linux-kernel - Re: [stable -3.14] PM backports for pm_test / CONFIG_PM

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Date:	Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:14:19 -0700
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [stable -3.14] PM backports for pm_test / CONFIG_PM_DEBUG

On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 09:40:41PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 03, 2014 06:02:19 PM Brian Norris wrote:
> > I think I've narrowed it down to this commit that should be backported
> > to -stable (for 3.9+?):
> > 
> >     43e8317b0bba PM / sleep: Use valid_state() for platform-dependent sleep states only
> > 
> > But it needs to drag along this dependency too:
> > 
> >     27ddcc6596e5 PM / sleep: Add state field to pm_states[] entries
> 
> That sounds OK.
> 
> Can you please send a formal request to include the two commits above to Greg/stable?

Sure. I've never done a post-merge -stable request; the format isn't
100% clear, but I'll give it a go.

> > While at this, it looks like this commit might be deserving of -stable
> > (3.9+). I haven't tested this one, as I don't have a good freeze+cpuidle
> > setup; it just shows up in the commit log with an interesting
> > description and a 'Fixes' tag:
> > 
> >     f3f125324fc1 PM / suspend: Make cpuidle work in the "freeze" state
> 
> Well, it basically makes the freeze state save energy, but it's not essential.
> 
> I'm not seeing the "Fixes:" tag on it, though.

Oops, I must have been looking at a different commit. Sorry!

Brian
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