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working-state
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System Sleep States
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Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corp., Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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Sleep states are global low-power states of the entire system in which user
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space code cannot be executed and the overall system activity is significantly
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reduced.
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Sleep States That Can Be Supported
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==================================
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Depending on its configuration and the capabilities of the platform it runs on,
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the Linux kernel can support up to four system sleep states, includig
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hibernation and up to three variants of system suspend. The sleep states that
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can be supported by the kernel are listed below.
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.. _s2idle:
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Suspend-to-Idle
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This is a generic, pure software, light-weight variant of system suspend (also
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referred to as S2I or S2Idle). It allows more energy to be saved relative to
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runtime idle by freezing user space, suspending the timekeeping and putting all
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I/O devices into low-power states (possibly lower-power than available in the
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working state), such that the processors can spend time in their deepest idle
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states while the system is suspended.
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The system is woken up from this state by in-band interrupts, so theoretically
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any devices that can cause interrupts to be generated in the working state can
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also be set up as wakeup devices for S2Idle.
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This state can be used on platforms without support for :ref:`standby <standby>`
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or :ref:`suspend-to-RAM <s2ram>`, or it can be used in addition to any of the
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deeper system suspend variants to provide reduced resume latency. It is always
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supported if the :c:macro:`CONFIG_SUSPEND` kernel configuration option is set.
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.. _standby:
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Standby
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This state, if supported, offers moderate, but real, energy savings, while
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providing a relatively straightforward transition back to the working state. No
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operating state is lost (the system core logic retains power), so the system can
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go back to where it left off easily enough.
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In addition to freezing user space, suspending the timekeeping and putting all
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I/O devices into low-power states, which is done for :ref:`suspend-to-idle
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<s2idle>` too, nonboot CPUs are taken offline and all low-level system functions
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are suspended during transitions into this state. For this reason, it should
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allow more energy to be saved relative to :ref:`suspend-to-idle <s2idle>`, but
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the resume latency will generally be greater than for that state.
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The set of devices that can wake up the system from this state usually is
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reduced relative to :ref:`suspend-to-idle <s2idle>` and it may be necessary to
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rely on the platform for setting up the wakeup functionality as appropriate.
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This state is supported if the :c:macro:`CONFIG_SUSPEND` kernel configuration
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option is set and the support for it is registered by the platform with the
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core system suspend subsystem. On ACPI-based systems this state is mapped to
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the S1 system state defined by ACPI.
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.. _s2ram:
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Suspend-to-RAM
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This state (also referred to as STR or S2RAM), if supported, offers significant
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energy savings as everything in the system is put into a low-power state, except
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for memory, which should be placed into the self-refresh mode to retain its
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contents. All of the steps carried out when entering :ref:`standby <standby>`
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are also carried out during transitions to S2RAM. Additional operations may
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take place depending on the platform capabilities. In particular, on ACPI-based
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systems the kernel passes control to the platform firmware (BIOS) as the last
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step during S2RAM transitions and that usually results in powering down some
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more low-level components that are not directly controlled by the kernel.
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The state of devices and CPUs is saved and held in memory. All devices are
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suspended and put into low-power states. In many cases, all peripheral buses
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lose power when entering S2RAM, so devices must be able to handle the transition
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back to the "on" state.
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On ACPI-based systems S2RAM requires some minimal boot-strapping code in the
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platform firmware to resume the system from it. This may be the case on other
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platforms too.
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The set of devices that can wake up the system from S2RAM usually is reduced
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relative to :ref:`suspend-to-idle <s2idle>` and :ref:`standby <standby>` and it
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may be necessary to rely on the platform for setting up the wakeup functionality
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as appropriate.
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S2RAM is supported if the :c:macro:`CONFIG_SUSPEND` kernel configuration option
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is set and the support for it is registered by the platform with the core system
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suspend subsystem. On ACPI-based systems it is mapped to the S3 system state
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defined by ACPI.
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Hibernation
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This state (also referred to as Suspend-to-Disk or STD) offers the greatest
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energy savings and can be used even in the absence of low-level platform support
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for system suspend. However, it requires some low-level code for resuming the
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system to be present for the underlying CPU architecture.
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Hibernation is significantly different from any of the system suspend variants.
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It takes three system state changes to put it into hibernation and two system
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state changes to resume it.
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First, when hibernation is triggered, the kernel stops all system activity and
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creates a snapshot image of memory to be written into persistent storage. Next,
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the system goes into a state in which the snapshot image can be saved, the image
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is written out and finally the system goes into the target low-power state in
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which power is cut from almost all of its hardware components, including memory,
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except for a limited set of wakeup devices.
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Once the snapshot image has been written out, the system may either enter a
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special low-power state (like ACPI S4), or it may simply power down itself.
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Powering down means minimum power draw and it allows this mechanism to work on
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any system. However, entering a special low-power state may allow additional
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means of system wakeup to be used (e.g. pressing a key on the keyboard or
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opening a laptop lid).
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After wakeup, control goes to the platform firmware that runs a boot loader
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which boots a fresh instance of the kernel (control may also go directly to
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the boot loader, depending on the system configuration, but anyway it causes
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a fresh instance of the kernel to be booted). That new instance of the kernel
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(referred to as the ``restore kernel``) looks for a hibernation image in
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persistent storage and if one is found, it is loaded into memory. Next, all
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activity in the system is stopped and the restore kernel overwrites itself with
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the image contents and jumps into a special trampoline area in the original
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kernel stored in the image (referred to as the ``image kernel``), which is where
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the special architecture-specific low-level code is needed. Finally, the
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image kernel restores the system to the pre-hibernation state and allows user
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space to run again.
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Hibernation is supported if the :c:macro:`CONFIG_HIBERNATION` kernel
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configuration option is set. However, this option can only be set if support
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for the given CPU architecture includes the low-level code for system resume.
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Basic ``sysfs`` Interfaces for System Suspend and Hibernation
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The following files located in the :file:`/sys/power/` directory can be used by
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user space for sleep states control.
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``state``
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This file contains a list of strings representing sleep states supported
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by the kernel. Writing one of these strings into it causes the kernel
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to start a transition of the system into the sleep state represented by
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that string.
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In particular, the strings "disk", "freeze" and "standby" represent the
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:ref:`hibernation <hibernation>`, :ref:`suspend-to-idle <s2idle>` and
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:ref:`standby <standby>` sleep states, respectively. The string "mem"
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is interpreted in accordance with the contents of the ``mem_sleep`` file
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described below.
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If the kernel does not support any system sleep states, this file is
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not present.
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``mem_sleep``
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This file contains a list of strings representing supported system
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suspend variants and allows user space to select the variant to be
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associated with the "mem" string in the ``state`` file described above.
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The strings that may be present in this file are "s2idle", "shallow"
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and "deep". The string "s2idle" always represents :ref:`suspend-to-idle
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<s2idle>` and, by convention, "shallow" and "deep" represent
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:ref:`standby <standby>` and :ref:`suspend-to-RAM <s2ram>`,
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respectively.
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Writing one of the listed strings into this file causes the system
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suspend variant represented by it to be associated with the "mem" string
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in the ``state`` file. The string representing the suspend variant
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currently associated with the "mem" string in the ``state`` file
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possible options are as follows:
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Put the system into a special low-power state (e.g. ACPI S4) to
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Reboot the system (useful for diagnostics mostly).
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Hybrid system suspend. Put the system into the suspend sleep
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The currently selected option is shown in square brackets which means
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:file:`/sys/power/state`. Likewise, there are two ways to make the system go
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into the :ref:`standby <standby>` state (the strings to write to the control
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state is supported by the platform. However, there is only one way to make the
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system go into the :ref:`suspend-to-RAM <s2ram>` state (write "deep" into
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:file:`/sys/power/mem_sleep` and "mem" into :file:`/sys/power/state`).
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supporting :ref:`suspend-to-RAM <s2ram>`) or "s2idle", but it can be overridden
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===========================
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Power Management Strategies
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===========================
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Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corp., Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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The Linux kernel supports two major high-level power management strategies.
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significantly reduced, referred to as :doc:`sleep states <sleep-states>`. The
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kernel puts the system into one of these states when requested by user space
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and the system stays in it until a special signal is received from one of
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designated devices, triggering a transition to the ``working state`` in which
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user space code can run. Because sleep states are global and the whole system
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is affected by the state changes, this strategy is referred to as the
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:doc:`system-wide power management <system-wide>`.
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The other strategy, referred to as the :doc:`working-state power management
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<working-state>`, is based on adjusting the power states of individual hardware
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components of the system, as needed, in the working state. In consequence, if
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this strategy is in use, the working state of the system usually does not
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correspond to any particular physical configuration of it, but can be treated as
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a metastate covering a range of different power states of the system in which
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the individual components of it can be either ``active`` (in use) or
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``inactive`` (idle). If they are active, they have to be in power states
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allowing them to process data and to be accessed by software. In turn, if they
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are inactive, ideally, they should be in low-power states in which they may not
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draw (or maximum energy usage) of it. If all of them are inactive, the system
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state from the physical system configuration and power draw perspective, but
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then it takes much less time and effort to start executing user space code than
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for the same system in a sleep state. However, transitions from sleep states
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back to the working state can only be started by a limited set of devices, so
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typically the system can spend much more time in a sleep state than it can be
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runtime idle in one go. For this reason, systems usually use less energy in
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for example by closing its lid (if the system is a laptop), it probably should
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System-Wide Power Management
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Working-State Power Management
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==============================
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(C) 2014 Intel Corp., Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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The kernel supports up to four system sleep states generically, although three
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of them depend on the platform support code to implement the low-level details
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The states are represented by strings that can be read or written to the
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/sys/power/state file. Those strings may be "mem", "standby", "freeze" and
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"disk", where the last three always represent Power-On Suspend (if supported),
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Suspend-To-Idle and hibernation (Suspend-To-Disk), respectively.
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The meaning of the "mem" string is controlled by the /sys/power/mem_sleep file.
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It contains strings representing the available modes of system suspend that may
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be triggered by writing "mem" to /sys/power/state. These modes are "s2idle"
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(Suspend-To-Idle), "shallow" (Power-On Suspend) and "deep" (Suspend-To-RAM).
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The "s2idle" mode is always available, while the other ones are only available
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if supported by the platform (if not supported, the strings representing them
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are not present in /sys/power/mem_sleep). The string representing the suspend
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mode to be used subsequently is enclosed in square brackets. Writing one of
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the other strings present in /sys/power/mem_sleep to it causes the suspend mode
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to be used subsequently to change to the one represented by that string.
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Consequently, there are two ways to cause the system to go into the
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Suspend-To-Idle sleep state. The first one is to write "freeze" directly to
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/sys/power/state. The second one is to write "s2idle" to /sys/power/mem_sleep
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and then to write "mem" to /sys/power/state. Similarly, there are two ways
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to cause the system to go into the Power-On Suspend sleep state (the strings to
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write to the control files in that case are "standby" or "shallow" and "mem",
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respectively) if that state is supported by the platform. In turn, there is
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only one way to cause the system to go into the Suspend-To-RAM state (write
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"deep" into /sys/power/mem_sleep and "mem" into /sys/power/state).
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The default suspend mode (ie. the one to be used without writing anything into
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/sys/power/mem_sleep) is either "deep" (if Suspend-To-RAM is supported) or
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"s2idle", but it can be overridden by the value of the "mem_sleep_default"
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parameter in the kernel command line. On some ACPI-based systems, depending on
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the information in the FADT, the default may be "s2idle" even if Suspend-To-RAM
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is supported.
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The properties of all of the sleep states are described below.
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State: Suspend-To-Idle
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ACPI state: S0
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Label: "s2idle" ("freeze")
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This state is a generic, pure software, light-weight, system sleep state.
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It allows more energy to be saved relative to runtime idle by freezing user
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space and putting all I/O devices into low-power states (possibly
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lower-power than available at run time), such that the processors can
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spend more time in their idle states.
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This state can be used for platforms without Power-On Suspend/Suspend-to-RAM
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support, or it can be used in addition to Suspend-to-RAM to provide reduced
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resume latency. It is always supported.
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State: Standby / Power-On Suspend
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ACPI State: S1
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Label: "shallow" ("standby")
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This state, if supported, offers moderate, though real, power savings, while
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providing a relatively low-latency transition back to a working system. No
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operating state is lost (the CPU retains power), so the system easily starts up
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again where it left off.
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In addition to freezing user space and putting all I/O devices into low-power
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states, which is done for Suspend-To-Idle too, nonboot CPUs are taken offline
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and all low-level system functions are suspended during transitions into this
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state. For this reason, it should allow more energy to be saved relative to
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Suspend-To-Idle, but the resume latency will generally be greater than for that
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state.
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State: Suspend-to-RAM
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ACPI State: S3
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Label: "deep"
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This state, if supported, offers significant power savings as everything in the
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system is put into a low-power state, except for memory, which should be placed
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into the self-refresh mode to retain its contents. All of the steps carried out
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when entering Power-On Suspend are also carried out during transitions to STR.
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Additional operations may take place depending on the platform capabilities. In
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particular, on ACPI systems the kernel passes control to the BIOS (platform
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firmware) as the last step during STR transitions and that usually results in
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powering down some more low-level components that aren't directly controlled by
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the kernel.
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System and device state is saved and kept in memory. All devices are suspended
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and put into low-power states. In many cases, all peripheral buses lose power
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when entering STR, so devices must be able to handle the transition back to the
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"on" state.
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For at least ACPI, STR requires some minimal boot-strapping code to resume the
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system from it. This may be the case on other platforms too.
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State: Suspend-to-disk
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ACPI State: S4
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Label: "disk"
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This state offers the greatest power savings, and can be used even in
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the absence of low-level platform support for power management. This
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state operates similarly to Suspend-to-RAM, but includes a final step
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of writing memory contents to disk. On resume, this is read and memory
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|
||||||
is restored to its pre-suspend state.
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||||||
STD can be handled by the firmware or the kernel. If it is handled by
|
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the firmware, it usually requires a dedicated partition that must be
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||||||
setup via another operating system for it to use. Despite the
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||||||
inconvenience, this method requires minimal work by the kernel, since
|
|
||||||
the firmware will also handle restoring memory contents on resume.
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|
||||||
|
|
||||||
For suspend-to-disk, a mechanism called 'swsusp' (Swap Suspend) is used
|
|
||||||
to write memory contents to free swap space. swsusp has some restrictive
|
|
||||||
requirements, but should work in most cases. Some, albeit outdated,
|
|
||||||
documentation can be found in Documentation/power/swsusp.txt.
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|
||||||
Alternatively, userspace can do most of the actual suspend to disk work,
|
|
||||||
see userland-swsusp.txt.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Once memory state is written to disk, the system may either enter a
|
|
||||||
low-power state (like ACPI S4), or it may simply power down. Powering
|
|
||||||
down offers greater savings, and allows this mechanism to work on any
|
|
||||||
system. However, entering a real low-power state allows the user to
|
|
||||||
trigger wake up events (e.g. pressing a key or opening a laptop lid).
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|
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