Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 4 Jul 2015 10:50:36 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] suspend: delete sys_sync() | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote: > [The argument that the user can pull removable storage devices out of the > system while suspended doesn't hold any water to me, because the user can > pull them out of the system when not suspended just as well and cause the > same kind of damage to happen.]
The user may not notice the difference between a suspended and powered off machine, and thus think it's safe to unplug the USB memory stick while the machine appears off.
If that's considered a valid use case, this would be a regression.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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