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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-25 15:18:39 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-25 15:18:39 +0200
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Merge branch 'pm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm
* 'pm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm: (63 commits) PM / Clocks: Remove redundant NULL checks before kfree() PM / Documentation: Update docs about suspend and CPU hotplug ACPI / PM: Add Sony VGN-FW21E to nonvs blacklist. ARM: mach-shmobile: sh7372 A4R support (v4) ARM: mach-shmobile: sh7372 A3SP support (v4) PM / Sleep: Mark devices involved in wakeup signaling during suspend PM / Hibernate: Improve performance of LZO/plain hibernation, checksum image PM / Hibernate: Do not initialize static and extern variables to 0 PM / Freezer: Make fake_signal_wake_up() wake TASK_KILLABLE tasks too PM / Hibernate: Add resumedelay kernel param in addition to resumewait MAINTAINERS: Update linux-pm list address PM / ACPI: Blacklist Vaio VGN-FW520F machine known to require acpi_sleep=nonvs PM / ACPI: Blacklist Sony Vaio known to require acpi_sleep=nonvs PM / Hibernate: Add resumewait param to support MMC-like devices as resume file PM / Hibernate: Fix typo in a kerneldoc comment PM / Hibernate: Freeze kernel threads after preallocating memory PM: Update the policy on default wakeup settings PM / VT: Cleanup #if defined uglyness and fix compile error PM / Suspend: Off by one in pm_suspend() PM / Hibernate: Include storage keys in hibernation image on s390 ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
@@ -43,13 +43,18 @@ struct dev_pm_ops {
...
};
-The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks are
-executed by the PM core for either the device type, or the class (if the device
-type's struct dev_pm_ops object does not exist), or the bus type (if the
-device type's and class' struct dev_pm_ops objects do not exist) of the given
-device (this allows device types to override callbacks provided by bus types or
-classes if necessary). The bus type, device type and class callbacks are
-referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what follows.
+The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks
+are executed by the PM core for either the power domain, or the device type
+(if the device power domain's struct dev_pm_ops does not exist), or the class
+(if the device power domain's and type's struct dev_pm_ops object does not
+exist), or the bus type (if the device power domain's, type's and class'
+struct dev_pm_ops objects do not exist) of the given device, so the priority
+order of callbacks from high to low is that power domain callbacks, device
+type callbacks, class callbacks and bus type callbacks, and the high priority
+one will take precedence over low priority one. The bus type, device type and
+class callbacks are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what follows,
+and generally speaking, the power domain callbacks are used for representing
+power domains within a SoC.
By default, the callbacks are always invoked in process context with interrupts
enabled. However, subsystems can use the pm_runtime_irq_safe() helper function
@@ -477,12 +482,14 @@ pm_runtime_autosuspend_expiration()
If pm_runtime_irq_safe() has been called for a device then the following helper
functions may also be used in interrupt context:
+pm_runtime_idle()
pm_runtime_suspend()
pm_runtime_autosuspend()
pm_runtime_resume()
pm_runtime_get_sync()
pm_runtime_put_sync()
pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend()
+pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend()
5. Runtime PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal