Re: pm_runtime_suspended() can be false if RPM_SUSPENDED

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On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Monday, July 11, 2011, Hilman, Kevin wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > 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.
>> >
>>
>> OK, I can prepare a patch for a static inline for
>> pm_runtime_status_suspended(), unless you have one already in
>> progress.
>
> No, I don't, please send me one if you can. :-)
>

OK, coming right up...
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