Re: [PATCH v1 19/23] pmdomain: imx: gpcv2: Discard pm_runtime_put() return value

From: Ulf Hansson
Date: Sun Dec 28 2025 - 10:53:46 EST


On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 at 21:37, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Passing pm_runtime_put() return value to the callers is not particularly
> useful.
>
> Returning an error code from pm_runtime_put() merely means that it has
> not queued up a work item to check whether or not the device can be
> suspended and there are many perfectly valid situations in which that
> can happen, like after writing "on" to the devices' runtime PM "control"
> attribute in sysfs for one example.
>
> Accordingly, update imx_pgc_domain_suspend() to simply discard the
> return value of pm_runtime_put() and always return success to the
> caller.
>
> This will facilitate a planned change of the pm_runtime_put() return
> type to void in the future.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied for next, thanks!

Kind regards
Uffe


> ---
>
> This patch is part of a series, but it doesn't depend on anything else
> in that series. The last patch in the series depends on it.
>
> It can be applied by itself and if you decide to do so, please let me
> know.
>
> Otherwise, an ACK or equivalent will be appreciated, but also the lack
> of specific criticism will be eventually regarded as consent.
>
> ---
> drivers/pmdomain/imx/gpcv2.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/pmdomain/imx/gpcv2.c
> +++ b/drivers/pmdomain/imx/gpcv2.c
> @@ -1420,7 +1420,9 @@ static int imx_pgc_domain_suspend(struct
>
> static int imx_pgc_domain_resume(struct device *dev)
> {
> - return pm_runtime_put(dev);
> + pm_runtime_put(dev);
> +
> + return 0;
> }
> #endif
>
>
>
>