"Basak, Partha" <[email protected]> writes:

[...]

>> >  /* TODO: Analyze removing gpio_bank_count usage from driver code */
>> > @@ -1045,6 +1044,9 @@ static int omap_gpio_request(struct 
>> gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
>> >    struct gpio_bank *bank = container_of(chip, struct 
>> gpio_bank, chip);
>> >    unsigned long flags;
>> >  
>> > +  if (!bank->mod_usage)
>> > +          pm_runtime_get_sync(bank->dev);
>> > +
>> 
>> Would be fine to skip the 'if' here and let runtime PM continue the
>> usecounting.  Since we'll have trace tools that instrument runtime PM,
>> it will be nice to be able to trace all the users instead of just the
>> first one to request a GPIO in a given bank.
>> 
> We are continuing to use mod_usage checks for the following reasons:
>
> 1. In the absence of mod_usage,
> pm_runtime_getsync() would be called in the omap_gpio_request()once per
> pin for each bank. However, a matching pm_runtime_putsync() would be
> called in the CPU_Idle path only once for a given bank. This would lead to 
> atomic_dec_and_test(&dev->power.usage_count) to return false and
> the put_sync will not be effective.

OK, per-bank is most important.

> 2. Consider a case that a bank is not requested at all but in the CPU_Idle 
> path we
>  go-ahead and call pm_runtime_putsync() for that bank. Since usage_count is
> already zero, this call makes it negative. Now, a subsequent call to
> get_sync() will increment it to 0 and enable the clocks. 
> This leads to an error-scenario where clocks are enabled with usage_cnt = 0.

OK

> 3. Ideally we should not be even attempting to fiddle with the
> un-requested GPIO banks in the CPU_Idle path.

Agreed.

Sounds like the right path.

Kevin
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