Re: [PATCH] Revert "dmaengine: dw: Enable runtime PM"

[Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@intel.com>]

On 2021-02-03 6:08 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 7:06 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 5:53 PM Cezary Rojewski
>> <cezary.rojewski@intel.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This reverts commit 842067940a3e3fc008a60fee388e000219b32632.
>>> For some solutions e.g. sound/soc/intel/catpt, DW DMA is part of a
>>> compound device (in that very example, domains: ADSP, SSP0, SSP1, DMA0
>>> and DMA1 are part of a single entity) rather than being a standalone
>>> one. Driver for said device may enlist DMA to transfer data during
>>> suspend or resume sequences.
>>>
>>> Manipulating RPM explicitly in dw's DMA request and release channel
>>> functions causes suspend() to also invoke resume() for the exact same
>>> device. Similar situation occurs for resume() sequence. Effectively
>>> renders device dysfunctional after first suspend() attempt. Revert the
>>> change to address the problem.
>>
>> I kinda had the mixed feelings about this, thanks for the report.
> 
> Side note: the better solution in general seems to have a specific
> power domain for the ASoC multi-function devices (if ever you move to
> use auxiliary bus, it may be done easier I think).

This is an area I haven't touched yet. Will definitely check it out.

Thanks for the recommendations, Andy. Much appreciated.

Regards,
Czarek