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diff --git a/Documentation/power/pci.rst b/Documentation/power/pci.rst index 0924d29636ad..1831e431f725 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/pci.rst +++ b/Documentation/power/pci.rst @@ -1004,41 +1004,39 @@ including the PCI bus type. The flags should be set once at the driver probe time with the help of the dev_pm_set_driver_flags() function and they should not be updated directly afterwards. -The DPM_FLAG_NEVER_SKIP flag prevents the PM core from using the direct-complete -mechanism allowing device suspend/resume callbacks to be skipped if the device -is in runtime suspend when the system suspend starts. That also affects all of -the ancestors of the device, so this flag should only be used if absolutely -necessary. - -The DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE flag instructs the PCI bus type to only return a -positive value from pci_pm_prepare() if the ->prepare callback provided by the +The DPM_FLAG_NO_DIRECT_COMPLETE flag prevents the PM core from using the +direct-complete mechanism allowing device suspend/resume callbacks to be skipped +if the device is in runtime suspend when the system suspend starts. That also +affects all of the ancestors of the device, so this flag should only be used if +absolutely necessary. + +The DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE flag causes the PCI bus type to return a positive +value from pci_pm_prepare() only if the ->prepare callback provided by the driver of the device returns a positive value. That allows the driver to opt -out from using the direct-complete mechanism dynamically. +out from using the direct-complete mechanism dynamically (whereas setting +DPM_FLAG_NO_DIRECT_COMPLETE means permanent opt-out). The DPM_FLAG_SMART_SUSPEND flag tells the PCI bus type that from the driver's perspective the device can be safely left in runtime suspend during system suspend. That causes pci_pm_suspend(), pci_pm_freeze() and pci_pm_poweroff() -to skip resuming the device from runtime suspend unless there are PCI-specific -reasons for doing that. Also, it causes pci_pm_suspend_late/noirq(), -pci_pm_freeze_late/noirq() and pci_pm_poweroff_late/noirq() to return early -if the device remains in runtime suspend in the beginning of the "late" phase -of the system-wide transition under way. Moreover, if the device is in -runtime suspend in pci_pm_resume_noirq() or pci_pm_restore_noirq(), its runtime -power management status will be changed to "active" (as it is going to be put -into D0 going forward), but if it is in runtime suspend in pci_pm_thaw_noirq(), -the function will set the power.direct_complete flag for it (to make the PM core -skip the subsequent "thaw" callbacks for it) and return. - -Setting the DPM_FLAG_LEAVE_SUSPENDED flag means that the driver prefers the -device to be left in suspend after system-wide transitions to the working state. -This flag is checked by the PM core, but the PCI bus type informs the PM core -which devices may be left in suspend from its perspective (that happens during -the "noirq" phase of system-wide suspend and analogous transitions) and next it -uses the dev_pm_may_skip_resume() helper to decide whether or not to return from -pci_pm_resume_noirq() early, as the PM core will skip the remaining resume -callbacks for the device during the transition under way and will set its -runtime PM status to "suspended" if dev_pm_may_skip_resume() returns "true" for -it. +to avoid resuming the device from runtime suspend unless there are PCI-specific +reasons for doing that. Also, it causes pci_pm_suspend_late/noirq() and +pci_pm_poweroff_late/noirq() to return early if the device remains in runtime +suspend during the "late" phase of the system-wide transition under way. +Moreover, if the device is in runtime suspend in pci_pm_resume_noirq() or +pci_pm_restore_noirq(), its runtime PM status will be changed to "active" (as it +is going to be put into D0 going forward). + +Setting the DPM_FLAG_MAY_SKIP_RESUME flag means that the driver allows its +"noirq" and "early" resume callbacks to be skipped if the device can be left +in suspend after a system-wide transition into the working state. This flag is +taken into consideration by the PM core along with the power.may_skip_resume +status bit of the device which is set by pci_pm_suspend_noirq() in certain +situations. If the PM core determines that the driver's "noirq" and "early" +resume callbacks should be skipped, the dev_pm_skip_resume() helper function +will return "true" and that will cause pci_pm_resume_noirq() and +pci_pm_resume_early() to return upfront without touching the device and +executing the driver callbacks. 3.2. Device Runtime Power Management ------------------------------------ |