Hi,

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 02:00:38PM +0100, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> +Rafael, Alan
> 
> On 10 November 2015 at 11:10, Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Ulf,
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Ulf Hansson <[email protected]> 
> > wrote:
> >> On 10 November 2015 at 09:18, Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> 
> >> wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Kuninori Morimoto
> >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> From: Kuninori Morimoto <[email protected]>
> >>>>
> >>>> It is using pm_runtime_get_sync() on probe(). Let's use
> >>>> pm_runtime_put_sync() instead of pm_runtime_put(). Otherwise thermal
> >>>> sensor doesn't work after unbind/re-bind
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <[email protected]>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>  drivers/thermal/rcar_thermal.c | 2 +-
> >>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/rcar_thermal.c 
> >>>> b/drivers/thermal/rcar_thermal.c
> >>>> index 13d01ed..f7cf2d7 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/thermal/rcar_thermal.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/thermal/rcar_thermal.c
> >>>> @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int rcar_thermal_remove(struct 
> >>>> platform_device *pdev)
> >>>>                 thermal_zone_device_unregister(priv->zone);
> >>>>         }
> >>>>
> >>>> -       pm_runtime_put(dev);
> >>>> +       pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
> >>>>         pm_runtime_disable(dev);
> >>
> >> For the reasons explained by Geert, this is to me also a "workaround".
> >>
> >> I would replace pm_runtime_put() and pm_runtime_disable() with a call
> >> to pm_runtime_force_suspend().
> >>
> >> In that way, you will make sure you device get runtime suspended
> >> (clock domain will gate the clock). Additionally, the runtime PM
> >> status will properly reflect the status of the device.
> >
> > That still sounds like a workaround to me, which we have to apply to all
> > drivers relying on Runtime PM?
> 
> Definitely not all drivers, but those that runs pm_runtime_get_sync()
> during ->probe() and expects the ->runtime_resume() callback to always
> be invoked because of that. I guess we need to check upon which
> drivers that may suffer from this.
> 
> I wouldn't be surprised if at least a subset of those cases we find,
> are poorly designed from PM point of view and won't even probe
> successfully unless CONFIG_PM is set. Whatever that means...


Yeah, if it is the case this is a bug in runtime pm core, I would prefer
this to be properly fixed, and not only this driver benefits of it.

Rafael? Any thoughts?

BR,

Eduardo Valentin
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