RE: [PATCH] nvme/pci: Use host managed power state for suspend

[<Mario.Limonciello@dell.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 9:38 AM
> To: Limonciello, Mario
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme/pci: Use host managed power state for suspend
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> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 02:24:41PM +0000, Mario.Limonciello@dell.com wrote:
> > This was not a disk with HMB, but with regard to the HMB I believe it needs to be
> > removed during s0ix so that there isn't any mistake that SSD thinks it can access
> HMB
> > memory in s0ix.
> 
> Is that really the case, though? Where may I find that DMA is not
> allowed in this state? I just want an authoritative reference to attach
> to the behavior.

The Intel DMA controller suspend callbacks in drivers/dma/idma64.c look to me to
turn off the controller.

And NVME spec made it sound to me that while in a low power state it shouldn't
be available if the memory isn't available.

NVME spec in 8.9:

"Host software should request that the controller release the
assigned ranges prior to a shutdown event, a Runtime D3 event, or any other event
that requires host software to reclaim the assigned ranges."