linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] PM: Rework handling of interrupts during suspend-resume

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Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:49:21 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] PM: Rework handling of interrupts during
 suspend-resume


> That property can be implied in the function name:
> 
>    	device_power_down_irq_disable(PMSG_SUSPEND);
> 
> Open-coding it, if it looks the same in all the cases just 
> increases the chances that someone somewhere copies them 
> incorrectly.

No. Some archs need to do "special" things at the irq disable point,
leave it open coded in the caller please.

Cheers,
Ben.


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