Commit c58e7ed2 authored by Krzysztof Kozlowski's avatar Krzysztof Kozlowski Committed by Rafael J. Wysocki

PM: runtime: document common mistake with pm_runtime_get_sync()

pm_runtime_get_sync(), contradictory to intuition, does not drop the
runtime PM usage counter on errors which lead to several wrong usages in
drivers (missing the put).  pm_runtime_resume_and_get() was added as a
better implementation so document the preference of using it, hoping it
will stop bad patterns.
Suggested-by: default avatarMarek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarKrzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com>
[ rjw: Documentation change edits ]
Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
parent 8124c8a6
......@@ -378,7 +378,11 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
`int pm_runtime_get_sync(struct device *dev);`
- increment the device's usage counter, run pm_runtime_resume(dev) and
return its result
return its result;
note that it does not drop the device's usage counter on errors, so
consider using pm_runtime_resume_and_get() instead of it, especially
if its return value is checked by the caller, as this is likely to
result in cleaner code.
`int pm_runtime_get_if_in_use(struct device *dev);`
- return -EINVAL if 'power.disable_depth' is nonzero; otherwise, if the
......
......@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ static inline int pm_runtime_get(struct device *dev)
* The possible return values of this function are the same as for
* pm_runtime_resume() and the runtime PM usage counter of @dev remains
* incremented in all cases, even if it returns an error code.
* Consider using pm_runtime_resume_and_get() instead of it, especially
* if its return value is checked by the caller, as this is likely to result
* in cleaner code.
*/
static inline int pm_runtime_get_sync(struct device *dev)
{
......
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