linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 0/4] introduce device async actions mechanism

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Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2009 13:33:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
cc:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-pm <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"dtor@...l.ru" <dtor@...l.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 0/4] introduce device async actions mechanism

On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> Not only that.  I'd like to simplify the design, because IMO using one async
> domain would be much more straightforward than using multiple ones.

> If I understand the async framework correctly, the domains are only used for
> synchronization, ie. if you want to wait for a group of async operations to
> complete, you can put them all into one domain and then call
> async_synchronize_full_domain() to wait for them all together.
> 
> You don't need multiple domains to run multiple things in parallel.

There's a basic confusion going on here.

Rui is using "async domain" to mean a collection of devices which 
will be suspended or resumed serially.  Different domains run in 
parallel.

Rafael is using "async domain" to mean a collection of devices which 
will be suspended or resumed in parallel.  Different domains run 
serially.

Once that is cleared up, you should be able to communicate a little 
better...  :-)

Alan Stern

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