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2 PM Quality Of Service Interface
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5 This interface provides a kernel and user mode interface for registering
6 performance expectations by drivers, subsystems and user space applications on
9 Two different PM QoS frameworks are available:
11 * The per-device PM QoS framework provides the API to manage the
12 per-device latency constraints and PM QoS flags.
14 The latency unit used in the PM QoS framework is the microsecond (usec).
20 A global list of CPU latency QoS requests is maintained along with an aggregated
21 (effective) target value. The aggregated target value is updated with changes
22 to the request list or elements of the list. For CPU latency QoS, the
23 aggregated target value is simply the min of the request values held in the list
26 Note: the aggregated target value is implemented as an atomic variable so that
27 reading the aggregated value does not require any locking mechanism.
29 From kernel space the use of this interface is simple:
31 void cpu_latency_qos_add_request(handle, target_value):
32 Will insert an element into the CPU latency QoS list with the target value.
33 Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed and any registered
34 notifiers are called only if the target value is now different.
35 Clients of PM QoS need to save the returned handle for future use in other
38 void cpu_latency_qos_update_request(handle, new_target_value):
39 Will update the list element pointed to by the handle with the new target
40 value and recompute the new aggregated target, calling the notification tree
41 if the target is changed.
43 void cpu_latency_qos_remove_request(handle):
44 Will remove the element. After removal it will update the aggregate target
45 and call the notification tree if the target was changed as a result of
48 int cpu_latency_qos_limit():
49 Returns the aggregated value for the CPU latency QoS.
51 int cpu_latency_qos_request_active(handle):
52 Returns if the request is still active, i.e. it has not been removed from the
55 int cpu_latency_qos_add_notifier(notifier):
56 Adds a notification callback function to the CPU latency QoS. The callback is
57 called when the aggregated value for the CPU latency QoS is changed.
59 int cpu_latency_qos_remove_notifier(notifier):
60 Removes the notification callback function from the CPU latency QoS.
65 The infrastructure exposes one device node, /dev/cpu_dma_latency, for the CPU
68 Only processes can register a PM QoS request. To provide for automatic
69 cleanup of a process, the interface requires the process to register its
70 parameter requests as follows.
72 To register the default PM QoS target for the CPU latency QoS, the process must
73 open /dev/cpu_dma_latency.
75 As long as the device node is held open that process has a registered
76 request on the parameter.
78 To change the requested target value, the process needs to write an s32 value to
79 the open device node. Alternatively, it can write a hex string for the value
80 using the 10 char long format e.g. "0x12345678". This translates to a
81 cpu_latency_qos_update_request() call.
83 To remove the user mode request for a target value simply close the device
87 2. PM QoS per-device latency and flags framework
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90 For each device, there are three lists of PM QoS requests. Two of them are
91 maintained along with the aggregated targets of resume latency and active
92 state latency tolerance (in microseconds) and the third one is for PM QoS flags.
93 Values are updated in response to changes of the request list.
95 The target values of resume latency and active state latency tolerance are
96 simply the minimum of the request values held in the parameter list elements.
97 The PM QoS flags aggregate value is a gather (bitwise OR) of all list elements'
98 values. One device PM QoS flag is defined currently: PM_QOS_FLAG_NO_POWER_OFF.
100 Note: The aggregated target values are implemented in such a way that reading
101 the aggregated value does not require any locking mechanism.
104 From kernel mode the use of this interface is the following:
106 int dev_pm_qos_add_request(device, handle, type, value):
107 Will insert an element into the list for that identified device with the
108 target value. Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed and any
109 registered notifiers are called only if the target value is now different.
110 Clients of dev_pm_qos need to save the handle for future use in other
111 dev_pm_qos API functions.
113 int dev_pm_qos_update_request(handle, new_value):
114 Will update the list element pointed to by the handle with the new target
115 value and recompute the new aggregated target, calling the notification
116 trees if the target is changed.
118 int dev_pm_qos_remove_request(handle):
119 Will remove the element. After removal it will update the aggregate target
120 and call the notification trees if the target was changed as a result of
121 removing the request.
123 s32 dev_pm_qos_read_value(device, type):
124 Returns the aggregated value for a given device's constraints list.
126 enum pm_qos_flags_status dev_pm_qos_flags(device, mask)
127 Check PM QoS flags of the given device against the given mask of flags.
128 The meaning of the return values is as follows:
131 All flags from the mask are set
133 Some flags from the mask are set
135 No flags from the mask are set
136 PM_QOS_FLAGS_UNDEFINED:
137 The device's PM QoS structure has not been initialized
138 or the list of requests is empty.
140 int dev_pm_qos_add_ancestor_request(dev, handle, type, value)
141 Add a PM QoS request for the first direct ancestor of the given device whose
142 power.ignore_children flag is unset (for DEV_PM_QOS_RESUME_LATENCY requests)
143 or whose power.set_latency_tolerance callback pointer is not NULL (for
144 DEV_PM_QOS_LATENCY_TOLERANCE requests).
146 int dev_pm_qos_expose_latency_limit(device, value)
147 Add a request to the device's PM QoS list of resume latency constraints and
148 create a sysfs attribute pm_qos_resume_latency_us under the device's power
149 directory allowing user space to manipulate that request.
151 void dev_pm_qos_hide_latency_limit(device)
152 Drop the request added by dev_pm_qos_expose_latency_limit() from the device's
153 PM QoS list of resume latency constraints and remove sysfs attribute
154 pm_qos_resume_latency_us from the device's power directory.
156 int dev_pm_qos_expose_flags(device, value)
157 Add a request to the device's PM QoS list of flags and create sysfs attribute
158 pm_qos_no_power_off under the device's power directory allowing user space to
159 change the value of the PM_QOS_FLAG_NO_POWER_OFF flag.
161 void dev_pm_qos_hide_flags(device)
162 Drop the request added by dev_pm_qos_expose_flags() from the device's PM QoS
163 list of flags and remove sysfs attribute pm_qos_no_power_off from the device's
166 Notification mechanisms:
168 The per-device PM QoS framework has a per-device notification tree.
170 int dev_pm_qos_add_notifier(device, notifier, type):
171 Adds a notification callback function for the device for a particular request
174 The callback is called when the aggregated value of the device constraints
177 int dev_pm_qos_remove_notifier(device, notifier, type):
178 Removes the notification callback function for the device.
181 Active state latency tolerance
182 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
184 This device PM QoS type is used to support systems in which hardware may switch
185 to energy-saving operation modes on the fly. In those systems, if the operation
186 mode chosen by the hardware attempts to save energy in an overly aggressive way,
187 it may cause excess latencies to be visible to software, causing it to miss
188 certain protocol requirements or target frame or sample rates etc.
190 If there is a latency tolerance control mechanism for a given device available
191 to software, the .set_latency_tolerance callback in that device's dev_pm_info
192 structure should be populated. The routine pointed to by it is should implement
193 whatever is necessary to transfer the effective requirement value to the
196 Whenever the effective latency tolerance changes for the device, its
197 .set_latency_tolerance() callback will be executed and the effective value will
198 be passed to it. If that value is negative, which means that the list of
199 latency tolerance requirements for the device is empty, the callback is expected
200 to switch the underlying hardware latency tolerance control mechanism to an
201 autonomous mode if available. If that value is PM_QOS_LATENCY_ANY, in turn, and
202 the hardware supports a special "no requirement" setting, the callback is
203 expected to use it. That allows software to prevent the hardware from
204 automatically updating the device's latency tolerance in response to its power
205 state changes (e.g. during transitions from D3cold to D0), which generally may
206 be done in the autonomous latency tolerance control mode.
208 If .set_latency_tolerance() is present for the device, sysfs attribute
209 pm_qos_latency_tolerance_us will be present in the devivce's power directory.
210 Then, user space can use that attribute to specify its latency tolerance
211 requirement for the device, if any. Writing "any" to it means "no requirement,
212 but do not let the hardware control latency tolerance" and writing "auto" to it
213 allows the hardware to be switched to the autonomous mode if there are no other
214 requirements from the kernel side in the device's list.
216 Kernel code can use the functions described above along with the
217 DEV_PM_QOS_LATENCY_TOLERANCE device PM QoS type to add, remove and update
218 latency tolerance requirements for devices.