Hi! > > So it looks like we need this sequence: > > > > enable_nonboot_cpus() /* INIT */ > > finish() /* _WAK */ > > device_resume() > > Can somebody remind me about this immediately after 2.6.19? Remind. But note that freezer is not yet SMP safe... Rafael is working on that. Pavel > No way am I going to make that kind of a major ordering change right now, > especially as the thing isn't apparently even a real regression (just more > fallout from enabling MSI). > > It would be good if people who are affected (and people in general that > are interested in power management) would test out the patch. > > In particular, this is an even bigger change than the one suggested by > Stephen. It means, for example, that we will have device resume (and > process thawing) being called when we're in SMP mode - and that may or may > not have issues. So this is a really scary patch to me, no way in hell > will I apply it right now. > > But if people try it out, it would be good.. > > Btw, this is a clear example of where it might be good to start actively > using the "early_resume" thing, and do PCI bus resume there. We might want > to do early_resume _before_ calling the bios (I'm not at all convinced > that the firmware will do the right thing without the PCI buses set up, > for example), and _before_ thawing processes. Then, we might let > individual devices do their "device resume" in the normal late resume > phase. > > Greg already carries the patch around for that PCI bus early resume thing, > I think. > > We need to test these things. > > Linus > > ---- > diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c > index 873228c..2989609 100644 > --- a/kernel/power/main.c > +++ b/kernel/power/main.c > @@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ int suspend_enter(suspend_state_t state) > > static void suspend_finish(suspend_state_t state) > { > - device_resume(); > - resume_console(); > - thaw_processes(); > enable_nonboot_cpus(); > if (pm_ops && pm_ops->finish) > pm_ops->finish(state); > + device_resume(); > + resume_console(); > + thaw_processes(); > pm_restore_console(); > } > -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html