Re: [PATCH 1/2] Bluetooth: hci_bcm: Don't change runtime-status when not using runtime-pm

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Hi Hans,

>>>>> The pm_runtime_set_suspended() call in bcm_close() is intended as a
>>>>> counterpart to the pm_runtime_set_active() call from bcm_request_irq()
>>>>> (which gets called from bcm_setup()).
>>>>> 
>>>>> The pm_runtime_set_active() call only happens if our pre-requisites for
>>>>> doing runtime-pm are met. This commit adds the same check to the
>>>>> pm_runtime_set_suspended() call to avoid the runtime-pm state getting
>>>>> stuck in suspended after after a bcm_close().
>>>> 
>>>> Have you actually observed the state getting stuck in suspended?
>>>> I'm asking because I don't quite see how this could happen:
>>>> pm_runtime_set_suspended() becomes a no-op unless runtime PM is disabled.
>>>> Now, a few lines further up in bcm_close(), pm_runtime_disable() is only
>>>> called under the conditions you're adding here.  If it's not called,
>>>> pm_runtime_set_suspended() doesn't have any effect anyway so adding the
>>>> conditions is pointless.  Am I missing something?
>>> 
>>> All devices start with runtime-pm disabled and on devices without
>>> an IRQ we never enable it. So when the pm_runtime_set_suspended()
>>> gets called runtime-pm is still in its initial disabled state.
>> Okay but the device's initial state is set to RPM_SUSPENDED by
>> pm_runtime_init() and AFAICS neither the platform nor acpi buses
>> subsequently set it to RPM_ACTIVE, so the device is in suspended
>> state anyway, unless I've overlooked some detail.
> 
> Ah, no you're right, I assumed that devices would default to
> RPM_ACTIVE (which corresponds to value 0), but you are right
> they are set to suspended by default.
> 
> So this patch can be dropped.
> 
> Marcel: It would still be nice to get the second patch from
> this series merged.

can you resent that patch? And should it also go into stable?

Regards

Marcel

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