Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] acpi: Use syscore instead of pm_power_off_prepare to prepare for poweroff

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Sun Oct 12 2014 - 15:56:46 EST


On Sunday, October 12, 2014 12:35:22 PM Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 10/12/2014 12:45 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Saturday, October 11, 2014 02:14:16 PM Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >> The syscore shutdown callback seems to be perfectly suited to prepare for system
> >> poweroff. Use it instead of pm_power_off_prepare.
> >
> > How much testing did that receive?
> >
>
> As I mentioned in patch 0/2, compile tested so far only. Before I start playing
> with my servers, I wanted to get some feedback if the idea is worth pursuing
> further or if I am missing something essential.

Well, it makes sense in principle, but the ordering with respect to the other
syscore shutdown things and the migrate_to_reboot_cpu() may be a problem.

I always get nervous when the ordering of ACPI-related code changes like
that and the reason is quite weak this time to be honest.

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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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