Re: [PATCH] PM: Add helper to mark last busy and autosuspend

[Vinod Koul]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:58:13AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2014, Vinod Koul wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:27:53AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > On Tue, 16 Sep 2014, Subhransu S. Prusty wrote:
> > > 
> > > > pm_runtime_mark_last_busy and pm_runtime_put_autosuspend are used together
> > > > in quite a lot of places. Add a helper for these.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Subhransu S. Prusty <subhransu.s.prusty@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  include/linux/pm_runtime.h | 6 ++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
> > > > index 367f49b..256ec50 100644
> > > > --- a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
> > > > +++ b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
> > > > @@ -277,4 +277,10 @@ static inline void pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(struct device *dev)
> > > >  	__pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(dev, false);
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > +static inline int pm_runtime_last_busy_and_autosuspend(struct device *dev)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(dev);
> > > > +	return pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(dev);
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > >  #endif
> > > 
> > > What's the advantage?  Removing a few bytes of source code?  There will 
> > > no change to the object code.  (Not to mention that your patch didn't 
> > > actually change _any_ of the places where both routines get called!)
> > Yes we didnt change users, as we need this for one of our drivers we are
> > trying to push.
> 
> Why do you need it?  Just change your driver to call
> 
> 	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(dev);
> 	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(dev);
> 
> instead of
> 
> 	pm_runtime_last_busy_and_autosuspend(dev);
> 
> Or create a subroutine in your driver to do this.
Well since this is common why not add a helper in framework!

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~Vinod
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