Re: [PATCH 2/3] PM / core: Add WAKEUP_POWERED driver flag

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> wrote:
> For some bus types and PM domains, it's not sufficient to only check the
> return value from device_may_wakeup(), to fully understand how to treat the
> device during system suspend.
>
> In particular, sometimes the device may need to stay in full power state,
> to have wakeup signals enabled for it. Therefore, define and document a
> WAKEUP_POWERED flag, to enable drivers to instruct bus types and PM domains
> exactly about that.
>
> During __device_suspend() in the PM core, let's make sure to also propagate
> the setting of the flag to the parent device, when wakeup signals are
> enabled and unless the parent has the "ignore_children" flag set. This
> makes it also consistent with how the existing "wakeup_path" flag is being
> assigned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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