linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] PM: Add a switch for disabling/enabling sync() before suspend

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Date:   Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:59:29 +0100
From:   Jonas Meurer <jonas@...esources.org>
To:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Tim Dittler <tim.dittler@...temli.org>,
        Yannik Sembritzki <yannik@...britzki.me>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] PM: Add a switch for disabling/enabling sync() before
 suspend

Hello,

Jonas Meurer:
> Hello,
> 
> Introduce a new run-time sysfs switch to disable/enable sync() before
> system suspend. This is useful to avoid races and deadlocks if block
> devices have been suspended before, e.g. by 'cryptsetup luksSuspend'.
> 
> The second patch changes the behaviour of build-time switch
> 'CONFIG_SUSPEND_SKIP_SYNC' accordingly, using the build-time switch value
> as default for our new run-time switch '/sys/power/sync_on_suspend'.
> 
> Jonas Meurer (2):
>   PM: Add a switch for disabling/enabling sync() before suspend
>   PM: CONFIG_SUSPEND_SKIP_SYNC sets default for '/sys/power/sync_on_suspend'
> 
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/suspend.h               |  2 ++
>  kernel/power/Kconfig                  |  5 ++++-
>  kernel/power/main.c                   | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/power/suspend.c                |  2 +-
>  5 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Any chance to get a review/comment on this patch? What's the next
logical steps to get it merged?

Cheers
 jonas