pm_suspend(9)

okay bestie, welcome to pm_suspend(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it's the externally visible function for suspending the system, and yes, we're getting into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

pm_suspend — externally visible function for suspending the system. periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int pm_suspend (suspend_state_t state );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• state — the system sleep state to enter. that's the whole assignment, bestie.

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

okay so here's the tea: pm_suspend checks if the value of state represents one of the supported states, then it executes enter_state and updates system suspend statistics. slay ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file: ./kernel/power/suspend.c
• pm_suspend_default_s2idle(9)
• suspend_set_ops(9)
• suspend_valid_only_mem(9)
• suspend_prepare(9)
• suspend_enter(9)
• suspend_devices_and_enter(9)
• suspend_finish(9)
• enter_state(9)

signed off from ./kernel/power, dated October 2026 — this was pm_suspend(9), mwah 💖🫶