linux-kernel - Re: [patch 05/38] s390: hibernation support for s390

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Date:	Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:44:51 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Hans-Joachim Picht <hans@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 05/38] s390: hibernation support for s390

On Thu 2009-06-04 18:18:52, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> From: Hans-Joachim Picht <hans@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> This patch introduces the hibernation backend support to the 
> s390 architecture. Now it is possible to suspend a mainframe Linux 
> guest using the following command:
> 
> echo disk > /sys/power/state

Should this one be last in series?

Otherwise no obvious problems...


> Index: linux-2.6/arch/s390/power/swsusp.c
> ===================================================================
> --- /dev/null
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/s390/power/swsusp.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +/*
> + * Support for suspend and resume on s390
> + *
> + * Copyright IBM Corp. 2009
> + *
> + * Author(s): Hans-Joachim Picht <hans@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/suspend.h>
> +#include <linux/gfp.h>
> +#include <linux/cpu.h>
> +#include <linux/smp.h>
> +#include <linux/cpumask.h>
> +#include <asm/ipl.h>
> +#include <asm/processor.h>

Empty functions do not need 1000 includes...

> +/*
> + * save CPU registers before creating a hibernation image and before
> + * restoring the memory state from it
> + */
> +void save_processor_state(void)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * restore the contents of CPU registers
> + */
> +void restore_processor_state(void)
> +{
> +}

...and explaining why the functions can be emmpty would be nice.

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