linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] PM / Hibernate: no kernel_power_off when pm_power

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Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:28:28 -0700
From:	Sebastian Capella <sebastian.capella@...aro.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org" <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] PM / Hibernate: no kernel_power_off when pm_power_off NULL

On 15 April 2014 14:18, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
> On Tue 2014-04-15 21:54:53, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> What I'm basically saying is that I see no reason for ARM to do something
>> different to what x86 does.
>>
>> What is pretty clear to me is that ARM is compatible with x86, which is
>> compatible with kernel/reboot.c, and it's the hibernate code which is
>> the odd one out.
>
> I'm pretty sure the original code did not return. Anyway, the best
> solution, given how many platforms are out there, would be to
>
> a) document that it should not return
>
> b) fix hibernation to handle the returning case, anyway.

Thanks Russell and Pavel!

This sounds fine to me.  Any objections?

Thanks!

Sebastian
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