Re: [PATCH v2] PM: runtime: Update runtime_pm.rst for non-fatal resume errors

[Brian Norris]

On Wed, Nov 04, 2026 at 11:16:51PM +0800, Stanley Jhu wrote:
> Since commit eef1d74bf88f ("PM: runtime: Only set runtime_error on
> suspend callback failures"), rpm_callback() no longer sets
> dev->power.runtime_error when ->runtime_resume() returns an error.
> However, Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst still states in both the
> resume callback rules and the ->runtime_idle() comparison that the PM
> core treats ->runtime_resume() errors as fatal device errors and blocks
> runtime PM helper functions until the status is manually reset.
> 
> Update the resume callback semantics bullet to state that on error the
> PM core resets the runtime PM status to 'suspended', returns the error
> code from synchronous resume helpers, and unlike with the suspend
> callback never treats resume failures as fatal, leaving the Section 4
> runtime PM helpers unblocked so a subsequent resume request can run
> ->runtime_resume() again. Also drop ->runtime_resume() from the
> ->runtime_idle() fatal-error comparison.
> 
> Fixes: eef1d74bf88f ("PM: runtime: Only set runtime_error on suspend callback failures")
> Fixes: aedc51762a0d ("PM: runtime: Clarify ->runtime_idle() callback return value handling")
> Signed-off-by: Stanley Jhu <stanleyjhu@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for fixing this!