linux-kernel - Re: RFC: a failing pm_runtime

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jun 2020 21:48:58 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-i2c <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: a failing pm_runtime_get increases the refcnt?


> However, that probably means that for most patches I am getting, the
> better fix would be to remove the error checking? (I assume most people
> put the error check in there to be on the "safe side" without having a
> real argument to really do it.)

Kindly asking for more input here: A better answer to all these patches
is to ask if the error checking could not be removed instead?


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