Re: Null suspend/resume functions

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

On Monday 16 November 2009, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 01:31:36PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 10:58:58AM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:54:47AM +0900, Kuninori Morimoto wrote:
> 
> Any chance someone from the PM side could comment on the issue below?

There is.  I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, will do shortly.

> > > > +static int fsi_runtime_nop(struct device *dev)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	/* Runtime PM callback shared between ->runtime_suspend()
> > > > +	 * and ->runtime_resume(). Simply returns success.
> > > > +	 *
> > > > +	 * This driver re-initializes all registers after
> > > > +	 * pm_runtime_get_sync() anyway so there is no need
> > > > +	 * to save and restore registers here.
> > > > +	 */
> > > > +	return 0;
> > > > +}
> > > 
> > > This sets off alarm bells but it's perfectly reasonable, especially with
> > > platforms able to put things into a low power state with no explicit
> > > driver code now they can do power domain style things like SH.  I've
> > > CCed in the PM folks since this seems like a perfectly reasonable use
> > > case which ought to be handled more nicely.

Thanks,
Rafael