linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 02/12] xen/manage: introduce helper function to know the on-going suspend mode

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 03:41:55 +1000
From:   Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
To:     Anchal Agarwal <anchalag@...zon.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
        roger.pau@...rix.com, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        jgross@...e.com, xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kamatam@...zon.com, Frank van der Linden <fllinden@...zon.com>,
        vallish@...zon.com, guruanb@...zon.com, eduval@...zon.com,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, cyberax@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 02/12] xen/manage: introduce helper function to know
 the on-going suspend mode

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Anchal Agarwal <anchalag@...zon.com> wrote:
> From: Munehisa Kamata <kamatam@...zon.com>
>
> Introduce simple functions which help to know the on-going suspend mode
> so that other Xen-related code can behave differently according to the
> current suspend mode.

I'd squash this patch with the previous, the previous one just left
too many open questions about how suspend mode is used. Looks like
suspend mode is a state, but I am not sure if valid transitions are
defined/checked?

Balbir Singh.