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author | Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> | 2011-06-21 17:25:32 -0400 |
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committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> | 2011-06-21 17:25:32 -0400 |
commit | ca9c6890b598997165a7c85c001f382c910f12b0 (patch) | |
tree | 82743f3b6c8b473543e778bb25f33bba44f58130 /Documentation | |
parent | 4d1518f5668ef1b3dff6c3b30fa761fe5573cdaa (diff) |
PM / Domains: Update documentation
Commit 4d27e9dcff00a6425d779b065ec8892e4f391661 (PM: Make power
domain callbacks take precedence over subsystem ones) forgot to
update the device power management documentation to take changes
made by it into account. Correct that mistake.
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/devices.txt | 41 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt index ff923fe67d98..64565aac6e40 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt | |||
@@ -520,33 +520,20 @@ Support for power domains is provided through the pwr_domain field of struct | |||
520 | device. This field is a pointer to an object of type struct dev_power_domain, | 520 | device. This field is a pointer to an object of type struct dev_power_domain, |
521 | defined in include/linux/pm.h, providing a set of power management callbacks | 521 | defined in include/linux/pm.h, providing a set of power management callbacks |
522 | analogous to the subsystem-level and device driver callbacks that are executed | 522 | analogous to the subsystem-level and device driver callbacks that are executed |
523 | for the given device during all power transitions, in addition to the respective | 523 | for the given device during all power transitions, instead of the respective |
524 | subsystem-level callbacks. Specifically, the power domain "suspend" callbacks | 524 | subsystem-level callbacks. Specifically, if a device's pm_domain pointer is |
525 | (i.e. ->runtime_suspend(), ->suspend(), ->freeze(), ->poweroff(), etc.) are | 525 | not NULL, the ->suspend() callback from the object pointed to by it will be |
526 | executed after the analogous subsystem-level callbacks, while the power domain | 526 | executed instead of its subsystem's (e.g. bus type's) ->suspend() callback and |
527 | "resume" callbacks (i.e. ->runtime_resume(), ->resume(), ->thaw(), ->restore, | 527 | anlogously for all of the remaining callbacks. In other words, power management |
528 | etc.) are executed before the analogous subsystem-level callbacks. Error codes | 528 | domain callbacks, if defined for the given device, always take precedence over |
529 | returned by the "suspend" and "resume" power domain callbacks are ignored. | 529 | the callbacks provided by the device's subsystem (e.g. bus type). |
530 | 530 | ||
531 | Power domain ->runtime_idle() callback is executed before the subsystem-level | 531 | The support for device power management domains is only relevant to platforms |
532 | ->runtime_idle() callback and the result returned by it is not ignored. Namely, | 532 | needing to use the same device driver power management callbacks in many |
533 | if it returns error code, the subsystem-level ->runtime_idle() callback will not | 533 | different power domain configurations and wanting to avoid incorporating the |
534 | be called and the helper function rpm_idle() executing it will return error | 534 | support for power domains into subsystem-level callbacks, for example by |
535 | code. This mechanism is intended to help platforms where saving device state | 535 | modifying the platform bus type. Other platforms need not implement it or take |
536 | is a time consuming operation and should only be carried out if all devices | 536 | it into account in any way. |
537 | in the power domain are idle, before turning off the shared power resource(s). | ||
538 | Namely, the power domain ->runtime_idle() callback may return error code until | ||
539 | the pm_runtime_idle() helper (or its asychronous version) has been called for | ||
540 | all devices in the power domain (it is recommended that the returned error code | ||
541 | be -EBUSY in those cases), preventing the subsystem-level ->runtime_idle() | ||
542 | callback from being run prematurely. | ||
543 | |||
544 | The support for device power domains is only relevant to platforms needing to | ||
545 | use the same subsystem-level (e.g. platform bus type) and device driver power | ||
546 | management callbacks in many different power domain configurations and wanting | ||
547 | to avoid incorporating the support for power domains into the subsystem-level | ||
548 | callbacks. The other platforms need not implement it or take it into account | ||
549 | in any way. | ||
550 | 537 | ||
551 | 538 | ||
552 | Device Low Power (suspend) States | 539 | Device Low Power (suspend) States |