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Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 07:35:48 +0200
From: Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@...ia.com>,
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Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:20:12 +1000
Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 03:49:37 +0200 (CEST)
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > If "suspend" is another deep idle state and the hardware is sane,
> > there is no race at all - assumed that the driver/platform developer
> > got it right. It's not rocket science to transition from "normal" irq
> > delivery to wakeup based delivery raceless (except for PC style x86
> > hardware of today)
> > If "suspend" is the thing we are used to via /sys/power/state then the
> > race will persist forever except for the suspend blocker workaround,
> > which we can express in QoS terms as well w/o adding another suspend
> > related user space API.
Can you explain the difference between the /sys/power/state thing? Is
it the reprogramming of wake-sources as mentioned by Raffael?
In an idle based suspend I assume there would be no new wake-sources
on suspending.
> I'm not interested in adding another user-space API if it can possibly be
> avoided, and I think it can. But that is a later step in the process.
>
> I think you have acknowledged that there is a race with suspend - thanks.
> Next step was "can it be closed".
> You seem to suggest that it can, but you describe it as a "work around"
> rather than a "bug fix"...
Well as far as I get it, the workaround is to not suspend in sitations
where a race is likely to occur. (I.e. block suspend)
>
> Do you agree that the race is a "bug", and therefore it is appropriate to
> "fix" it assuming an acceptable fix can be found (which I think it can)?
>
> If you agree that it is appropriate for try to fix this bug, then the next
> step would be to get the Android devs to agree that a fix could - in
> principle - address the need for which they created suspend-blockers.
> Arve: can you confirm that?
>
> Then, with a clear and agreed goal, we can look at possible fixes.
>
> Thanks,
> NeilBrown
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > tglx
cheers,
Flo
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