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Re: [RFT 6/6] wlcore: Use generic runtime pm calls for wowlan elp configuration

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* Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@xxxxxx> [180530 06:37]:
> > > >
> > > > With runtime PM enabled, we can now use generic calls to
> > > > pm_generic_runtime_suspend and pm_generic_runtime_resume for
> > enabling elp
> > > > during suspend when wowlan is enabled and waking the chip from elp
> > > > on resume.
> > >
> > > Sry, but not sure you can :(
> > >
> > > These functions are not used by drivers directly because system suspend
> > > are not synchronized with PM runtime, so if you call
> > pm_generic_runtime_suspend()
> > > and, at the same time, there is pm_runtime_get_() in progress --> race ...
> > >
> > > The pm_runtime_force_() APIs have to be used, or
> > > PM runtime drivers functions can be called directly, but only if it possible to
> > be
> > > sure no other PM runtime calls active which is usually true at
> > suspend_noirq stage.
> > 
> > Oh right, those are subsystem calls. Seems like
> > pm_runtime_force_suspend/resume() should work here,
> > Eyal?
> > 
> 
> Oh, nice, wasn't aware of the pm_runtime_force_() calls.
> For some reason they are not documented in:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
> Perhaps they should be?

Sure why not submit a patch for that.

> Anyway I have tried them instead of pm_generic_runtime_() and they seem
> To work fine on my platform.
> Will test some more and submit a v2.

OK I'll your pick v2 into my series.

Regards,

Tony



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