linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] PM / suspend: Add suspend_target

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:16:32 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        linux-pm <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thibaud Cornic <thibaud_cornic@...madesigns.com>,
        JB <jb_lescher@...madesigns.com>, Mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PM / suspend: Add suspend_target_state()

Hi!

> Have the core suspend/resume framework store the system-wide suspend
> state (suspend_state_t) we are about to enter, and expose it to drivers
> via suspend_target_state() in order to retrieve that. The state is
> assigned in suspend_devices_and_enter().

Do we really want to have variable + inline functions that just read
that variable?

> +static inline suspend_state_t suspend_target_state(void) { return  -ENOSYS; }

I'm pretty sure -ENOSYS is not compatible with suspend_state_t ...

> diff --git a/kernel/power/suspend.c b/kernel/power/suspend.c
> index 3ecf275d7e44..a296d6e25d52 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/suspend.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/suspend.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const char *mem_sleep_states[PM_SUSPEND_MAX];
>  
>  suspend_state_t mem_sleep_current = PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE;
>  static suspend_state_t mem_sleep_default = PM_SUSPEND_MEM;
> +static suspend_state_t pm_suspend_target_state;

Is there disadvantage of just having this variable non-static?
									Pavel
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