linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] PM: Add suspend block api.

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Message-ID: <20100520111111.333beb73@schatten.dmk.lab>
Date:	Thu, 20 May 2010 11:11:11 +0200
From:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Arve Hj??nnev??g <arve@...roid.com>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Magnus Damm <damm@...l.co.jp>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...onice.net>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] PM: Add suspend block api.

On Tue, 18 May 2010 15:11:11 +0200
Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

> On Thu 2010-05-13 21:11:06, Arve Hj??nnev??g wrote:
> > Adds /sys/power/policy that selects the behaviour of /sys/power/state.
> > After setting the policy to opportunistic, writes to /sys/power/state
> > become non-blocking requests that specify which suspend state to
> > enter
> 
> Yeah, one file selects behavior of another file, and to read available
> states for opportunistic, you have to write to file first.
> 
> I still don't like the interface.
> 

Actually, what would be a better interface? 

I wonder why it is not like this:

/sys/power/state 
	no change, works with and without opportunistic suspend the
	same. Ignores suspend blockers. Really no change. (From user
	perspective)

/sys/power/opportunistic
	On / Off
	While Off the opportunistic suspend is off.
	While On, the opportunistic suspend is on and if there are no
	suspend blockers the system goes to suspend. 

Cheers,
Flo



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