Re: [PATCH v2] hwrng: exynos - Fix runtime PM imbalance on error

From: Marek Szyprowski
Date: Thu Apr 22 2021 - 07:19:54 EST


On 22.04.2021 12:46, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 22/04/2021 12:41, Łukasz Stelmach wrote:
>> pm_runtime_get_sync() increments the runtime PM usage counter even
>> the call returns an error code. Thus a pairing decrement is needed
>> on the error handling path to keep the counter balanced.
> It's exactly the same as Dinghao's patch:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-samsung-soc/20200522011659.26727-1-dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx/
> which you reviewed. It has even the same commit msg
> (although it's difficult to be creative here).
>
> I think it's better to resend his patch instead.

Frankly speaking I would get rid of the pm_runtime_get_sync() calls in
the drivers and replace them with pm_runtime_resume_and_get() to finish
that never ending pm_runtime get/put misunderstanding soap opea...

Best regards

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Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland