linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 3/3] eeprom: at24: enable runtime pm support

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Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:04:21 +0000
From:   "Mohandass, Divagar" <divagar.mohandass@...el.com>
To:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
CC:     "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "wsa@...-dreams.de" <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Mani, Rajmohan" <rajmohan.mani@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 3/3] eeprom: at24: enable runtime pm support

Hi Sakari,

Thanks for the review.
My comments below.

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^Divagar

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sakari Ailus [mailto:sakari.ailus@....fi]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 6:11 PM
>To: Mohandass, Divagar <divagar.mohandass@...el.com>
>Cc: robh+dt@...nel.org; mark.rutland@....com; wsa@...-dreams.de;
>devicetree@...r.kernel.org; linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org; linux-
>kernel@...r.kernel.org; Mani, Rajmohan <rajmohan.mani@...el.com>
>Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] eeprom: at24: enable runtime pm support
>
>On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 12:32:07PM +0000, Mohandass, Divagar wrote:
>> >> @@ -743,6 +770,15 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client
>> >> *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>> >>
>> >>  	i2c_set_clientdata(client, at24);
>> >>
>> >> +	/* enable runtime pm */
>> >> +	pm_runtime_get_noresume(&client->dev);
>> >> +	err = pm_runtime_set_active(&client->dev);
>> >> +	if (err < 0)
>> >> +		goto err_clients;
>> >> +
>> >> +	pm_runtime_enable(&client->dev);
>> >> +	pm_runtime_put(&client->dev);
>> >> +
>> >
>> >You're just about to perform a read here. I believe you should move
>> >the last put after that.
>>
>> At the end of at24_read we are performing a pm_runtime_put, still we need
>this change ?
>
>True, so this isn't an actual problem.
>
>It'll still power the chip down when you're about to need it, so it'd make sense
>to perform the check before pm_runtime_put().
>
>I might move the runtime PM setup after the check altogether.

Ok, I will move the pm_runtime_put() after the check and publish the v4.
Moving the PM setup altogether below, will introduce more error handling in read call.

>
>--
>Sakari Ailus
>e-mail: sakari.ailus@....fi