linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PM / sleep: add configurable delay for pm

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Date:	Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:56:01 -0800
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Chirantan Ekbote <chirantan@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PM / sleep: add configurable delay for pm_test

2015-02-21 12:32 GMT-08:00 Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>:
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>> Considering that Brian's change are enclosed within a CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
>> ifdef, can we really use the code bloat as a technical argument here?
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> Yes.

Help me understand a few things here:

- this particular change is enclosed within a debug option, so only
people interested in enabling PM_DEBUG will get access to it

- if we need to turn on PM_DEBUG all the time, including mainline
distributions, does that mean that:
           - portions of code existing only in PM_DEBUG should be
moved out of it because it is actually useful outside of debug option?
           - CONFIG_PM itself is not self sufficient and there are
still problems that require PM_DEBUG to be turned on?
           - should there be a second level debug option (e.g:
CONFIG_PM_DEBUG_ADV) which gates specific control knobs like PM delay?

The current 5 seconds delay is completely arbitrary and goes against
the principle of not enforcing a policy, having this configurable
brings this back in the mechanism principle.
-- 
Florian
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