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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/3] xen: use freeze/restore/thaw PM events for s

To: rshriram@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/3] xen: use freeze/restore/thaw PM events for suspend/resume/chkpt
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:35:27 +0100
Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Iam Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, Shriram Rajagopalan wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 03:12:37PM -0800, Shriram Rajagopalan wrote:
> >> Use PM_FREEZE, PM_THAW and PM_RESTORE power events for
> >> suspend/resume/checkpoint functionality, instead of PM_SUSPEND
> >> and PM_RESUME. Use of these pm events fixes the Xen Guest hangup
> >> when taking checkpoints. When a suspend event is cancelled
> >> (while taking checkpoints once/continuously), we use PM_THAW
> >> instead of PM_RESUME. PM_RESTORE is used when suspend is not
> >> cancelled. See Documentation/power/devices.txt and linux/pm.h
> >> for more info about freeze, thaw and restore. The sequence of
> >> pm events in a suspend-resume scenario is shown below.
> >>
> >>         dpm_suspend_start(PMSG_FREEZE);
> >>
> >>                 dpm_suspend_noirq(PMSG_FREEZE);
> >>
> >>                        sysdev_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE);
> >>                        cancelled = suspend_hypercall()
> >>                        sysdev_resume();
> >>
> >>                dpm_resume_noirq(cancelled ? PMSG_THAW : PMSG_RESTORE);
> >>
> >>        dpm_resume_end(cancelled ? PMSG_THAW : PMSG_RESTORE);
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Shriram Rajagopalan <rshriram@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/base/power/main.c                  |    8 ++++----
> >>  drivers/xen/manage.c                       |   16 ++++++++--------
> >>  drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_frontend.c |    8 +++++---
> >>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
> >> index 8340497..aab4f60 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
> >> @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static int pm_op(struct device *dev,
> >>               }
> >>               break;
> >>  #endif /* CONFIG_SUSPEND */
> >> -#ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
> >> +#if defined(CONFIG_HIBERNATION) || defined(CONFIG_XEN_SAVE_RESTORE)
> >
> > Could we just make CONFIG_XEN_SAVE_RESTORE depend on CONFIG_HIBERANTION?
> > Like this:
> >
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> > index 5b54892..838e20c 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
> > @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config XEN_MAX_DOMAIN_MEMORY
> >
> >  config XEN_SAVE_RESTORE
> >        bool
> > -       depends on XEN && PM
> > +       depends on XEN && PM && HIBERNATION
> >        default y
> >
> >  config XEN_DEBUG_FS
> >
> >
> On that aspect, just noticed
> config PM_SLEEP
>         bool
>         depends on SUSPEND || HIBERNATION || XEN_SAVE_RESTORE
>         default y
> we could get rid of XEN_SAVE_RESTORE as the suspend/resume code doesnt
> depend on PM_SLEEP anymore.

Not really, it still depends on it.

However, if you make XEN_SAVE_RESTORE depend on HIBERNATION, then of course
PM_SLEEP won't need to dependon XEN_SAVE_RESTORE directly.

Thanks,
Rafael

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