Hi, If I enable CONFIG_PM_DEBUG on a 3.14.y kernel, I can see the following results: # cat /sys/power/state freeze standby mem # cat /sys/power/pm_test [none] core processors platform devices freezer # echo core > /sys/power/pm_test # cat /sys/power/state [ 22.581289] Unsupported pm_test mode for freeze state, please choose none/freezer/devices/platform. standby mem Note how 'freeze' is dropped from the supported states, and I get an extra printk message when I'm just checking if the state is valid. It looks like if I backport a few fixes, I get more sane behavior, where the warnings (and -EAGAIN) appear only when I actually try to enter an unsupported test mode: # echo core > /sys/power/pm_test # cat /sys/power/state freeze standby mem # echo freeze > /sys/power/state [ 27.833141] PM: Unsupported test mode for freeze state,please choose none/freezer/devices/platform. sh: echo: write error: Resource temporarily unavailable I think I've narrowed it down to this commit that should be backported to -stable (for 3.9+?): 43e8317b0bba PM / sleep: Use valid_state() for platform-dependent sleep states only But it needs to drag along this dependency too: 27ddcc6596e5 PM / sleep: Add state field to pm_states[] entries While at this, it looks like this commit might be deserving of -stable (3.9+). I haven't tested this one, as I don't have a good freeze+cpuidle setup; it just shows up in the commit log with an interesting description and a 'Fixes' tag: f3f125324fc1 PM / suspend: Make cpuidle work in the "freeze" state Regards, Brian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html