linux-kernel - RFC: a failing pm_runtime

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Date:   Sun, 14 Jun 2020 11:07:51 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
To:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: RFC: a failing pm_runtime_get increases the refcnt?

Hi Linux-PM,

both in the I2C subsystem and also for Renesas drivers I maintain, I am
starting to get boilerplate patches doing some pm_runtime_put_* variant
because a failing pm_runtime_get is supposed to increase the ref
counters? Really? This feels wrong and unintuitive to me. I expect there
has been a discussion around it but I couldn't find it. I wonder why we
don't fix the code where the incremented refcount is expected for some
reason.

Can I have some pointers please?

Thanks,

   Wolfram

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