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Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +02001Run-time Power Management Framework for I/O Devices
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3(C) 2009 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc.
Alan Stern7490e442010-09-25 23:35:15 +02004(C) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +02005
61. Introduction
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8Support for run-time power management (run-time 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 run-time 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 run-time 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 run-time PM operations with one another.
21
22* Three device run-time 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 run-time 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 run-time PM callbacks present in 'struct dev_pm_ops', the device run-time PM
31fields of 'struct dev_pm_info' and the core helper functions provided for
32run-time PM are described below.
33
342. Device Run-time PM Callbacks
35
36There are three device run-time 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);
Rafael J. Wysockie1b19032009-12-03 21:04:08 +010042 int (*runtime_idle)(struct device *dev);
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +020043 ...
44};
45
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +010046The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks are
47executed by the PM core for either the bus type, or device type (if the bus
48type's callback is not defined), or device class (if the bus type's and device
49type's callbacks are not defined) of given device. The bus type, device type
50and device class callbacks are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what
51follows.
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +020052
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +010053The subsystem-level suspend callback is _entirely_ _responsible_ for handling
54the suspend of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not include
55executing the device driver's own ->runtime_suspend() callback (from the
56PM core's point of view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_suspend()
57callback in a device driver as long as the subsystem-level suspend callback
58knows what to do to handle the device).
59
60 * Once the subsystem-level suspend callback has completed successfully
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +020061 for given device, the PM core regards the device as suspended, which need
62 not mean that the device has been put into a low power state. It is
63 supposed to mean, however, that the device will not process data and will
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +010064 not communicate with the CPU(s) and RAM until the subsystem-level resume
65 callback is executed for it. The run-time PM status of a device after
66 successful execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback is 'suspended'.
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +020067
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +010068 * If the subsystem-level suspend callback returns -EBUSY or -EAGAIN,
69 the device's run-time PM status is 'active', which means that the device
70 _must_ be fully operational afterwards.
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +020071
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +010072 * If the subsystem-level suspend callback returns an error code different
73 from -EBUSY or -EAGAIN, the PM core regards this as a fatal error and will
74 refuse to run the helper functions described in Section 4 for the device,
75 until the status of it is directly set either to 'active', or to 'suspended'
76 (the PM core provides special helper functions for this purpose).
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +020077
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +010078In particular, if the driver requires remote wake-up capability (i.e. hardware
79mechanism allowing the device to request a change of its power state, such as
80PCI PME) for proper functioning and device_run_wake() returns 'false' for the
81device, then ->runtime_suspend() should return -EBUSY. On the other hand, if
82device_run_wake() returns 'true' for the device and the device is put into a low
83power state during the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback, it is
84expected that remote wake-up will be enabled for the device. Generally, remote
85wake-up should be enabled for all input devices put into a low power state at
86run time.
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +020087
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +010088The subsystem-level resume callback is _entirely_ _responsible_ for handling the
89resume of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not include executing
90the device driver's own ->runtime_resume() callback (from the PM core's point of
91view it is not necessary to implement a ->runtime_resume() callback in a device
92driver as long as the subsystem-level resume callback knows what to do to handle
93the device).
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +020094
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +010095 * Once the subsystem-level resume callback has completed successfully, the PM
96 core regards the device as fully operational, which means that the device
97 _must_ be able to complete I/O operations as needed. The run-time PM status
98 of the device is then 'active'.
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +020099
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100100 * If the subsystem-level resume callback returns an error code, the PM core
101 regards this as a fatal error and will refuse to run the helper functions
102 described in Section 4 for the device, until its status is directly set
103 either to 'active' or to 'suspended' (the PM core provides special helper
104 functions for this purpose).
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200105
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100106The subsystem-level idle callback is executed by the PM core whenever the device
107appears to be idle, which is indicated to the PM core by two counters, the
108device's usage counter and the counter of 'active' children of the device.
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200109
110 * If any of these counters is decreased using a helper function provided by
111 the PM core and it turns out to be equal to zero, the other counter is
112 checked. If that counter also is equal to zero, the PM core executes the
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100113 subsystem-level idle callback with the device as an argument.
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200114
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100115The action performed by a subsystem-level idle callback is totally dependent on
116the subsystem in question, but the expected and recommended action is to check
117if the device can be suspended (i.e. if all of the conditions necessary for
118suspending the device are satisfied) and to queue up a suspend request for the
119device in that case. The value returned by this callback is ignored by the PM
120core.
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200121
122The helper functions provided by the PM core, described in Section 4, guarantee
123that the following constraints are met with respect to the bus type's run-time
124PM callbacks:
125
126(1) The callbacks are mutually exclusive (e.g. it is forbidden to execute
127 ->runtime_suspend() in parallel with ->runtime_resume() or with another
128 instance of ->runtime_suspend() for the same device) with the exception that
129 ->runtime_suspend() or ->runtime_resume() can be executed in parallel with
130 ->runtime_idle() (although ->runtime_idle() will not be started while any
131 of the other callbacks is being executed for the same device).
132
133(2) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for 'active'
134 devices (i.e. the PM core will only execute ->runtime_idle() or
135 ->runtime_suspend() for the devices the run-time PM status of which is
136 'active').
137
138(3) ->runtime_idle() and ->runtime_suspend() can only be executed for a device
139 the usage counter of which is equal to zero _and_ either the counter of
140 'active' children of which is equal to zero, or the 'power.ignore_children'
141 flag of which is set.
142
143(4) ->runtime_resume() can only be executed for 'suspended' devices (i.e. the
144 PM core will only execute ->runtime_resume() for the devices the run-time
145 PM status of which is 'suspended').
146
147Additionally, the helper functions provided by the PM core obey the following
148rules:
149
150 * If ->runtime_suspend() is about to be executed or there's a pending request
151 to execute it, ->runtime_idle() will not be executed for the same device.
152
153 * A request to execute or to schedule the execution of ->runtime_suspend()
154 will cancel any pending requests to execute ->runtime_idle() for the same
155 device.
156
157 * If ->runtime_resume() is about to be executed or there's a pending request
158 to execute it, the other callbacks will not be executed for the same device.
159
160 * A request to execute ->runtime_resume() will cancel any pending or
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200161 scheduled requests to execute the other callbacks for the same device,
162 except for scheduled autosuspends.
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200163
1643. Run-time PM Device Fields
165
166The following device run-time PM fields are present in 'struct dev_pm_info', as
167defined in include/linux/pm.h:
168
169 struct timer_list suspend_timer;
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200170 - timer used for scheduling (delayed) suspend and autosuspend requests
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200171
172 unsigned long timer_expires;
173 - timer expiration time, in jiffies (if this is different from zero, the
174 timer is running and will expire at that time, otherwise the timer is not
175 running)
176
177 struct work_struct work;
178 - work structure used for queuing up requests (i.e. work items in pm_wq)
179
180 wait_queue_head_t wait_queue;
181 - wait queue used if any of the helper functions needs to wait for another
182 one to complete
183
184 spinlock_t lock;
185 - lock used for synchronisation
186
187 atomic_t usage_count;
188 - the usage counter of the device
189
190 atomic_t child_count;
191 - the count of 'active' children of the device
192
193 unsigned int ignore_children;
194 - if set, the value of child_count is ignored (but still updated)
195
196 unsigned int disable_depth;
197 - used for disabling the helper funcions (they work normally if this is
198 equal to zero); the initial value of it is 1 (i.e. run-time PM is
199 initially disabled for all devices)
200
201 unsigned int runtime_error;
202 - if set, there was a fatal error (one of the callbacks returned error code
203 as described in Section 2), so the helper funtions will not work until
204 this flag is cleared; this is the error code returned by the failing
205 callback
206
207 unsigned int idle_notification;
208 - if set, ->runtime_idle() is being executed
209
210 unsigned int request_pending;
211 - if set, there's a pending request (i.e. a work item queued up into pm_wq)
212
213 enum rpm_request request;
214 - type of request that's pending (valid if request_pending is set)
215
216 unsigned int deferred_resume;
217 - set if ->runtime_resume() is about to be run while ->runtime_suspend() is
218 being executed for that device and it is not practical to wait for the
219 suspend to complete; means "start a resume as soon as you've suspended"
220
Rafael J. Wysocki7a1a8eb2009-12-03 21:19:18 +0100221 unsigned int run_wake;
222 - set if the device is capable of generating run-time wake-up events
223
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200224 enum rpm_status runtime_status;
225 - the run-time PM status of the device; this field's initial value is
226 RPM_SUSPENDED, which means that each device is initially regarded by the
227 PM core as 'suspended', regardless of its real hardware status
228
Rafael J. Wysocki87d1b3e2010-03-06 21:28:17 +0100229 unsigned int runtime_auto;
230 - if set, indicates that the user space has allowed the device driver to
231 power manage the device at run time via the /sys/devices/.../power/control
232 interface; it may only be modified with the help of the pm_runtime_allow()
233 and pm_runtime_forbid() helper functions
234
Alan Stern7490e442010-09-25 23:35:15 +0200235 unsigned int no_callbacks;
236 - indicates that the device does not use the run-time PM callbacks (see
237 Section 8); it may be modified only by the pm_runtime_no_callbacks()
238 helper function
239
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200240 unsigned int use_autosuspend;
241 - indicates that the device's driver supports delayed autosuspend (see
242 Section 9); it may be modified only by the
243 pm_runtime{_dont}_use_autosuspend() helper functions
244
245 unsigned int timer_autosuspends;
246 - indicates that the PM core should attempt to carry out an autosuspend
247 when the timer expires rather than a normal suspend
248
249 int autosuspend_delay;
250 - the delay time (in milliseconds) to be used for autosuspend
251
252 unsigned long last_busy;
253 - the time (in jiffies) when the pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() helper
254 function was last called for this device; used in calculating inactivity
255 periods for autosuspend
256
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200257All of the above fields are members of the 'power' member of 'struct device'.
258
2594. Run-time PM Device Helper Functions
260
261The following run-time PM helper functions are defined in
262drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
263
264 void pm_runtime_init(struct device *dev);
265 - initialize the device run-time PM fields in 'struct dev_pm_info'
266
267 void pm_runtime_remove(struct device *dev);
268 - make sure that the run-time PM of the device will be disabled after
269 removing the device from device hierarchy
270
271 int pm_runtime_idle(struct device *dev);
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100272 - execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the device; returns 0 on
273 success or error code on failure, where -EINPROGRESS means that
274 ->runtime_idle() is already being executed
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200275
276 int pm_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev);
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100277 - execute the subsystem-level suspend callback for the device; returns 0 on
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200278 success, 1 if the device's run-time PM status was already 'suspended', or
279 error code on failure, where -EAGAIN or -EBUSY means it is safe to attempt
280 to suspend the device again in future
281
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200282 int pm_runtime_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
283 - same as pm_runtime_suspend() except that the autosuspend delay is taken
284 into account; if pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() says the delay has
285 not yet expired then an autosuspend is scheduled for the appropriate time
286 and 0 is returned
287
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200288 int pm_runtime_resume(struct device *dev);
Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardode8164f2010-01-17 19:22:28 -0200289 - execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device; returns 0 on
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200290 success, 1 if the device's run-time PM status was already 'active' or
291 error code on failure, where -EAGAIN means it may be safe to attempt to
292 resume the device again in future, but 'power.runtime_error' should be
293 checked additionally
294
295 int pm_request_idle(struct device *dev);
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100296 - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level idle callback for the
297 device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on
298 success or error code if the request has not been queued up
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200299
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200300 int pm_request_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
301 - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
302 device when the autosuspend delay has expired; if the delay has already
303 expired then the work item is queued up immediately
304
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200305 int pm_schedule_suspend(struct device *dev, unsigned int delay);
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100306 - schedule the execution of the subsystem-level suspend callback for the
307 device in future, where 'delay' is the time to wait before queuing up a
308 suspend work item in pm_wq, in milliseconds (if 'delay' is zero, the work
309 item is queued up immediately); returns 0 on success, 1 if the device's PM
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200310 run-time status was already 'suspended', or error code if the request
311 hasn't been scheduled (or queued up if 'delay' is 0); if the execution of
312 ->runtime_suspend() is already scheduled and not yet expired, the new
313 value of 'delay' will be used as the time to wait
314
315 int pm_request_resume(struct device *dev);
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100316 - submit a request to execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the
317 device (the request is represented by a work item in pm_wq); returns 0 on
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200318 success, 1 if the device's run-time PM status was already 'active', or
319 error code if the request hasn't been queued up
320
321 void pm_runtime_get_noresume(struct device *dev);
322 - increment the device's usage counter
323
324 int pm_runtime_get(struct device *dev);
325 - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_request_resume(dev) and
326 return its result
327
328 int pm_runtime_get_sync(struct device *dev);
329 - increment the device's usage counter, run pm_runtime_resume(dev) and
330 return its result
331
332 void pm_runtime_put_noidle(struct device *dev);
333 - decrement the device's usage counter
334
335 int pm_runtime_put(struct device *dev);
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200336 - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
337 pm_request_idle(dev) and return its result
338
339 int pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
340 - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
341 pm_request_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200342
343 int pm_runtime_put_sync(struct device *dev);
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200344 - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
345 pm_runtime_idle(dev) and return its result
346
347 int pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
348 - decrement the device's usage counter; if the result is 0 then run
349 pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev) and return its result
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200350
351 void pm_runtime_enable(struct device *dev);
352 - enable the run-time PM helper functions to run the device bus type's
353 run-time PM callbacks described in Section 2
354
355 int pm_runtime_disable(struct device *dev);
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100356 - prevent the run-time PM helper functions from running subsystem-level
357 run-time PM callbacks for the device, make sure that all of the pending
358 run-time PM operations on the device are either completed or canceled;
359 returns 1 if there was a resume request pending and it was necessary to
360 execute the subsystem-level resume callback for the device to satisfy that
361 request, otherwise 0 is returned
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200362
363 void pm_suspend_ignore_children(struct device *dev, bool enable);
364 - set/unset the power.ignore_children flag of the device
365
366 int pm_runtime_set_active(struct device *dev);
367 - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's run-time
368 PM status to 'active' and update its parent's counter of 'active'
369 children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if
370 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than
371 zero); it will fail and return error code if the device has a parent
372 which is not active and the 'power.ignore_children' flag of which is unset
373
374 void pm_runtime_set_suspended(struct device *dev);
375 - clear the device's 'power.runtime_error' flag, set the device's run-time
376 PM status to 'suspended' and update its parent's counter of 'active'
377 children as appropriate (it is only valid to use this function if
378 'power.runtime_error' is set or 'power.disable_depth' is greater than
379 zero)
380
Rafael J. Wysockid690b2c2010-03-06 21:28:37 +0100381 bool pm_runtime_suspended(struct device *dev);
382 - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended', or false
383 otherwise
384
Rafael J. Wysocki87d1b3e2010-03-06 21:28:17 +0100385 void pm_runtime_allow(struct device *dev);
386 - set the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and decrease its usage
387 counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
388 effectively allow the device to be power managed at run time)
389
390 void pm_runtime_forbid(struct device *dev);
391 - unset the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and increase its usage
392 counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
393 effectively prevent the device from being power managed at run time)
394
Alan Stern7490e442010-09-25 23:35:15 +0200395 void pm_runtime_no_callbacks(struct device *dev);
396 - set the power.no_callbacks flag for the device and remove the run-time
397 PM attributes from /sys/devices/.../power (or prevent them from being
398 added when the device is registered)
399
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200400 void pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(struct device *dev);
401 - set the power.last_busy field to the current time
402
403 void pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
404 - set the power.use_autosuspend flag, enabling autosuspend delays
405
406 void pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev);
407 - clear the power.use_autosuspend flag, disabling autosuspend delays
408
409 void pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(struct device *dev, int delay);
410 - set the power.autosuspend_delay value to 'delay' (expressed in
411 milliseconds); if 'delay' is negative then run-time suspends are
412 prevented
413
414 unsigned long pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration(struct device *dev);
415 - calculate the time when the current autosuspend delay period will expire,
416 based on power.last_busy and power.autosuspend_delay; if the delay time
417 is 1000 ms or larger then the expiration time is rounded up to the
418 nearest second; returns 0 if the delay period has already expired or
419 power.use_autosuspend isn't set, otherwise returns the expiration time
420 in jiffies
421
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200422It is safe to execute the following helper functions from interrupt context:
423
424pm_request_idle()
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200425pm_request_autosuspend()
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200426pm_schedule_suspend()
427pm_request_resume()
428pm_runtime_get_noresume()
429pm_runtime_get()
430pm_runtime_put_noidle()
431pm_runtime_put()
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200432pm_runtime_put_autosuspend()
433pm_runtime_enable()
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200434pm_suspend_ignore_children()
435pm_runtime_set_active()
436pm_runtime_set_suspended()
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200437pm_runtime_suspended()
438pm_runtime_mark_last_busy()
439pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration()
Rafael J. Wysocki5e928f72009-08-18 23:38:32 +0200440
4415. Run-time PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal
442
443Initially, the run-time PM is disabled for all devices, which means that the
444majority of the run-time PM helper funtions described in Section 4 will return
445-EAGAIN until pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device.
446
447In addition to that, the initial run-time PM status of all devices is
448'suspended', but it need not reflect the actual physical state of the device.
449Thus, if the device is initially active (i.e. it is able to process I/O), its
450run-time PM status must be changed to 'active', with the help of
451pm_runtime_set_active(), before pm_runtime_enable() is called for the device.
452
453However, if the device has a parent and the parent's run-time PM is enabled,
454calling pm_runtime_set_active() for the device will affect the parent, unless
455the parent's 'power.ignore_children' flag is set. Namely, in that case the
456parent won't be able to suspend at run time, using the PM core's helper
457functions, as long as the child's status is 'active', even if the child's
458run-time PM is still disabled (i.e. pm_runtime_enable() hasn't been called for
459the child yet or pm_runtime_disable() has been called for it). For this reason,
460once pm_runtime_set_active() has been called for the device, pm_runtime_enable()
461should be called for it too as soon as reasonably possible or its run-time PM
462status should be changed back to 'suspended' with the help of
463pm_runtime_set_suspended().
464
465If the default initial run-time PM status of the device (i.e. 'suspended')
466reflects the actual state of the device, its bus type's or its driver's
467->probe() callback will likely need to wake it up using one of the PM core's
468helper functions described in Section 4. In that case, pm_runtime_resume()
469should be used. Of course, for this purpose the device's run-time PM has to be
470enabled earlier by calling pm_runtime_enable().
471
472If the device bus type's or driver's ->probe() or ->remove() callback runs
473pm_runtime_suspend() or pm_runtime_idle() or their asynchronous counterparts,
474they will fail returning -EAGAIN, because the device's usage counter is
475incremented by the core before executing ->probe() and ->remove(). Still, it
476may be desirable to suspend the device as soon as ->probe() or ->remove() has
Rafael J. Wysockia6ab7aa2009-12-22 20:43:17 +0100477finished, so the PM core uses pm_runtime_idle_sync() to invoke the
478subsystem-level idle callback for the device at that time.
Alan Sternf1212ae2009-12-22 20:43:40 +0100479
Rafael J. Wysocki87d1b3e2010-03-06 21:28:17 +0100480The user space can effectively disallow the driver of the device to power manage
481it at run time by changing the value of its /sys/devices/.../power/control
482attribute to "on", which causes pm_runtime_forbid() to be called. In principle,
483this mechanism may also be used by the driver to effectively turn off the
484run-time power management of the device until the user space turns it on.
485Namely, during the initialization the driver can make sure that the run-time PM
486status of the device is 'active' and call pm_runtime_forbid(). It should be
487noted, however, that if the user space has already intentionally changed the
488value of /sys/devices/.../power/control to "auto" to allow the driver to power
489manage the device at run time, the driver may confuse it by using
490pm_runtime_forbid() this way.
491
Alan Sternf1212ae2009-12-22 20:43:40 +01004926. Run-time PM and System Sleep
493
494Run-time PM and system sleep (i.e., system suspend and hibernation, also known
495as suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk) interact with each other in a couple of
496ways. If a device is active when a system sleep starts, everything is
497straightforward. But what should happen if the device is already suspended?
498
499The device may have different wake-up settings for run-time PM and system sleep.
500For example, remote wake-up may be enabled for run-time suspend but disallowed
501for system sleep (device_may_wakeup(dev) returns 'false'). When this happens,
502the subsystem-level system suspend callback is responsible for changing the
503device's wake-up setting (it may leave that to the device driver's system
504suspend routine). It may be necessary to resume the device and suspend it again
505in order to do so. The same is true if the driver uses different power levels
506or other settings for run-time suspend and system sleep.
507
508During system resume, devices generally should be brought back to full power,
509even if they were suspended before the system sleep began. There are several
510reasons for this, including:
511
512 * The device might need to switch power levels, wake-up settings, etc.
513
514 * Remote wake-up events might have been lost by the firmware.
515
516 * The device's children may need the device to be at full power in order
517 to resume themselves.
518
519 * The driver's idea of the device state may not agree with the device's
520 physical state. This can happen during resume from hibernation.
521
522 * The device might need to be reset.
523
524 * Even though the device was suspended, if its usage counter was > 0 then most
525 likely it would need a run-time resume in the near future anyway.
526
527 * Always going back to full power is simplest.
528
529If the device was suspended before the sleep began, then its run-time PM status
530will have to be updated to reflect the actual post-system sleep status. The way
531to do this is:
532
533 pm_runtime_disable(dev);
534 pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
535 pm_runtime_enable(dev);
536
537The PM core always increments the run-time usage counter before calling the
538->prepare() callback and decrements it after calling the ->complete() callback.
539Hence disabling run-time PM temporarily like this will not cause any run-time
540suspend callbacks to be lost.
Rafael J. Wysockid690b2c2010-03-06 21:28:37 +0100541
5427. Generic subsystem callbacks
543
544Subsystems may wish to conserve code space by using the set of generic power
545management callbacks provided by the PM core, defined in
546driver/base/power/generic_ops.c:
547
548 int pm_generic_runtime_idle(struct device *dev);
549 - invoke the ->runtime_idle() callback provided by the driver of this
550 device, if defined, and call pm_runtime_suspend() for this device if the
551 return value is 0 or the callback is not defined
552
553 int pm_generic_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev);
554 - invoke the ->runtime_suspend() callback provided by the driver of this
555 device and return its result, or return -EINVAL if not defined
556
557 int pm_generic_runtime_resume(struct device *dev);
558 - invoke the ->runtime_resume() callback provided by the driver of this
559 device and return its result, or return -EINVAL if not defined
560
561 int pm_generic_suspend(struct device *dev);
562 - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->suspend()
563 callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
564 defined
565
566 int pm_generic_resume(struct device *dev);
567 - invoke the ->resume() callback provided by the driver of this device and,
568 if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active'
569
570 int pm_generic_freeze(struct device *dev);
571 - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->freeze()
572 callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
573 defined
574
575 int pm_generic_thaw(struct device *dev);
576 - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->thaw()
577 callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
578 defined
579
580 int pm_generic_poweroff(struct device *dev);
581 - if the device has not been suspended at run time, invoke the ->poweroff()
582 callback provided by its driver and return its result, or return 0 if not
583 defined
584
585 int pm_generic_restore(struct device *dev);
586 - invoke the ->restore() callback provided by the driver of this device and,
587 if successful, change the device's runtime PM status to 'active'
588
589These functions can be assigned to the ->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(),
590->runtime_resume(), ->suspend(), ->resume(), ->freeze(), ->thaw(), ->poweroff(),
591or ->restore() callback pointers in the subsystem-level dev_pm_ops structures.
592
593If a subsystem wishes to use all of them at the same time, it can simply assign
594the GENERIC_SUBSYS_PM_OPS macro, defined in include/linux/pm.h, to its
595dev_pm_ops structure pointer.
596
597Device drivers that wish to use the same function as a system suspend, freeze,
598poweroff and run-time suspend callback, and similarly for system resume, thaw,
599restore, and run-time resume, can achieve this with the help of the
600UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS macro defined in include/linux/pm.h (possibly setting its
601last argument to NULL).
Alan Stern7490e442010-09-25 23:35:15 +0200602
6038. "No-Callback" Devices
604
605Some "devices" are only logical sub-devices of their parent and cannot be
606power-managed on their own. (The prototype example is a USB interface. Entire
607USB devices can go into low-power mode or send wake-up requests, but neither is
608possible for individual interfaces.) The drivers for these devices have no
609need of run-time PM callbacks; if the callbacks did exist, ->runtime_suspend()
610and ->runtime_resume() would always return 0 without doing anything else and
611->runtime_idle() would always call pm_runtime_suspend().
612
613Subsystems can tell the PM core about these devices by calling
614pm_runtime_no_callbacks(). This should be done after the device structure is
615initialized and before it is registered (although after device registration is
616also okay). The routine will set the device's power.no_callbacks flag and
617prevent the non-debugging run-time PM sysfs attributes from being created.
618
619When power.no_callbacks is set, the PM core will not invoke the
620->runtime_idle(), ->runtime_suspend(), or ->runtime_resume() callbacks.
621Instead it will assume that suspends and resumes always succeed and that idle
622devices should be suspended.
623
624As a consequence, the PM core will never directly inform the device's subsystem
625or driver about run-time power changes. Instead, the driver for the device's
626parent must take responsibility for telling the device's driver when the
627parent's power state changes.
Alan Stern15bcb912010-09-25 23:35:21 +0200628
6299. Autosuspend, or automatically-delayed suspends
630
631Changing a device's power state isn't free; it requires both time and energy.
632A device should be put in a low-power state only when there's some reason to
633think it will remain in that state for a substantial time. A common heuristic
634says that a device which hasn't been used for a while is liable to remain
635unused; following this advice, drivers should not allow devices to be suspended
636at run-time until they have been inactive for some minimum period. Even when
637the heuristic ends up being non-optimal, it will still prevent devices from
638"bouncing" too rapidly between low-power and full-power states.
639
640The term "autosuspend" is an historical remnant. It doesn't mean that the
641device is automatically suspended (the subsystem or driver still has to call
642the appropriate PM routines); rather it means that run-time suspends will
643automatically be delayed until the desired period of inactivity has elapsed.
644
645Inactivity is determined based on the power.last_busy field. Drivers should
646call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy() to update this field after carrying out I/O,
647typically just before calling pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(). The desired length
648of the inactivity period is a matter of policy. Subsystems can set this length
649initially by calling pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(), but after device
650registration the length should be controlled by user space, using the
651/sys/devices/.../power/autosuspend_delay_ms attribute.
652
653In order to use autosuspend, subsystems or drivers must call
654pm_runtime_use_autosuspend() (preferably before registering the device), and
655thereafter they should use the various *_autosuspend() helper functions instead
656of the non-autosuspend counterparts:
657
658 Instead of: pm_runtime_suspend use: pm_runtime_autosuspend;
659 Instead of: pm_schedule_suspend use: pm_request_autosuspend;
660 Instead of: pm_runtime_put use: pm_runtime_put_autosuspend;
661 Instead of: pm_runtime_put_sync use: pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend.
662
663Drivers may also continue to use the non-autosuspend helper functions; they
664will behave normally, not taking the autosuspend delay into account.
665Similarly, if the power.use_autosuspend field isn't set then the autosuspend
666helper functions will behave just like the non-autosuspend counterparts.
667
668The implementation is well suited for asynchronous use in interrupt contexts.
669However such use inevitably involves races, because the PM core can't
670synchronize ->runtime_suspend() callbacks with the arrival of I/O requests.
671This synchronization must be handled by the driver, using its private lock.
672Here is a schematic pseudo-code example:
673
674 foo_read_or_write(struct foo_priv *foo, void *data)
675 {
676 lock(&foo->private_lock);
677 add_request_to_io_queue(foo, data);
678 if (foo->num_pending_requests++ == 0)
679 pm_runtime_get(&foo->dev);
680 if (!foo->is_suspended)
681 foo_process_next_request(foo);
682 unlock(&foo->private_lock);
683 }
684
685 foo_io_completion(struct foo_priv *foo, void *req)
686 {
687 lock(&foo->private_lock);
688 if (--foo->num_pending_requests == 0) {
689 pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
690 pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&foo->dev);
691 } else {
692 foo_process_next_request(foo);
693 }
694 unlock(&foo->private_lock);
695 /* Send req result back to the user ... */
696 }
697
698 int foo_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
699 {
700 struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...);
701 int ret = 0;
702
703 lock(&foo->private_lock);
704 if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0) {
705 ret = -EBUSY;
706 } else {
707 /* ... suspend the device ... */
708 foo->is_suspended = 1;
709 }
710 unlock(&foo->private_lock);
711 return ret;
712 }
713
714 int foo_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
715 {
716 struct foo_priv foo = container_of(dev, ...);
717
718 lock(&foo->private_lock);
719 /* ... resume the device ... */
720 foo->is_suspended = 0;
721 pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&foo->dev);
722 if (foo->num_pending_requests > 0)
723 foo_process_requests(foo);
724 unlock(&foo->private_lock);
725 return 0;
726 }
727
728The important point is that after foo_io_completion() asks for an autosuspend,
729the foo_runtime_suspend() callback may race with foo_read_or_write().
730Therefore foo_runtime_suspend() has to check whether there are any pending I/O
731requests (while holding the private lock) before allowing the suspend to
732proceed.
733
734In addition, the power.autosuspend_delay field can be changed by user space at
735any time. If a driver cares about this, it can call
736pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration() from within the ->runtime_suspend()
737callback while holding its private lock. If the function returns a nonzero
738value then the delay has not yet expired and the callback should return
739-EAGAIN.