Re: [PATCH] i2c: imx: disable autosuspend on remove
From: Andi Shyti
Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 01:28:40 EST
Hi Guangshuo,
On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 05:15:44PM +0800, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> i2c_imx_probe() enables runtime PM autosuspend with
> pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(). The probe error path correctly undoes
> this setting with pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(), but the normal
> remove path only disables runtime PM.
>
> The runtime PM API requires pm_runtime_use_autosuspend() to be undone
> with pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() at driver exit unless runtime PM
> was enabled with devm_pm_runtime_enable(). Leaving the autosuspend flag
> set therefore leaves the runtime PM state incompletely cleaned up after
> the driver is unbound.
>
> Add the missing pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() call to the remove
> path.
>
> This issue was found by manual code inspection.
>
> Fixes: 588eb93ea49f ("i2c: imx: add runtime pm support to improve the performance")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
merged to i2c/i2c-fixes.
I applied this patch only because someone spent some time to
review it.
Please, follow Krzysztof advice. group all the patches together,
version them and add a changelog.
Andi