On Tue 2015-07-14 22:24:51, Len Brown wrote: > From: Len Brown <len.br...@intel.com> > > The Linux kernel suspend path has traditionally invoked sys_sync(). > > But sys_sync() can be expensive, and some systems do not want > to pay the cost of sys_sync() on every suspend.
Have you measured how expesive it can be, and why it is expensive? > So make sys_sync on suspend optional. > > Create sysfs attribute /sys/power/pm_suspend_do_sync. > When set to 1, the kernel will sys_sync() on suspend, > When set to 0, it will not. > > This attribute can be changed by root at run-time. > Kernel build parameter CONFIG_PM_SUSPEND_DO_SYNC_DEFAULT. > As this is 1, by default, this patch does not change > default behavior. Why do you need CONFIG parameter? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/