Re: [PATCH] HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-quicki2c: fix autosuspend cleanup during teardown

[Johan Hovold]

On Sat, Aug 08, 2026 at 10:57:48PM +0800, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> quicki2c_probe() calls pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(), but
> quicki2c_remove() does not call the matching
> pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() during teardown.
> 
> If the autosuspend delay is set to a negative value while autosuspend
> is enabled, the runtime PM core increments usage_count to prevent
> runtime suspend. Without calling pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend()
> during teardown, this reference is not dropped.

I see that the HID ones have already been merged, but for the record:

As I've explained elsewhere, this is just misleading. There is no usage
count leak here as the count is balanced whenever the user re-enables
autosuspend through sysfs (by writing a non-negative timeout).

Drivers should clean up after themselves and disable autosuspend, but
this is more of a clean up than a fix and should not be backported.

You've sent upwards of 60 of these in the matter of a just a few days,
some of which have even been picked up. Please send follow-ups (replies
or v2s) as soon as possible to prevent further of these from getting
merged.

> The documentation for pm_runtime_use_autosuspend() also notes that it
> is important to undo it with pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() at
> driver exit time, unless runtime PM was initially enabled with
> devm_pm_runtime_enable().
> 
> Add the missing pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() call to the driver
> remove path.
> 
> This issue was found by manual code inspection.
> 
> Fixes: 5f420e8215c6 ("HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-quicki2c: Add PM implementation")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>

Johan