Index: linux-pm/include/linux/device.h
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/include/linux/device.h
+++ linux-pm/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1070,6 +1070,16 @@ static inline void dev_pm_syscore_device
 #endif
 }
 
+static inline void dev_pm_set_driver_flags(struct device *dev, u32 flags)
+{
+	dev->power.driver_flags = flags;
+}
+
+static inline bool dev_pm_test_driver_flags(struct device *dev, u32 flags)
+{
+	return !!(dev->power.driver_flags & flags);
+}
+
 static inline void device_lock(struct device *dev)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
Index: linux-pm/include/linux/pm.h
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/include/linux/pm.h
+++ linux-pm/include/linux/pm.h
@@ -550,6 +550,25 @@ struct pm_subsys_data {
 #endif
 };
 
+/*
+ * Driver flags to control system suspend/resume behavior.
+ *
+ * These flags can be set by device drivers at the probe time.  They need not be
+ * cleared by the drivers as the driver core will take care of that.
+ *
+ * NEVER_SKIP: Do not skip system suspend/resume callbacks for the device.
+ * SMART_PREPARE: Check the return value of the driver's ->prepare callback.
+ *
+ * Setting SMART_PREPARE instructs bus types and PM domains which may want
+ * system suspend/resume callbacks to be skipped for the device to return 0 from
+ * their ->prepare callbacks if the driver's ->prepare callback returns 0 (in
+ * other words, the system suspend/resume callbacks can only be skipped for the
+ * device if its driver doesn't object against that).  This flag has no effect
+ * if NEVER_SKIP is set.
+ */
+#define DPM_FLAG_NEVER_SKIP	BIT(0)
+#define DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE	BIT(1)
+
 struct dev_pm_info {
 	pm_message_t		power_state;
 	unsigned int		can_wakeup:1;
@@ -561,6 +580,7 @@ struct dev_pm_info {
 	bool			is_late_suspended:1;
 	bool			early_init:1;	/* Owned by the PM core */
 	bool			direct_complete:1;	/* Owned by the PM core */
+	u32			driver_flags;
 	spinlock_t		lock;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 	struct list_head	entry;
Index: linux-pm/drivers/base/dd.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ pinctrl_bind_failed:
 	if (dev->pm_domain && dev->pm_domain->dismiss)
 		dev->pm_domain->dismiss(dev);
 	pm_runtime_reinit(dev);
+	dev_pm_set_driver_flags(dev, 0);
 
 	switch (ret) {
 	case -EPROBE_DEFER:
@@ -869,6 +870,7 @@ static void __device_release_driver(stru
 		if (dev->pm_domain && dev->pm_domain->dismiss)
 			dev->pm_domain->dismiss(dev);
 		pm_runtime_reinit(dev);
+		dev_pm_set_driver_flags(dev, 0);
 
 		klist_remove(&dev->p->knode_driver);
 		device_pm_check_callbacks(dev);
Index: linux-pm/drivers/base/power/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -1700,7 +1700,9 @@ unlock:
 	 * applies to suspend transitions, however.
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
-	dev->power.direct_complete = ret > 0 && state.event == PM_EVENT_SUSPEND;
+	dev->power.direct_complete = state.event == PM_EVENT_SUSPEND &&
+		pm_runtime_suspended(dev) && ret > 0 &&
+		!dev_pm_test_driver_flags(dev, DPM_FLAG_NEVER_SKIP);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
 	return 0;
 }
Index: linux-pm/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -682,8 +682,11 @@ static int pci_pm_prepare(struct device
 
 	if (drv && drv->pm && drv->pm->prepare) {
 		int error = drv->pm->prepare(dev);
-		if (error)
+		if (error < 0)
 			return error;
+
+		if (!error && dev_pm_test_driver_flags(dev, DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE))
+			return 0;
 	}
 	return pci_dev_keep_suspended(to_pci_dev(dev));
 }
Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c
@@ -959,11 +959,16 @@ static bool acpi_dev_needs_resume(struct
 int acpi_subsys_prepare(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct acpi_device *adev = ACPI_COMPANION(dev);
-	int ret;
 
-	ret = pm_generic_prepare(dev);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	if (dev->driver && dev->driver->pm && dev->driver->pm->prepare) {
+		int ret = dev->driver->pm->prepare(dev);
+
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		if (!ret && dev_pm_test_driver_flags(dev, DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE))
+			return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (!adev || !pm_runtime_suspended(dev))
 		return 0;
Index: linux-pm/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst
+++ linux-pm/Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst
@@ -354,6 +354,20 @@ the phases are: ``prepare``, ``suspend``
 	is because all such devices are initially set to runtime-suspended with
 	runtime PM disabled.
 
+	This feature also can be controlled by device drivers by using the
+	``DPM_FLAG_NEVER_SKIP`` and ``DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE`` driver power
+	management flags.  [Typically, they are set at the time the driver is
+	probed against the device in question by passing them to the
+	:c:func:`dev_pm_set_driver_flags` helper function.]  If the first of
+	these flags is set, the PM core will not apply the direct-complete
+	procedure described above to the given device and, consequenty, to any
+	of its ancestors.  The second flag, when set, informs the middle layer
+	code (bus types, device types, PM domains, classes) that it should take
+	the return value of the ``->prepare`` callback provided by the driver
+	into account and it may only return a positive value from its own
+	``->prepare`` callback if the driver's one also has returned a positive
+	value.
+
     2.	The ``->suspend`` methods should quiesce the device to stop it from
 	performing I/O.  They also may save the device registers and put it into
 	the appropriate low-power state, depending on the bus type the device is
Index: linux-pm/Documentation/power/pci.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/Documentation/power/pci.txt
+++ linux-pm/Documentation/power/pci.txt
@@ -961,6 +961,25 @@ dev_pm_ops to indicate that one suspend
 .suspend(), .freeze(), and .poweroff() members and one resume routine is to
 be pointed to by the .resume(), .thaw(), and .restore() members.
 
+3.1.19. Driver Flags for Power Management
+
+The PM core allows device drivers to set flags that influence the handling of
+power management for the devices by the core itself and by middle layer code
+including the PCI bus type.  The flags should be set once at the driver probe
+time with the help of the dev_pm_set_driver_flags() function and they should not
+be updated directly afterwards.
+
+The DPM_FLAG_NEVER_SKIP flag prevents the PM core from using the direct-complete
+mechanism allowing device suspend/resume callbacks to be skipped if the device
+is in runtime suspend when the system suspend starts.  That also affects all of
+the ancestors of the device, so this flag should only be used if absolutely
+necessary.
+
+The DPM_FLAG_SMART_PREPARE flag instructs the PCI bus type to only return a
+positive value from pci_pm_prepare() if the ->prepare callback provided by the
+driver of the device returns a positive value.  That allows the driver to opt
+out from using the direct-complete mechanism dynamically.
+
 3.2. Device Runtime Power Management
 ------------------------------------
 In addition to providing device power management callbacks PCI device drivers
