||
313 | - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's run-time | ||
314 | PM status to 'active' and update its parent's counter of 'active' | ||
315 | children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if | ||
316 | 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than | ||
317 | zero); it will fail and return error code if the device has a parent | ||
318 | which is not active and the 'power.ignore_children' flag of which is unset | ||
319 | |||
320 | void pm_runtime_set_suspended(struct device *dev); | ||
321 | - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's run-time | ||
322 | PM status to 'suspended' and update its parent's counter of 'active' | ||
323 | children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if | ||
324 | 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than | ||
325 | zero) | ||
326 | |||
327 | It is safe to execute the following helper functions from interrupt context: | ||
328 | |||
329 | pm_request_idle() | ||
330 | pm_schedule_suspend() | ||
331 | pm_request_resume() | ||
332 | pm_runtime_get_noresume() | ||
333 | pm_runtime_get() | ||
334 | pm_runtime_put_noidle() | ||
335 | pm_runtime_put() | ||
336 | pm_suspend_ignore_children() | ||
337 | pm_runtime_set_active() | ||
338 | pm_runtime_set_suspended() | ||
339 | pm_runtime_enable() | ||
340 | |||
341 | 5. Run-time PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal | ||
342 | |||
343 | Initially, the run-time PM is disabled for all devices, which means that the | ||
344 | majority of the run-time PM helper funtions described in Section 4 will return | ||
345 | -EAGAIN until pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device. | ||
346 | |||
347 | In addition to that, the initial run-time PM status of all devices is | ||
348 | 'suspended', but it need not reflect the actual physical state of the device. | ||
349 | Thus, if the device is initially active (i.e. it is able to process I/O), its | ||
350 | run-time PM status must be changed to 'active', with the help of | ||
351 | pm_runtime_set_active(), before pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device. | ||
352 | |||
353 | However, if the device has a parent and the parent's run-time PM is enabled, | ||
354 | calling pm_runtime_set_active() for the device will affect the parent, unless | ||
355 | the parent's 'power.ignore_children' flag is set. Namely, in that case the | ||
356 | parent won't be able to suspend at run time, using the PM core's helper | ||
357 | functions, as long as the child's status is 'active', even if the child's | ||
358 | run-time PM is still disabled (i.e. pm_runtime_enable() hasn't been called for | ||
359 | the child yet or pm_runtime_disable() has been called for it). For this reason, | ||
360 | once pm_runtime_set_active() has been called for the device, pm_runtime_enable() | ||
361 | should be called for it too as soon as reasonably possible or its run-time PM | ||
362 | status should be changed back to 'suspended' with the help of | ||
363 | pm_runtime_set_suspended(). | ||
364 | |||
365 | If the default initial run-time PM status of the device (i.e. 'suspended') | ||
366 | reflects the actual state of the device, its bus type's or its driver's | ||
367 | ->probe() callback will likely need to wake it up using one of the PM core's | ||
368 | helper functions described in Section 4. In that case, pm_runtime_resume() | ||
369 | should be used. Of course, for this purpose the device's run-time PM has to be | ||
370 | enabled earlier by calling pm_runtime_enable(). | ||
371 | |||
372 | If the device bus type's or driver's ->probe() or ->remove() callback runs | ||
373 | pm_runtime_suspend() or pm_runtime_idle() or their asynchronous counterparts, | ||
374 | they will fail returning -EAGAIN, because the device's usage counter is | ||
375 | incremented by the core before executing ->probe() and ->remove(). Still, it | ||
376 | may be desirable to suspend the device as soon as ->probe() or ->remove() has | ||
377 | finished, so the PM core uses pm_runtime_idle_sync() to invoke the device bus | ||
378 | type's ->runtime_idle() callback at that time. | ||