If a device prepare callback for some reason would fail, the PM core prevented the device from going inactive forever. In this case, to reverse the pm_runtime_get_noresume() we invokes the asyncronous pm_runtime_put(), thus restoring the usage count. Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/power/main.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c index ee039af..2a1b06a 100644 --- a/drivers/base/power/main.c +++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c @@ -1350,6 +1350,9 @@ static int device_prepare(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state) device_unlock(dev); + if (error) + pm_runtime_put(dev); + return error; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html