Re: [RFC PATCH V2 3/8] genirq: Add runtime power management support for IRQ chips
From: Thomas Gleixner <hidden>
Date: 2016-01-20 15:32:02
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On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, Jon Hunter wrote:
On 18/01/16 14:47, Ulf Hansson wrote:quoted
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+/* Inline functions for support of irq chips that require runtime pm */ +static inline int chip_pm_get(struct irq_desc *desc)Why does these new get/put functions need to be inline functions and thus defined in the header file? Perhaps move them to manage.c are better?They don't have to be, and so I can move them.
Yes, please make them proper functions. The proper place for them is chip.c
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This won't play nicely when CONFIG_PM is unset, as pm_runtime_put() would return -ENOSYS. In such cases I guess you would like to ignore the error!?Ok, yes good point.
So you need a CONFIG_PM variant and stubs which return 0 for the !PM case.
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@@ -1116,6 +1116,10 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new) if (!try_module_get(desc->owner)) return -ENODEV; + ret = chip_pm_get(desc); + if (ret < 0) + return ret;
That leaks the module refcount.
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I don't think using __free_irq() is the correct place to decrease the runtime PM usage count. It will keep the irqchip runtime resumed even if there are no irqs enabled for it. Instead I would rather allow the irqchip to be runtime suspended, when there are no irqs enabled on it.
Which is a no no, as you might lose interrupts that way. We disable interrupts lazy, i.e. we do not mask them. So no, you cannot do that from enable/disable_irq().
This may appear ugly, but for something like this, we may need to have a separate enable/disable API, such as enable_irq_lazy()/disable_irq_lazy() which could be used to runtime suspend/resume the chip and must not be used in critical sections.
enable_irq_lazy is a misnomer. enable_irq_pm or such might be acceptable. But before we go there I really want to see a proper use case for such functions. Thanks, tglx