pm_runtime_set_active(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ pm_runtime_set_active ✨

okay so real quick — this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (pm_runtime_set_active(9)), and it's lowkey one of the shortest ones you'll ever read, which honestly? slay. less to memorize bestie 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

pm_runtime_set_active — set the runtime PM status to "active", periodt. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int pm_runtime_set_active (struct device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — the target device. the one we're doing the whole vibe check on 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what this does is: it sets the runtime PM status of dev to RPM_ACTIVE, and it makes sure that the dependencies of it are gonna be taken into account. like, not ignored, not forgotten — accounted for. main character energy for the dependency graph ngl 👑

⚠️ but here's the part where you gotta pay attention bestie: it is not valid to call this function for devices that have runtime PM enabled. like. not a vibe. don't do it. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./include/linux/pm_runtime.h — and like, the whole extended friend group 💜:

and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, iconic 🍓 this one lives over in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026, so jot that down, and go forth and set your runtime PM status responsibly 💖✨🧚

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