[linux-pm] [PATCH 05/13] PM: Add option to disable /sys/power/state interface

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > This is completely wrong, IMO.
> > > 
> > > Removing an interface that has existed forever just because it happens to
> > > be incompatible with your new shiny feature is not acceptable to me.
> > 
> > Agreed. AFAICS this patch can be just dropped, or maybe kept specially
> > for android if those few bytes matter to them.
> 
> Just to make things crystal clear, in fact I don't like any patches in this
> series.
> 
> The wakelocks seem to be overdesigned to me and the "early suspend" thing

Well, it is true that wakelocks could be single atomic_t ... but they
would make them undebuggable. Ok, wakelock interface sucks. But I
believe something like that is neccessary.

(In fact, I invented something similar for sleepy linux patches).

Early suspend would be better done by runtime suspend, agreed.
									Pavel
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