linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] alarmtimer: Create alarmtimer sysfs to make duration of kernel suspend check configurable

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Message-ID: <87r0hgh7ik.ffs@tglx>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:29:39 +0100
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>, Pranav Prasad <pranavpp@...gle.com>
Cc: sboyd@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, krossmo@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] alarmtimer: Create alarmtimer sysfs to make
 duration of kernel suspend check configurable

On Fri, Feb 09 2024 at 12:01, John Stultz wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 11:56 AM Pranav Prasad <pranavpp@...gle.com> wrote:
>>
>> Currently, the alarmtimer_suspend does not allow the kernel
>> to suspend if the next alarm is within 2 seconds.
>> Create alarmtimer sysfs to make the value of 2 seconds configurable.
>> This allows flexibility to provide a different value based on the
>> type of device running the Linux kernel. As a data point, about 40% of
>> kernel suspend failures in a subset of Android devices were due to
>> this check. A differently configured value can avoid these suspend
>> failures which performs a lot of additional work affecting the
>> power consumption of these Android devices.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pranav Prasad <pranavpp@...gle.com>
>
> I might suggest flipping the order of these two patches, as I'm more
> wary of UABI changes, so I don't want to hold up the second patch on
> interface bike shedding.

Correct. It's an orthogonal issue and an optimization on top of the
early check.

Thanks,

        tglx