linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 5/5] b43: Avoid unregistering device objects during suspend

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:16:18 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de,
	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...vis.unipv.it>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 5/5] b43: Avoid unregistering device objects during
	suspend

On Fri 2008-01-25 09:58:00, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > Maybe we should have global suspend_in_progress (or maybe system_state
> > == suspending?) and automatically switch to schedule_removal() while
> > it is set?
> 
> :-)  There was a time a couple of years ago when you objected violently 
> to the mere suggestion of such a global variable!

Lets say I was young at stupid...? ;-).

> It's not a bad idea IMO.  But if it does get implemented, a global
> function would be better than a global variable.  It would provide
> more encapsulation.

Agreed.
								Pavel

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