Re: Re: Hotplug events during sleep transition

Dmitry Torokhov
2005-12-27T22:21:28Z

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.

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Dmitry