From 907565921966260921e4c4581ed8985ef4cf9a67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:20:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] PM / Runtime: Make documentation follow the new behavior of irq_safe The runtime PM core code behavior related to the power.irq_safe device flag has changed recently and the documentation should be modified to reflect it. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt index 79b10a090c9f..c2ae8bf77d46 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt @@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what follows. By default, the callbacks are always invoked in process context with interrupts enabled. However, subsystems can use the pm_runtime_irq_safe() helper function -to tell the PM core that a device's ->runtime_suspend() and ->runtime_resume() -callbacks should be invoked in atomic context with interrupts disabled. -This implies that these callback routines must not block or sleep, but it also -means that the synchronous helper functions listed at the end of Section 4 can -be used within an interrupt handler or in an atomic context. +to tell the PM core that their ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and +->runtime_idle() callbacks may be invoked in atomic context with interrupts +disabled for a given device. This implies that the callback routines in +question must not block or sleep, but it also means that the synchronous helper +functions listed at the end of Section 4 may be used for that device within an +interrupt handler or generally in an atomic context. The subsystem-level suspend callback is _entirely_ _responsible_ for handling the suspend of the device as appropriate, which may, but need not include -- 2.20.1