Re: [PATCH 3/5] PM: Support for system-wide power transitions in generic power domains

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Hi, Rafael,
> 
> One small question that came to mind as I was looking at this patch:
> 
> > +/**
> > + * pm_genpd_powered_down - Check if power has been removed from a power domain.
> > + * @genpd: Power domain to check.
> > + */
> > +static bool pm_genpd_powered_down(struct generic_power_domain *genpd)
> > +{
> > +	bool ret;
> > +
> > +	mutex_lock(&genpd->lock);
> > +	ret = genpd->power_is_off;
> > +	mutex_unlock(&genpd->lock);
> > +
> > +	return ret;
> 
> I'm not quite sure why this function exists?  The lock doesn't really
> change anything, since the power state can change before or after this
> check regardless.  If you need the power state to be stable, it seems like
> the lock needs to be taken further up the stack; otherwise simply checking
> genpd->power_is_off directly would seem to be sufficient. Am I missing
> something?

No, you aren't. :-)

In fact, the function doesn't exist any more in the most recent version
of the patch: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/775412/

Thanks,
Rafael