Re: [PATCH] usb: core: Add runtime resume checking

[Alan Stern]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, Baolin Wang wrote:

> >> >> For example: No slave attached----> usb interface runtime suspend
> >> >> ----> usb device runtime suspend -----> xhci suspend -----> power off
> >> >> usb controller. After that if the system wants to enter suspend state,
> >> >> then it also will issue usb_dev_suspend(), then the
> >> >> pm_runtime_resume() function (issued in choose_wakeup() function) will
> >> >> return -ESHUTDOWN due to xhci has been suspend and hardware is not
> >> >> accessible.
> >> >
> >> > Why the controller does not be resumed when the root hub has issued
> >> > runtime resume?
> >>
> >> Because now there is no slave attached, we will not power on usb
> >> controller and resume xhci.
> >>
> >
> > I don't know why you set policy like this. Even the controller is
> > resumed, it will still be suspended by system suspend. What's more,
> > if you disallow it, how can you change your wakeup setting?
> > Eg, at runtime suspend, we enable wakeup by default. But for system
> > sleep, we disable wakeup by default.
> >
> > At runtime, if there is no device on the port, even we resumes the
> > controller and roohub, it still will be suspended soon.
> 
> For saving power, if there is no slave attached, why we need to power
> on usb controller and resume xhci? Especially for mobile device.

You need to power-on the USB controller in order to change the wakeup
setting.

> Moreover the usb device runtime suspend/resume is separate with xhci
> suspend/resume, when xhci entered suspend state, only slave attaching
> can resume xhci.

That's right.  Suppose the user wants the system to stay asleep when a
slave attaches.  But when you suspended the xHCI controller, it was set
to wake up when a new slave attaches.  So when a slave is attached, the 
controller will wake up the system.  That's bad.

If the wakeup setting needs to be changed when the system suspend
begins, then you have to power-on the controller to make that change.

Given a choice between using a little power or behaving incorrectly, 
you should choose to use the power.

Alan Stern