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<title>linux-toradex.git/include/linux/cpuidle.h, branch v3.8.12</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>cpuidle: remove the power_specified field in the driver</title>
<updated>2013-01-15T13:18:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Lezcano</name>
<email>daniel.lezcano@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-01-15T13:18:04+00:00</published>
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We realized that the power usage field is never filled and when it
is filled for tegra, the power_specified flag is not set causing all
of these values to be reset when the driver is initialized with
set_power_state().

However, the power_specified flag can be simply removed under the
assumption that the states are always backward sorted, which is the
case with the current code.

This change allows the menu governor select function and the
cpuidle_play_dead() to be simplified.  Moreover, the
set_power_states() function can removed as it does not make sense
any more.

Drop the power_specified flag from struct cpuidle_driver and make
the related changes as described above.

As a consequence, this also fixes the bug where on the dynamic
C-states system, the power fields are not initialized.

[rjw: Changelog]
References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42870
References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43349
References: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/16/518
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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We realized that the power usage field is never filled and when it
is filled for tegra, the power_specified flag is not set causing all
of these values to be reset when the driver is initialized with
set_power_state().

However, the power_specified flag can be simply removed under the
assumption that the states are always backward sorted, which is the
case with the current code.

This change allows the menu governor select function and the
cpuidle_play_dead() to be simplified.  Moreover, the
set_power_states() function can removed as it does not make sense
any more.

Drop the power_specified flag from struct cpuidle_driver and make
the related changes as described above.

As a consequence, this also fixes the bug where on the dynamic
C-states system, the power fields are not initialized.

[rjw: Changelog]
References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42870
References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43349
References: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/16/518
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>cpuidle: support multiple drivers</title>
<updated>2012-11-14T23:34:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Lezcano</name>
<email>daniel.lezcano@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-31T16:44:48+00:00</published>
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With the tegra3 and the big.LITTLE [1] new architectures, several cpus
with different characteristics (latencies and states) can co-exists on the
system.

The cpuidle framework has the limitation of handling only identical cpus.

This patch removes this limitation by introducing the multiple driver support
for cpuidle.

This option is configurable at compile time and should be enabled for the
architectures mentioned above. So there is no impact for the other platforms
if the option is disabled. The option defaults to 'n'. Note the multiple drivers
support is also compatible with the existing drivers, even if just one driver is
needed, all the cpu will be tied to this driver using an extra small chunk of
processor memory.

The multiple driver support use a per-cpu driver pointer instead of a global
variable and the accessor to this variable are done from a cpu context.

In order to keep the compatibility with the existing drivers, the function
'cpuidle_register_driver' and 'cpuidle_unregister_driver' will register
the specified driver for all the cpus.

The semantic for the output of /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
remains the same except the driver name will be related to the current cpu.

The /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu[0-9]/cpuidle/driver/name files are added
allowing to read the per cpu driver name.

[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/481055/

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter De Schrijver &lt;pdeschrijver@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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With the tegra3 and the big.LITTLE [1] new architectures, several cpus
with different characteristics (latencies and states) can co-exists on the
system.

The cpuidle framework has the limitation of handling only identical cpus.

This patch removes this limitation by introducing the multiple driver support
for cpuidle.

This option is configurable at compile time and should be enabled for the
architectures mentioned above. So there is no impact for the other platforms
if the option is disabled. The option defaults to 'n'. Note the multiple drivers
support is also compatible with the existing drivers, even if just one driver is
needed, all the cpu will be tied to this driver using an extra small chunk of
processor memory.

The multiple driver support use a per-cpu driver pointer instead of a global
variable and the accessor to this variable are done from a cpu context.

In order to keep the compatibility with the existing drivers, the function
'cpuidle_register_driver' and 'cpuidle_unregister_driver' will register
the specified driver for all the cpus.

The semantic for the output of /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
remains the same except the driver name will be related to the current cpu.

The /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu[0-9]/cpuidle/driver/name files are added
allowing to read the per cpu driver name.

[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/481055/

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter De Schrijver &lt;pdeschrijver@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>cpuidle: move driver's refcount to cpuidle</title>
<updated>2012-11-14T23:34:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Lezcano</name>
<email>daniel.lezcano@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-31T16:44:45+00:00</published>
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We want to support different cpuidle drivers co-existing together.
In this case we should move the refcount to the cpuidle_driver
structure to handle several drivers at a time.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter De Schrijver &lt;pdeschrijver@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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We want to support different cpuidle drivers co-existing together.
In this case we should move the refcount to the cpuidle_driver
structure to handle several drivers at a time.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter De Schrijver &lt;pdeschrijver@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>cpuidle / sysfs: move structure declaration into the sysfs.c file</title>
<updated>2012-11-14T23:34:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Lezcano</name>
<email>daniel.lezcano@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-31T00:05:16+00:00</published>
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The structure cpuidle_state_kobj is not used anywhere except
in the sysfs.c file. The definition of this structure is not
needed in the cpuidle header file. This patch moves it to the
sysfs.c file in order to encapsulate the code a bit more.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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The structure cpuidle_state_kobj is not used anywhere except
in the sysfs.c file. The definition of this structure is not
needed in the cpuidle header file. This patch moves it to the
sysfs.c file in order to encapsulate the code a bit more.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ARM: omap: allow building omap44xx without SMP</title>
<updated>2012-08-23T15:16:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnd Bergmann</name>
<email>arnd@arndb.de</email>
</author>
<published>2012-08-15T20:51:54+00:00</published>
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The new omap4 cpuidle implementation currently requires
ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED, which only works on SMP.

This patch makes it possible to build a non-SMP kernel
for that platform. This is not normally desired for
end-users but can be useful for testing.

Without this patch, building rand-0y2jSKT results in:

drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c: In function 'cpuidle_coupled_poke':
drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c:317:3: error: implicit declaration of function '__smp_call_function_single' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

It's not clear if this patch is the best solution for
the problem at hand. I have made sure that we can now
build the kernel in all configurations, but that does
not mean it will actually work on an OMAP44xx.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar &lt;santosh.shilimkar@ti.com&gt;
Tested-by: Santosh Shilimkar &lt;santosh.shilimkar@ti.com&gt;
Cc: Kevin Hilman &lt;khilman@ti.com&gt;
Cc: Tony Lindgren &lt;tony@atomide.com&gt;
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The new omap4 cpuidle implementation currently requires
ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED, which only works on SMP.

This patch makes it possible to build a non-SMP kernel
for that platform. This is not normally desired for
end-users but can be useful for testing.

Without this patch, building rand-0y2jSKT results in:

drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c: In function 'cpuidle_coupled_poke':
drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c:317:3: error: implicit declaration of function '__smp_call_function_single' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

It's not clear if this patch is the best solution for
the problem at hand. I have made sure that we can now
build the kernel in all configurations, but that does
not mean it will actually work on an OMAP44xx.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar &lt;santosh.shilimkar@ti.com&gt;
Tested-by: Santosh Shilimkar &lt;santosh.shilimkar@ti.com&gt;
Cc: Kevin Hilman &lt;khilman@ti.com&gt;
Cc: Tony Lindgren &lt;tony@atomide.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux</title>
<updated>2012-07-26T21:28:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-07-26T21:28:55+00:00</published>
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Pull ACPI &amp; power management update from Len Brown:
 "Re-write of the turbostat tool.
     lower overhead was necessary for measuring very large system when
     they are very idle.

  IVB support in intel_idle
     It's what I run on my IVB, others should be able to also:-)

  ACPICA core update
     We have found some bugs due to divergence between Linux and the
     upstream ACPICA base.  Most of these patches are to reduce that
     divergence to reduce the risk of future bugs.

  Some cpuidle updates, mostly for non-Intel
     More will be coming, as they depend on this part.

  Some thermal management changes needed by non-ACPI systems.

  Some _OST (OS Status Indication) updates for hot ACPI hot-plug."

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: (51 commits)
  Thermal: Documentation update
  Thermal: Add Hysteresis attributes
  Thermal: Make Thermal trip points writeable
  ACPI/AC: prevent OOPS on some boxes due to missing check power_supply_register() return value check
  tools/power: turbostat: fix large c1% issue
  tools/power: turbostat v2 - re-write for efficiency
  ACPICA: Update to version 20120711
  ACPICA: AcpiSrc: Fix some translation issues for Linux conversion
  ACPICA: Update header files copyrights to 2012
  ACPICA: Add new ACPI table load/unload external interfaces
  ACPICA: Split file: tbxface.c -&gt; tbxfload.c
  ACPICA: Add PCC address space to space ID decode function
  ACPICA: Fix some comment fields
  ACPICA: Table manager: deploy new firmware error/warning interfaces
  ACPICA: Add new interfaces for BIOS(firmware) errors and warnings
  ACPICA: Split exception code utilities to a new file, utexcep.c
  ACPI: acpi_pad: tune round_robin_time
  ACPICA: Update to version 20120620
  ACPICA: Add support for implicit notify on multiple devices
  ACPICA: Update comments; no functional change
  ...
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Pull ACPI &amp; power management update from Len Brown:
 "Re-write of the turbostat tool.
     lower overhead was necessary for measuring very large system when
     they are very idle.

  IVB support in intel_idle
     It's what I run on my IVB, others should be able to also:-)

  ACPICA core update
     We have found some bugs due to divergence between Linux and the
     upstream ACPICA base.  Most of these patches are to reduce that
     divergence to reduce the risk of future bugs.

  Some cpuidle updates, mostly for non-Intel
     More will be coming, as they depend on this part.

  Some thermal management changes needed by non-ACPI systems.

  Some _OST (OS Status Indication) updates for hot ACPI hot-plug."

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: (51 commits)
  Thermal: Documentation update
  Thermal: Add Hysteresis attributes
  Thermal: Make Thermal trip points writeable
  ACPI/AC: prevent OOPS on some boxes due to missing check power_supply_register() return value check
  tools/power: turbostat: fix large c1% issue
  tools/power: turbostat v2 - re-write for efficiency
  ACPICA: Update to version 20120711
  ACPICA: AcpiSrc: Fix some translation issues for Linux conversion
  ACPICA: Update header files copyrights to 2012
  ACPICA: Add new ACPI table load/unload external interfaces
  ACPICA: Split file: tbxface.c -&gt; tbxfload.c
  ACPICA: Add PCC address space to space ID decode function
  ACPICA: Fix some comment fields
  ACPICA: Table manager: deploy new firmware error/warning interfaces
  ACPICA: Add new interfaces for BIOS(firmware) errors and warnings
  ACPICA: Split exception code utilities to a new file, utexcep.c
  ACPI: acpi_pad: tune round_robin_time
  ACPICA: Update to version 20120620
  ACPICA: Add support for implicit notify on multiple devices
  ACPICA: Update comments; no functional change
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'pm-domains'</title>
<updated>2012-07-18T22:03:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rjw@sisk.pl</email>
</author>
<published>2012-07-18T22:03:17+00:00</published>
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* pm-domains:
  PM / Domains: Fix build warning for CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME unset
  PM / Domains: Replace plain integer with NULL pointer in domain.c file
  PM / Domains: Add missing static storage class specifier in domain.c file
  PM / Domains: Allow device callbacks to be added at any time
  PM / Domains: Add device domain data reference counter
  PM / Domains: Add preliminary support for cpuidle, v2
  PM / Domains: Do not stop devices after restoring their states
  PM / Domains: Use subsystem runtime suspend/resume callbacks by default
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* pm-domains:
  PM / Domains: Fix build warning for CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME unset
  PM / Domains: Replace plain integer with NULL pointer in domain.c file
  PM / Domains: Add missing static storage class specifier in domain.c file
  PM / Domains: Allow device callbacks to be added at any time
  PM / Domains: Add device domain data reference counter
  PM / Domains: Add preliminary support for cpuidle, v2
  PM / Domains: Do not stop devices after restoring their states
  PM / Domains: Use subsystem runtime suspend/resume callbacks by default
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>PM / cpuidle: System resume hang fix with cpuidle</title>
<updated>2012-07-10T19:34:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Preeti U Murthy</name>
<email>preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-07-09T08:12:56+00:00</published>
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On certain bios, resume hangs if cpus are allowed to enter idle states
during suspend [1].

This was fixed in apci idle driver [2].But intel_idle driver does not
have this fix. Thus instead of replicating the fix in both the idle
drivers, or in more platform specific idle drivers if needed, the
more general cpuidle infrastructure could handle this.

A suspend callback in cpuidle_driver could handle this fix. But
a cpuidle_driver provides only basic functionalities like platform idle
state detection capability and mechanisms to support entry and exit
into CPU idle states. All other cpuidle functions are found in the
cpuidle generic infrastructure for good reason that all cpuidle
drivers, irrepective of their platforms will support these functions.

One option therefore would be to register a suspend callback in cpuidle
which handles this fix. This could be called through a PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE
notifier. But this is too generic a notfier for a driver to handle.

Also, ideally the job of cpuidle is not to handle side effects of suspend.
It should expose the interfaces which "handle cpuidle 'during' suspend"
or any other operation, which the subsystems call during that respective
operation.

The fix demands that during suspend, no cpus should be allowed to enter
deep C-states. The interface cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler() in cpuidle
ensures that. Not just that it also kicks all the cpus which are already
in idle out of their idle states which was being done during cpu hotplug
through a CPU_DYING_FROZEN callbacks.

Now the question arises about when during suspend should
cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler() be called. Since we are dealing with
drivers it seems best to call this function during dpm_suspend().
Delaying the call till dpm_suspend_noirq() does no harm, as long as it is
before cpu_hotplug_begin() to avoid race conditions with cpu hotpulg
operations. In dpm_suspend_noirq(), it would be wise to place this call
before suspend_device_irqs() to avoid ugly interactions with the same.

Ananlogously, during resume.

References:
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/674075.
[2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-pm&amp;m=133958534231884&amp;w=2

Reported-and-tested-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy &lt;preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat &lt;srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rjw@sisk.pl&gt;
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On certain bios, resume hangs if cpus are allowed to enter idle states
during suspend [1].

This was fixed in apci idle driver [2].But intel_idle driver does not
have this fix. Thus instead of replicating the fix in both the idle
drivers, or in more platform specific idle drivers if needed, the
more general cpuidle infrastructure could handle this.

A suspend callback in cpuidle_driver could handle this fix. But
a cpuidle_driver provides only basic functionalities like platform idle
state detection capability and mechanisms to support entry and exit
into CPU idle states. All other cpuidle functions are found in the
cpuidle generic infrastructure for good reason that all cpuidle
drivers, irrepective of their platforms will support these functions.

One option therefore would be to register a suspend callback in cpuidle
which handles this fix. This could be called through a PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE
notifier. But this is too generic a notfier for a driver to handle.

Also, ideally the job of cpuidle is not to handle side effects of suspend.
It should expose the interfaces which "handle cpuidle 'during' suspend"
or any other operation, which the subsystems call during that respective
operation.

The fix demands that during suspend, no cpus should be allowed to enter
deep C-states. The interface cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler() in cpuidle
ensures that. Not just that it also kicks all the cpus which are already
in idle out of their idle states which was being done during cpu hotplug
through a CPU_DYING_FROZEN callbacks.

Now the question arises about when during suspend should
cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler() be called. Since we are dealing with
drivers it seems best to call this function during dpm_suspend().
Delaying the call till dpm_suspend_noirq() does no harm, as long as it is
before cpu_hotplug_begin() to avoid race conditions with cpu hotpulg
operations. In dpm_suspend_noirq(), it would be wise to place this call
before suspend_device_irqs() to avoid ugly interactions with the same.

Ananlogously, during resume.

References:
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/674075.
[2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-pm&amp;m=133958534231884&amp;w=2

Reported-and-tested-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy &lt;preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat &lt;srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rjw@sisk.pl&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: intel_idle : break dependency between modules</title>
<updated>2012-07-05T20:37:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Lezcano</name>
<email>daniel.lezcano@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-07-05T13:23:25+00:00</published>
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When the system is booted with some cpus offline, the idle
driver is not initialized. When a cpu is set online, the
acpi code call the intel idle init function. Unfortunately
this code introduce a dependency between intel_idle and acpi.

This patch is intended to remove this dependency by using the
notifier of intel_idle. This patch has the benefit of
encapsulating the intel_idle driver and remove some exported
functions.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat &lt;srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rjw@sisk.pl&gt;
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When the system is booted with some cpus offline, the idle
driver is not initialized. When a cpu is set online, the
acpi code call the intel idle init function. Unfortunately
this code introduce a dependency between intel_idle and acpi.

This patch is intended to remove this dependency by using the
notifier of intel_idle. This patch has the benefit of
encapsulating the intel_idle driver and remove some exported
functions.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat &lt;srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rjw@sisk.pl&gt;
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<title>PM / Domains: Add preliminary support for cpuidle, v2</title>
<updated>2012-07-03T17:07:42+00:00</updated>
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<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rjw@sisk.pl</email>
</author>
<published>2012-07-03T17:07:42+00:00</published>
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On some systems there are CPU cores located in the same power
domains as I/O devices.  Then, power can only be removed from the
domain if all I/O devices in it are not in use and the CPU core
is idle.  Add preliminary support for that to the generic PM domains
framework.

First, the platform is expected to provide a cpuidle driver with one
extra state designated for use with the generic PM domains code.
This state should be initially disabled and its exit_latency value
should be set to whatever time is needed to bring up the CPU core
itself after restoring power to it, not including the domain's
power on latency.  Its .enter() callback should point to a procedure
that will remove power from the domain containing the CPU core at
the end of the CPU power transition.

The remaining characteristics of the extra cpuidle state, referred to
as the "domain" cpuidle state below, (e.g. power usage, target
residency) should be populated in accordance with the properties of
the hardware.

Next, the platform should execute genpd_attach_cpuidle() on the PM
domain containing the CPU core.  That will cause the generic PM
domains framework to treat that domain in a special way such that:

 * When all devices in the domain have been suspended and it is about
   to be turned off, the states of the devices will be saved, but
   power will not be removed from the domain.  Instead, the "domain"
   cpuidle state will be enabled so that power can be removed from
   the domain when the CPU core is idle and the state has been chosen
   as the target by the cpuidle governor.

 * When the first I/O device in the domain is resumed and
   __pm_genpd_poweron(() is called for the first time after
   power has been removed from the domain, the "domain" cpuidle
   state will be disabled to avoid subsequent surprise power removals
   via cpuidle.

The effective exit_latency value of the "domain" cpuidle state
depends on the time needed to bring up the CPU core itself after
restoring power to it as well as on the power on latency of the
domain containing the CPU core.  Thus the "domain" cpuidle state's
exit_latency has to be recomputed every time the domain's power on
latency is updated, which may happen every time power is restored
to the domain, if the measured power on latency is greater than
the latency stored in the corresponding generic_pm_domain structure.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rjw@sisk.pl&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman &lt;khilman@ti.com&gt;
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On some systems there are CPU cores located in the same power
domains as I/O devices.  Then, power can only be removed from the
domain if all I/O devices in it are not in use and the CPU core
is idle.  Add preliminary support for that to the generic PM domains
framework.

First, the platform is expected to provide a cpuidle driver with one
extra state designated for use with the generic PM domains code.
This state should be initially disabled and its exit_latency value
should be set to whatever time is needed to bring up the CPU core
itself after restoring power to it, not including the domain's
power on latency.  Its .enter() callback should point to a procedure
that will remove power from the domain containing the CPU core at
the end of the CPU power transition.

The remaining characteristics of the extra cpuidle state, referred to
as the "domain" cpuidle state below, (e.g. power usage, target
residency) should be populated in accordance with the properties of
the hardware.

Next, the platform should execute genpd_attach_cpuidle() on the PM
domain containing the CPU core.  That will cause the generic PM
domains framework to treat that domain in a special way such that:

 * When all devices in the domain have been suspended and it is about
   to be turned off, the states of the devices will be saved, but
   power will not be removed from the domain.  Instead, the "domain"
   cpuidle state will be enabled so that power can be removed from
   the domain when the CPU core is idle and the state has been chosen
   as the target by the cpuidle governor.

 * When the first I/O device in the domain is resumed and
   __pm_genpd_poweron(() is called for the first time after
   power has been removed from the domain, the "domain" cpuidle
   state will be disabled to avoid subsequent surprise power removals
   via cpuidle.

The effective exit_latency value of the "domain" cpuidle state
depends on the time needed to bring up the CPU core itself after
restoring power to it as well as on the power on latency of the
domain containing the CPU core.  Thus the "domain" cpuidle state's
exit_latency has to be recomputed every time the domain's power on
latency is updated, which may happen every time power is restored
to the domain, if the measured power on latency is greater than
the latency stored in the corresponding generic_pm_domain structure.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rjw@sisk.pl&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman &lt;khilman@ti.com&gt;
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