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    PM / QoS: Introcuce latency tolerance device PM QoS type · 2d984ad1
    Rafael J. Wysocki authored
    Add a new latency tolerance device PM QoS type to be use for
    specifying active state (RPM_ACTIVE) memory access (DMA) latency
    tolerance requirements for devices.  It may be used to prevent
    hardware from choosing overly aggressive energy-saving operation
    modes (causing too much latency to appear) for the whole platform.
    
    This feature reqiures hardware support, so it only will be
    available for devices having a new .set_latency_tolerance()
    callback in struct dev_pm_info populated, in which case the
    routine pointed to by it should implement whatever is necessary
    to transfer the effective requirement value to the hardware.
    
    Whenever the effective latency tolerance changes for the device,
    its .set_latency_tolerance() callback will be executed and the
    effective value will be passed to it.  If that value is negative,
    which means that the list of latency tolerance requirements for
    the device is empty, the callback is expected to switch the
    underlying hardware latency tolerance control mechanism to an
    autonomous mode if available.  If that value is PM_QOS_LATENCY_ANY,
    in turn, and the hardware supports a special "no requirement"
    setting, the callback is expected to use it.  That allows software
    to prevent the hardware from automatically updating the device's
    latency tolerance in response to its power state changes (e.g. during
    transitions from D3cold to D0), which generally may be done in the
    autonomous latency tolerance control mode.
    
    If .set_latency_tolerance() is present for the device, a new
    pm_qos_latency_tolerance_us attribute will be present in the
    devivce's power directory in sysfs.  Then, user space can use
    that attribute to specify its latency tolerance requirement for
    the device, if any.  Writing "any" to it means "no requirement, but
    do not let the hardware control latency tolerance" and writing
    "auto" to it allows the hardware to be switched to the autonomous
    mode if there are no other requirements from the kernel side in the
    device's list.
    
    This changeset includes a fix from Mika Westerberg.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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