linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hibernate: Correct documentation

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 01:34:31 -0500
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hibernate: Correct documentation

On 05/13/2013 07:00:03 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> 
> Correct the meaning of PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE in the docs, as per
> Rafael.
> 
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
> Cc: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130512162717.GA6305@pd.tnic
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/power/notifiers.txt | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/power/notifiers.txt  
> b/Documentation/power/notifiers.txt
> index c2a4a346c0d9..a81fa254303d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/power/notifiers.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/power/notifiers.txt
> @@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ A suspend/hibernation notifier may be used for  
> this purpose.
>  The subsystems or drivers having such needs can register suspend  
> notifiers that
>  will be called upon the following events by the PM core:
> 
> -PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE	The system is going to hibernate or  
> suspend, tasks will
> -			be frozen immediately.
> +PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE	The system is going to hibernate, tasks  
> will be frozen
> +			immediately. This is different from  
> PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE
> +			below because here we do additional work  
> between notifiers
> +			and drivers freezing.

Additional work such as...?

Rob--
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