Re: [PATCH 3/3] PCI: Convert rtw88 power cycle quirk to shutdown quirk

Re: [PATCH 3/3] PCI: Convert rtw88 power cycle quirk to shutdown quirk

[Bjorn Helgaas]

[+cc Rafael, linux-pm]

On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 02:07:18PM +0800, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 2:17 AM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 02:31:31PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > > On 26.02.2021 13:18, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 8:10 PM Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On 26.02.2021 08:12, Kalle Valo wrote:
> > > >>> Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com> writes:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Now we have a generic D3 shutdown quirk, so convert the original
> > > >>>> approach to a PCI quirk.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
> > > >>>> ---
> > > >>>>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c | 2 --
> > > >>>>  drivers/pci/quirks.c                     | 6 ++++++
> > > >>>>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >>>
> > > >>> It would have been nice to CC linux-wireless also on patches 1-2. I only
> > > >>> saw patch 3 and had to search the rest of patches from lkml.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I assume this goes via the PCI tree so:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
> > > >>
> > > >> To me it looks odd to (mis-)use the quirk mechanism to set a device
> > > >> to D3cold on shutdown. As I see it the quirk mechanism is used to work
> > > >> around certain device misbehavior. And setting a device to a D3
> > > >> state on shutdown is a normal activity, and the shutdown() callback
> > > >> seems to be a good place for it.
> > > >> I miss an explanation what the actual benefit of the change is.
> > > >
> > > > To make putting device to D3 more generic, as there are more than one
> > > > device need the quirk.
> > > >
> > > > Here's the discussion:
> > > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/00de6927-3fa6-a9a3-2d65-2b4d4e8f0012@linux.intel.com/
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the link. For the AMD USB use case I don't have a strong opinion,
> > > what's considered the better option may be a question of personal taste.
> > > For rtw88 however I'd still consider it over-engineering to replace a simple
> > > call to pci_set_power_state() with a PCI quirk.
> > > I may be biased here because I find it sometimes bothering if I want to
> > > look up how a device is handled and in addition to checking the respective
> > > driver I also have to grep through quirks.c whether there's any special
> > > handling.
> >
> > I haven't looked at these patches carefully, but in general, I agree
> > that quirks should be used to work around hardware defects in the
> > device.  If the device behaves correctly per spec, we should use a
> > different mechanism so the code remains generic and all devices get
> > the benefit.
> >
> > If we do add quirks, the commit log should explain what the device
> > defect is.
> 
> So maybe it's reasonable to put all PCI devices to D3 at shutdown?

I don't know off-hand.  I added Rafael and linux-pm in case they do.

If not, I suggest working up a patch to do that and a commit log that
explains why that's a good idea and then we can have a discussion
about it.  This thread really doesn't have that justification.  It
says "putting device X in D3cold at shutdown saves 0.03w while in S5",
but doesn't explain why that's safe or desirable for all devices.

Bjorn