Re: [PATCH] PM / Domains: Propagate start and restore errors during runtime resume

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Kevin,

Thank you for the review.

On Thursday 03 March 2016 12:24:23 Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > During runtime resume the return values of the start and restore steps
> > are ignored. As a result drivers are not notified of runtime resume
> > failures and can't propagate them up. Fix it by returning an error if
> > either the start or restore step fails, and clean up properly in the
> > error path.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart
> > <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> >  drivers/base/power/domain.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > This fixes an issue I've noticed with my driver's .runtime_resume()
> > handler returning an error that was never propagated out of
> > pm_runtime_get_sync().
> 
> Acked-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > A second issue then appeared. The device .runtime_error field is set to
> > the error code returned by my .runtime_resume() handler, but it never
> > reset. Any subsequent try to resume the device fails with -EINVAL. I'm not
> > sure what the right way to solve that is, advices are welcome.
> 
> Probably setting it (back) to zero after each successful runtime_suspend
> or runtime_resume is the right way.  Rafael?

It would if you could try resuming again after a failed attempt, but you'll 
receive an error immediately if you try with .runtime_error set.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart