/sys/devices/..../power interface is currently very broken. It takes integer from user, and passes it to drivers as pm_message_t.event ... without even checking it. This changes the interface to pass strings, and introduces checks. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c b/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c --- a/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c @@ -27,22 +27,25 @@ static ssize_t state_show(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char * buf) { - return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", dev->power.power_state.event); + if (dev->power.power_state.event) + return sprintf(buf, "suspend\n"); + else + return sprintf(buf, "on\n"); } static ssize_t state_store(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char * buf, size_t n) { pm_message_t state; - char * rest; - int error = 0; + int error = -EINVAL; - state.event = simple_strtoul(buf, &rest, 10); - if (*rest) - return -EINVAL; - if (state.event) - error = dpm_runtime_suspend(dev, state); - else + state.event = PM_EVENT_SUSPEND; + if ((n == 2) && !strncmp(buf, "on", 2)) { dpm_runtime_resume(dev); + error = 0; + } + if ((n == 7) && !strncmp(buf, "suspend", 7)) + error = dpm_runtime_suspend(dev, state); + return error ? error : n; } -- Thanks, Sharp!