pm_runtime_force_suspend(9)

💅 pm_runtime_force_suspend(9) 💅

Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, that's the manual name, and we're folding it in right here at the top. 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

pm_runtime_force_suspend — Force a device into suspend state if needed. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int pm_runtime_force_suspend (struct device *dev );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — Device to suspend. That's the main character right there.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Okay so here's the tea: this disables runtime PM so we can safely check the device's runtime PM status. If it's active, it invokes its ->runtime_suspend callback to suspend it and changes its runtime PM status field to RPM_SUSPENDED. Slay. ✨

Also, if the device's usage and children counters don't indicate that the device was in use before the system-wide transition under way, it decrements its parent's children counter (if there is a parent). Keep runtime PM disabled to preserve the state unless we encounter errors. No cap, that part matters.

Typically this function may be invoked from a system suspend callback to make sure the device is put into low power state, and it should only be used during system-wide PM transitions to sleep states. It assumes that the analogous pm_runtime_force_resume will be used to resume the device. Lowkey iconic teamwork. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/base/power/runtime.c
• update_pm_runtime_accounting(9)
• pm_runtime_deactivate_timer(9)
• pm_runtime_cancel_pending(9)
• rpm_check_suspend_allowed(9)
• pm_runtime_release_supplier(9)
• __rpm_callback(9)
• rpm_callback(9)
• rpm_idle(9)
• rpm_suspend(9)
• rpm_resume(9)
• pm_runtime_work(9)
• pm_suspend_timer_fn(9)
• pm_schedule_suspend(9)
• __pm_runtime_idle(9)
• __pm_runtime_suspend(9)
• __pm_runtime_resume(9)
• pm_runtime_get_conditional(9)
• pm_runtime_get_if_active(9)
• pm_runtime_get_if_in_use(9)
• __pm_runtime_set_status(9)
• __pm_runtime_barrier(9)
• pm_runtime_barrier(9)
• pm_runtime_enable(9)
• devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled(9)
• devm_pm_runtime_enable(9)
• devm_pm_runtime_get_noresume(9)
• pm_runtime_forbid(9)
• pm_runtime_allow(9)
• pm_runtime_no_callbacks(9)
• pm_runtime_irq_safe(9)
• update_autosuspend(9)
• pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(9)
• __pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(9)
• pm_runtime_init(9)
• pm_runtime_reinit(9)
• pm_runtime_remove(9)
• pm_runtime_get_suppliers(9)
• pm_runtime_put_suppliers(9)
• pm_runtime_drop_link(9)
• pm_runtime_force_resume(9)

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