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From"Rafael J. Wysocki" <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 05/22] Hibernation: Switch to preallocating swap.
DateSun, 26 Sep 2010 00:22:36 +0200
On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Morning.
>
> On 26/09/10 07:24, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> >> Switch from allocating swap as the image is written to allocating
> >> storage prior to writing the image.
> >
> > Hmm, I think I know what the patch does, but I don't really understand the
> > changelog. Care to explain/fix?
>
> Sure. I was a little terse, wasn't I? :)
>
> Prior to this patch, we allocated swap as we were writing the image.
> This patch changes things so that we instead allocate all the swap we'll
> need prior to starting to write the image. It lays groundwork for later
> patches that switch from doing I/O in batches.

Good. I'll use the above as a replacement changelog if you don't mind.

Thanks,
Rafael


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