Re: [v2, 1/8] tty: serial: qcom_geni_serial: Add comments for clarification

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On 4/17/2018 12:17 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Matthias Kaehlcke (2018-04-12 14:41:02)
>> On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 01:38:34PM -0600, Karthikeyan Ramasubramanian wrote:
>>> @@ -1103,6 +1107,14 @@ static int __maybe_unused qcom_geni_serial_sys_resume_noirq(struct device *dev)
>>>  
>>>       if (console_suspend_enabled && uport->suspended) {
>>>               uart_resume_port(uport->private_data, uport);
>>> +             /*
>>> +              * uart_suspend_port() invokes port shutdown which in turn
>>> +              * frees the irq. uart_resume_port invokes port startup which
>>> +              * performs request_irq. The request_irq auto-enables the IRQ.
>>> +              * In addition, resume_noirq implicitly enables the IRQ and
>>> +              * leads to an unbalanced IRQ enable warning. Disable the IRQ
>>> +              * before returning so that the warning is suppressed.
>>> +              */
>>
>> For the record, the noirq flow is:
>>
>> dpm_resume_noirq()
>>   dpm_noirq_resume_devices()
>>     for each dev
>>       device_resume_noirq()
>>
>>   dpm_noirq_end()
>>     resume_irqs()
>>       for_each_irq_desc
>>         resume_irq()
>>
>>
> 
> I'm still curious why we use the noirq variants of the suspend/resume
> hooks. Why not use the normal suspend/resume hooks here and then drop
> the whole disable_irq() dance?
In the non-console use-cases, RX line can be used as a wake-up
interrupt. Using no_irq variant helps with turning on the serial engine
resources quickly and in turn help with reducing the RX latency.
> 
>>>               disable_irq(uport->irq);
>>>       }
>>>       return 0;
Regards,
Karthik.
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