Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] PM: Print wall time at suspend & hibernate entry and exit

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:23 PM, Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/19/2017 01:40 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 9:45 PM, Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Permits power state and battery life diagnosis.
>>>
>>> Since one is not guaranteed to have a persistent hardware clock to
>>> report Suspended for in milliseconds, we report at a higher level
>>> at just the entry and exit points for suspend and hibernate.
>>>
>>> Feature activated by CONFIG_RTC_SHOW_TIME_*
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> v2:
>>> - merge suspend and hibernate into a single patch
>>
>> So now I guess you realize that this conflicts with
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9850217/ and it actually would make
>> sense for it to go on top of that?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rafael
>
>
> I see. It would make sense to merge the concepts a bit since the prints are
> at the same locations.

Exactly.

> Optimization idea: rtc_show_time() in my patch series should be able to
> support varargs, never be _disabled_ (CONFIG_RTC_SHOW_TIME_NONE idea is
> dropped) and the function would be a drop-in replacement for pr_info, but
> add the specified timestamp before the newline. Change it's name to
> pr_info_show_time() instead to reflect this adjustment.
>
> I would also prefer that the base messages in patch/980217 be "PM: suspend
> entry" and "PM: suspend exit", only because I believe 1.6billion Linux
> devices would not need to be retooled, and besides these messages are
> shorter/sweeter.

I can change the messages in patch/980217 if that helps.

> Anyone disagree with some more over-engineering (pr_info_show_time() and
> varargs)

Hmm, do it as a macro maybe?