Re: [PATCH] power: Add legacy pm ops usage warning

[Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@samsung.com>]

On 11/01/2013 05:04 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Friday, November 01, 2013 09:07:04 AM Shuah Khan wrote:
>> Add legacy pm_ops usage checks to device_pm_add() when a device gets added
>> to PM core's list of active devices. If legacy pm_ops usage is found at its
>> class, bus, driver level, print warning message to indicate the driver code
>> needs updating to use dev pm ops interfaces. This will help serve as a way
>> to track drivers that still use legacy pm ops and fix them.
>
> I think it would be much better to do these checks during bus type, class or
> driver registration, because if you register a bus type with legacy PM, for
> example, the check in device_pm_add() will trigger for all devices with that
> bus type.
>
> Thanks!

Rafael,

Correct. device_pm_add() triggers for all devices that use the driver. 
On the other hand, the check is done only when the device gets added to 
the pm core. I do like that part.

I am testing with adding checks driver_register() to look for suspend at 
bus level. I am not seeing the same set of drivers I saw with the check 
in device_pm_add(), which is puzzling. I am working on testing still. 
Keep you posted.

-- Shuah

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Shuah Khan
Senior Linux Kernel Developer - Open Source Group
Samsung Research America(Silicon Valley)
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