Re: [PATCH v1 0/9] PM: Check power.needs_force_resume in pm_runtime_force_suspend()

From: Ulf Hansson
Date: Thu Jun 26 2025 - 06:10:57 EST


On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 at 21:25, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add a power.needs_force_resume check to pm_runtime_force_suspend() so
> it need not rely on the runtime PM status of the device when deciding
> whether or not to return early.
>
> With the new check in place, pm_runtime_force_suspend() will also skip
> devices with the runtime PM status equal to RPM_ACTIVE if they have
> power.needs_force_resume set, so it won't need to change the RPM
> status of the device to RPM_SUSPENDED in addition to setting
> power.needs_force_resume in the case when pm_runtime_need_not_resume()
> return false.
>
> This allows the runtime PM status update to be removed from
> pm_runtime_force_resume(), so the runtime PM status remains unchanged
> between the pm_runtime_force_suspend() and pm_runtime_force_resume()
> calls.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/power/runtime.c | 21 ++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
> @@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@
> int ret;
>
> pm_runtime_disable(dev);
> - if (pm_runtime_status_suspended(dev))
> + if (pm_runtime_status_suspended(dev) || dev->power.needs_force_resume)
> return 0;
>
> callback = RPM_GET_CALLBACK(dev, runtime_suspend);
> @@ -1990,15 +1990,16 @@
> /*
> * If the device can stay in suspend after the system-wide transition
> * to the working state that will follow, drop the children counter of
> - * its parent, but set its status to RPM_SUSPENDED anyway in case this
> - * function will be called again for it in the meantime.
> + * its parent and the usage counters of its suppliers. Otherwise, set
> + * power.needs_force_resume to let pm_runtime_force_resume() know that
> + * the device needs to be taken care of and to prevent this function
> + * from handling the device again in case the device is passed to it
> + * once more subsequently.
> */
> - if (pm_runtime_need_not_resume(dev)) {
> + if (pm_runtime_need_not_resume(dev))
> pm_runtime_set_suspended(dev);
> - } else {
> - __update_runtime_status(dev, RPM_SUSPENDED);
> + else
> dev->power.needs_force_resume = true;
> - }
>
> return 0;
>
> @@ -2029,12 +2030,6 @@
> if (!dev->power.needs_force_resume)
> goto out;
>
> - /*
> - * The value of the parent's children counter is correct already, so
> - * just update the status of the device.
> - */
> - __update_runtime_status(dev, RPM_ACTIVE);
> -
> callback = RPM_GET_CALLBACK(dev, runtime_resume);
>
> dev_pm_disable_wake_irq_check(dev, false);
>

As I mentioned for patch4, pm_runtime_force_suspend() is being used
from driver's ->remove() callback too.

If such a driver/device gets probed again, we need a fresh start. It
seems like we need to clear the needs_force_resume flag in
pm_runtime_reinit(). In fact, that looks like an existing bug, even
before $subject patch, right?

Kind regards
Uffe