Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 0/5] Xen/ACPI: support sleep state entering on hardware reduced systems

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Sunday, July 07, 2013 08:13:15 PM Ben Guthro wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Ben Guthro <benjamin.guthro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In version 3.4 acpi_os_prepare_sleep() got introduced in parallel with
> > reduced hardware sleep support, and the two changes didn't get
> > synchronized: The new code doesn't call the hook function (if so
> > requested). Fix this, requiring a boolean parameter to be added to the
> > hook function to distinguish "extended" from "legacy" sleep.
> >
> > This requires adjusting TXT, but the adjustments only go as far as
> > failing the extended mode call (since, looking at the TXT interface,
> > there doesn't even appear to be precautions to deal with that
> > alternative interface).
> >
> > The hypervisor change underlying this is commit 62d1a69 ("ACPI: support
> > v5 (reduced HW) sleep interface") on the master branch of
> > git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Guthro <benjamin.guthro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Richard L Maliszewski <richard.l.maliszewski@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Gang Wei <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Shane Wang <shane.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: tboot-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > v2: Extend description to include reference to hypervisor side change
> > v3: Split into multiple patches, separating subsystems
> >     Remove bool parameters, in favor of u8
> > v4: Remove linux/acpi.h dependencies
> >     Further patch split to break out acpica from OSL
> >     More bool vs u8 fixes
> > v5: Fix build of consumers of acpi_os_prepare_sleep() interface change,
> >     so intermediate builds of partial patch series will not fail.
> > v6: Rebased to linux-pm linux-next branch
> >     Added warning in tboot early return code
> >     Added Reviewed-by lines
> >
> > Ben Guthro (5):
> >   acpi: Remove need to include linux/acpi.h in common acpica code
> >   acpi: Call acpi_os_prepare_sleep hook in reduced hardware sleep path
> >   acpi/xen/tboot: Adjust linux acpi OS functions to new extended
> >     parameter
> >   x86/tboot: Fail extended mode reduced hardware sleep
> >   xen/acpi: notify xen when reduced hardware sleep is available
> 
> Rafael, Bob -
> 
> Is this version of the series something that you may consider taking?
> If not - is there something specific you would like to see addressed?

Well, I'm afraid you need to give us some more time to process that,
sorry.

Thanks,
Rafael


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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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