On 3 February 2016 at 13:08, Rafael J. Wysocki <raf...@kernel.org> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hans...@linaro.org> wrote: >> On 30 January 2016 at 12:54, Rafael J. Wysocki <r...@rjwysocki.net> wrote: >>> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com> >>> >>> There is a WARN_ON() in dev_pm_domain_set() that triggers on attempts >>> to set the pm_domain pointer for devices with a driver bound. >>> >>> However, that WARN_ON() triggers on attempts to clear the pointer >>> too and the test it uses is based on checking the device's >>> p->knode_driver pointer which still is set when the device bus >>> type's/driver's ->remove callback has been executed. This >>> leads to false-positive warnings when bus type code calls >>> dev_pm_domain_set() to clear the pm_domain pointer after >>> invoking the driver's ->remove() callback. >>> >>> To avoid those false-positives, make dev_pm_domain_set() check >>> if the pointer passed to it is NULL and skip the warning in >>> that case. >>> >>> Fixes: 989561de9b51 (PM / Domains: add setter for dev.pm_domain) >>> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com> >>> --- >>> drivers/base/power/common.c | 2 +- >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> Index: linux-pm/drivers/base/power/common.c >>> =================================================================== >>> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/base/power/common.c >>> +++ linux-pm/drivers/base/power/common.c >>> @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void dev_pm_domain_set(struct device *de >>> if (dev->pm_domain == pd) >>> return; >>> >>> - WARN(device_is_bound(dev), >>> + WARN(pd && device_is_bound(dev), >>> "PM domains can only be changed for unbound devices\n"); >> >> Perhaps this information then becomes a bit misleading, as it's okay >> to clear the pointer, but not assign it to a valid PM domain. > > Well, this is a "you're doing a wrong thing" warning and it does say > what the wrong thing is. Does it have to be more specific? I don't > think so.
Okay! I don't have a strong opinion. Feel free to add: Acked-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hans...@linaro.org> Kind regards Uffe