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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] can: Convert to runtime_pm
On Wed, 2015-01-07 at 05:30PM +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> On 01/07/2015 04:58 PM, Sören Brinkmann wrote:
> >> I think you have to convert the _remove() function, too. Have a look at
> >> the gpio-zynq.c driver:
> >>
> >>> static int zynq_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >>> {
> >>> struct zynq_gpio *gpio = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> >>>
> >>> pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
> >>
> >> However I don't understand why the get_sync() is here. Maybe Sören can help?
> >
> > IIRC, the concern was that the remove function may be called while the device is
> > runtime suspended. Hence the remove function needs to resume the device since the
> > remove function may access the HW.
>
> What about the corresponding runtime_put()? Would some counter be
> unbalanced upon device removal?

Aren't those counters destroyed with module unloading?

Sören


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