lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2007]   [Jul]   [3]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]  [less markup]  [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
FromOliver Neukum <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM pathway
DateTue, 3 Jul 2007 10:20:13 +0200
Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2007 schrieb Romano Giannetti:
> On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 05:29 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > or alternatively we  could do what we do for suspend to RAM on other
> > platforms (PPC and APM) and just not use the freezer.
> 
> As a data point, I am running with this patch on top of 2.6.21.2 the
> last 3+ weeks, with an average of 5/6 STR cycles a day, and had no
> problems at all. (Sony vaio pcg-fx701). Just normal work, I didn't try
> to stress the thing, but I have quite a few times suspended/resumed over
> a big compile without a glitch.
> 
> What are the risks of this patch supposed to be?

You did this test only while stressing normal block devices. Try
provoking races in character devices.

	Regards
		Oliver

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2007-07-03 10:23    [from the cache]
©2003-2008