Re: [PATCH v2] pm_ops: add system quiesce/activate hooks

[David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>]

On Thursday 12 April 2007 8:03 am, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thursday, 12 April 2007 13:23, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> > Why not give this added flexibility ? Archs who don't care don't need to
> > bother and it will make us happy... it's not like we are about to -add-
> > burden to other architectures.
> 
> Well, I think it would be reasonable to add the quiesce()/activate() hooks for
> all of the above reasons. 

Makes sense to me.  Though I'd rather see pm_set_ops() patch the default
hooks than expect all platforms to change ... that would shrink the size
of the patch adding these, as well as the potential cost of removing them.


> However, once we've done that, it'll be quite 
> difficult to remove them, so we should better be sure they are really really
> needed and there's no other way to implement what you need (or all of the
> alternative ways are far worse).

In general I think too much of the way PM "works" now is a bit more
due to convenient side effects than by clear intent.  So while I agree
that adding hooks should be done with care, this one certain seems to
be a step in the right direction.

- Dave