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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-16 09:24:44 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-16 09:24:44 -0700
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6: (21 commits) PM / Hibernate: Reduce autotuned default image size PM / Core: Introduce struct syscore_ops for core subsystems PM PM QoS: Make pm_qos settings readable PM / OPP: opp_find_freq_exact() documentation fix PM: Documentation/power/states.txt: fix repetition PM: Make system-wide PM and runtime PM treat subsystems consistently PM: Simplify kernel/power/Kconfig PM: Add support for device power domains PM: Drop pm_flags that is not necessary PM: Allow pm_runtime_suspend() to succeed during system suspend PM: Clean up PM_TRACE dependencies and drop unnecessary Kconfig option PM: Remove CONFIG_PM_OPS PM: Reorder power management Kconfig options PM: Make CONFIG_PM depend on (CONFIG_PM_SLEEP || CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME) PM / ACPI: Remove references to pm_flags from bus.c PM: Do not create wakeup sysfs files for devices that cannot wake up USB / Hub: Do not call device_set_wakeup_capable() under spinlock PM: Use appropriate printk() priority level in trace.c PM / Wakeup: Don't update events_check_enabled in pm_get_wakeup_count() PM / Wakeup: Make pm_save_wakeup_count() work as documented ...
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Run-time Power Management Framework for I/O Devices
-(C) 2009 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc.
+(C) 2009-2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc.
(C) 2010 Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
1. Introduction
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ struct dev_pm_ops {
};
The ->runtime_suspend(), ->runtime_resume() and ->runtime_idle() callbacks are
-executed by the PM core for either the bus type, or device type (if the bus
-type's callback is not defined), or device class (if the bus type's and device
-type's callbacks are not defined) of given device. The bus type, device type
-and device class callbacks are referred to as subsystem-level callbacks in what
-follows.
+executed by the PM core for either the device type, or the class (if the device
+type's struct dev_pm_ops object does not exist), or the bus type (if the
+device type's and class' struct dev_pm_ops objects do not exist) of the given
+device (this allows device types to override callbacks provided by bus types or
+classes if necessary). The bus type, device type and class callbacks 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