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diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt index 3139fb505dc..20af7def23c 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt @@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ The core methods to suspend and resume devices reside in struct dev_pm_ops pointed to by the ops member of struct dev_pm_domain, or by the pm member of struct bus_type, struct device_type and struct class. They are mostly of interest to the people writing infrastructure for platforms and buses, like PCI -or USB, or device type and device class drivers. +or USB, or device type and device class drivers. They also are relevant to the +writers of device drivers whose subsystems (PM domains, device types, device +classes and bus types) don't provide all power management methods. Bus drivers implement these methods as appropriate for the hardware and the drivers using it; PCI works differently from USB, and so on. Not many people @@ -268,32 +270,35 @@ various phases always run after tasks have been frozen and before they are unfrozen. Furthermore, the *_noirq phases run at a time when IRQ handlers have been disabled (except for those marked with the IRQF_NO_SUSPEND flag). -All phases use PM domain, bus, type, or class callbacks (that is, methods -defined in dev->pm_domain->ops, dev->bus->pm, dev->type->pm, or dev->class->pm). -These callbacks are regarded by the PM core as mutually exclusive. Moreover, -PM domain callbacks always take precedence over bus, type and class callbacks, -while type callbacks take precedence over bus and class callbacks, and class -callbacks take precedence over bus callbacks. To be precise, the following -rules are used to determine which callback to execute in the given phase: +All phases use PM domain, bus, type, class or driver callbacks (that is, methods +defined in dev->pm_domain->ops, dev->bus->pm, dev->type->pm, dev->class->pm or +dev->driver->pm). These callbacks are regarded by the PM core as mutually +exclusive. Moreover, PM domain callbacks always take precedence over all of the +other callbacks and, for example, type callbacks take precedence over bus, class +and driver callbacks. To be precise, the following rules are used to determine +which callback to execute in the given phase: - 1. If dev->pm_domain is present, the PM core will attempt to execute the - callback included in dev->pm_domain->ops. If that callback is not - present, no action will be carried out for the given device. + 1. If dev->pm_domain is present, the PM core will choose the callback + included in dev->pm_domain->ops for execution 2. Otherwise, if both dev->type and dev->type->pm are present, the callback - included in dev->type->pm will be executed. + included in dev->type->pm will be chosen for execution. 3. Otherwise, if both dev->class and dev->class->pm are present, the - callback included in dev->class->pm will be executed. + callback included in dev->class->pm will be chosen for execution. 4. Otherwise, if both dev->bus and dev->bus->pm are present, the callback - included in dev->bus->pm will be executed. + included in dev->bus->pm will be chosen for execution. This allows PM domains and device types to override callbacks provided by bus types or device classes if necessary. -These callbacks may in turn invoke device- or driver-specific methods stored in -dev->driver->pm, but they don't have to. +The PM domain, type, class and bus callbacks may in turn invoke device- or +driver-specific methods stored in dev->driver->pm, but they don't have to do +that. + +If the subsystem callback chosen for execution is not present, the PM core will +execute the corresponding method from dev->driver->pm instead if there is one. Entering System Suspend |