Re: [RFC][PATCH] PM: Print a warning if firmware is requested when tasks are frozen

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On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 01:02:08PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: PM: Print a warning if firmware is requested when tasks are frozen
> 
> Some drivers erroneously use request_firmware() from their ->resume()
> (or ->thaw(), or ->restore()) callbacks, which is not going to work
> unless the firmware has been built in.  This causes system resume to
> stall until the firmware-loading timeout expires, which makes users
> think that the resume has failed and reboot their machines
> unnecessarily.  For this reason, make _request_firmware() print a
> warning and return immediately with error code if it has been called
> when tasks are frozen and it's impossible to start any new usermode
> helpers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>

I'm guessing you will take this through your tree?  If so, that's great:

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
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