Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:29:57 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: USB: on suspend to ram/disk all usb devices are replugged |
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Hi!
> > > In that case the user would see data corruption - just as if he mounts a piece > > > of removable media in a USB card reader; yanks out the card and modifies it > > > elsewhere, and then puts it back in. > > > > > I my opinion we can't really defend ourselves against such users... We can of > > > course add checks in the file system drivers in the resume hooks to validate the > > > super block and mount read-only if something change. > > > > The GNOME hath spoken?
> I also thought about that, > > I think that the best solution is still to hide connect/disconnect of usb devices from userspace (now it also causes corruption) > But to refuse suspend with any usb mass storage device connected with mounted systems (and add a module param override > for users who know what they are doing) > > What do you think ?
Agreed... and notice how easy is to do that in userspace :-))).
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