Re: [PATCH] [i2c-tegra] Do not mark ACPI devices as irq safe

[Akhil R <akhilrajeev@nvidia.com>]

>> I think these are two different goals here. This near term goal is just
>> fix the driver so it can use the pm_runtime_irq_safe() in a saner
>> way, avoiding calling mutexes inside spinlocks.
>> 
>> Getting rid of the IRQ safe PM seems to me to be more a long term
>> desirable goal, and unfortunately I cannot afford doing it now.
>> 
>> Laxman, what is your view on this topic?
>
> Yes, please, comment on this. We would like to get rid of the hack named "IRQ
> safe PM runtime".
>
Any thoughts on how would we handle atomic_xfers without pm_runtime_irq_safe()?

Would the below patch be a good way? I didn't test this though.

@@ -1373,10 +1373,15 @@ static int tegra_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg msgs[],
        struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev = i2c_get_adapdata(adap);
        int i, ret;

-       ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(i2c_dev->dev);
+       if (i2c_dev->atomic_mode)
+               ret = tegra_i2c_runtime_resume(i2c_dev->dev);
+       else
+               ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(i2c_dev->dev);
+
        if (ret < 0) {
                dev_err(i2c_dev->dev, "runtime resume failed %d\n", ret);
-               pm_runtime_put_noidle(i2c_dev->dev);
+               if (!i2c_dev->atomic_mode)
+                       pm_runtime_put_noidle(i2c_dev->dev);
                return ret;
        }

@@ -1404,7 +1409,10 @@ static int tegra_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg msgs[],
                        break;
        }

-       pm_runtime_put(i2c_dev->dev);
+       if (i2c_dev->atomic_mode)
+               tegra_i2c_runtime_suspend(i2c_dev->dev);
+       else
+               pm_runtime_put(i2c_dev->dev);

        return ret ?: i;
 }