Re: Re: Hotplug events during sleep transition

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

On Út 27-12-05 17:39:00, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On 12/27/05, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> > On Út 27-12-05 17:21:28, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > On 12/27/05, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> > > > On Út 27-12-05 16:45:17, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hmm, I am confused. What should ->resume() method do when it fails to
> > > > > resume a device? I would say kill it, espacially if it is
> > > > > bus-generic
> > > >
> > > > That should basically never happen. You can kill the device, or maybe
> > > > even panic() whole machine. It just should not happen.
> > >
> > > It can happen, it did happen and it will continue to happen. You hit
> > > your suspend button and stand up and accidentially kick your USB hub
> > > or your PS/2 mouse gets loose and kernel fails to resume it. It is no
> > > big deal, we just have to be prepared to handle it.
> >
> > Ok, in case of hotpluggable devices, you just handle it in a similar
> > way to surprise removal.
> 
> Yes, and we go back to beginning - currently the driver does not know
> whether it is allowed to handle surprise removal or not because it
> does not know if it is resumed for real or just to be able to write
> suspend image.

Would a flag passed down to the driver, telling it if it is "for real"
or only as a part of suspend help?

								Pavel
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Thanks, Sharp!