linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] hid: add suspend/resume hooks for hid drivers

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:19:46 +0100
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rick L. Vinyard Jr." <rvinyard@...nmsu.edu>,
	Nicu Pavel <npavel@...ner.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] hid: add suspend/resume hooks for hid drivers

Am Mittwoch, 24. Februar 2010 17:01:12 schrieb Bruno Prémont:
> Add suspend/resume hooks for HID drivers so these can do some
> additional state adjustment when device gets suspended/resumed.
> 
> This patch calls these hooks from usbhid suspend/resume functions,
> only calling suspend on plain suspend, not autosuspend.
> (it might be worth adding an autosuspend parameter to suspend
> hook and calling suspend in both cases)

This is quite dirty. A driver that was autosuspended may be non-auto resumed.
Secondly, do you really want to call the hook for reset_resume() if
hid_post_reset() has failed?

	Regards
		Oliver
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