Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] eeprom: at24: enable runtime pm support

From: Sakari Ailus
Date: Wed Aug 30 2017 - 08:41:32 EST


On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 12:32:07PM +0000, Mohandass, Divagar wrote:
> >> @@ -743,6 +770,15 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> >> const struct i2c_device_id *id)
> >>
> >> i2c_set_clientdata(client, at24);
> >>
> >> + /* enable runtime pm */
> >> + pm_runtime_get_noresume(&client->dev);
> >> + err = pm_runtime_set_active(&client->dev);
> >> + if (err < 0)
> >> + goto err_clients;
> >> +
> >> + pm_runtime_enable(&client->dev);
> >> + pm_runtime_put(&client->dev);
> >> +
> >
> >You're just about to perform a read here. I believe you should move the last
> >put after that.
>
> At the end of at24_read we are performing a pm_runtime_put, still we need this change ?

True, so this isn't an actual problem.

It'll still power the chip down when you're about to need it, so it'd make
sense to perform the check before pm_runtime_put().

I might move the runtime PM setup after the check altogether.

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Sakari Ailus
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