On Monday, December 3, 2018 4:38:46 PM CET Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Lorenzo,
>
> Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx> wrote on Mon, 3 Dec 2018
> 10:27:08 +0000:
>
> > [+Rafael, Sudeep]
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 03:18:24PM +0100, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > > Add suspend and resume callbacks. The priority of these are
> > > "_noirq()", to workaround early access to the registers done by the
> > > PCI core through the ->read()/->write() callbacks at resume time.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
> > > index 108b3f15c410..7ecf1ac4036b 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
> > > @@ -1108,6 +1108,55 @@ static int advk_pcie_setup_clk(struct advk_pcie *pcie)
> > > return ret;
> > > }
> > >
> > > +static int __maybe_unused advk_pcie_suspend(struct device *dev)
> > > +{
> > > + struct advk_pcie *pcie = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> > > +
> > > + advk_pcie_disable_phy(pcie);
> > > +
> > > + clk_disable_unprepare(pcie->clk);
> >
> > I have noticed it is common practice, still, I would like to check whether
> > it is allowed to call functions that may sleep in a NOIRQ suspend/resume
> > callback ?
>
> You are right this is weird. I double checked and for instance,
> pcie-mediatek.c, pci-tegra.c and pci-imx6.c do the exact same thing. There are
> probably other cases where drivers call functions that may sleep from a NOIRQ
> context. I am interested to know if this is valid and if not, what is the
> alternative?
>
Yes, it is valid. _noirq means that the high-level action handlers will not be
invoked for interrupts occurring during that period, but that doesn't apply to
timer interrupts.
IOW, don't expect *your* IRQ handler to be invoked then (if this is not a timer
IRQ), but you can sleep.
Thanks,
Rafael
