PM / core: Add LEAVE_SUSPENDED driver flag

Define and document a new driver flag, DPM_FLAG_LEAVE_SUSPENDED, to
instruct the PM core and middle-layer (bus type, PM domain, etc.)
code that it is desirable to leave the device in runtime suspend
after system-wide transitions to the working state (for example,
the device may be slow to resume and it may be better to avoid
resuming it right away).

Generally, the middle-layer code involved in the handling of the
device is expected to indicate to the PM core whether or not the
device may be left in suspend with the help of the device's
power.may_skip_resume status bit.  That has to happen in the "noirq"
phase of the preceding system suspend (or analogous) transition.
The middle layer is then responsible for handling the device as
appropriate in its "noirq" resume callback which is executed
regardless of whether or not the device may be left suspended, but
the other resume callbacks (except for ->complete) will be skipped
automatically by the core if the device really can be left in
suspend.

The additional power.must_resume status bit introduced for the
implementation of this mechanisn is used internally by the PM core
to track the requirement to resume the device (which may depend on
its children etc).

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst
index 53c1b0b06da5..b0fe63c91f8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst
@@ -788,6 +788,29 @@ must reflect the "active" status for runtime PM in that case.
 
 During system-wide resume from a sleep state it's easiest to put devices into
 the full-power state, as explained in :file:`Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt`.
-Refer to that document for more information regarding this particular issue as
+[Refer to that document for more information regarding this particular issue as
 well as for information on the device runtime power management framework in
-general.
+general.]
+
+However, it often is desirable to leave devices in suspend after system
+transitions to the working state, especially if those devices had been in
+runtime suspend before the preceding system-wide suspend (or analogous)
+transition.  Device drivers can use the ``DPM_FLAG_LEAVE_SUSPENDED`` flag to
+indicate to the PM core (and middle-layer code) that they prefer the specific
+devices handled by them to be left suspended and they have no problems with
+skipping their system-wide resume callbacks for this reason.  Whether or not the
+devices will actually be left in suspend may depend on their state before the
+given system suspend-resume cycle and on the type of the system transition under
+way.  In particular, devices are not left suspended if that transition is a
+restore from hibernation, as device states are not guaranteed to be reflected
+by the information stored in the hibernation image in that case.
+
+The middle-layer code involved in the handling of the device is expected to
+indicate to the PM core if the device may be left in suspend by setting its
+:c:member:`power.may_skip_resume` status bit which is checked by the PM core
+during the "noirq" phase of the preceding system-wide suspend (or analogous)
+transition.  The middle layer is then responsible for handling the device as
+appropriate in its "noirq" resume callback, which is executed regardless of
+whether or not the device is left suspended, but the other resume callbacks
+(except for ``->complete``) will be skipped automatically by the PM core if the
+device really can be left in suspend.