pm_op(9)

💅 pm_op(9) — your Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

Okay so this is pm_op(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's here to answer the extremely specific question: which PM operation do I return for this PM event? No cap, that's the whole assignment. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pm_op — Return the PM operation appropriate for given PM event. That's the function, that's the vibe, and she ate. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pm_callback_t pm_op (const struct dev_pm_ops *ops , pm_message_t state
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ops — PM operations to choose from. Your little menu of PM ops, basically. 🍓
• state — PM transition of the system being carried out. That's the event situation, iykyk. 🔥

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The og page points at the kernel file ./drivers/base/power/main.c, and then it literally introduces the whole friend group. Peep these pages, bestie: 👑

• pm_hibernate_is_recovering(9)
• device_pm_sleep_init(9)
• device_pm_lock(9)
• device_pm_unlock(9)
• device_pm_add(9)
• device_pm_remove(9)
• device_pm_move_before(9)
• device_pm_move_after(9)
• device_pm_move_last(9)
• dpm_wait(9)
• pm_late_early_op(9)
• pm_noirq_op(9)
• dpm_watchdog_handler(9)
• dpm_watchdog_set(9)
• dpm_watchdog_clear(9)
• dev_pm_skip_resume(9)
• device_resume_noirq(9)
• dpm_resume_noirq(9)
• device_resume_early(9)
• dpm_resume_early(9)
• dpm_resume_start(9)
• device_resume(9)
• dpm_resume(9)
• device_complete(9)
• dpm_complete(9)
• dpm_resume_end(9)
• resume_event(9)
• device_suspend_noirq(9)
• dpm_suspend_noirq(9)
• device_suspend_late(9)
• dpm_suspend_late(9)
• dpm_suspend_end(9)
• legacy_suspend(9)
• device_suspend(9)
• dpm_suspend(9)
• device_prepare(9)
• dpm_prepare(9)
• dpm_suspend_start(9)
• device_pm_wait_for_dev(9)
• dpm_for_each_dev(9)

Brought to you by ./drivers/base/power, dated October 2026, and signed pm_op(9) — stay powered, bestie! 🫶💜