Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/4] block: implement runtime pm strategy

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On Tue, 22 May 2012, Lin Ming wrote:

> When a request is added:
>     If device is suspended or is suspending and the request is not a
>     PM request, resume the device.
> 
> When a request finishes:
>     Call pm_runtime_mark_last_busy().
> 
> When pick a request:
>     If device is not active, then only PM request is allowed to go.
>     Return NULL for other request.

You've got the right idea.  There are a few things that need fixing, in 
this patch and in 4/4.

> --- a/block/blk-core.c
> +++ b/block/blk-core.c
> @@ -1130,6 +1130,10 @@ void __blk_put_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
>  	if (unlikely(--req->ref_count))
>  		return;
>  
> +	/* PM request is not accounted */
> +	if (!(req->cmd_flags & REQ_PM) && !(--q->nr_pending) && q->dev)

I don't see that it makes any difference.  You might as well count PM 
requests along with the others, here and elsewhere.

> +		pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(q->dev);
> +
>  	elv_completed_request(q, req);
>  
>  	/* this is a bio leak */
> @@ -1918,6 +1922,12 @@ struct request *blk_peek_request(struct request_queue *q)
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	while ((rq = __elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
> +		/* Only PM request is allowed to go if the queue is suspended */
> +		if (q->rpm_status != RPM_ACTIVE && !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_PM)) {
> +			rq = NULL;
> +			break;
> +		}

Not even PM requests should be allowed to go if the status is 
RPM_SUSPENDED.

Is this the only interface by which a client driver can get a request 
from the queue?

Alan Stern

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