Re: [PATCH 01/12] xen/manage: keep track of the on-going suspend mode

From: Boris Ostrovsky
Date: Mon Jun 01 2020 - 18:42:27 EST


On 6/1/20 5:00 PM, Agarwal, Anchal wrote:
> ï
>
> I don't see these last two used anywhere. Are you, in fact,
> distinguishing between PM suspend and hibernation?
>
> Yes, I am. Unless there is a better way to distinguish at runtime which I haven't figured out yet.
> The initial design was to have separate states for separate modes. Currently, PM_HIBERNATION is handled
> by !xen_suspend . However, if any case arises where we need to set the suspend_mode, its available via
> this interface. This is basically to support PM* ops via ACPI path. Since, PM_SUSPEND is not handled by the series
> the code piece can be removed and added later. Any comments?


Yes, if this is not being handled then I don't see any reason for this
code to be there.


-boris