netdev - Re: [PATCH 02/13] net: ravb: Use pm_runtime_resume_and

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Message-ID: <c9424992-98cd-c675-22dd-360b7392054b@omp.ru>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 22:02:03 +0300
From: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To: claudiu beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<p.zabel@...gutronix.de>, <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
	<geert+renesas@...der.be>, <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
	<biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>, <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>,
	<sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>, <mitsuhiro.kimura.kc@...esas.com>,
	<masaru.nagai.vx@...esas.com>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Claudiu Beznea
	<claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/13] net: ravb: Use pm_runtime_resume_and_get()

On 11/21/23 8:57 AM, claudiu beznea wrote:

[...]

>>> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
>>>
>>> pm_runtime_get_sync() may return with error. In case it returns with error
>>> dev->power.usage_count needs to be decremented. pm_runtime_resume_and_get()
>>> takes care of this. Thus use it.
>>>
>>> Along with this pm_runtime_resume_and_get() and reset_control_deassert()
>>> were moved before alloc_etherdev_mqs() to simplify the error path.
>>
>>    I don't see how it simplifies the error path...
> 
> By not changing it... Actually, I took the other approach: you suggested in

   But it does need to be changed! It's not currently in the reverse order
compared to the buildup path...

> patch 1 to re-arrange the error path, I did it the other way around:
> changed the initialization path...

   That way you needlessly obfuscate (by moving the code around) the core
change you do in this patch: switching from calling pm_runtime_get_sync()
to calling pm_runtime_resume_and_get(). :-/

[...]

>>> Fixes: c156633f1353 ("Renesas Ethernet AVB driver proper")
>>> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
>> [...]

MBR, Sergey