Re: [PATCH] PCI/pwrctrl: Do not try to power on/off devices that don't need pwrctrl

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:41:01 +0200, Manivannan Sadhasivam
<manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> pci_pwrctrl_is_required() is used to detect whether a device really
> needs the PCI pwrctrl support or not. It is currently used in
> pci_pwrctrl_create_device(), but not in pci_pwrctrl_power_{on/off}_device()
> APIs. This leads to pwrctrl core trying to power on/off the incompatible
> devices like USB hub downstream ports defined in DT.
>
> Hence, add this check to prevent pwrctrl core from poking at wrong
> devices. For this purpose, move the pci_pwrctrl_is_required() helper
> definition to the top.
>
> Fixes: b35cf3b6aa1e ("PCI/pwrctrl: Add APIs to power on/off pwrctrl devices")
> Reported-by: Krishna Chaitanya Chundru <krishna.chundru@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>