Re: pm_runtime_suspended() can be false if RPM_SUSPENDED

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On Monday, July 11, 2011, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> 
> >> However, based on the pm_runtime_set_active() problem you mentioned
> >> above, I'm not sure this will help either, since what the PM domain's
> >> noirq callback will want to do will be based on the actual device
> >> hardware state, not on the PM core's view of the device state.
> >
> > Yes.  For devices whose runtime PM is never enabled, this is quite clear
> > (we must assume they are operational).  For devices whose runtime PM is
> > temporarily disabled and the reenabled, it's not that clear, but at
> > least for the system suspend case we may require drivers not to use
> > pm_runtime_set_active/suspended() in their callbacks, so that we may
> > assume that the status hasn't changed between .suspend() and .resume().
> >
> > So, I think your approach (to check power.runtime_status) is correct in this
> > respect.
> 
> OK, I'll just directly check power.runtime_status in the noirq methods,
> since at that point I always know that disable_depth > 0.

That's what I wanted to say. :-)  The only problem with that is if
CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME is unset, power.runtime_status is not present, so I think
we'll need a static inline to work around that.

Thanks,
Rafael
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