linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: tegra: Fix PM device usage count

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Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:10:05 +0100
From:   Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:     Tobias Jordan <Tobias.Jordan@...ktrobit.com>
Cc:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: tegra: Fix PM device usage count

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 11:44:23PM +0100, Tobias Jordan wrote:
> pm_runtime_get_sync() increases the device's usage count even when
> reporting an error, so add a call to pm_runtime_put_noidle() in the
> related error branches.
> 
> Fixes: 1f50ad2c86cd ("i2c: tegra: Add runtime power-management support")
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Jordan <Tobias.Jordan@...ktrobit.com>
> ---
> This is one of a number of patches for problems found using coccinelle 
> scripting in the SIL2LinuxMP project. The patch has been compile-tested;
> it's based on linux-next-20180223.
> 
> For a discussion of the corresponding issue, see
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-pm&m=151904483924999&w=2
> 
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

This seems okay to me, though given the discussion it might be
preferable to just ignore errors rather than fail.

Acked-by: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>

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