Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] power: add an API to log wakeup reasons | Date | Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:18:14 +0100 |
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Hi,
I saw the v4, but I don't have it handy, so replying here.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 12:46:38 PM Ruchi Kandoi wrote: > For power management diagnostic purposes, it is often useful to know > what interrupts are frequently waking the system from low power > suspend mode, especially on battery-powered consumer electronics > devices that are expected to spend much of their time in low-power > suspend while not in active use. For example, reduced battery life on > a mobile phone may be caused in part by frequent wakeups by broadcast > traffic on a busy wireless LAN even while the screen is off and the > phone not in active use. > > Add API log_wakeup_reason() exposes it to userspace via the sysfs path > /sys/kernel/wakeup_reasons/last_resume_reason. This API would be called > from the paltform specific, or from the driver for the interrupt controller, > when the system resumes because of an IRQ. It logs the reasons which caused > the system to wakeup from the low-power mode.
So what exactly is wrong with using wakeup sources for this purpose?
-- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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