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diff --git a/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt index c40866e8b957..bfed898a03fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt @@ -18,44 +18,46 @@ and pm_qos_params.h. This is done because having the available parameters being runtime configurable or changeable from a driver was seen as too easy to abuse. -For each parameter a list of performance requirements is maintained along with +For each parameter a list of performance requests is maintained along with an aggregated target value. The aggregated target value is updated with -changes to the requirement list or elements of the list. Typically the -aggregated target value is simply the max or min of the requirement values held +changes to the request list or elements of the list. Typically the +aggregated target value is simply the max or min of the request values held in the parameter list elements. From kernel mode the use of this interface is simple: -pm_qos_add_requirement(param_id, name, target_value): -Will insert a named element in the list for that identified PM_QOS parameter -with the target value. Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed -and any registered notifiers are called only if the target value is now -different. -pm_qos_update_requirement(param_id, name, new_target_value): -Will search the list identified by the param_id for the named list element and -then update its target value, calling the notification tree if the aggregated -target is changed. with that name is already registered. +handle = pm_qos_add_request(param_class, target_value): +Will insert an element into the list for that identified PM_QOS class with the +target value. Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed and any +registered notifiers are called only if the target value is now different. +Clients of pm_qos need to save the returned handle. -pm_qos_remove_requirement(param_id, name): -Will search the identified list for the named element and remove it, after -removal it will update the aggregate target and call the notification tree if -the target was changed as a result of removing the named requirement. +void pm_qos_update_request(handle, new_target_value): +Will update the list element pointed to by the handle with the new target value +and recompute the new aggregated target, calling the notification tree if the +target is changed. + +void pm_qos_remove_request(handle): +Will remove the element. After removal it will update the aggregate target and +call the notification tree if the target was changed as a result of removing +the request. From user mode: -Only processes can register a pm_qos requirement. To provide for automatic -cleanup for process the interface requires the process to register its -parameter requirements in the following way: +Only processes can register a pm_qos request. To provide for automatic +cleanup of a process, the interface requires the process to register its +parameter requests in the following way: To register the default pm_qos target for the specific parameter, the process must open one of /dev/[cpu_dma_latency, network_latency, network_throughput] As long as the device node is held open that process has a registered -requirement on the parameter. The name of the requirement is "process_<PID>" -derived from the current->pid from within the open system call. +request on the parameter. -To change the requested target value the process needs to write a s32 value to -the open device node. This translates to a pm_qos_update_requirement call. +To change the requested target value the process needs to write an s32 value to +the open device node. Alternatively the user mode program could write a hex +string for the value using 10 char long format e.g. "0x12345678". This +translates to a pm_qos_update_request call. To remove the user mode request for a target value simply close the device node. |