Re: [PATCH] phy: qcom: edp: Add runtime PM support

From: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@linaro.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>,
	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@kernel.org>,
	Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>,
	Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>,
	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-phy@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: qcom: edp: Add runtime PM support
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:10:05 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZurRLf8S1j6s8GPz@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZuqmB3Cn7mGfA2PU@hovoldconsulting.com>

On 24-09-18 12:05:59, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 07, 2024 at 06:25:21PM +0300, Abel Vesa wrote:
> > Enable runtime PM support by adding proper ops which will handle the
> 
> Avoid words like 'proper' here (what are non-proper runtime PM ops?).

Sure.

> 
> > clocks and regulators. These resources will now be handled on power_on and
> > power_off instead of init and exit PHY ops.
> 
> No, this is simply a false claim and indicates that you haven't reviewed
> how PHY runtime PM works. Core will increment the usage count on init()
> and decrement it on exit().

Yeah, I guess the better argument here would be that the PHY needs
regulators and clocks enabled. Anyway, ignore this version as it
was already NACKed by Dmitry.

> 
> > Also enable these resources on
> > probe in order to balance out the disabling that is happening right after.
> > Prevent runtime PM from being ON by default as well.
> 
> And here you just regressed all current systems that do not have udev
> rules to enable runtime PM, and which will now be stuck with these
> resources always-on (e.g. during DPMS off and system suspend).
> 
> In fact, you are even regressing systems that would enable runtime PM,
> as the runtime suspend callback would not currently be called when you
> enter system suspend so the regulators and clocks will be left on.
> 
> This clearly hasn't been tested and analysed properly.
> 
> > +static int __maybe_unused qcom_edp_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
> > +{
> > +	struct qcom_edp *edp = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> > +
> > +	dev_err(dev, "Suspending DP phy\n");
> 
> You forgot to drop your development printks (same below).
> 
> Johan

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