From: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com>
To: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: tyreld@linux.ibm.com, brking@linux.ibm.com,
mmc@linux.vnet.ibm.com, cforno12@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
drt@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/29] powerpc/rtas: prevent suspend-related sys_rtas use on LE
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 01:59:14 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <95c8b599-f939-ad28-5671-cfbf7436508e@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r1pfkj7z.fsf@linux.ibm.com>
On 30/10/20 11:10 pm, Nathan Lynch wrote:
>> And there's a zero chance that drmgr will ever be fixed on LE?
>
> It's always used the sysfs interface on LE, and the only way to provoke
> it to attempt the syscalls is by doing something like this before
> running the migration:
>
> # echo 0 > /tmp/fake_api_version
> # mount -o bind,ro /tmp/fake_api_version /sys/kernel/mobility/api_version
>
> So I'm not aware of any circumstance that would actually motivate
> someone to make it work on LE. I'd say it's more likely that drmgr will
> drop its support for using the syscall altogether.
>
Okay. librtas should handle the error fine, so I don't have any huge
objection to this, though perhaps a documentation patch to librtas to
mention that these calls are BE-only would be in order.
--
Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd@linux.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-06 15:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-30 1:17 [PATCH 00/29] partition suspend updates Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 01/29] powerpc/rtas: move rtas_call_reentrant() out of pseries guards Nathan Lynch
2020-12-04 20:37 ` Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 02/29] powerpc/rtas: prevent suspend-related sys_rtas use on LE Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 3:45 ` Andrew Donnellan
2020-10-30 12:10 ` Nathan Lynch
2020-11-06 14:59 ` Andrew Donnellan [this message]
2020-11-06 16:44 ` Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 03/29] powerpc/rtas: complete ibm,suspend-me status codes Nathan Lynch
2020-12-04 12:52 ` Michael Ellerman
2020-12-04 14:40 ` Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 04/29] powerpc/rtas: rtas_ibm_suspend_me -> rtas_ibm_suspend_me_unsafe Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 05/29] powerpc/rtas: add rtas_ibm_suspend_me() Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 06/29] powerpc/rtas: add rtas_activate_firmware() Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 07/29] powerpc/hvcall: add token and codes for H_VASI_SIGNAL Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 08/29] powerpc/pseries/mobility: don't error on absence of ibm, update-nodes Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 09/29] powerpc/pseries/mobility: add missing break to default case Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 10/29] powerpc/pseries/mobility: error message improvements Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 11/29] powerpc/pseries/mobility: use rtas_activate_firmware() on resume Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 12/29] powerpc/pseries/mobility: extract VASI session polling logic Nathan Lynch
2020-12-04 12:51 ` Michael Ellerman
2020-12-04 14:46 ` Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 13/29] powerpc/pseries/mobility: use stop_machine for join/suspend Nathan Lynch
2020-12-04 12:52 ` Michael Ellerman
2020-12-04 16:01 ` Nathan Lynch
2020-12-05 11:03 ` Michael Ellerman
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 14/29] powerpc/pseries/mobility: signal suspend cancellation to platform Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 15/29] powerpc/pseries/mobility: retry partition suspend after error Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 16/29] powerpc/rtas: dispatch partition migration requests to pseries Nathan Lynch
2020-12-04 12:52 ` Michael Ellerman
2020-12-04 16:04 ` Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 17/29] powerpc/rtas: remove rtas_ibm_suspend_me_unsafe() Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 18/29] powerpc/pseries/hibernation: drop pseries_suspend_begin() from suspend ops Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 19/29] powerpc/pseries/hibernation: pass stream id via function arguments Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 20/29] powerpc/pseries/hibernation: remove pseries_suspend_cpu() Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 21/29] powerpc/machdep: remove suspend_disable_cpu() Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 22/29] powerpc/rtas: remove rtas_suspend_cpu() Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:17 ` [PATCH 23/29] powerpc/pseries/hibernation: switch to rtas_ibm_suspend_me() Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:18 ` [PATCH 24/29] powerpc/rtas: remove unused rtas_suspend_last_cpu() Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:18 ` [PATCH 25/29] powerpc/pseries/hibernation: remove redundant cacheinfo update Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:18 ` [PATCH 26/29] powerpc/pseries/hibernation: perform post-suspend fixups later Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:18 ` [PATCH 27/29] powerpc/pseries/hibernation: remove prepare_late() callback Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:18 ` [PATCH 28/29] powerpc/rtas: remove unused rtas_suspend_me_data Nathan Lynch
2020-10-30 1:18 ` [PATCH 29/29] powerpc/pseries/mobility: refactor node lookup during DT update Nathan Lynch
2020-11-20 16:09 ` Nathan Lynch
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