pm_runtime_init(9)

💅 pm_runtime_init(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: you're in the kernel, you've got a shiny new struct device, and its runtime PM fields are just... sitting there. empty. uninitialized. not a vibe. that's literally what this function is for. welcome to pm_runtime_init 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

pm_runtime_init — initializes the runtime PM fields inside a given device object. that's it. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void pm_runtime_init (struct device *dev );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• dev — the device object you want to initialize, bestie. hand it over and let her cook 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is LONG but we do not skip a single one, periodt. every single one of these is in the family, and you're gonna go say hi to all of them:

• the kernel file ./drivers/base/power/runtime.c — that's where she lives, iykyk 🏠
• update_pm_runtime_accounting(9)
• pm_runtime_deactivate_timer(9)
• pm_runtime_cancel_pending(9)
• rpm_check_suspend_allowed(9)
• pm_runtime_release_supplier(9)
• __rpm_callback(9)
• rpm_callback(9)
• rpm_idle(9)
• rpm_suspend(9)
• rpm_resume(9)
• pm_runtime_work(9)
• pm_suspend_timer_fn(9)
• pm_schedule_suspend(9)
• __pm_runtime_idle(9)
• __pm_runtime_suspend(9)
• __pm_runtime_resume(9)
• pm_runtime_get_conditional(9)
• pm_runtime_get_if_active(9)
• pm_runtime_get_if_in_use(9)
• __pm_runtime_set_status(9)
• __pm_runtime_barrier(9)
• pm_runtime_barrier(9)
• pm_runtime_enable(9)
• devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled(9)
• devm_pm_runtime_enable(9)
• devm_pm_runtime_get_noresume(9)
• pm_runtime_forbid(9)
• pm_runtime_allow(9)
• pm_runtime_no_callbacks(9)
• pm_runtime_irq_safe(9)
• update_autosuspend(9)
• pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(9)
• __pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(9)
• pm_runtime_reinit(9)
• pm_runtime_remove(9)
• pm_runtime_get_suppliers(9)
• pm_runtime_put_suppliers(9)
• pm_runtime_drop_link(9)
• pm_runtime_force_suspend(9)
• pm_runtime_force_resume(9)

like, the whole runtime PM friend group showed up. main character energy all around 👑

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ngl, the synopsis is literally one line. no flags, no return value drama, no environment variables to memorize. she's simple, she's iconic, she slays. sometimes that's all you need fr fr 💀

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okay that's the whole page bestie, go initialize something and be great 🌈 — written from ./drivers/base/power, dated October 2026, and that's the cute little sign-off 🎀✨💜