linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PM: runtime: Return -EINPROGRESS from rpm_resume() in the RPM

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:43:38 -0700
From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:     Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PM: runtime: Return -EINPROGRESS from rpm_resume() in the
 RPM_NOWAIT case

Hi,

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:04 AM Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net> wrote:
>
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>
> The prospective callers of rpm_resume() passing RPM_NOWAIT to it may
> be confused when it returns 0 without actually resuming the device
> which may happen if the device is suspending at the given time and it
> will only resume when the suspend in progress has completed.  To avoid
> that confusion, return -EINPROGRESS from rpm_resume() in that case.
>
> Since none of the current callers passing RPM_NOWAIT to rpm_resume()
> check its return value, this change has no functional impact.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/power/runtime.c |    7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Seems reasonable to me.

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>