Re: [linux-pm] intermittent suspend problem again

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Saturday 14 November 2009, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> writes:
> 
> > On Friday 13 November 2009, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> >> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> writes:
> >> 
> >>> Yes, echo "core" to /sys/power/pm_test before executing s2disk.
> >> 
> >> It snapshots the system and returns, producing the same console output
> >> as s2ram (is this the expected behaviour?)  I ran this several times in
> >> a loop, and experienced no problems at all.  Maybe it depends on the
> >> amount of memory used...  I saw a freeze saying "99% done" (ie. not
> >> 100%), btw.
> >
> > The number is not always accurate because of rounding errors.  I think we can
> > safely assume that it always happens after the entire image has been written.
> 
> Probably, "done" isn't output otherwise.
> 
> >> Are other pm_test values meaningful with s2disk?  Is this
> >> handled explicitly in s2disk, or does simply the kernel act as if it was
> >> resumed instead of providing the system image after SNAPSHOT_CREATE_IMAGE?
> >
> > The latter.
> 
> Ok, I found the code.  Are other pm_test values meaningful, or possibly
> harmful?

They are supposed to work as for suspend.

> I think I tried freezer, which resulted in a seemingly perfect
> suspend, but the machine didn't try to resume afterwards, but booted
> normally instead...

So this sounds like there's a bug (will check).

> >>> On Wednesday 11 November 2009, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I already did the test for STR (see
> >>>> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22126#c3), but will redo
> >>>> with the current kernel tonight.
> >>>
> >>> OK, thanks.
> >> 
> >> No change on this front, FWIW.  But rc7 is out now, I'll test again.
> >
> > Not sure if that's going to work, but yes please test it.
> 
> The KMS related STR freeze (evaluating the _PTS method) is still there.
> I'm continuing testing s2disk with the platform method under rc7 (with
> some instrumentation added).
> 
> Btw, s2ram -f works fine otherwise (no KMS), and my machine is not in
> the whitelist.  I'm not sure whether the KMS problem disqualifies it

No, it doesn't.

> (shall I report it to suspend-devel?),

Yes, please.

> but it can be identified by:
>     sys_vendor   = "IBM"
>     sys_product  = "1834S5G"
>     sys_version  = "ThinkPad R50e"
>     bios_version = "1WET90WW (2.10 )"

Thanks,
Rafael