linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PM / runtime: Drop children check from __pm_runtime_set

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Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:57:46 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PM / runtime: Drop children check from __pm_runtime_set_status()

On Thursday, November 16, 2017 10:22:41 AM CET Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 01:27:30AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> > 
> > The check for "active" children in __pm_runtime_set_status(), when
> > trying to set the parent device status to "suspended", doesn't
> > really make sense, because in fact it is not invalid to set the
> > status of a device with runtime PM disabled to "suspended" in any
> > case.  It is invalid to enable runtime PM for a device with its
> > status set to "suspended" while its child_count reference counter
> > is nonzero, but the check in __pm_runtime_set_status() doesn't
> > really cover that situation.
> > 
> > For this reason, drop the children check from __pm_runtime_set_status()
> > and add a check against child_count reference counters of "suspended"
> > devices to pm_runtime_enable().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> Looks good to me, but you should also fix
> Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt which was updated to reflect the
> constraint that is now being reverted.

Thanks for pointing that out.

> Reviewed-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

Thanks!

Rafael