Re: [PATCH] iio: accel: mma9551: disable autosuspend on remove

From: Jonathan Cameron

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 23:09:14 EST


On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:50:21 +0200
Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:24:47 +0800
> Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > mma9551_probe() enables runtime PM autosuspend with
> > pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(). The probe error path correctly undoes
> > this setting with pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(), but the normal
> > remove path only disables runtime PM.
> >
> > The runtime PM API requires pm_runtime_use_autosuspend() to be undone
> > with pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() at driver exit unless runtime PM
> > was enabled with devm_pm_runtime_enable(). Leaving the autosuspend flag
> > set therefore leaves the runtime PM state incompletely cleaned up after
> > the driver is unbound.
> >
> > Add the missing pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() call to the remove
> > path.
> >
> > This issue was found by manual code inspection.
> >
> > Fixes: 6da93a6710a3 ("iio: accel: mma9551: Add runtime pm support")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/iio/accel/mma9551.c | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/mma9551.c b/drivers/iio/accel/mma9551.c
> > index 7e01427fd9c4..182f488edab1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/accel/mma9551.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/accel/mma9551.c
> > @@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ static void mma9551_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
> >
> > iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
> >
> > + pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(&client->dev);
> > pm_runtime_disable(&client->dev);
> > pm_runtime_set_suspended(&client->dev);
> >
>
> Reviewed-by: Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@xxxxxxxxx>
Applied thanks. Most of these drivers (maybe all) would benefit from
a sprinkling of devm_ magic if anyone has time to do it!

Jonathan

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