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SubjectRe: [linux-pm] sleepy linux self-test
Hi!

> > The changes look good to me.
>
> They feel unfinished to me though. :)
>
> Like using "jiffies" instead of a clocksource, which makes trouble
> since the timing covers periods with IRQs disabled. And the test
> mode parameter needs work.

Well, I'd say that timing has bigger problem, right?

It is

set alarm
suspend system
| poweroff
alarm expires
system resumes

... so you are measuring resume time + sleep time, no?

> > Well, it would be nice to have this feature in as soon as reasonably possible,
> > so that people can include suspend tests in the automated testing.
>
> Except ... "rtcwake" (from util-linux-ng) already supports such
> testing, albeit from userspace. But not the timing tests.
>
> What was the rationale for wanting this done in-kernel? (Other
> than to know it can work portably.)

Ingo has to answer this one...
Pavel
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