2 files changed, 36 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
index 9f51f0ab3d8..573410d6647 100644
--- a/kernel/power/main.c
+++ b/kernel/power/main.c
@@ -279,14 +279,14 @@ static inline void pm_print_times_init(void) {}
 struct kobject *power_kobj;
 
 /**
- *	state - control system power state.
+ * state - control system sleep states.
  *
- *	show() returns what states are supported, which is hard-coded to
- *	'freeze' (Low-Power Idle), 'standby' (Power-On Suspend),
- *	'mem' (Suspend-to-RAM), and 'disk' (Suspend-to-Disk).
+ * show() returns available sleep state labels, which may be "mem", "standby",
+ * "freeze" and "disk" (hibernation).  See Documentation/power/states.txt for a
+ * description of what they mean.
  *
- *	store() accepts one of those strings, translates it into the
- *	proper enumerated value, and initiates a suspend transition.
+ * store() accepts one of those strings, translates it into the proper
+ * enumerated value, and initiates a suspend transition.
  */
 static ssize_t state_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 			  char *buf)
diff --git a/kernel/power/suspend.c b/kernel/power/suspend.c
index 00aca60904b..338a6f14797 100644
--- a/kernel/power/suspend.c
+++ b/kernel/power/suspend.c
@@ -78,6 +78,26 @@ static bool valid_state(suspend_state_t state)
 	return suspend_ops && suspend_ops->valid && suspend_ops->valid(state);
 }
 
+/*
+ * If this is set, the "mem" label always corresponds to the deepest sleep state
+ * available, the "standby" label corresponds to the second deepest sleep state
+ * available (if any), and the "freeze" label corresponds to the remaining
+ * available sleep state (if there is one).
+ */
+static bool relative_states;
+
+static int __init sleep_states_setup(char *str)
+{
+	relative_states = !strncmp(str, "1", 1);
+	if (relative_states) {
+		pm_states[PM_SUSPEND_MEM].state = PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE;
+		pm_states[PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE].state = 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("relative_sleep_states=", sleep_states_setup);
+
 /**
  * suspend_set_ops - Set the global suspend method table.
  * @ops: Suspend operations to use.
@@ -85,12 +105,20 @@ static bool valid_state(suspend_state_t state)
 void suspend_set_ops(const struct platform_suspend_ops *ops)
 {
 	suspend_state_t i;
+	int j = PM_SUSPEND_MAX - 1;
 
 	lock_system_sleep();
 
 	suspend_ops = ops;
-	for (i = PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY; i <= PM_SUSPEND_MEM; i++)
-		pm_states[i].state = valid_state(i) ? i : 0;
+	for (i = PM_SUSPEND_MEM; i >= PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY; i--)
+		if (valid_state(i))
+			pm_states[j--].state = i;
+		else if (!relative_states)
+			pm_states[j--].state = 0;
+
+	pm_states[j--].state = PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE;
+	while (j >= PM_SUSPEND_MIN)
+		pm_states[j--].state = 0;
 
 	unlock_system_sleep();
 }