Re: [PATCH] ACPI/Power: Check physical device's runtime pm status before requesting to resume it

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Friday, October 11, 2013 04:16:25 PM tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently, when one power resource is turned on, devices owning it
> will be requested to resume regardless of their runtime pm status.
> ACPI power resource maybe turn on in some devices' runtime pm
> resume callback(E.G, usb port) while turning on the power resource
> will trigger one new resume request of the device. It causes
> infinite loop between resume and suspend. This has happened on
> clearing usb port's PM Qos NO_POWER_OFF flag twice. This patch is
> to add check of physical device's runtime pm status and request resume
> if the device is suspended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/power.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/power.c b/drivers/acpi/power.c
> index 0dbe5cd..228c138 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/power.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/power.c
> @@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ static void acpi_power_resume_dependent(struct work_struct *work)
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&adev->physical_node_lock);
>  
> -	list_for_each_entry(pn, &adev->physical_node_list, node)
> -		pm_request_resume(pn->dev);
> +	list_for_each_entry(pn, &adev->physical_node_list, node) {
> +		if (pm_runtime_suspended(pn->dev))
> +			pm_request_resume(pn->dev);
> +	}

This is racy, because the status may change right after you check it and before
you call pm_request_resume().

Besides, pm_request_resume() checks the status of the device and won't
try to resume it if it is not suspended.

>  
>  	list_for_each_entry(pn, &adev->power_dependent, node)
>  		pm_request_resume(pn->dev);

Thanks!

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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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