Re: [PATCH][v2] PM / s2idle: Clear _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG before suspend to idle

From: Chen Yu
Date: Mon Jun 22 2020 - 13:17:00 EST


Hi Rafael,
On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 06:19:35PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
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> > +{
> > + if (!current_clr_polling_and_test())
> > + s2idle_enter(drv, dev, index);
> > +
> > + return index;
>
> Is the value returned here used at all?
>
It is not used for now IMO.
> > */
> > index = find_deepest_state(drv, dev, U64_MAX, 0, true);
> > if (index > 0)
> > - enter_s2idle_proper(drv, dev, index);
> > + call_s2idle(drv, dev, index);
>
> I'm wondering why this can't be
>
> if (index > 0 && !current_clr_polling_and_test())
> enter_s2idle_proper(drv, dev, index);
>
Yes, it should be simpler, but I guess Peter was trying to
make call_s2idle() consistent with call_cpuidle(),
and also s2idle_enter() is analogous to cpuidle_enter().

Thanks,
Chenyu