pm_runtime_work(9)

💅 pm_runtime_work(9) — the universal runtime PM work function, bestie

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the group chat of power management — one work function to rule them all ✨

---

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void pm_runtime_work (struct work_struct *work );

like, that's it. that's the whole signature. no cap 🫶

---

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• work — the work structure bestie, the one used for scheduling the execution of this function. it's giving "your ticket into the function", periodt 💅

---

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so the vibe here: you take work, and you use it to get the device object the work is to be done for 👑 then you figure out what's to be done, and then you execute the appropriate runtime PM function. that's the whole flow. determine → execute → slay. no notes 🔥

it's a universal runtime PM work function, so it's lowkey the main character energy of the runtime PM work queue — one entry point handling whatever the work struct says needs to happen 💖

---

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

so there's a whole friend group here, and honestly the roster is iconic:

• Kernel file ./drivers/base/power/runtime.c — the source file, the mothership 📁
• 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_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_init(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)

iykyk 😭 that's a lot of besties but every single one of them is linked 💜

---

ngl there's no exit status, no environment variables, no error codes on this one — it's void, she simply returns nothing and doesn't explain herself 💀

---

k that's the whole page bestie 🎀 this came out of ./drivers/base/power, dated October 2026, and it's the Kernel API Manual's own pm_runtime_work(9) — go forth and schedule responsibly 🧚‍♀️✨