I just booted v3.16-rc1 on my laptop and ended up with an error I've never encountered before. Which makes me suspect that it is related to changes in v3.16. Haven't yet spent any time trying to debug it. Just posting in case it is an already known problem. I got this in the log: [ 268.689677] usb usb3-port4: not suspended yet [ 268.696603] cdc_mbim 3-4:1.0: Error autopm - -16 And looking at the latter driver (which I should know ;-), I see that this is logged if we get an error from usb_autopm_get_interface when attempting to open the chardev: static int wdm_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { .. rv = usb_autopm_get_interface(desc->intf); if (rv < 0) { dev_err(&desc->intf->dev, "Error autopm - %d\n", rv); goto out; } But we shouldn't really hit this, and I cannot remember ever seeing it before. Looking at the device power state, I note that the runtime_status is 'error': bjorn@nemi:~$ grep . /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/* /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/active_duration:4284 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/async:enabled /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/autosuspend:2 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/autosuspend_delay_ms:2000 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/connected_duration:1523832 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/control:auto /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/level:auto /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/persist:1 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/runtime_active_kids:0 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/runtime_active_time:4040 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/runtime_enabled:enabled /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/runtime_status:error /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/runtime_suspended_time:1519548 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/runtime_usage:0 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/power/wakeup:disabled Known problem? Or any suggestions where I start debugging this? FWIW, I've been using this device with all the latest and greatest changes to cdc_mbim for a few weeks already, so I'm pretty sure it isn't (only) those changes which trigger this. I beleive it has to be something related to the usb and/or pm core. If it matters, this device is connected to an internal (mini-PCIe) laptop port. The port state looks OK to me: bjorn@nemi:~$ cat /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/connect_type hardwired bjorn@nemi:~$ grep . /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/* /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/async:enabled grep: /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/autosuspend_delay_ms: Input/output error /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/control:auto /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/runtime_active_kids:0 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/runtime_active_time:0 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/runtime_enabled:disabled /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/runtime_status:unsupported /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/runtime_suspended_time:0 /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-4/port/power/runtime_usage:1 Bjørn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html