On Mon 2015-07-06 01:28:20, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Saturday, July 04, 2015 10:19:55 AM Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Sat, 4 Jul 2015, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >
> > > The only argument against dropping sys_sync() from the suspend code path
> > > I've seen in this thread that I entirely agree with is that it may lead to
> > > regressions, because we've done it practically forever and it may hide
> > > latent
> > > bugs somewhere in block drivers etc. Dropping it, though, is the only way
> > > to see those bugs, if any, and if we want to ever fix them, we need to see
> > > them. That's why I think that it may be a good idea to allow people to
> > > drop it if they are willing to accept some extra risk (via the kernel
> > > command line, for example).
> >
> > I'd be perfectly happy to have the sync selectable at runtime, one way
> > or another. The three most reasonable options seem to be:
> >
> > kernel command line
> >
> > sysfs file
> >
> > sysctl setting
> >
> > The command line is less flexible (it can't be changed after booting).
> > Either of the other two would be fine with me.
>
> We'll probably use a sysfs file (possibly plus a Kconfig option to set the
> boot time default).
Android people can already do sync-less s2ram using existing
interface. IMO they should just do it.
In any case, sysfs file + Kconfig is an overkill. We already have too
many Kconfig options.
There's not a single Android phone supported by mainline
kernel. I'm sure they have bigger problems than Android setting
default sysfs values...
Pavel
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