Hi Stephen,
Stephen Boyd <sb...@kernel.org> wrote on Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:03:29
-0800:
> Quoting Miquel Raynal (2018-12-04 11:24:37)
> > Currently, the core->dev entry is populated only if runtime PM is
> > enabled. Doing so prevents accessing the device structure in any
> > case.
> >
> > Keep the same logic but instead of using the presence of core->dev as
> > the only condition, also check the status of
> > pm_runtime_enabled(). Then, we can set the core->dev pointer at any
> > time as long as a device structure is available.
> >
> > This change will help supporting device links in the clock subsystem.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.ray...@bootlin.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/clk/clk.c | 11 +++++------
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > index af011974d4ec..b799347c5fd6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int clk_pm_runtime_get(struct clk_core *core)
> > {
> > int ret = 0;
> >
> > - if (!core->dev)
> > + if (!core->dev || !pm_runtime_enabled(core->dev))
>
> This looks potentially dangerous. What if runtime PM is disabled for the
> clk when this function is called? Shouldn't we just stash a bool away in
> the clk_core structure when it's registered? And then we can replace the
> check for !core->dev with a check for 'core->rpm_enabled' instead. That
> would be a more exact transformation.
Sure, I'll do that if you think there is a danger.
Thanks,
Miquèl
