From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
To: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>,
Kai Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>,
"linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux PM <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Time to re-enable Runtime PM per default for PCI devcies?
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 21:32:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a827d419-3c3f-5534-c2c5-63cd6ab49b8c@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210104173944.GA31187@wunner.de>
On 04.01.2021 18:39, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 10:38:12AM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> On 31.12.2020 05:07, Lukas Wunner wrote:
>>> FWIW, if platform_pci_power_manageable() returns true, it can probably
>>> be assumed that allowing runtime PM by default is okay. So as a first
>>> step, you may want to call that instead of adding a new callback.
>>
>> I don't think that's sufficient. Most likely all the broken old systems
>> return true for platform_pci_power_manageable().
>
> platform_pci_power_manageable() is not a global flag, but rather
> a per-device flag whether the platform is capable of power-managing
> that device. E.g. for the ACPI platform, it indicates that objects
> such as _PS0 or _PS3 are present in the device's namespace.
>
> My point is that if the platform can power-manage a device,
> then it ought to be safe to enable runtime PM by default for it.
>
Not sure about that. Just that the BIOS claims it can power-manage
the device, doesn't rule out that it's broken and fails to do so.
> If you insist on a "big hammer" approach by turning on runtime PM
> by default for everything, you risk regressions. You can avoid
> that by going for a smart approach which enables runtime PM in
> cases when it's safe.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lukas
>
Heiner
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-04 23:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-17 15:56 Time to re-enable Runtime PM per default for PCI devcies? Heiner Kallweit
2020-11-17 16:38 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2020-11-17 16:57 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2020-12-26 15:26 ` Heiner Kallweit
2020-12-29 11:56 ` Kai-Heng Feng
2020-12-29 21:11 ` Heiner Kallweit
2020-12-30 22:56 ` Heiner Kallweit
2020-12-31 4:07 ` Lukas Wunner
2020-12-31 9:38 ` Heiner Kallweit
2020-12-31 9:52 ` Heiner Kallweit
2021-01-04 17:39 ` Lukas Wunner
2021-01-04 20:32 ` Heiner Kallweit [this message]
2020-12-29 11:30 ` Lukas Wunner
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