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SubjectRe: Which is simpler? (Was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: [ 00/10] [Suspend2] Modules support.)
Hi!

> > > > > The fact that we use page flags to store some suspend/resume-related
> > > > > information is a big disadvantage in my view, and I'd like to get rid
> > > > > of that in the future. In principle we could use a bitmap, or rather
> > > > > two of them, to store the same information independently of the page
> > > > > flags, and if we use bitmaps for this purpose, we can use them also
> > > > > instead of PBEs.
> > > >
> > > > Well, we "only" use 2 bits... :-).
> > >
> > > In my view the problem is this adds constraints that other people have to
> > > take into account. Not a good thing if avoidable IMHO.
> >
> > Well, I hope that swsusp development will move to userland in future
> >
> > :-).
>
> I don't get your point. I mean, we're talking about flags that record what
> pages are going to be in the image, be atomically copied and so on. Are you
> planning on trying to export the free page information and the like to
> userspace too, along with atomic copy code?

No, certainly not.

Rafael said something like "being limited is bad, because it makes it
hard to change in-kernel snapshoting code". My reply was something
like "I hope people will stop changing in-kernel swsusp code, and hack
userland instead".

Atomic copy code has to stay with kernel: it needs disabled
interrupts, access to all the RAM, etc. It screams "kernel code".

Pavel
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