linux-kernel - Re: APM shutdown oops (Re: [stable] [patch 09/12] Fix SMP poweroff hangs)

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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:27:55 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kevin <spaceman__spiff@....net>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>,
	Mark Lord <mlord@...ox.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>, stable@...nel.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, BDFL <volkerdi@...ckware.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: APM shutdown oops (Re: [stable] [patch 09/12] Fix SMP poweroff
	hangs)

On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 02:42:01PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Kevin wrote:
>>> The last kernel I used was 6.2.22 the "dmesg" the file is attached:
>>>
>>> dmesg 2.6.22 line 158 >  apm: overridden by ACPI.
>>>
>>> dmesg, APM on, has no line > apm: overridden by ACPI.
>> Ok, this is the real reason. The APM code does:
>>         if (PM_IS_ACTIVE()) {
>>                 printk(KERN_NOTICE "apm: overridden by ACPI.\n");
>>                 apm_info.disabled = 1;
>>                 return -ENODEV;
>>         }
>> and in previous kernels that would notice that you have ACPI enabled, and 
>> APM gets shut out, and you never see your buggy APM BIOS.
>> In 2.6.23, this apparently doesn't happen for some reason.
>> And I think I see the problem: it's a config change. You don't have 
>> PM_LEGACY enabled. Your config file diff shows:
>> 	-CONFIG_PM_LEGACY=y
>> 	+# CONFIG_PM_LEGACY is not set
>> I suspect we should make CONFIG_APM either depend on, or select, 
>> PM_LEGACY. But as far as I can see, nothing has actually changed in this 
>> area in the kernel, and this bug has been there before - just your config 
>> change made it appear. Rafael? Stephen? Opinions? I'd think that making 
>> APM depend on CONFIG_PM_LEGACY is the right thing to do these days..
>
> Speaking as the author of
>
> 	[PATCH] move pm_register/etc. to CONFIG_PM_LEGACY, pm_legacy.h
>
> I agree.  arch/i386/kernel/apm.c clearly requires include/linux/pm_legacy.h 
> and the legacy PM API.
>
> I would vote for a dependency rather than select, but don't have any strong 
> feelings on the matter...

It should be a select since a dependency would make it needlessly hard 
for kconfig users to find the APM option.

> 	Jeff

cu
Adrian

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