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
 device.  This field is a pointer to an object of type struct dev_power_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, in addition to the respective
-subsystem-level callbacks.  Specifically, the power domain "suspend" callbacks
-(i.e. ->runtime_suspend(), ->suspend(), ->freeze(), ->poweroff(), etc.) are
-executed after the analogous subsystem-level callbacks, while the power domain
-"resume" callbacks (i.e. ->runtime_resume(), ->resume(), ->thaw(), ->restore,
-etc.) are executed before the analogous subsystem-level callbacks.  Error codes
-returned by the "suspend" and "resume" power domain callbacks are ignored.
-
-Power domain ->runtime_idle() callback is executed before the subsystem-level
-->runtime_idle() callback and the result returned by it is not ignored.  Namely,
-if it returns error code, the subsystem-level ->runtime_idle() callback will not
-be called and the helper function rpm_idle() executing it will return error
-code.  This mechanism is intended to help platforms where saving device state
-is a time consuming operation and should only be carried out if all devices
-in the power domain are idle, before turning off the shared power resource(s).
-Namely, the power domain ->runtime_idle() callback may return error code until
-the pm_runtime_idle() helper (or its asychronous version) has been called for
-all devices in the power domain (it is recommended that the returned error code
-be -EBUSY in those cases), preventing the subsystem-level ->runtime_idle()
-callback from being run prematurely.
-
-The support for device power domains is only relevant to platforms needing to
-use the same subsystem-level (e.g. platform bus type) and device driver power
-management callbacks in many different power domain configurations and wanting
-to avoid incorporating the support for power domains into the subsystem-level
-callbacks.  The other platforms need not implement it or take it into account
-in any way.
+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