[PATCH v3] i2c: xiic: restore non-managed runtime PM to fix clk WARN flood

From: Abdurrahman Hussain

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 11:41:14 EST


The devres conversion replaced manual pm_runtime_enable()/disable() with
devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled() and dropped the remove-time runtime
PM teardown. The managed release tears runtime PM down in the wrong
order: it calls pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() before
pm_runtime_disable(), i.e. while runtime PM is still enabled, and devres
is LIFO so the devm_clk_get_enabled() release runs afterwards.

At remove(), pm_runtime_put_sync() leaves the device active with the
autosuspend timer armed. Clearing use_autosuspend then makes rpm_idle()
suspend immediately, and xiic_i2c_runtime_suspend() clk_disable()s the
clock. The later devm_clk_get_enabled() release clk_disable_unprepare()s
the already-disabled clock, so clk_core_disable() WARNs ("clkN already
disabled") on every teardown.

Drop the managed helper and restore the non-managed runtime PM setup and
teardown, so runtime PM is enabled once in probe and disabled once in
remove and the clock enable count stays balanced.

Fixes: 50c63491ff26 ("i2c: xiic: switch to devres managed APIs")
Signed-off-by: Abdurrahman Hussain <abdurrahman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Drop the managed devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled() helper entirely
and restore the non-managed runtime PM setup (pm_runtime_set_active +
pm_runtime_enable, with probe error unwinding) and teardown
(pm_runtime_disable + set_suspended + dont_use_autosuspend), so the
disable depth stays balanced rather than being disabled twice (Andi).
- Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260814-i2c-xiic-restore-runtime-pm-teardown-v2-1-7ae5d0c30ff2@xxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Move the Signed-off-by into the commit message proper (Andy).
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260813-i2c-xiic-restore-runtime-pm-teardown-v1-1-0e7dfb206790@xxxxxxxxxx

To: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxx>
To: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Abdurrahman Hussain <abdurrahman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-i2c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
index 3e7735e1dae0..85f3c322b1a2 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
@@ -1475,9 +1475,13 @@ static int xiic_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(dev, XIIC_PM_TIMEOUT);
pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(dev);
- ret = devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled(dev);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
+ /*
+ * Enable runtime PM by hand: devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled()
+ * tears down in an order that races the devm-enabled clock release and
+ * makes clk_core_disable() WARN (see xiic_i2c_remove()).
+ */
+ pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
+ pm_runtime_enable(dev);

/* SCL frequency configuration */
i2c->input_clk = clk_get_rate(i2c->clk);
@@ -1489,7 +1493,7 @@ static int xiic_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, irq, NULL, xiic_process,
IRQF_ONESHOT, pdev->name, i2c);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto err_pm_disable;

i2c->singlemaster = device_property_read_bool(dev, "single-master");

@@ -1506,14 +1510,16 @@ static int xiic_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
i2c->endianness = BIG;

ret = xiic_reinit(i2c);
- if (ret)
- return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Cannot xiic_reinit\n");
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Cannot xiic_reinit\n");
+ goto err_pm_disable;
+ }

/* add i2c adapter to i2c tree */
ret = i2c_add_numbered_adapter(&i2c->adap);
if (ret) {
xiic_deinit(i2c);
- return ret;
+ goto err_pm_disable;
}

if (pdata) {
@@ -1526,6 +1532,12 @@ static int xiic_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
res, irq, i2c->i2c_clk);

return 0;
+
+err_pm_disable:
+ pm_runtime_disable(dev);
+ pm_runtime_set_suspended(dev);
+
+ return ret;
}

static void xiic_i2c_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -1545,6 +1557,9 @@ static void xiic_i2c_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
xiic_deinit(i2c);

pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
+ pm_runtime_disable(dev);
+ pm_runtime_set_suspended(dev);
+ pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(dev);
}

static const struct dev_pm_ops xiic_dev_pm_ops = {

---
base-commit: d58772d8520c7ef247c4b95c9bd76d3a25da9ff5
change-id: 20260813-i2c-xiic-restore-runtime-pm-teardown-dd0ab1db2c02

Best regards,
--
Abdurrahman Hussain <abdurrahman@xxxxxxxxxx>