Re: [PATCH] nvme-pci: Shutdown the device if D3Cold is allowed by the user

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 07:49:34PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> Oops, I think I got this part backwards.  The patch uses PCI PM if
> d3cold_allowed is set, and it's set by default, so it does what you
> need for the Qualcomm platform *without* user intervention.
> 
> But I guess using the flag allows users in other situations to force
> use of NVMe power management by clearing d3cold_allowed via sysfs.
> Does that mean some unspecified other platforms might only work
> correctly with that user intervention?

Still seems awkward to overload fields like this.

The istory here is the the NVMe internal power states are significantly
better for the SSDs.  It avoid shutting down the SSD frequently, which
creates a lot of extra erase cycles and reduces life time.  It also
prevents the SSD from performing maintainance operations while the host
system is idle, which is the perfect time for them.  But the idea of
putting all periphals into D3 is gaining a lot of ground because it
makes the platform vendors life a lot simpler at the cost of others.