RE: [RFC] power/hibernate: Make passing hibernate offsets more friendly

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rjwysocki@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rjwysocki@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rafael J.
> Wysocki
> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2018 3:43 AM
> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>; Rafael J. Wysocki
> <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Linux
> Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RFC] power/hibernate: Make passing hibernate offsets more friendly
> 
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 9:05 PM,  <Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Andy Shevchenko [mailto:andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:11 PM
> >> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Rafael J . Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-
> >> acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: Re: [RFC] power/hibernate: Make passing hibernate offsets more friendly
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 7:43 PM, Mario Limonciello
> >> <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > Currently the only way to specify a hibernate offset for a swap
> >> > file is on the kernel command line.
> >> >
> >> > This makes some changes to improve:
> >> > 1) Add a new /sys/power/disk_offset that lets userspace specify
> >> > the offset and disk to use when initiating a hibernate cycle.
> >> >
> >> > 2) Adjust /sys/power/resume interpretation to also read in an
> >> > offset.
> >>
> >> Read is okay per se (not consistent though), showing is not.
> >> It might break an ABI.
> >
> > Right this is part of why I was proposing making a new attribute.
> >
> > The current RFC implementation I sent keeps the read output the
> > same for /sys/power/resume.
> 
> You also need to retain the write behavior of it.
> 
> A new attribute is fine if it helps, but the behavior of the existing
> one cannot change (both sides).

Thanks for your feedback, I'll adjust it as such.
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