RE: [PATCH] cpufreq: fix garbage kobj on errors during suspend/resume

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Srivatsa S. Bhat [mailto:srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 07:24
> To: Bjørn Mork
> Cc: cpufreq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Viresh Kumar;
> Wysocki, Rafael J; Jarzmik, Robert; R, Durgadoss
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: fix garbage kobj on errors during
> suspend/resume
> 
> >  It is therefore
> > best to revert the patch enabling this code until the error handling
> > is in place.
Agreed.

> I agree, that's a good decision. I'll take a look at it later to see if we
> can restructure the code to include proper error handling in all the
> failure paths. If that gets way out of control in terms of complexity,
> then its probably best to drop this "feature" altogether. It has caused
> enough problems already, and the initial motivation behind doing that
> doesn't seem to be that strong now (CC'ing Robert and Durga).

Well, the motivation is still the same I think, ie. making thermal management
work, but that's not as important as a broken hibernation.

And in the long term, if I understood correctly that it's the suspend error
path with "stale" kobjects which is the problem, then this will have to be
addressed sooner or later, won't it ?

Cheers.

--
Robert

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