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SubjectRe: MMC/SD Root filesystem suspend/resume problems
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On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 19:01 +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > I enabled the MMC_UNSAFE_RESUME option and the problems I was seeing was
> > "fixed". I think having this option is a bad idea (in its current form)
> > as it doesn't actually stop filesystem corruption.
> >
> > With the option disabled, if a filesystem is mounted when you suspend my
> > tests show the filesystem is corrupted. At least if the option is
> > enabled, the filesystem is only corrupted if you remove the card whilst
> > suspended which is more preferable.
>
> Are we talking _corruption_ here, or are we talking 'the kind of
> corruption recoverable by fsck that happens on powerfail'?

There was more damage to the system than just a dirty bit set. Yes, fsck
could fix it but I don't think it should happen in the first place...

Richard

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