On 01/07/2015 05:32 PM, Sören Brinkmann wrote:
> 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?I don't know. Marc -- Pengutronix e.K. | Marc Kleine-Budde | Industrial Linux Solutions | Phone: +49-231-2826-924 | Vertretung West/Dortmund | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | http://www.pengutronix.de |
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