Re: Fix up power managment in 2.6

From: Patrick Mochel
Date: Wed Sep 03 2003 - 18:23:52 EST



> > > -void software_resume(void)
> > > +int __init swsusp_restore(void)
> > > {
> > > - if (num_online_cpus() > 1) {
> > > - printk(KERN_WARNING "Software Suspend has
> > > malfunctioning SMP support. Disabled :(\n");
> > > - return;
> > > - }
> > >
> > > I can not easily see where you moved this check.
> >
> > Read the rest of the patches, and the changelogs (I do believe it's in
> > them). It's in kernel/power/main.c::enter_state(), so all PM handlers can
> > use it.
>
> Notice that this is done during resume. You are free to suspend with 1
> cpu, then attempt to resume with 2 cpus. Not *too* likely to happen,
> but....

That's a silly thing to do, though I don't support the notion of letting
people find out the hard way. Why not just fail on CONFIG_SMP until it's
done right?



Pat

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