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PM / runtime: Document steps for device removal

Put a reminder that during device removal drivers should revert all PM
runtime changes from the probe.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
steinar/wifi_calib_4_9_kernel
Krzysztof Kozlowski 2016-04-03 12:23:07 +09:00 committed by Rafael J. Wysocki
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commit 8fd2910e31
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@ -586,6 +586,10 @@ drivers to make their ->remove() callbacks avoid races with runtime PM directly,
but also it allows of more flexibility in the handling of devices during the
removal of their drivers.
Drivers in ->remove() callback should undo the runtime PM changes done
in ->probe(). Usually this means calling pm_runtime_disable(),
pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() etc.
The user space can effectively disallow the driver of the device to power manage
it at run time by changing the value of its /sys/devices/.../power/control
attribute to "on", which causes pm_runtime_forbid() to be called. In principle,