Re: [linux-pm] [RFC][PATCH] PM: Introduce new top level suspend and hibernation callbacks (rev. 2)

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Tue Mar 25 2008 - 05:52:33 EST


Am Freitag, 21. MÃrz 2008 01:21:03 schrieb Johannes Berg:
> > + * All of the above callbacks, except for @complete(), return error codes.
> > + * However, the error codes returned by the resume operations, @resume(),
> > + * @thaw(), and @restore(), are only printed in the system logs, since the PM
> > + * core cannot do anything else about them.
>
> Why bother and not just make them return void, the error printing can
> most likely be done much much better in the callback since that possibly
> has information on why it failed.

A device that cannot wake up is unusable. Shouldn't the pm core disconnect()
such a device?

Regards
Oliver

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