On Tuesday, April 26, 2011, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > Hi Hi, > On Mon, 25 Apr 2011, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Saturday, April 23, 2011, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Friday, April 22, 2011, Alan Stern wrote: > > > > On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The barrier would not prevent the race between the notifier and runtie PM > > > > > > from taking place. Why don't we do something like this instead: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > drivers/base/dd.c | 3 ++- > > > > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > > > > > > > Index: linux-2.6/drivers/base/dd.c > > > > > > =================================================================== > > > > > > --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/base/dd.c > > > > > > +++ linux-2.6/drivers/base/dd.c > > > > > > @@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ static void __device_release_driver(stru > > > > > > BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER, > > > > > > dev); > > > > > > > > > > > > + pm_runtime_put_sync(dev); > > > > > > + > > > > > > > > > > In fact, I think this one may be _noidle. If we allow the bus/driver > > > > > to do what they wont, we might as well let them handle the "device idle" > > > > > case from ->remove(). > > > > > > > > Maybe... But keeping it put_sync doesn't do any harm. In Guennadi's > > > > case, it might allow him to get rid of the pm_runtime_suspend() call in > > > > the remove routine. > > > > > > > > > > if (dev->bus && dev->bus->remove) > > > > > > dev->bus->remove(dev); > > > > > > else if (drv->remove) > > > > > > @@ -338,7 +340,6 @@ static void __device_release_driver(stru > > > > > > BUS_NOTIFY_UNBOUND_DRIVER, > > > > > > dev); > > > > > > > > > > > > - pm_runtime_put_sync(dev); > > > > > > } > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > Basically this is okay with me, and it should allow Guennadi to avoid > > > > the extra put/get pair. > > > > > > OK, so I'm going to put the appended patch into my linux-next branch > > > (hopefully, the problem is explained sufficiently in the changelog). > > > > I thought about that a bit more and came to the conclusion that we should > > do things a bit differently in __device_release_driver(). Namely, the fact > > that the device can be resumed (either synchronously or asynchronously) after > > the pm_runtime_barrier() has returned may be problematic too, because it > > may race with the bus notifier in some cases. For this reason, I think it > > would be better to do pm_runtime_get_sync() instead of the > > pm_runtime_get_noresume() and pm_runtime_barrier(). > > > > So, I think the appended patch would be better than the previous one. > > I refrained in taking part in the general rtpm API behaviour, I'd rather > rely on others here. If you push this your patch, I'll have to change my > TMIO/SDHI and MMCIF patches as follows: > > diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c > index 1889d64..3a22e55 100644 > --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c > +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c > @@ -1117,6 +1117,8 @@ static int __devexit sh_mmcif_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) > struct sh_mmcif_host *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); > int irq[2]; > > + pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev); > + > mmc_remove_host(host->mmc); > sh_mmcif_release_dma(host); > > @@ -1137,7 +1139,6 @@ static int __devexit sh_mmcif_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) > mmc_free_host(host->mmc); > pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev); > pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev); > - pm_runtime_get_noresume(&pdev->dev); > > return 0; > } > diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c > index 26598f1..86eaa68 100644 > --- a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c > +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c > @@ -956,17 +956,9 @@ void tmio_mmc_host_remove(struct tmio_mmc_host *host) > iounmap(host->ctl); > mmc_free_host(host->mmc); > > - /* > - * Now rtpm usage_count = 2, because we incremented it once in probe() > - * above, and dd.c incremented it again, before calling .release(). So. > - * to power the device down we have to decrement the counter to 0 and > - * suspend it, because after our disable() suspending from dd.c will > - * only decrement the counter, but not call any callbacks > - */ > - pm_runtime_put_noidle(&pdev->dev); > + /* Compensate for pm_runtime_get_sync() in probe() above */ > pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev); > pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev); > - pm_runtime_get_noresume(&pdev->dev); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(tmio_mmc_host_remove); So you won't get the reversed _put/_get calls any more here, good. :-) > Is this your patch final and shall I submit updated versions of my patches This patch will be final if there are no objections from other people. > or shall I wait for your patch to take its final form and hit "next?" It generally is better to wait for a patch to appear in linux-next before basing you work on top of it. 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