rpm_check_suspend_allowed(9)

💤 rpm_check_suspend_allowed(9) — the "can u nap tho" check 💤

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and it's all about the runtime power management girlies. The manual name is literally rpm_check_suspend_allowed(9) — say that five times fast, i dare u. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

rpm_check_suspend_allowed — literally just: test whether a device may be suspended. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int rpm_check_suspend_allowed (struct device *dev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device u wanna test. the main character of this whole function, fr fr. 🦋

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

okay this is the long part and i'm not skipping a single one of these, because every single one of them is iconic in its own way. the kernel file lives at ./drivers/base/power/runtime.c, and then we got the whole friend group:

• update_pm_runtime_accounting(9)
• pm_runtime_deactivate_timer(9)
• pm_runtime_cancel_pending(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_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)

like, that's the whole squad. go read them. iykyk. 💀✨

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lowkey reminder bestie: the page you're reading is from ./drivers/base/power, dated October 2026, and it's for rpm_check_suspend_allowed(9). no cap. 🫶

k that's the whole page, mwah, go suspend some devices responsibly 💜🎀🌈