Re: [patch update] Re: [linux-pm] Run-time PM idea (was: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] PM: Rearrange core suspend code)

[Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>]

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> > > > It might also be nice to make sure that the driver core autoresumes a 
> > > > device before probing it and autosuspends a device (after some 
> > > > reasonable delay) after unbinding its driver.
> > > 
> > > Agreed.
> > 
> > This is another case where a usage counter comes in handy.  The driver
> > core resumes the device and increments the counter -- thus preventing
> > any unwanted autosuspends -- before making the probe and remove calls.
> 
> I like this idea.
> 
> BTW, where exactly the counter should be increased in that case?
> 
> I thought of driver_probe_device(), but is it sufficient?  Or is there a better
> place?

That's okay.  Or you could put it in really_probe().  Either one.

Alan Stern