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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst index 79beb807996b..4a74cf6f2797 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst @@ -370,11 +370,15 @@ autosuspend the interface's device. When the usage counter is = 0 then the interface is considered to be idle, and the kernel may autosuspend the device. -Drivers need not be concerned about balancing changes to the usage -counter; the USB core will undo any remaining "get"s when a driver -is unbound from its interface. As a corollary, drivers must not call -any of the ``usb_autopm_*`` functions after their ``disconnect`` -routine has returned. +Drivers must be careful to balance their overall changes to the usage +counter. Unbalanced "get"s will remain in effect when a driver is +unbound from its interface, preventing the device from going into +runtime suspend should the interface be bound to a driver again. On +the other hand, drivers are allowed to achieve this balance by calling +the ``usb_autopm_*`` functions even after their ``disconnect`` routine +has returned -- say from within a work-queue routine -- provided they +retain an active reference to the interface (via ``usb_get_intf`` and +``usb_put_intf``). Drivers using the async routines are responsible for their own synchronization and mutual exclusion. |