linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v4] dmaengine: tegra210-adma: Fix runtime PM imbalance on error

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:08:02 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Cc:     Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        dmaengine <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-tegra <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v4] dmaengine: tegra210-adma: Fix runtime PM imbalance
 on error

Hi Jon,

More stirring in the cesspool ;-)

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 12:13 PM Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com> wrote:
> On 21/06/2020 06:47, Dinghao Liu wrote:
> > pm_runtime_get_sync() increments the runtime PM usage counter even
> > when it returns an error code. Thus a pairing decrement is needed on
> > the error handling path to keep the counter balanced.
>
> So you have not mentioned here why you are using _noidle and not _put.
> Furthermore, in this patch [0] you are not using _noidle to fix the same
> problem in another driver. We should fix this in a consistent manner
> across all drivers, otherwise it leads to more confusion.
>
> Finally, Rafael mentions we should just use _put [0] and so I think we
> should follow his recommendation.
>
> Jon
>
> [0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/21/601

"_noidle() is the simplest one and it is sufficient."
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-i2c/CAJZ5v0i87NGcy9+kxubScdPDyByr8ypQWcGgBFn+V-wDd69BHQ@mail.gmail.com/

You never know what additional things the other put* variants
will start doing in the future...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert


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