Re: [PATCH v4] PM: sleep: core: Fix runtime PM enabling in device_resume_early()

[Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 at 15:16, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>
> Runtime PM should only be enabled in device_resume_early() if it has
> been disabled for the given device by device_suspend_late().  Otherwise,
> it may cause runtime PM callbacks to run prematurely in some cases
> which leads to further functional issues.
>
> Make two changes to address this problem.
>
> First, reorder device_suspend_late() to only disable runtime PM for a
> device when it is going to look for the device's callback or if the
> device is a "syscore" one.  In all of the other cases, disabling runtime
> PM for the device is not in fact necessary.  However, if the device's
> callback returns an error and the power.is_late_suspended flag is not
> going to be set, enable runtime PM so it only remains disabled when
> power.is_late_suspended is set.
>
> Second, make device_resume_early() only enable runtime PM for the
> devices with the power.is_late_suspended flag set.
>
> Fixes: 443046d1ad66 ("PM: sleep: Make suspend of devices more asynchronous")
> Reported-by: Rose Wu <ya-jou.wu@mediatek.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/70b25dca6f8c2756d78f076f4a7dee7edaaffc33.camel@mediatek.com/
> Cc: 6.16+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.16+
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>

Kind regards
Uffe

> ---
>
> v3 -> v4:
>    * Reorder the syscore check in device_resume_early() after the
>      is_late_suspended check (Ulf)
>    * Update the changelog to reflect the above.
>
> v2 -> v3:
>    * Also set is_late_suspended for syscore devices to avoid skipping runtime PM
>      disabling for them (Ulf).
>    * Update the changelog to reflect the above.
>
> v1 -> v2:
>    * Add pm_runtime_enable() to device_suspend_late() error path (Rose).
>    * Update the changelog to reflect the above.
>
> ---
>  drivers/base/power/main.c |   25 ++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
> @@ -903,12 +903,15 @@ static void device_resume_early(struct d
>         TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
>         TRACE_RESUME(0);
>
> -       if (dev->power.syscore || dev->power.direct_complete)
> +       if (dev->power.direct_complete)
>                 goto Out;
>
>         if (!dev->power.is_late_suspended)
>                 goto Out;
>
> +       if (dev->power.syscore)
> +               goto Skip;
> +
>         if (!dpm_wait_for_superior(dev, async))
>                 goto Out;
>
> @@ -941,11 +944,11 @@ Run:
>
>  Skip:
>         dev->power.is_late_suspended = false;
> +       pm_runtime_enable(dev);
>
>  Out:
>         TRACE_RESUME(error);
>
> -       pm_runtime_enable(dev);
>         complete_all(&dev->power.completion);
>
>         if (error) {
> @@ -1630,12 +1633,6 @@ static void device_suspend_late(struct d
>         TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
>         TRACE_SUSPEND(0);
>
> -       /*
> -        * Disable runtime PM for the device without checking if there is a
> -        * pending resume request for it.
> -        */
> -       __pm_runtime_disable(dev, false);
> -
>         dpm_wait_for_subordinate(dev, async);
>
>         if (READ_ONCE(async_error))
> @@ -1646,9 +1643,18 @@ static void device_suspend_late(struct d
>                 goto Complete;
>         }
>
> -       if (dev->power.syscore || dev->power.direct_complete)
> +       if (dev->power.direct_complete)
>                 goto Complete;
>
> +       /*
> +        * Disable runtime PM for the device without checking if there is a
> +        * pending resume request for it.
> +        */
> +       __pm_runtime_disable(dev, false);
> +
> +       if (dev->power.syscore)
> +               goto Skip;
> +
>         if (dev->pm_domain) {
>                 info = "late power domain ";
>                 callback = pm_late_early_op(&dev->pm_domain->ops, state);
> @@ -1679,6 +1685,7 @@ Run:
>                 WRITE_ONCE(async_error, error);
>                 dpm_save_failed_dev(dev_name(dev));
>                 pm_dev_err(dev, state, async ? " async late" : " late", error);
> +               pm_runtime_enable(dev);
>                 goto Complete;
>         }
>         dpm_propagate_wakeup_to_parent(dev);
>
>
>