Re: smp/swsusp done right

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Mar 30 2005 - 06:34:33 EST


Hi!

> > This is against -mm kernel; it is smp swsusp done right, and it
> > actually works for me. Unlike previous hacks, it uses cpu hotplug
> > infrastructure. Disable CONFIG_MTRR before you try this...
> >
> > Test this if you can, and report any problems. If not enough people
> > scream, this is going to -mm.
> > Pavel
> >
> > --- clean-mm/drivers/pci/pci.c 2005-03-21 11:39:32.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-mm/drivers/pci/pci.c 2005-03-22 01:41:48.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -376,11 +376,13 @@
> > if (!pci_find_capability(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_PM))
> > return PCI_D0;
> >
> > +#if 0
> > if (platform_pci_choose_state) {
> > ret = platform_pci_choose_state(dev, state);
> > if (ret >= 0)
> > state = ret;
> > }
> > +#endif
> > switch (state) {
> > case 0: return PCI_D0;
> > case 3: return PCI_D3hot;
>
> You probably don't want the above change to go in the final patch?

No, not in final patch.

> > - atomic_set(&cpu_counter, 0);
> > - atomic_set(&freeze, 1);
> > - smp_call_function(smp_pause, NULL, 0, 0);
> > - while (atomic_read(&cpu_counter) < (num_online_cpus() - 1)) {
> > - cpu_relax();
> > - barrier();
> > + error = 0;
> > + cpus_clear(frozen_cpus);
> > + printk("Freezing cpus ...\n");
> > + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> > + if (cpu == 0)
> > + continue;
> > + error = cpu_down(cpu);
> > + if (!error) {
> > + cpu_set(cpu, frozen_cpus);
> > + printk("CPU%d is down\n", cpu);
> > + continue;
> > + }
> > + printk("Error taking cpu %d down: %d\n", cpu, error);
> > }
> > - printk("ok\n");
> > + BUG_ON(smp_processor_id() != 0);
> > + if (error)
> > + panic("cpus not sleeping");
> > }
>
> I'm not sure whether we should panic() here. It may be better to make
> suspend fail and print a "please reboot immediately" message for the user.
> In that case, the user may be able to reboot without loosing data
> - ...

I guess I could just fail the suspend, but I want to see the messages
for now. (And I do not think it will ever trigger).
Pavel
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