[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v3 0/3] block: use generic power management

[Vaibhav Gupta]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 02:03:32PM +0530, Vaibhav Gupta wrote:
> Linux Kernel Mentee: Remove Legacy Power Management.
> 
> The purpose of this patch series is to upgrade power management in block
> drivers. This has been done by upgrading .suspend() and .resume() callbacks.
> 
> The upgrade makes sure that the involvement of PCI Core does not change the
> order of operations executed in a driver. Thus, does not change its behavior.
> 
> In general, drivers with legacy PM, .suspend() and .resume() make use of PCI
> helper functions like pci_enable/disable_device_mem(), pci_set_power_state(),
> pci_save/restore_state(), pci_enable/disable_device(), etc. to complete
> their job.
> 
> The conversion requires the removal of those function calls, change the
> callbacks' definition accordingly and make use of dev_pm_ops structure.
> 
> All patches are compile-tested only.
> 
> Test tools:
>     - Compiler: gcc (GCC) 10.1.0
>     - allmodconfig build: make -j$(nproc) W=1 all
> 
> v3: v2 needed some changes in commit messages.
> 
> Vaibhav Gupta (3):
>   mtip32xx: use generic power management
>   rsxx: use generic power management
>   skd: use generic power management
> 
>  drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c | 54 +++++++------------------------
>  drivers/block/rsxx/core.c         |  9 ++++--
>  drivers/block/skd_main.c          | 30 +++++------------
>  3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.27.0
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