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1Runtime Power Management Framework for I/O Devices
2
3(C) 2009-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc.
4(C) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
5
61. Introduction
7
8Support for runtime power management (runtime PM) of I/O devices is provided
9at the power management core (PM core) level by means of:
10
11* The power management workqueue pm_wq in which bus types and device drivers can
12  put their PM-related work items.  It is strongly recommended that pm_wq be
13  used for queuing all work items related to runtime PM, because this allows
14  them to be synchronized with system-wide power transitions (suspend to RAM,
15  hibernation and resume from system sleep states).  pm_wq is declared in
16  include/linux/pm_runtime.h and defined in kernel/power/main.c.
17
18* A number of runtime PM fields in the 'power' member of 'struct device' (which
19  is of the type 'struct dev_pm_info', defined in include/linux/pm.h) that can
20  be used for synchronizing runtime PM operations with one another.
21
22* Three device runtime PM callbacks in 'struct dev_pm_ops' (defined in
23  include/linux/pm.h).
24
25* A set of helper functions defined in drivers/base/power/runtime.c that can be
26  used for carrying out runtime PM operations in such a way that the
27  synchronization between them is taken care of by the PM core.  Bus types and
28  device drivers are encouraged to use these functions.
29
30The runtime PM callbacks present in 'struct dev_pm_ops', the device runtime PM
31fields of 'struct dev_pm_info' and the core helper functions provided for
32runtime PM are described below.
33
342. Device Runtime PM Callbacks
35
36There are three device runtime PM callbacks defined in 'struct dev_pm_ops':
37
38struct dev_pm_ops {
39	...
40	int (*runtime_suspend)(struct device *dev);
41	int (*runtime_resume)(struct device *dev);
42	int (*runtime_idle)(struct device *dev);
43	...
44};
45
46The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks
47are executed by the PM core for the device's subsystem that may be either of
48the following:
49
50  1. PM domain of the device, if the device's PM domain object, dev->pm_domain,
51     is present.
52
53  2. Device type of the device, if both dev->type and dev->type->pm are present.
54
55  3. Device class of the device, if both dev->class and dev->class->pm are
56     present.
57
58  4. Bus type of the device, if both dev->bus and dev->bus->pm are present.
59
60If the subsystem chosen by applying the above rules doesn't provide the relevant
61callback, the PM core will invoke the corresponding driver callback stored in
62dev->driver->pm directly (if present).
63
64The PM core always checks which callback to use in the order given above, so the
65priority order of callbacks from high to low is: PM domain, device type, class
66and bus type.  Moreover, the high-priority one will always take precedence over
67a low-priority one.  The PM domain, bus type, device type and class callbacks
68are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what follows.
69
70By default, the callbacks are always invoked in process context with interrupts
71enabled.  However, the pm_runtime_irq_safe() helper function can be used to tell
72the PM core that it is safe to run the ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume()
73and ->runtime_idle() callbacks for the given device in atomic context with
74interrupts disabled.  This implies that the callback routines in question must
75not block or sleep, but it also means that the synchronous helper functions
76listed at the end of Section 4 may be used for that device within an interrupt
77handler or generally in an atomic context.
78
79The subsystem-level suspend callback, if present, is _entirely_ _responsible_
80for handling the suspend of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not
81include executing the device driver's own ->runtime_suspend() callback (from the
82PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_suspend()
83callback in a device driver as long as the subsystem-level suspend callback
84knows what to do to handle the device).
85
86  * Once the subsystem-level suspend callback (or the driver suspend callback,
87    if invoked directly) has completed successfully for the given device, the PM
88    core regards the device as suspended, which need not mean that it has been
89    put into a low power state.  It is supposed to mean, however, that the
90    device will not process data and will not communicate with the CPU(s) and
91    RAM until the appropriate resume callback is executed for it.  The runtime
92    PM status of a device after successful execution of the suspend callback is
93    'suspended'.
94
95  * If the suspend callback returns -EBUSY or -EAGAIN, the device's runtime PM
96    status remains 'active', which means that the device _must_ be fully
97    operational afterwards.
98
99  * If the suspend callback returns an error code different from -EBUSY and
100    -EAGAIN, the PM core regards this as a fatal error and will refuse to run
101    the helper functions described in Section 4 for the device until its status
102    is directly set to  either'active', or 'suspended' (the PM core provides
103    special helper functions for this purpose).
104
105In particular, if the driver requires remote wakeup capability (i.e. hardware
106mechanism allowing the device to request a change of its power state, such as
107PCI PME) for proper functioning and device_run_wake() returns 'false' for the
108device, then ->runtime_suspend() should return -EBUSY.  On the other hand, if
109device_run_wake() returns 'true' for the device and the device is put into a
110low-power state during the execution of the suspend callback, it is expected
111that remote wakeup will be enabled for the device.  Generally, remote wakeup
112should be enabled for all input devices put into low-power states at run time.
113
114The subsystem-level resume callback, if present, is _entirely_ _responsible_ for
115handling the resume of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not
116include executing the device driver's own ->runtime_resume() callback (from the
117PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_resume()
118callback in a device driver as long as the subsystem-level resume callback knows
119what to do to handle the device).
120
121  * Once the subsystem-level resume callback (or the driver resume callback, if
122    invoked directly) has completed successfully, the PM core regards the device
123    as fully operational, which means that the device _must_ be able to complete
124    I/O operations as needed.  The runtime PM status of the device is then
125    'active'.
126
127  * If the resume callback returns an error code, the PM core regards this as a
128    fatal error and will refuse to run the helper functions described in Section
129    4 for the device, until its status is directly set to either 'active', or
130    'suspended' (by means of special helper functions provided by the PM core
131    for this purpose).
132
133The idle callback (a subsystem-level one, if present, or the driver one) is
134executed by the PM core whenever the device appears to be idle, which is
135indicated to the PM core by two counters, the device's usage counter and the
136counter of 'active' children of the device.
137
138  * If any of these counters is decreased using a helper function provided by
139    the PM core and it turns out to be equal to zero, the other counter is
140    checked.  If that counter also is equal to zero, the PM core executes the
141    idle callback with the device as its argument.
142
143The action performed by the idle callback is totally dependent on the subsystem
144(or driver) in question, but the expected and recommended action is to check
145if the device can be suspended (i.e. if all of the conditions necessary for
146suspending the device are satisfied) and to queue up a suspend request for the
147device in that case.  The value returned by this callback is ignored by the PM
148core.
149
150The helper functions provided by the PM core, described in Section 4, guarantee
151that the following constraints are met with respect to runtime PM callbacks for
152one device:
153
154(1) The callbacks are mutually exclusive (e.g. it is forbidden to execute
155    ->runtime_suspend() in parallel with ->runtime_resume() or with another
156    instance of ->runtime_suspend() for the same device) with the exception that
157    ->runtime_suspend() or ->runtime_resume() can be executed in parallel with
158    ->runtime_idle() (although ->runtime_idle() will not be started while any
159    of the other callbacks is being executed for the same device).
160
161(2) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for 'active'
162    devices (i.e. the PM core will only execute ->runtime_idle() or
163    ->runtime_suspend() for the devices the runtime PM status of which is
164    'active').
165
166(3) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for a device
167    the usage counter of which is equal to zero _and_ either the counter of
168    'active' children of which is equal to zero, or the 'power.ignore_children'
169    flag of which is set.
170
171(4) ->runtime_resume() can only be executed for 'suspended' devices  (i.e. the
172    PM core will only execute ->runtime_resume() for the devices the runtime
173    PM status of which is 'suspended').
174
175Additionally, the helper functions provided by the PM core obey the following
176rules:
177
178  * If ->runtime_suspend() is about to be executed or there's a pending request
179    to execute it, ->runtime_idle() will not be executed for the same device.
180
181  * A request to execute or to schedule the execution of ->runtime_suspend()
182    will cancel any pending requests to execute ->runtime_idle() for the same
183    device.
184
185  * If ->runtime_resume() is about to be executed or there's a pending request
186    to execute it, the other callbacks will not be executed for the same device.
187
188  * A request to execute ->runtime_resume() will cancel any pending or
189    scheduled requests to execute the other callbacks for the same device,
190    except for scheduled autosuspends.
191
1923. Runtime PM Device Fields
193
194The following device runtime PM fields are present in 'struct dev_pm_info', as
195defined in include/linux/pm.h:
196
197  struct timer_list suspend_timer;
198    - timer used for scheduling (delayed) suspend and autosuspend requests
199
200  unsigned long timer_expires;
201    - timer expiration time, in jiffies (if this is different from zero, the
202      timer is running and will expire at that time, otherwise the timer is not
203      running)
204
205  struct work_struct work;
206    - work structure used for queuing up requests (i.e. work items in pm_wq)
207
208  wait_queue_head_t wait_queue;
209    - wait queue used if any of the helper functions needs to wait for another
210      one to complete
211
212  spinlock_t lock;
213    - lock used for synchronisation
214
215  atomic_t usage_count;
216    - the usage counter of the device
217
218  atomic_t child_count;
219    - the count of 'active' children of the device
220
221  unsigned int ignore_children;
222    - if set, the value of child_count is ignored (but still updated)
223
224  unsigned int disable_depth;
225    - used for disabling the helper funcions (they work normally if this is
226      equal to zero); the initial value of it is 1 (i.e. runtime PM is
227      initially disabled for all devices)
228
229  unsigned int runtime_error;
230    - if set, there was a fatal error (one of the callbacks returned error code
231      as described in Section 2), so the helper funtions will not work until
232      this flag is cleared; this is the error code returned by the failing
233      callback
234
235  unsigned int idle_notification;
236    - if set, ->runtime_idle() is being executed
237
238  unsigned int request_pending;
239    - if set, there's a pending request (i.e. a work item queued up into pm_wq)
240
241  enum rpm_request request;
242    - type of request that's pending (valid if request_pending is set)
243
244  unsigned int deferred_resume;
245    - set if ->runtime_resume() is about to be run while ->runtime_suspend() is
246      being executed for that device and it is not practical to wait for the
247      suspend to complete; means "start a resume as soon as you've suspended"
248
249  unsigned int run_wake;
250    - set if the device is capable of generating runtime wake-up events
251
252  enum rpm_status runtime_status;
253    - the runtime PM status of the device; this field's initial value is
254      RPM_SUSPENDED, which means that each device is initially regarded by the
255      PM core as 'suspended', regardless of its real hardware status
256
257  unsigned int runtime_auto;
258    - if set, indicates that the user space has allowed the device driver to
259      power manage the device at run time via the /sys/devices/.../power/control
260      interface; it may only be modified with the help of the pm_runtime_allow()
261      and pm_runtime_forbid() helper functions
262
263  unsigned int no_callbacks;
264    - indicates that the device does not use the runtime PM callbacks (see
265      Section 8); it may be modified only by the pm_runtime_no_callbacks()
266      helper function
267
268  unsigned int irq_safe;
269    - indicates that the ->runtime_suspend() and ->runtime_resume() callbacks
270      will be invoked with the spinlock held and interrupts disabled
271
272  unsigned int use_autosuspend;
273    - indicates that the device's driver supports delayed autosuspend (see
274      Section 9); it may be modified only by the
275      pm_runtime{_dont}_use_autosuspend() helper functions
276
277  unsigned int timer_autosuspends;
278    - indicates that the PM core should attempt to carry out an autosuspend
279      when the timer expires rather than a normal suspend
280
281  int autosuspend_delay;
282    - the delay time (in milliseconds) to be used for autosuspend
283
284  unsigned long last_busy;
285    - the time (in jiffies) when the pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() helper
286      function was last called for this device; used in calculating inactivity
287      periods for autosuspend
288
289All of the above fields are members of the 'power' member of 'struct device'.
290
2914. Runtime PM Device Helper Functions
292
293The following runtime PM helper functions are defined in
294drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
295
296  void pm_runtime_init(struct device *dev);
297    - initialize the device runtime PM fields in 'struct dev_pm_info'
298
299  void pm_runtime_remove(struct device *dev);
300    - make sure that the runtime PM of the device will be disabled after
301      removing the device from device hierarchy
302
303  int pm_runtime_idle(struct device *dev);
304    - execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the device; returns 0 on
305      success or error code on failure, where -EINPROGRESS means that
306      ->runtime_idle() is already being executed
307
308  int pm_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev);
309    - execute the subsystem-level suspend callback for the device; returns 0 on
310      success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'suspended', or
311      error code on failure, where -EAGAIN or -EBUSY means it is safe to attempt
312      to suspend the device again in future and -EACCES means that
313      'power.disable_depth' is different from 0
314
315  int pm_runtime_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
316    - same as pm_runtime_suspend() except that the autosuspend delay is taken
317      into account; if pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() says the delay has
318      not yet expired then an autosuspend is scheduled for the appropriate time
319      and 0 is returned
320
321  int pm_runtime_resume(struct device *dev);
322    - execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device; returns 0 on
323      success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active' or
324      error code on failure, where -EAGAIN means it may be safe to attempt to
325      resume the device again in future, but 'power.runtime_error' should be
326      checked additionally, and -EACCES means that 'power.disable_depth' is
327      different from 0
328
329  int pm_request_idle(struct device *dev);
330    - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the
331      device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on
332      success or error code if the request has not been queued up
333
334  int pm_request_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
335    - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
336      device when the autosuspend delay has expired; if the delay has already
337      expired then the work item is queued up immediately
338
339  int pm_schedule_suspend(struct device *dev, unsigned int delay);
340    - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
341      device in future, where 'delay' is the time to wait before queuing up a
342      suspend work item in pm_wq, in milliseconds (if 'delay' is zero, the work
343      item is queued up immediately); returns 0 on success, 1 if the device's PM
344      runtime status was already 'suspended', or error code if the request
345      hasn't been scheduled (or queued up if 'delay' is 0); if the execution of
346      ->runtime_suspend() is already scheduled and not yet expired, the new
347      value of 'delay' will be used as the time to wait
348
349  int pm_request_resume(struct device *dev);
350    - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the
351      device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on
352      success, 1 if the device's runtime PM status was already 'active', or
353      error code if the request hasn't been queued up
354
355  void pm_runtime_get_noresume(struct device *dev);
356    - increment the device's usage counter
357
358  int pm_runtime_get(struct device *dev);
359    - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_request_resume(dev) and
360      return its result
361
362  int pm_runtime_get_sync(struct device *dev);
363    - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_runtime_resume(dev) and
364      return its result
365
366  void pm_runtime_put_noidle(struct device *dev);
367    - decrement the device's usage counter
368
369  int pm_runtime_put(struct device *dev);
370    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
371      pm_request_idle(dev) and return its result
372
373  int pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
374    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
375      pm_request_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
376
377  int pm_runtime_put_sync(struct device *dev);
378    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
379      pm_runtime_idle(dev) and return its result
380
381  int pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend(struct device *dev);
382    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
383      pm_runtime_suspend(dev) and return its result
384
385  int pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
386    - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
387      pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
388
389  void pm_runtime_enable(struct device *dev);
390    - decrement the device's 'power.disable_depth' field; if that field is equal
391      to zero, the runtime PM helper functions can execute subsystem-level
392      callbacks described in Section 2 for the device
393
394  int pm_runtime_disable(struct device *dev);
395    - increment the device's 'power.disable_depth' field (if the value of that
396      field was previously zero, this prevents subsystem-level runtime PM
397      callbacks from being run for the device), make sure that all of the pending
398      runtime PM operations on the device are either completed or canceled;
399      returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was necessary to
400      execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device to satisfy that
401      request, otherwise 0 is returned
402
403  int pm_runtime_barrier(struct device *dev);
404    - check if there's a resume request pending for the device and resume it
405      (synchronously) in that case, cancel any other pending runtime PM requests
406      regarding it and wait for all runtime PM operations on it in progress to
407      complete; returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was
408      necessary to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device to
409      satisfy that request, otherwise 0 is returned
410
411  void pm_suspend_ignore_children(struct device *dev, bool enable);
412    - set/unset the power.ignore_children flag of the device
413
414  int pm_runtime_set_active(struct device *dev);
415    - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime
416      PM status to 'active' and update its parent's counter of 'active'
417      children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if
418      'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than
419      zero); it will fail and return error code if the device has a parent
420      which is not active and the 'power.ignore_children' flag of which is unset
421
422  void pm_runtime_set_suspended(struct device *dev);
423    - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's runtime
424      PM status to 'suspended' 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)
428
429  bool pm_runtime_suspended(struct device *dev);
430    - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' and its
431      'power.disable_depth' field is equal to zero, or false otherwise
432
433  bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev);
434    - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended'
435
436  void pm_runtime_allow(struct device *dev);
437    - set the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and decrease its usage
438      counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
439      effectively allow the device to be power managed at run time)
440
441  void pm_runtime_forbid(struct device *dev);
442    - unset the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and increase its usage
443      counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
444      effectively prevent the device from being power managed at run time)
445
446  void pm_runtime_no_callbacks(struct device *dev);
447    - set the power.no_callbacks flag for the device and remove the runtime
448      PM attributes from /sys/devices/.../power (or prevent them from being
449      added when the device is registered)
450
451  void pm_runtime_irq_safe(struct device *dev);
452    - set the power.irq_safe flag for the device, causing the runtime-PM
453      callbacks to be invoked with interrupts off
454
455  void pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(struct device *dev);
456    - set the power.last_busy field to the current time
457
458  void pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
459    - set the power.use_autosuspend flag, enabling autosuspend delays
460
461  void pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
462    - clear the power.use_autosuspend flag, disabling autosuspend delays
463
464  void pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(struct device *dev, int delay);
465    - set the power.autosuspend_delay value to 'delay' (expressed in
466      milliseconds); if 'delay' is negative then runtime suspends are
467      prevented
468
469  unsigned long pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration(struct device *dev);
470    - calculate the time when the current autosuspend delay period will expire,
471      based on power.last_busy and power.autosuspend_delay; if the delay time
472      is 1000 ms or larger then the expiration time is rounded up to the
473      nearest second; returns 0 if the delay period has already expired or
474      power.use_autosuspend isn't set, otherwise returns the expiration time
475      in jiffies
476
477It is safe to execute the following helper functions from interrupt context:
478
479pm_request_idle()
480pm_request_autosuspend()
481pm_schedule_suspend()
482pm_request_resume()
483pm_runtime_get_noresume()
484pm_runtime_get()
485pm_runtime_put_noidle()
486pm_runtime_put()
487pm_runtime_put_autosuspend()
488pm_runtime_enable()
489pm_suspend_ignore_children()
490pm_runtime_set_active()
491pm_runtime_set_suspended()
492pm_runtime_suspended()
493pm_runtime_mark_last_busy()
494pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration()
495
496If pm_runtime_irq_safe() has been called for a device then the following helper
497functions may also be used in interrupt context:
498
499pm_runtime_idle()
500pm_runtime_suspend()
501pm_runtime_autosuspend()
502pm_runtime_resume()
503pm_runtime_get_sync()
504pm_runtime_put_sync()
505pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend()
506pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend()
507
5085. Runtime PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal
509
510Initially, the runtime PM is disabled for all devices, which means that the
511majority of the runtime PM helper funtions described in Section 4 will return
512-EAGAIN until pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device.
513
514In addition to that, the initial runtime PM status of all devices is
515'suspended', but it need not reflect the actual physical state of the device.
516Thus, if the device is initially active (i.e. it is able to process I/O), its
517runtime PM status must be changed to 'active', with the help of
518pm_runtime_set_active(), before pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device.
519
520However, if the device has a parent and the parent's runtime PM is enabled,
521calling pm_runtime_set_active() for the device will affect the parent, unless
522the parent's 'power.ignore_children' flag is set.  Namely, in that case the
523parent won't be able to suspend at run time, using the PM core's helper
524functions, as long as the child's status is 'active', even if the child's
525runtime PM is still disabled (i.e. pm_runtime_enable() hasn't been called for
526the child yet or pm_runtime_disable() has been called for it).  For this reason,
527once pm_runtime_set_active() has been called for the device, pm_runtime_enable()
528should be called for it too as soon as reasonably possible or its runtime PM
529status should be changed back to 'suspended' with the help of
530pm_runtime_set_suspended().
531
532If the default initial runtime PM status of the device (i.e. 'suspended')
533reflects the actual state of the device, its bus type's or its driver's
534->probe() callback will likely need to wake it up using one of the PM core's
535helper functions described in Section 4.  In that case, pm_runtime_resume()
536should be used.  Of course, for this purpose the device's runtime PM has to be
537enabled earlier by calling pm_runtime_enable().
538
539If the device bus type's or driver's ->probe() callback runs
540pm_runtime_suspend() or pm_runtime_idle() or their asynchronous counterparts,
541they will fail returning -EAGAIN, because the device's usage counter is
542incremented by the driver core before executing ->probe().  Still, it may be
543desirable to suspend the device as soon as ->probe() has finished, so the driver
544core uses pm_runtime_put_sync() to invoke the subsystem-level idle callback for
545the device at that time.
546
547Moreover, the driver core prevents runtime PM callbacks from racing with the bus
548notifier callback in __device_release_driver(), which is necessary, because the
549notifier is used by some subsystems to carry out operations affecting the
550runtime PM functionality.  It does so by calling pm_runtime_get_sync() before
551driver_sysfs_remove() and the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER notifications.  This
552resumes the device if it's in the suspended state and prevents it from
553being suspended again while those routines are being executed.
554
555To allow bus types and drivers to put devices into the suspended state by
556calling pm_runtime_suspend() from their ->remove() routines, the driver core
557executes pm_runtime_put_sync() after running the BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER
558notifications in __device_release_driver().  This requires bus types and
559drivers to make their ->remove() callbacks avoid races with runtime PM directly,
560but also it allows of more flexibility in the handling of devices during the
561removal of their drivers.
562
563The user space can effectively disallow the driver of the device to power manage
564it at run time by changing the value of its /sys/devices/.../power/control
565attribute to "on", which causes pm_runtime_forbid() to be called.  In principle,
566this mechanism may also be used by the driver to effectively turn off the
567runtime power management of the device until the user space turns it on.
568Namely, during the initialization the driver can make sure that the runtime PM
569status of the device is 'active' and call pm_runtime_forbid().  It should be
570noted, however, that if the user space has already intentionally changed the
571value of /sys/devices/.../power/control to "auto" to allow the driver to power
572manage the device at run time, the driver may confuse it by using
573pm_runtime_forbid() this way.
574
5756. Runtime PM and System Sleep
576
577Runtime PM and system sleep (i.e., system suspend and hibernation, also known
578as suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk) interact with each other in a couple of
579ways.  If a device is active when a system sleep starts, everything is
580straightforward.  But what should happen if the device is already suspended?
581
582The device may have different wake-up settings for runtime PM and system sleep.
583For example, remote wake-up may be enabled for runtime suspend but disallowed
584for system sleep (device_may_wakeup(dev) returns 'false').  When this happens,
585the subsystem-level system suspend callback is responsible for changing the
586device's wake-up setting (it may leave that to the device driver's system
587suspend routine).  It may be necessary to resume the device and suspend it again
588in order to do so.  The same is true if the driver uses different power levels
589or other settings for runtime suspend and system sleep.
590
591During system resume, the simplest approach is to bring all devices back to full
592power, even if they had been suspended before the system suspend began.  There
593are several reasons for this, including:
594
595  * The device might need to switch power levels, wake-up settings, etc.
596
597  * Remote wake-up events might have been lost by the firmware.
598
599  * The device's children may need the device to be at full power in order
600    to resume themselves.
601
602  * The driver's idea of the device state may not agree with the device's
603    physical state.  This can happen during resume from hibernation.
604
605  * The device might need to be reset.
606
607  * Even though the device was suspended, if its usage counter was > 0 then most
608    likely it would need a runtime resume in the near future anyway.
609
610If the device had been suspended before the system suspend began and it's
611brought back to full power during resume, then its runtime PM status will have
612to be updated to reflect the actual post-system sleep status.  The way to do
613this is:
614
615	pm_runtime_disable(dev);
616	pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
617	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
618
619The PM core always increments the runtime usage counter before calling the
620->suspend() callback and decrements it after calling the ->resume() callback.
621Hence disabling runtime PM temporarily like this will not cause any runtime
622suspend attempts to be permanently lost.  If the usage count goes to zero
623following the return of the ->resume() callback, the ->runtime_idle() callback
624will be invoked as usual.
625
626On some systems, however, system sleep is not entered through a global firmware
627or hardware operation.  Instead, all hardware components are put into low-power
628states directly by the kernel in a coordinated way.  Then, the system sleep
629state effectively follows from the states the hardware components end up in
630and the system is woken up from that state by a hardware interrupt or a similar
631mechanism entirely under the kernel's control.  As a result, the kernel never
632gives control away and the states of all devices during resume are precisely
633known to it.  If that is the case and none of the situations listed above takes
634place (in particular, if the system is not waking up from hibernation), it may
635be more efficient to leave the devices that had been suspended before the system
636suspend began in the suspended state.
637
638The PM core does its best to reduce the probability of race conditions between
639the runtime PM and system suspend/resume (and hibernation) callbacks by carrying
640out the following operations:
641
642  * During system suspend it calls pm_runtime_get_noresume() and
643    pm_runtime_barrier() for every device right before executing the
644    subsystem-level .suspend() callback for it.  In addition to that it calls
645    pm_runtime_disable() for every device right after executing the
646    subsystem-level .suspend() callback for it.
647
648  * During system resume it calls pm_runtime_enable() and pm_runtime_put_sync()
649    for every device right before and right after executing the subsystem-level
650    .resume() callback for it, respectively.
651
6527. Generic subsystem callbacks
653
654Subsystems may wish to conserve code space by using the set of generic power
655management callbacks provided by the PM core, defined in
656driver/base/power/generic_ops.c:
657
658  int pm_generic_runtime_idle(struct device *dev);
659    - invoke the ->runtime_idle() callback provided by the driver of this
660      device, if defined, and call pm_runtime_suspend() for this device if the
661      return value is 0 or the callback is not defined
662
663  int pm_generic_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev);
664    - invoke the ->runtime_suspend() callback provided by the driver of this
665      device and return its result, or return -EINVAL if not defined
666
667  int pm_generic_runtime_resume(struct device *dev);
668    - invoke the ->runtime_resume() callback provided by the driver of this
669      device and return its result, or return -EINVAL if not defined
670
671  int pm_generic_suspend(struct device *dev);
672    - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->suspend()
673      callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
674      defined
675
676  int pm_generic_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev);
677    - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->suspend_noirq()
678      callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
679      0 if not defined
680
681  int pm_generic_resume(struct device *dev);
682    - invoke the ->resume() callback provided by the driver of this device and,
683      if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active'
684
685  int pm_generic_resume_noirq(struct device *dev);
686    - invoke the ->resume_noirq() callback provided by the driver of this device
687
688  int pm_generic_freeze(struct device *dev);
689    - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->freeze()
690      callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
691      defined
692
693  int pm_generic_freeze_noirq(struct device *dev);
694    - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->freeze_noirq()
695      callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
696      0 if not defined
697
698  int pm_generic_thaw(struct device *dev);
699    - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->thaw()
700      callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
701      defined
702
703  int pm_generic_thaw_noirq(struct device *dev);
704    - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", invoke the ->thaw_noirq()
705      callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
706      0 if not defined
707
708  int pm_generic_poweroff(struct device *dev);
709    - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->poweroff()
710      callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
711      defined
712
713  int pm_generic_poweroff_noirq(struct device *dev);
714    - if pm_runtime_suspended(dev) returns "false", run the ->poweroff_noirq()
715      callback provided by the device's driver and return its result, or return
716      0 if not defined
717
718  int pm_generic_restore(struct device *dev);
719    - invoke the ->restore() callback provided by the driver of this device and,
720      if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active'
721
722  int pm_generic_restore_noirq(struct device *dev);
723    - invoke the ->restore_noirq() callback provided by the device's driver
724
725These functions can be assigned to the ->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(),
726->runtime_resume(), ->suspend(), ->suspend_noirq(), ->resume(),
727->resume_noirq(), ->freeze(), ->freeze_noirq(), ->thaw(), ->thaw_noirq(),
728->poweroff(), ->poweroff_noirq(), ->restore(), ->restore_noirq() callback
729pointers in the subsystem-level dev_pm_ops structures.
730
731If a subsystem wishes to use all of them at the same time, it can simply assign
732the GENERIC_SUBSYS_PM_OPS macro, defined in include/linux/pm.h, to its
733dev_pm_ops structure pointer.
734
735Device drivers that wish to use the same function as a system suspend, freeze,
736poweroff and runtime suspend callback, and similarly for system resume, thaw,
737restore, and runtime resume, can achieve this with the help of the
738UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS macro defined in include/linux/pm.h (possibly setting its
739last argument to NULL).
740
7418. "No-Callback" Devices
742
743Some "devices" are only logical sub-devices of their parent and cannot be
744power-managed on their own.  (The prototype example is a USB interface.  Entire
745USB devices can go into low-power mode or send wake-up requests, but neither is
746possible for individual interfaces.)  The drivers for these devices have no
747need of runtime PM callbacks; if the callbacks did exist, ->runtime_suspend()
748and ->runtime_resume() would always return 0 without doing anything else and
749->runtime_idle() would always call pm_runtime_suspend().
750
751Subsystems can tell the PM core about these devices by calling
752pm_runtime_no_callbacks().  This should be done after the device structure is
753initialized and before it is registered (although after device registration is
754also okay).  The routine will set the device's power.no_callbacks flag and
755prevent the non-debugging runtime PM sysfs attributes from being created.
756
757When power.no_callbacks is set, the PM core will not invoke the
758->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(), or ->runtime_resume() callbacks.
759Instead it will assume that suspends and resumes always succeed and that idle
760devices should be suspended.
761
762As a consequence, the PM core will never directly inform the device's subsystem
763or driver about runtime power changes.  Instead, the driver for the device's
764parent must take responsibility for telling the device's driver when the
765parent's power state changes.
766
7679. Autosuspend, or automatically-delayed suspends
768
769Changing a device's power state isn't free; it requires both time and energy.
770A device should be put in a low-power state only when there's some reason to
771think it will remain in that state for a substantial time.  A common heuristic
772says that a device which hasn't been used for a while is liable to remain
773unused; following this advice, drivers should not allow devices to be suspended
774at runtime until they have been inactive for some minimum period.  Even when
775the heuristic ends up being non-optimal, it will still prevent devices from
776"bouncing" too rapidly between low-power and full-power states.
777
778The term "autosuspend" is an historical remnant.  It doesn't mean that the
779device is automatically suspended (the subsystem or driver still has to call
780the appropriate PM routines); rather it means that runtime suspends will
781automatically be delayed until the desired period of inactivity has elapsed.
782
783Inactivity is determined based on the power.last_busy field.  Drivers should
784call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() to update this field after carrying out I/O,
785typically just before calling pm_runtime_put_autosuspend().  The desired length
786of the inactivity period is a matter of policy.  Subsystems can set this length
787initially by calling pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(), but after device
788registration the length should be controlled by user space, using the
789/sys/devices/.../power/autosuspend_delay_ms attribute.
790
791In order to use autosuspend, subsystems or drivers must call
792pm_runtime_use_autosuspend() (preferably before registering the device), and
793thereafter they should use the various *_autosuspend() helper functions instead
794of the non-autosuspend counterparts:
795
796	Instead of: pm_runtime_suspend    use: pm_runtime_autosuspend;
797	Instead of: pm_schedule_suspend   use: pm_request_autosuspend;
798	Instead of: pm_runtime_put        use: pm_runtime_put_autosuspend;
799	Instead of: pm_runtime_put_sync   use: pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend.
800
801Drivers may also continue to use the non-autosuspend helper functions; they
802will behave normally, not taking the autosuspend delay into account.
803Similarly, if the power.use_autosuspend field isn't set then the autosuspend
804helper functions will behave just like the non-autosuspend counterparts.
805
806Under some circumstances a driver or subsystem may want to prevent a device
807from autosuspending immediately, even though the usage counter is zero and the
808autosuspend delay time has expired.  If the ->runtime_suspend() callback
809returns -EAGAIN or -EBUSY, and if the next autosuspend delay expiration time is
810in the future (as it normally would be if the callback invoked
811pm_runtime_mark_last_busy()), the PM core will automatically reschedule the
812autosuspend.  The ->runtime_suspend() callback can't do this rescheduling
813itself because no suspend requests of any kind are accepted while the device is
814suspending (i.e., while the callback is running).
815
816The implementation is well suited for asynchronous use in interrupt contexts.
817However such use inevitably involves races, because the PM core can't
818synchronize ->runtime_suspend() callbacks with the arrival of I/O requests.
819This synchronization must be handled by the driver, using its private lock.
820Here is a schematic pseudo-code example:
821
822	foo_read_or_write(struct foo_priv *foo, void *data)
823	{
824		lock(&foo->private_lock);
825		add_request_to_io_queue(foo, data);
826		if (foo->num_pending_requests++ == 0)
827			pm_runtime_get(&foo->dev);
828		if (!foo->is_suspended)
829			foo_process_next_request(foo);
830		unlock(&foo->private_lock);
831	}
832
833	foo_io_completion(struct foo_priv *foo, void *req)
834	{
835		lock(&foo->private_lock);
836		if (--foo->num_pending_requests == 0) {
837			pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
838			pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&foo->dev);
839		} else {
840			foo_process_next_request(foo);
841		}
842		unlock(&foo->private_lock);
843		/* Send req result back to the user ... */
844	}
845
846	int foo_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
847	{
848		struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...);
849		int ret = 0;
850
851		lock(&foo->private_lock);
852		if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0) {
853			ret = -EBUSY;
854		} else {
855			/* ... suspend the device ... */
856			foo->is_suspended = 1;
857		}
858		unlock(&foo->private_lock);
859		return ret;
860	}
861
862	int foo_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
863	{
864		struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...);
865
866		lock(&foo->private_lock);
867		/* ... resume the device ... */
868		foo->is_suspended = 0;
869		pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
870		if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0)
871			foo_process_requests(foo);
872		unlock(&foo->private_lock);
873		return 0;
874	}
875
876The important point is that after foo_io_completion() asks for an autosuspend,
877the foo_runtime_suspend() callback may race with foo_read_or_write().
878Therefore foo_runtime_suspend() has to check whether there are any pending I/O
879requests (while holding the private lock) before allowing the suspend to
880proceed.
881
882In addition, the power.autosuspend_delay field can be changed by user space at
883any time.  If a driver cares about this, it can call
884pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() from within the ->runtime_suspend()
885callback while holding its private lock.  If the function returns a nonzero
886value then the delay has not yet expired and the callback should return
887-EAGAIN.
888